Serious Governments Need Serious Citizens
No free lunch: Serious governments need serious citizens By Prof. J. Atsu Amegashie It is a trite knowledge that economic prosperity requires, among others, hard work, honesty (a form social...
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South Korea’s President Park Faces Historic Impeachment Vote
President Park Geun-hye faces an impeachment vote in parliament on Friday over an influence peddling scandal that could lead to her becoming South Korea's first democratically elected leader to be...
Softbank To Invest $50bn In US
Shares of Japanese technology firm Softbank have soared to their highest level in more than one year in Tokyo trade, jumping 5% at the open. That is on news Chief Executive Masayoshi Son said he will...
North Korea ‘hacks South’s Military Cyber Command’
South Korea's military cyber command, set up to guard against hacking, appears to have been breached by North Korea, the military has said. A spokesman told the BBC that classified information was...
NPP Is Critical With The Truth, Hence Downplaying Infrastructure
Those of you who visited Ivory Coast in pre-independence era can testify how wicked our colonial masters were. British didn’t develop our cities nor build roads. The railway lines they built were...
December 7, 2016, Elections And Ghana’s Destiny
Fortunately, Ghana has carved a niche for itself across the globe as a peaceful country, which is true, a hard-won reputation indeed. But, I pray thee, do not be swollen headed and take things for...
S. Koreans Protest Embattled President Park, Opposition Seeks Impeachment
Around 1.8 million people are attending protests in South Korea calling for scandal-plagued President Park Geun-hye to resign over alleged corruption. Meanwhile, opposition parties have introduced a...
Asamoah Gyan Tips Former Al Ain Teammate For Europe Transfer
Black Stars captain Asamoah Gyan has tipped his former teammate at Al Ain Omar Abdulrahman for a transfer to Europe after the playmaker was named the 2016 AFC Player of the Year. Abdulrahman, 25,...
South Korea Opposition To File Motion To Impeach Park
South Korea's three opposition parties have agreed to submit a motion to impeach President Park Geun-hye, saying they want a vote to take place on December 9. Accused of colluding with a close friend...
Singapore Tops Global Education Rankings
Singapore school Image caption Singapore has the best results at primary and secondary school in int Singapore has the highest-achieving primary and secondary pupils in international education tests...
Mahama Government’s Modus Operandi
President John Mahama and his inner cycle backers have clearly adopted one basic method of operation in terms of responding to charges of corruption or serious accusations of bribery. Their modus...
North Korea Pledges ‘tough’ Response To UN Sanctions
North Korea warned of "tougher countermeasures for self-defence" after the UN Security Council unanimously imposed its strongest-ever sanctions on Pyongyang. The country's foreign ministry issued a...
South Korea’s President ‘willing To Resign’
South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye has said she has asked parliament to help her find a way to stand down. Ms Park faced growing calls to resign amid an investigation into whether she allowed a...
Netherlands Culls 190,000 Ducks
About 190,000 ducks have been culled in the Netherlands as the authorities try to prevent the spread of bird flu across northern European countries. The slaughter involved six farms, following the...
Thousands Protest Against South Korea President
Hundreds of thousands rallied in central Seoul on Saturday for a fifth week of protests against President Park Geun-hye, in the largest ongoing series of demonstrations in the country since the 1987...
S Korea Braces For ‘largest’ Protests Against President
Some two million people are expected to join nationwide protests in South Korea to demand the resignation of President Park Geun-hye, organisers say. They estimate 1.5 million will gather in Seoul...
EC’s Bad Faith Towards Media Disturbing
As of this writing (11/20/16), the Chairman of the National Media Commission (NMC), Mr. Kwasi Gyan-Appenteng, had roundly condemned the decision by the Electoral Commission (EC) to have journalists...
Saumsung Office Raided In South Korea Corruption Probe
South Korean prosecutors raided the offices of Samsung Group following media reports of alleged links with a confidante of President Park Geun-hye who has been indicted in an influence-peddling...
Trump Sinks Asia Trade Pact
An ambitious Asia-Pacific trade pact linking the United States and 11 countries lay in tatters on Tuesday after U. S. President-elect Donald Trump said he would kill the deal on his first day in...
Without Mahama, Ghana Can Do Four Times Better
A former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie popularly known as Sir John says Ghanaians will be worse off if they give the ruling government another four years....