Singles’ Day Sales Break Records, Again
Jack Ma, president of the nation’s e-commerce giant Alibaba speaks in front of a giant screen displaying total gross merchandise volume (GMV) of Alibaba’s online marketplace Tmall for Singles’...
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No Ballot Papers Found At Political Party’s Office – EC
Ghana’s Electoral Commission has denied speculations that some ballots were found at the office of a political party in the country. According to the EC the report is false and should be...
Journalists Must Pay For Accreditation
The chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Madam Charlotte Osei has told Editors forum in Accra yesterday that her outfit had no option but to charge media practitioners who are applying for...
Supreme Court Tells EC
The Supreme Court yesterday descended heavily on the six commissioners of the Electoral Commission (EC) for disrespecting the authority of the court by failing to appear before it in a suit bordering...
Double Amputee Veteran Tammy Duckworth Wins U.S. Senate Seat
Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth, a U. S. Army veteran who lost both her legs in the Iraq war, unseated U.S. Senator Mark Kirk, a Republican from Illinois. According to ABC News, Duckworth was favored...
Nduom Cuts Sod For Assin Breku Rice Project
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Groupe Nduom (GN), Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, has officially cut sod for the construction of a 100-tonne rice milling factory at Assin Breku in the Central Region. This...
We Are Kiiling The Goose That Lays The Golden EGG
This year’s farmers’ day will be celebrated on Friday 4th November, 2016 and a fair, passionate and objective minded columnist like me, would certainly make time and space to celebrate our...
Nduom Opens Rejuvenated Rice Mill In Worawora, Volta Region
President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghanaian business empire, Groupe Nduom Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, has officially opened the Worawora Rice Mill Factory which will produce...
Success Comes When Excellence Is Exhibited In All Endeavors
Excellence is the virtue of an intelligent man, an intelligent man is not necessarily the one with a university degree but the one who is able to challenge the mind to do exploits. I have seen an...
Journalists To Sue EC Over Accreditation Fee
Some journalists are threatening to sue the Electoral Commission if it insists on taking money from the media before allowing them to cover the upcoming general elections. The EC on Monday announced...
An Intriguing Story of Maasai Pastoralists
My dear reader, this article is characterized with a long digression because it is more or less a commentary on James Karuga’s (a freelance Reuter journalist) article. If heaven was to be an...
EC Erred In Disqualifying Candidates – Former EC Director
The longest serving former Chief Director for the Electoral Commission (EC), Mr. Kwame Damaoh Agyemang has stated that looking at the recent pressure on the Commission, they didn’t work according...
External Forces Influencing EC To Rig Elections -Tuffuor
Dr. Amoako Tuffuor is alleging that some individuals are plotting to rig the general elections through the special voting exercise hence his resolve to sue the Electoral Commission (EC) at the...
Thai Junta Meet With Google Reps Over Thai’s Monarchy Verbal Abusers
The meeting with Google representatives was as a result of insults targeted at Thai monarchy system. Thailand’s government met with representatives from Internet giant Google, amid growing calls...
Thai Junta To Request Extradition of Royal Insult Suspects
Thailand's military government said on Tuesday it would ask other countries to extradite people suspected of insulting the nation's monarchy following the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej last week....
Thousands Throng Streets For Funeral Procession
Thousands of Thai mourners have lined the streets of Bangkok, as the body of King Bhumibol Adulyadej was moved from a hospital to the royal palace. The world's longest-reigning monarch died on...
Thais Mourn Death of Revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej
he people of Thailand are mourning the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, their head of state for 70 years and the world's longest-reigning monarch. An emotional crowd held a late-night vigil in...
Thai Economy Could Stall After King’s Death
The death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej is raising new questions about Thailand's economy, a tourist hotspot where growth has been derailed time and again by political instability and violence. The...
Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej Dies At 88
Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest-reigning monarch, has died after 70 years on the throne, the palace says. The king, 88, was widely revered in Thailand. He was seen as a...
Thai King’s Health ‘unstable’ As Crowd Holds Vigil
A Thai woman holds a portrait of King Bhumibol Adulyadej as she prays for his health The health of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej is "still unstable", the palace said late Wednesday, with the...