President John Evans Atta Mills yesterday admitted in parliament that he had disappointed Ghanaians for failing to deliver on his promise made last year in his State of the Nation address, to establish a ‘Members of Parliament Constituency Fund’ to foster development projects at the constituency level, aside that of the District Assemblies Common Fund.
Entries from February 2010
Ghana: President Mills admits failing Ghanaians
February 26th, 2010 · No Comments
Tags: Political reporting
TOGO: An opposition youth movement harrassed by state force police
February 25th, 2010 · No Comments
The togolese citizen movement for change is in opened confluct with the police. The movement that comprises young militants of opposition forces is accused of willing to do subversive actions during the electoral process.
Tags: Sneak In
Death penalty is one kind of killing
February 25th, 2010 · 1 Comment
By Jahangir Alam Akash, Bangladesh is a country where there is no right to life. By the various way this right has been violating there. The causes of violation to this right are death penalty, extra judicial killings etc. Here is a common practice of death penalty and killings without justice. Every year many peoples are killed by death penalty and by the extra judicial killings. How many people have killed since independence to till today we don’t have this statistics. It is no doubt that, death penalty is one kind of killing.
Tags: Reporting on Asean
Ahead of Bo SLPP Conference, Job, Others Accused of Manipulation
February 25th, 2010 · No Comments
There have been growing concerns among the rank and file of the opposition Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) that party chairman, John Oponjo Benjamin and other top ranking officials are hell-bent on manipulating the party’s constitution to suit their political ambitions.
Tags: Political reporting
Mac Manu: NPP will fight to protect freedoms
February 25th, 2010 · No Comments
Peter Mac Manu,the outgoing National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party,has reiterated that the party will always champion and protect the fundamental freedoms of the citizenry.
Tags: Sneak In
Job Dodges Koroma
February 24th, 2010 · No Comments
Chairman of the opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) says he is waiting for the appropriate time to respond to president Ernest Bai Koroma’s swipe on him and his party.John Oponjo Benjamin aka JOB told Concord Times:
Tags: Environment · Political reporting
APC Disrespects the Culture of Kailahun
February 24th, 2010 · No Comments
The recent visit of President Koroma to Kailahun district has left more confusion and animosity against the APC. It was a big shock that President Koroma took his Limba cultural mask devil or Matorma to Kailahun when it was expected that the President was visiting his own people never mind the district is predominantly a [...]
Tags: Political reporting
Commonwealth Scribe Braces for Salone Visit
February 24th, 2010 · No Comments
Secretary-General of the Commonwealth will visit Sierra Leone from 7 to 9 February this year to hold talks with President Ernest Bai Koroma and other senior state officials on issues of development.
Tags: Poverty
Bleeding and burning in CHT including Church & Temple: Government failed to protect Indigenous people
February 24th, 2010 · No Comments
By Jahangir Alam Akash, Just now Indigenous-Tribal communities have been cleaning by the government and Bangalee people who were taken shelter in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT). It was totally illegal. The local people think that, only for that the present problem has arisen. Most important Land Commission for CHT hasn’t functioned yet. Though, it was put inside of the peace treaty. And it is a very burning and demanding issue from the Indigenous people of CHT. Hundreds houses including Buddhist temple and church were burnt. Bangalee settler and army men together attacked on Indigenous people. At a stage the Indigenous people were starting fought with them.
Tags: Political reporting
Gola Forest Indigenes Cry for Help
February 24th, 2010 · No Comments
Residents living in the seven Gola Forest communities in the Kenema district, eastern Sierra Leone have called for the intervention of the government and other well meaning organizations to salvage their deplorable state as the conservation of the forest has virtually ‘disarmed’ them.
Tags: Environment