There is more credit and satisfaction in being a first-rate truck driver than a tenth-rate executive – B C Forbes According to American clergyman, activist, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King, Jr., “If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, […]
At the 8th August press conference announcing the reintroduction of the collection of TV licence fees, the Chairman of the National Media Commission said “a comprehensive sensitization and publicity campaign has been drawn up and is being rolled out, beginning with the launch of the resumption of the TY license Fee regime” In plain English, ‘we
It was a few years ago at the then Central Regional (now Cape Coast Teaching) Hospital. We were grossly understaffed those years. There was no opening or closing time. You worked as long as there were cases, day or night. I remember often being called two to three times in a single night to perform
Your Excellencies, I am an African from the stony town of Nandom in the Upper West Region of Ghana and writing to you from the Green and forested State of New Hampshire in the United States of America. I am a true African. I owe my existence to the rich and diverse bio-physical environment of
“Wereko-Brobby Kicked out” is how Peacefmonline reported it, courtesy of the Daily Guide. “Court dismisses Tarzan’s case against collection of TV license (sic)” was Myjoyonline’s initial take on the matter, although this was sobered up later upon the protestations of my Counsel. In later interviews with NEAT FM and HITZ FM, both presenters initially saw
The first time I wrote about a strike action, I made many enemies. That was in August 2013, exactly two years ago. The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) announced strike on August 1, 2013, to protest unpaid salary arrears. Within 12 hours, the government resolved the issue and started paying their arrears that were
1. PRESIDENT, NEGOTIATE AND SAVE LIVES Irmo, South Carolina 9TH August, 2015 Your Excellency, RE: NEGOTIATING WITH THE DOCTORS I have read with alarm, your comments regarding the curtailment of services by Ghanaian doctors. While your remarks appear consistent with your “dead goat philosophy”, your posture is unfortunate. To add to your remarks, NDC officials
The controversy surrounding the speedy trial and conviction of Charles Antwi, the man accused of plotting to assassinate President Mahama, has become sadly partisan.
Across the globe, owners, managers and editors are kept awake over the uncertain future of their industry. Some analysts paint a gloomy picture of the newspaper industry, saying it will end up in the grave yard; pushed to an early death by a number of factors which includes access to “free news” online and inherently
Very often it is easy to tell the rich from the poor. In Ghana, a poor young man is called ‘Kofi Brokeman’ while a young rich woman is called ‘cash madam’. Sometimes, however, it is hard to know who is rich or poor especially at the beach where people walk barefooted and casually dressed. This
