Author Archives: larryehu

BA boss ‘won’t resign’ over flight chaos

BA chief executive Alex Cruz says he will not resign and that flight disruption had nothing to do with cutting costs. He told the BBC a power surge, had “only lasted a few minutes”, but the back-up system had not worked properly. He said the IT failure was not due to technical staff being outsourced from the UK to India. ...

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The real reasons you’re attractive, according to science

Let’s be honest: Looks count. When you see that certain mix of eyes, cheekbones, hair, and je ne sais quoi from across the room, you’re drawn in. While there are plenty of tricks to making oneself more physically desirable, new research suggests that appearance is just window dressing when it comes to finding someone attractive. Beauty—or true appeal—is more than ...

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NDC looted state funds through sole-sourcing – Adwoa Safo

The Minister of State at the presidency in charge of Public Procurement, Adwoa Safo, has accused the Mahama-led administration of abusing the sole-sourcing element of the procurement laws. Speaking Monday May 29, 2017 at a training session on Public Procurement for Ministers and Agencies Ms Safo who is the MP for Dome Kwabenya revealed officials in the past administration deliberately ...

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Ablekuma residents protest over bad roads

A protest against the dilapidated nature of the main road linking Ablekuma-Manhean-Afuaman and Oduman-Nsakina in the Greater Accra region on Monday morning left hundreds of commuters in those areas stranded. Some commercial drivers who were part of the protesters, parked their vehicles and refused to pick passengers. Others, including landlords and tenants blocked portions of the main road to prevent ...

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Better luck next time – Akufo-Addo to Starlets

President Akufo-Addo has comforted the Black Starlets after losing to their Malian counterparts at the just ended Africa U-17 tournament The President in a tweet posted: “Better luck next time to the Starlets. We are proud of you. Now, unto the world championships. Make Ghana proud.” The defending Champions could have been two goals up before the break after Facinet ...

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Allow us to mine – Miners to government

The Ashanti regional branch of the Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners (GNASSM) has called on government to allow its members to go back to work after being rendered jobless for three months. “…To the government, we say three months is enough; allow us to go back to work,” the group said in a statement. To help protect water ...

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Uncompleted projects were in Green Book – MCE

Clement Nii Lamptey Wilkinson, the Municipal Chief Executive for Ga West, has accused the National Democratic Congress (NDC) of publishing uncompleted road projects as achievements in its Green Book prior to last year’s elections. According to him, that decision was meant to deceive Ghanaians into believing that the then NDC government was delivering on its mandate for which it should ...

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Accra Poly stops students from writing exams

Over 300 students of the Accra Technical University have been prevented from taking part in the end of semester exams for failing to pay a 100 Ghana cedis penalty for the late payment of their fees. According to the angry students, the school authorities have refused to heed to their pleas and allow them write the exams since it is ...

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