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Motorbike snatcher arrested
A 22-year-old unemployed man who allegedly tricked commercial motorbike (Okada) riders and bolted with their motorbikes has been arrested by the police.
 Augustine Abam was arrested at Omanjor in Accra on February 17, 2012 when he attempted to snatch a commercial motorbike.
The Odorkor District Police Commander, Superintendent Abraham Acquaye, told the Daily Graphic that the police suspected that from last year to date Abam had snatched six motorbikes from their owners using the same trick.
He
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Tech. regulations and standardisation key in economic growth - TRAQUE
The Trade Related Assistance and Quality Enabling Programme (TRAQUE) of the Ministry of Trade and Industry is calling for a national consensus on the best practices for product standards and regulations.
The programme funded by the European Union is organising a forum on the theme: "Technical Regulations and Standardisation in Ghana"; to bring together national stakeholders to deliberate on standards and regulatory issues.
A statement issued by TRAQUE said better standards would create
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Sense of Interpretations
“The mind is like palm oil, when it lies still we heat it up.†– Akan proverb
When our conventional explanation for concepts and events are put under scrutiny, there are very few of them that would withstand the test of understanding. More often than not, we assume because we use a word, we really understand what it means. If you sampled peoples’ views and understanding of words and concepts like love, wisdom, smartness, ethics, integrity, among others, you would marvel at how diverse and
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Israeli West Bank killings could amount to 'war crimes'
BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli military forces routinely use "unnecessary, arbitrary and brutal force" against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, with some killings amounting to war crimes, Amnesty International said Thursday. In a report entitled ...
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Women urged to acquire entrepreneurial skills
The Queenmother of Asafo Number One and Two in Awutu Beraku, Naakye Pobide, has advised women to strive to acquire entrepreneurial skills to engage in profitable businesses that will enable them to support their respective families.
According to her, women need to play supportive roles in their various families and they can do that when they are gainfully employed.
She said the era where women solely relied on their husbands for their basic needs was over, adding that it was about time women engaged
Ghana's Natural Resources Not Fully Utilized
Ghana's President John Mahama on Tuesday (25.02.2014) presented his state of the nation address. Mahama's speech largely focused on the economy and included an appeal to buy 'made in Ghana' products.
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CRI introduces new cocoyam varieties, recipes
The Crop Research Institute (CRI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has come up with three new improved cocoyam varieties which are disease resistant and high yielding.
They are “Gye me di†(a purple variety which matures in eight months), “Akyedie†(a purple variety which matures in seven months) and “Mayeyie†(a white variety which matures in six months).
Farmers who recently cultivated the new varieties recorded increased yields after harvest.
Now that yield
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