Archive for: June, 2013

REV FRIMPONG MANSO LEADS EPRC

By Kwasi Baako for Amandla Rev. Dr. Yaw Frimpong Manso, former moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana was formally installed as pastor of the Emmanuel Presbyterian Reformed Church (EPRC) Sunday, 19 May, 2013. EPRC which was officially established on May 3, 1998 after breaking away from the Presbyterian Church of […]

The African Media and the Wave of Democratization: 50 Years Down the Line

Media and democratization are clearly inseparable bedfellows. Hyden and Okigbo (2003) describe the relationship between the two as “complex at worst and interwoven at best”. Jimmy Ocitti (1999) aptly describes the relationship as “mutual political bedfellows or implacable arch-foes”. It is therefore safe to say that media and democracy are close cousins that can relate […]

NYPD’s stop & frisk is not appropriate as used now

Mr. Bill Thompson, a 2013 mayoral candidate opined that the NYPD’s stop & frisk policy as used now is not done appropriately. According to him 90 percent of persons subjected to the policy happen to be minorities. Stop & frisk is also abused and is the reason why he would not keep Police Commissioner Ray […]

Ghanaian elected Moderator for New York City Presbyterian Community

Bronx, NY, May 26: History was made at the Emmanuel Presbyterian Reformed Church (EPRC) at Woodlawn Heights in the Bronx with the formal commissioning of Dr. David Nana Ofori as the Moderator of the 97-strong presbytery of the Presbyterian Church of New York.  Dr. Ofori who was formally installed by the New York Presbytery on […]

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