Archive for: July, 2014

ObamaCare: What’s in Stock For The Taxpayer? (Part Two)

By: Dr. Peter Ikre As we make plans toward the commencement of the second Open Enrollment Period (OEP) scheduled from November 15, 2014 to February 15, 2015, it is prudent to revisit the outcome of the recently concluded enrollment process that took place between October 1, 2013 and March 31, 2014. Although the first OEP […]

Newark’s New Leader: “Yeah! We Need a Mayor That’s Radical!”

By Sarah Gonzalez : Reporter, WNYC/NJPR When Ras Baraka ran for mayor, his campaign slogan was, “When I become mayor, we become mayor.” When he took his oath outside of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark on Tuesday, hundreds of people in the crowd repeated the oath along with him. “We’re the mayor,” […]

Why pay to investigate the loss of the Black Stars in Brazil?

Once again Ghana made headlines in World Cup 2014 in Brazil, this time, however, for the wrong reasons. In 2010 in South Africa Ghana for the first time in a second appearance in a World Cup meet was able to progress to the quarter finals. The team’s ouster by Uruguay was an unfortunate episode. The […]

Is the NPP ready for 2016?

by Kwabena Opong, Accra The expectations of most members of Ghana’s premier opposition New PatrioticParty (NPP) after the election of a new national executive appear to be mixed as current developments point more to a party in distress and imminent implosion. No sooner had the elections ended did speculations and rumors began flying about issues […]

Ghanaians Living abroad must rise! – PAM

by Kofi Ayim, Harlem, New York Ghana is at a crossroads and either it moves forward or risks retrogressing into an unending abyss. This assessment was made by Mr. Kwame Fosu, chair of a newly formed organization, the Progressive Alliance Movement (PAM) July 12 at the Riverside Church, New York. PAM formed in 2011 in […]

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