Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey "Only the best is good enough for Africa."
Kwame Nkrumah "The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of Africa."
By: Owusu A. Kizito, EA/MBA We know that the mortgage crisis is wreaking havoc on the stock market, on the housing industry, and on our economy as a whole. But there are 2 million voiceless victims of this crisis about whom we hear little. Largely over the next 2 years, an estimated 2 million children […]
By M. O. ENE “You cannot plant greatness as you plant yams or maize. Who ever planted an iroko tree – the greatest tree in the forest? You may collect all the iroko seeds in the world, open the soil and put them there. It will be in vain. The great tree chooses where […]
Anemia happens when your red blood cells are in short supply. Red blood cells carry oxygen from your lungs to all parts of the body, giving you the energy you need to do your daily activities. Hemoglobin is the part of the red blood cells that carries the oxygen. Anemia is commonly encountered in primary […]
By Kofi Ayim More than 300 people filled the spacious Newark Club to celebrate the Annual Parents Luncheon of New Jersey SEEDS March 23. “SEEDS is the acronym for Scholars Educators Excellence Dedication Success. In a brief welcome address Jamie McClintock, NJSEEDS Development Officer, Parents Program profusely thanked parents for their involvement in the program […]
As Columbia University redevelops large swath of Manhattanville, it is required to five $76 million to the West Harlem Local Development Corporation to address neighboring needs By Kia Gregory Some of the requests conjure images of a worn-down West Harlem: efforts to revive the arts in faltering schools; raise reading and writing skills for kindergarten […]
Over 240,000 registered outside Ghana but did not vote – E.C. By Kofi Ayim More than 240,000 Ghanaians on official duties or assignments outside Ghana that registered to vote in the December Presidential and Parliamentary elections did not vote, according to Ghana’s Electoral Commission. These include officials and family of the about 60 or so […]
By Andrew Baddoo, MD “Doc, do I have cancer?” is a question that is asked around the world in most doctors’ offices and hospitals. Cancer is a diagnosis nobody would wish on their worst enemy but it is something most of us are not doing enough about or taking the necessary steps to prevent. Cancer […]
By Steve Maggi It was a moment I had anticipated since January, 2010, when my wife and I took the long bus-trip down to Accra from Offinso, solemn and on the verge of tears knowing that our magical time in Ghana was about to end, and even worse, not knowing when we see this sacred […]
by Gary Axelbank Mamadou Gueye New York, NY – The Monroe Mustangs 2012-13 indoor track team is writing an amazing story. The latest chapter was composed at Friday’s Great Dane Classic hosted by the University at Albany at the NYC Armory. It opens with jumper Mamadou Gueye from Senegal, who went airborne on a long jump […]