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Nov 2009 |
| 1. | BONGO NABA WANTS AUTONOMY FOR DIST. ASSEMBLIES | 28/11/2009 |
| The Paramount Chief of the Bongo Traditional Area, Naba Salifu Alemyarum, has advocated complete independence of district assemblies to use the common fund allocated to them the way they deemed fit for the development of their areas. |
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| 2. | CULTURE FORUM IN SUPPORT OF WOMEN’S DEVELOPMENT | 28/11/2009 |
| Accra was alive with the sound of women employment when the Women, Culture and Development forum was held as part of the 2009 International Conference of African Culture and Development (ICACD). |
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| 3. | TRADITIONAL FESTIVALS IN GHANA | 28/11/2009 |
| The Bakatue Festival of Elmina and Fao Festival of Paga. |
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| 4. | 4th Arts and Culture Fair opens in Accra | 28/11/2009 |
| The Fourth Arts and Culture African Gift Fair 2009, was opened at Osu, in Accra on Friday. |
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| 5. | WOMEN KICK AGAINST REVIEW OF CULTURAL PRACTICES | 28/11/2009 |
| Bongo traditional area |
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| 6. | KPANDO NAFAC UNDERWAY | 28/11/2009 |
| The Kpando District of the Volta region has set the tone for this year’s National Festival of Arts and Culture (NAFAC, 2009). |
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| 7. | The story of the Akyem Kotoku (3) | 28/11/2009 |
| Nana Frempong Manso was succeded by Nana Amapim. During his reign the Asantehene was desirous to of subjugating Akyem, so he declared war against them. Nana Ampim sought refuge at Tarkwa Akyiase; he was pursued and killed |
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| 8. | UPPER EAST, WEST CHIEFS BRIEFED ON NEWCHIEFTAINCY ACT | 24/11/2009 |
| A workshop to sensitize traditional rulers on the new Chieftaincy Act (Act 759) was held at Bolgatanga with a call on chiefs to take steps to help ensure a successful implementation of the Act. |
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| 9. | Five decades of leadership | 23/11/2009 |
| ONE traditional ruler whose reign has brought sustained development and improved living conditions for his kith and kin is the Divisional Chief of Asankrangwa in the Western Region, Nana Anyani Buadum III. |
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| 10. | OKYEHENE MARKS 10TH ANNIVERSARY | 23/11/2009 |
| PRESIDENT John Evans Atta Mills congratulating the Okyehene, Amoatia Ofori Panin II. |
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| 11. | Could your culture be letting you down | 21/11/2009 |
| As the year draws to a close, several organizations will be reviewing the year with the aim of identifying their successes, difficulties and failures. |
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| 12. | DuBios Centre prepares for Silver Jubilee | 21/11/2009 |
| DuBios Centre prepares for Silver Jubilee |
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| 13. | Ghana _ Japan Yosakoi Dance Festival | 21/11/2009 |
| Some of the teams that took part in this year’s Ghana – Yosakoi Janpan Festival of dance held at the Efua Sutherland Children’s Park seen in their costumes during the event. |
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| 14. | Chieftaincy Installation and Power to Destool a Chief | 19/11/2009 |
| Chieftaincy Cause or - matter affecting chieftaincy – Jurisdiction – Dispute concerning purported Chieftaincy Cause or - matter affecting chieftaincy – Jurisdiction – Dispute concerning purported intention to install a divisional chief of a traditional area – Effect of mere naming of party to the petition – Installation of a chief – Formal enstoolment of chief – Various forms of – Destoolment – When proper – Grounds for deposition of a person as chief specified in Act 759, s40(3). |
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| 15. | My Father’s Legacy (6) | 19/11/2009 |
| The resounding victory of the CPP at the 1956 polls so weakened the opposition that they decided to assert themselves outside the democratic framework. Their agitation in Ashanti and other parts of the then Gold coast had led to serious clashes, often developing into armed violence. |
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| 16. | NKRUMAH’S CULTURE POLICY LAUDED | 19/11/2009 |
| MISS Elsie Amina Gombilla, Assistant Registrar of the University for Development Studies (UDS), Tamale, has said that Ghana’s first President, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, initiated a self- relent and self — sustaining development for the country, which was underpinned by a sound cultural system. |
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| 17. | THEATRE STUDENTS PLAY TO KUMASI SCHOOLS | 19/11/2009 |
| STUDENTS of the School of Performing Arts, University of Ghana visited the Dwabrem theatre at the Centre for National Culture in Kumasi last Saturday where they dished out a mix of traditional music, dance and drama to entertain and educate the youth on the effects of drug abuse, parental irresponsibility and truancy.’ |
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| 18. | APIREDE GETS NEW GYASEHENE | 17/11/2009 |
| APIREDE, near Akropong in the Eastern Region, over the weekend was a sight of colorful cultural pomp and pageantry following the enstoolment of a 60 year — old businessman as the new Gyasehene |
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| 19. | THE STORY OF AKYEM KOTOKU (1) | 14/11/2009 |
| Know the Origin Of Towns |
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| 20. | ABUTIA HOLDS | 14/11/2009 |
| Yoveawoza, meaning ‘Brotherliness Festival’, of the chiefs and people of Abutia traditional area in the Ho municipality |
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| 21. | GRAVE LOOTING.… CHIEF, 2 OTHERS IN COURT | 14/11/2009 |
| THE Bemuhene of Kukurantumi, Nana Ofosu Oware, has been arrested by the Police to assist them in their investigation in to a grave looting case. |
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| 22. | Let’s use our resources wisely | 13/11/2009 |
| Thus it is pertinent to cast a look around our attraction sites and recognize some of the things that we may not be doing right and correct them before it gets too late. |
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| 23. | OKYEHENE ATTENDS AAC MEETING | 13/11/2009 |
| THE Okyehene Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin |
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| 24. | LET’S USE OUR RESOURCES WISELY | 13/11/2009 |
| One of the major or challenges of modern economic planning is how to minimize negative impacts on the economic, social and natural environment of destination. Thus it is pertinent to cast a look around our attraction sites and recognize some of the things that we may not be doing right and correct them before it gets too late. Here are a few examples. |
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| 25. | GNAT COMMENDS NKORANZAHENE | 13/11/2009 |
| THE president of the National Association of Teachers (GNAT), Joseph Kwaku Adjei, has commended the Nkoranza Traditional Council for its contribution toward the promotion of education in the area. |
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| 26. | My Father’s Legacy (5) | 12/11/2009 |
| When Nkrumah first began his country wide political activities in 1948, he had been surprised and When Nkrumah first began his country wide political activities in 1948, he had been surprised and concerned to discover the number of cocoa farmers who had become so indebted to foreign owned cocoa buying firms and African middlemen and brokers that their farms had been confiscated. Those farmers were constantly appealing to him to do something about this, but at that time it was not that easy. |
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| 27. | RAWLINGS IS TORGBUI AVAKLASU | 12/11/2009 |
| Ex- President Jerry Rawlings and wife, Nana Konadu, were part of the celebrations of the 42nd Gordigbe Festival of the people of on October 31 where ex-president Rawlings was installed a chief with the title Torgbui Avaklasu I. |
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| 28. | Nkrumah’s statue to be erected at Sunyani Jubilee Park | 10/11/2009 |
| The Brong Ahafo Regional Co-ordinating Council (RCC) and the Brong Ahafo@50 Secretariat is to erect the statue of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, the first President of Ghana and the busts of the seven gallant chiefs who fought for the creation of the region, in addition to the statue of Dr. Kofi Abrefa Busia, which is currently located at the Jubilee Park in Sunyani, the regional capital. |
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| 29. | Wusuta Advocates Boat Training Centre | 10/11/2009 |
| The chiefs and people of Wusuta have called on the government to as a matter of urgency, set up a boat technical training centre in the area. |
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| 30. | BRONG AHAFO REGION MARKS 50th ANNIVERSARY | 09/11/2009 |
| PRESIDENT John Evans Atta Mills at the weekend joined the chiefs and people of the Brong Ahafo Region to mark the 50th anniversary of the region. |
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| 31. | MANYA KROBO TRADITIONAL COUNCIL HONOURS KWASHIE | 09/11/2009 |
| A Patron of sports writers association of Ghana (SWAG) and Executive Chairman of TESCO West Africa Agencies Limited, Mr. Tetteh Kwashie, has been honored by the Manya Krobo traditional Council with the highest title Manya Klo Mahefello (Defender of Menya Krobo Traditional Area). |
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| 32. | STOP ARMING NORTHERN YOUTH -Dakpema tells politicians | 09/11/2009 |
| The Chief of Tamale Dakpem Na Alhassan Dawuni, has appealed to politicians and the cronies in the south, who supply weapons of destruction to the youth of the northern region, to stop the practice for the development of the country |
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| 33. | PROJECT AFRICA’S Rich ARTS AND CULTURE | 07/11/2009 |
| project the continent’s rich arts and cultural heritage |
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| 34. | DANCERS WELCOME GBAGBO | 07/11/2009 |
| These traditional Dancers, part of the welcoming party exhibiting the rich Ghanaian culture during the arrival of the President Laurent Gbagbo of Cote d’Ivoire for his two day official visit to Ghana. |
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| 35. | SOYINKA TAKES ON AFRICAN LEADERS | 07/11/2009 |
| Professor Wole Soyinka a Noble Literature Laureate, on Thursday said Africa’s inability to progress beyond liberation from colonialism was due to the lingering slave mentality of its leaders and intellectuals. |
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| 36. | 2009 AKWANTUKESE FESTIVAL BEGINS TODAY | 06/11/2009 |
| THIS year’s Akwantukese festival of the chiefs and people of New Juaben Traditional Area begins today, November 6, with the customary performance at the Obuotabiri Shrine followed a clean.-up exercise in all the communities in New Juaben on Saturday, November 7, which will run till November 20. |
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| 37. | MY FATHERS’S LEGACY (4) | 05/11/2009 |
| But the word ‘Federation’ was to become almost an obsession with them. |
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| 38. | Manya-Krobo Chiefs Ban Noise Making | 05/11/2009 |
| The Manya -Krobo Traditional Council has, with immediate effect banned the use of musical instruments at funerals and during church services in any locality within the traditional area after 8:00p.m. |
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| 39. | ENYAN MAIM INSTALLS TUFUHEN | 05/11/2009 |
| A 57— YEAR — OLD Ghanaian public health nurse based in London has been installed Tufuhen (sub chief) of Enyan — Maim traditional Area; under the stool name Nana Efua Obirboa Krampa I. |
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| 40. | PRESIDENT GBAGBO EULOGISES NKURUMAH | 04/11/2009 |
| The visiting Ivorian President, Laurent Gbagbo, yesterday praised the first president of Ghana, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, for his vision for Ghana and the African continent. |
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| 41. | CHIEFS, ELDERS OF GOMOA AKYMEMPIM SMOKE PEACE PIPE | 03/11/2009 |
| THE chiefs and elders of Gomoa Akyempim Traditonal Area in the Central Region have amicably resolved an eight —year old chieftaincy dispute. |
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| 42. | REDUCE WAITING TIME OF NHIS CLIENTS----CHIEF | 03/11/2009 |
| A CHIEF in the Central Region has called on government to reduce to reduce the waiting time for fresh clients of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), from three months to one month. |
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| 43. | TUBA CHIEF URGES RESIDENTS TO COOPERATE | 03/11/2009 |
| The newly enstooled chief of Tuba in Ga South, Mikail III, has called on the people of Tuba to unite and rally behind to map out plans and programmes to develop the area. |
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