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Many things have gone by this year, some memorable, others hmmmmmm with nothing to write home about. We've seen lots of political activities this year especially with the NDC, the NPP, CPP and other political parties doing their own things. Two weeks ago, I passed by some place around Jamestown. I saw some dirty children playing in the mud and riding tin cars around. As I approached them, one asked: Do you think there will be Christmas this year?' The other who looked too busy said, 'I don't know. Lets ask this man' So they called me. Their call was so typical of an illiterate child. 'Bro... bro... do you think Christmas will come this year? I was surprised at the question and inquired why they asked. They bluntly told me looking at the politics and all the noise around they don't think this year there would be any Christmas for them. Listening to them, I remembered those good old days when our only consolation for happiness and and parties where we will che

Walking down from the GCB tower right down to the big station at circle one can notice the sale of Cd's and DVD movies. Being a movie freak and a lover of action movies, I drew near to one of these tables. To my uttermost surprise I noticed something. There was an open display of the CD with dozen names (PORNOGRAPHY). It is very surprising to note that things which are considered bad in society are given dozen names. Take for example 'akpeteshie' or locally brewed liqour. It has many names or a dozen names. The names range from 'kill me quick' to 'don't mind your wife' to 'show me what you got' 'man power' plus a dozen others. Seeing this, I asked myself if all was well in this country. I could not understand how come pornography can be freely displayed on our streets like they were goods. It showed how law enforcers have failed to meet up their task.

Finance Minister, Honourable Kwadwo Baah-Wiredu has been reported dead. Sketchy information indicates he died on Wednesday in a South African hospital where he was rushed for medical attention late last week. Government officials have been mute over the shocking news of the passing of the affable minister. Government’s Spokesperson on Finance, Kwaku Kwarteng told Myjoyonline that he had heard the sad news and was seeking confirmation, while Deputy Information Minister, Frank Agyekum also told Myjoyonline that he was unable to confirm the information and that if there was any such development, the government would issue a statement. Radio stations are already announcing the Minister’s passage. Born in 1952 at Asante Akyem Agogo in the Ashanti Region, Baah-Wiredu, a product of Kumasi High School from 1967 to 1972 where he obtained his ‘O’ Level Certificate and Prempeh College from 1972 to 1974 for the ‘A’ Level, also attended the University of Ghana where he obtained a degree in administ

By Caleb Enstir Eghan Ghanaians frequently use an old quotation from the Bible “Spare the rod and you spoil the child” whenever they want to or discipline an offender. In this case the acceptance for the establishment of the prisons to punish people who go against the law of the land. Many human right activists have for years called for an improvement in our prisons and the reform policies to be improved. The prison is made up of all kinds of personalities one can think of. They may be one way or the other found themselves in prison due to an unfortunate incident that calls for their incarceration. The main reasons for the establishment of prisons was to reform such persons who may have done something inhuman and so on and to shape their psyche for a better life after they serve their due sentences or punishment. Recently, Honourable Dan Abodakpi has also added his voice to the call for an improvement of facilities at the prisons to help inmate reform during their sentences. Mr. Dan Ab

The last trip at school By: Caleb Enstir Eghan I am the type who will describe himself as shy, skeptic, simply put unsociable until I decided not to label myself with these attributes. To achieve this aim, I decided to join my school on a trip to the Bojo Beach . It was the last trip for those of us in our final year. The day was a regular day with a lot of joy in the sky as usual, the air was fresh and all I could see was beautiful girls “in and out” with different dresses to match with their beauty. This view quickly “troubled” my spirit prompting me to say “God is love”. The idea of wanting to be cool and sociable was nearly scraped when I felt very sad inward because of the time it took the bus to move from the campus. Most students decided to come late, making those of us who arrived earlier feel “stupid” because we have to wait for them. So finally, the bus took off with most of the guys and ladies I expected namely; Sean pimps, Sinero, Koti, Bruce, Yr

Bobie-Ansah, Public Relations and Tax Education officer at the Internal Revenue Service says it is mandatory for all hawkers in Ghana to pay taxes to Government to help provide infrastructure, education and other services beneficial to all Ghanaians. He said this in an interview on hawking in Ghana and whether hawkers pay taxes. Explaining further, he said since all income earners in Ghana needed to pay taxes according to Internal Revenue Act, 2000 (Act 592), there was the need for hawkers to also add theirs to the national kitty. However several attempts were made by the agency to get hawkers to pay but it proved futile due to the fact that hawkers were not static but moved from place to place. He added that there were also few tax officers in In a bid to overcome this problem, the IRS introduced the Tax Stamp in February 2005 as a revenue generation method. According to him this system allows for easy identification of small-scale self-employed persons in the informal sector like peo

Samuel Darko-Duodu writes of the realities of child labour in Ghana and makes concrete proposals for the reduction of its destructive effects on Ghana's children. CHILD LABOUR Child labour is common in the whole world. In Ghana, children of school going ages are seen selling bagged water, sweets , dog chains , apples and other available things on our roads. Others at bus stations busy selling their produce to travelers on the bus. At the Makola market, one of the biggest markets in Accra, these minors are commonly seen selling all sorts of goods to the consuming public. These things are not only seen in Accra but in our small villages and urban centers where children are made to carry water from one village to the other. Others are made to work for the whole day. In all this what does the law say about child labour? The law states that minors are not eligible to take part in any physical tiring, hard manual work, paid or unpaid especially at the expen