CPP names its shadow Cabinet

The Convention People’s Party (CPP) on Monday constituted a 15 member shadow cabinet to stop NDC / NPP duopoly in their next campaign. The cabinet, which is chaired by the chairman and leader of the party, Mr Ladi Nylander, was to offer…

TTI students agree to write examination

The entire 3,000 students of Takoradi Technical Institute (TTI), who boycotted the third term promotional examination and demonstrated against some of their teachers’ for non performance, have now agreed to write the papers starting…

EU opens probe into IBM

European Union competition regulators launched two anti-trust investigations against International Business Machines Corp, suspecting it of abusing its dominant position in the mainframe computer market. One investigation followed…

US hunts for Wikileak files source

The US defence department has launched an investigation to identify who leaked tens of thousands of classified documents on the war in Afghanistan to whistleblower website. Officials said on Monday that whoever handed over the about 91,000…

BP boss Hayward to step down October 1

BP PLC said Tuesday that embattled Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward will step down on Oct. 1 — to be succeeded by American Robert Dudley — and that it has set aside $32.2 billion to cover the costs of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. In…

Government asked to dialogue with oil communities

Dr. Steve Manteaw, Executive Director of Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC), has urged government to listen and address the concerns of communities to be affected by activities of the country’s oil exploration. He said…