Madam Gifty Twum Ampofo Has Won N.P.P Parliamentary Primary In Abuakwa North.

An educationist Madam Gifty Twum Ampofo has won the New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary primary in the Abuakwa North Constituency in the Eastern Region. Madam Twum Ampofo polled 207 to beat Mr. Kyei Brobbey, a former Headmaster of Ofori Panin SHS and Mr. Isaac Osei Ampadu a businessman who polled 27 and 104 respectively. Two persons who filed to contest the primary pulled out. One of them, a former Member of Parliament for the constituency, Prof Emeritus Samuel Kwadwo Amoako, threw his support behind the only female in the race and the eventual winner. The primary became necessary following the demise of the Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North, Joseph Boakye Danquah Adu. The Electoral Commission has fixed March 29 for the by-election in the Abuakwa North Constituency. The Commission will start receiving nominations for the election between March 1 and March 2 at the District Office of the Commission at Tafo in the Eastern Region, from 9:00am to 12:00noon and2:00pm to 5:00pm both days. J. B Danquah was stabbed to death in his bedroom at his resident in Accra on Tuesday February 9, 2016 by a 19-year old school dropout, Daniel Asiedu, who is currently standing trial.

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Supreme Court Cautions Woyome...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday cautioned embattled businessman, Mr Alfred A. Woyome, to take the court serious after it dismissed his latest application seeking a stay of execution to allow him to pay the GHȻ51.2 million while he heads to the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). He was also praying the court to allow him to pay the money by instalment, starting with GHȻ8 million at the end of April 2016 with the rest spread within 36 months and paid quarterly. The court, however, took exception to the fact that while Mr Ken Anku, counsel for Mr Woyome, had told the media that he was heading to the ICC for arbitration, at the same time, he was in the court seeking to tie the hands of the Attorney-General (A-G) to prevent it from attaching his properties because his client wanted to renegotiate the terms of payment.

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Bishop Palmer Buckle On Homosexuals...

The Most Reverend Charles Palmer Buckle, Metropolitan Archbishop of Accra has stated that lesbians and homosexuals are all children of God whose basic human rights must be respected by all. According to him, the human rights of all gays must not be abused but added that the Catholic Church is against the practice of homosexuality because it is against the law of God and humanity. “We [Catholic Church] are clear on that, homosexuals, LGBT’s and the rest are children of God and they must be respected. "They have a human dignity that nobody must be allowed to trample on that,” Archbishop Palmer Buckle told Nii Arday Clegg, host of Morning Starr Monday. Archbishop Palmer Buckle added: “However, for the greater good of humanity we the Catholic Church espouse and we say that marriage is for man and woman and remains for man and woman and children should be brought up in the family of man and woman. “It is also not only our religious teaching that makes us stay by that, it is also a natural normal logical thing so this is where we are in the Catholic Church and I think we have made it very clear we are not going to condemn LGBTs as personalities...but we definitely say that is contrary to the greater good of humanity for procreation and also for education and creation of people”.

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Mahama Responds To NPP's ‘True SoNA"...Another Presser This Afternoon!

President John Mahama has responded to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) main opposition leader Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Nana Addo raised a number of issues during what he calls 'the True State of the Nation' held on Monday at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Accra. This was after President Mahama's State of the Nation Address in Parliament on Thursday. Reacting in a facebook post to the NPP Press Conference on Monday, President Mahama wrote: “I have always believed in the tremendous power that exists within every single Ghanaian: the power to influence the course of events and the power to shape the future of this great nation of ours. It is with this belief that I took office as President four years ago, and it is with this same belief that last week I delivered my State of the Nation Address. The opposition is exercising its democratic right to criticize, which is a proof that we are living in a healthy democracy. However, it would be wrong to try to minimize our achievements and the depth of Ghana’s transformation in the last three years. For me, as President, these last three years are a story of hope– a hope shared by so many of us. This is because what we have been able to achieve so far is for all of us, and it was made possible only through the continuous participation of all of us. The most important fact about the transformative stories I shared last week, the most fundamental truth about them is that they are not my achievements, they are our achievements! They are Ghana’s achievements! Step by step, we built something important, something that lays the foundation for irreversible improvements in the lives of all of us! We worked hard every day, we kept the faith, we kept moving forward – this is how we achieved all this! Together we are changing lives, one individual at a time. These are our achievements! This is why I will keep talking about them – because when I talk about them I am honouring each and every one of you”. In a related development, Peacefmonline is reliably informed that there will be another response from government, possibly the Communications Ministry. A press conference is scheduled to take place Monday afternoon at the "Meet The Press Conference Room" near the GNAT Hall at 4PM.

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