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Notes on This Remembrance Day 2009
on November 9th, 2009
By Helena Kaufman, Last night I had the strangest dream I’d ever dreamed before ,I dreamed the world had all agreed ,To put an end to war ,Words and music by Ed McCurdy What we remember when we are awake in the light of day on November 11 is Veteran’s Day, Poppy Day, Armistice Day [...]
Canadian Youth Championships
on October 18th, 2009
By Douglas Clement The Afro News Akeem Haynes of Calgary wins the 17 years and under section with his Canada Summer Games victory in the 100m with his 10.47 (1.3). This high school student at Crescent Heights is ranked 10th in the world in the Youth division. He has a pending Canadian Youth record of [...]
The Disturbing Thinking of Spio-Garbrah
Dr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, the Chief Executive Officer of the London, UK based Commonwealth Telecommunication Organization, on the surface appears big-minded. But there is more to that image than what we see on the facade. As the French thinker Voltaire would say, the questions Dr. Spio-Garbrah ask, overtime, has revealed his troubling thoughts in relation to the health of the governing National Democratic Party (NDC) and, by extension, Ghana’s progress.