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Ghana’s Black Princesses in Toronto By Jonathan Annobil, Toronto

On Sunday July 13, 2014 at 3pm The Rt. Rev. M. Philip Poole paid Episcopal Visit to the Ghanaian Anglican Church of Toronto, located at 1796 Lawrence Avenue Westto worship with them.

The purpose of the visit was to familiarize himself with the church, strengthen the members in the Lord and prepare their minds for them to be brought formally into the life of the Anglican Diocese of Toronto. The Rt. Rev. Poole is the Area Bishop of York-Credit Valley, Bishop Suffragan of the Anglican Diocese

Episcopal visit to the Ghanaian Anglican Church of Toronto

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TORONTO -- Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s public criticism of Canada’s top justice impugned her integrity and was tantamount to undue interference with the independence of the courts, according to an international group of eminent judges and lawyers.As a result, the International Commission of Jurists says Harper should withdraw his remarks and he and Justice Minister Peter MacKay should apologize to Beverley McLachlin, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.The opinion by the Geneva-based organization follows a complaint from a group of Canadian Lawyers and legal academics related to the federal government’s abortive appointment of Federal Court Judge Marc Nadon to the top court in October last year.Harper and MacKay would later suggest publicly that McLachlin had behaved inappropriately by trying to talk to them about potential legal problems with the proposed appointment.Their comments were out of line, the jurists said in a written opinion released this week.“The (commission) sees no necessity for them to have aired their opinions on this matter several months after the fact, in public, and in a manner that impugned the propriety of the chief justice’s actions,” the opinion states.“The criticism was not well founded and amounted to an encroachment upon the independence of the judiciary and integrity of the chief justice.”If Harper or MacKay had any issues with how McLachlin had behaved, the review states, they should have handled the matter confidentially, not made public comments.Harper’s communications director Jason MacDonald had little to say in response.“We have seen the letter,” MacDonald said in

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over Supreme Court feud

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Former British Prime Minister, Sir Winston Church once said, “Those who fail to learn from his tory are doomed to repeat it”. The past provides the guidepost to the future and it suitably helps in understanding, and responding to current circumstances. While no political party is immune to internal strife, it would appear that Ghana’s main opposition, New Patriotic Party (NPP) has been beleaguered with recurrent power struggle than none other. It is my contention that the incessant bickering that has been plaguing NPP must be fully understood in the context of history.

Since the fall of Ghana’s First Republic in 1966 to-date, every major political party either in power or in opposition has traced its roots to either one of the two original political parties, United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) and Convention Peoples Party (CPP). UGCC, which played an instrumental role in ushering self-government in the then British Colony, Gold Coast was dogged by persistent infightings. Similarly, as offshoots of UGCC, which later became Unity Party (UP), Progress Party (PP), Popular Front Party (PFP), and now NPP have all experienced intense infightings in comparison to other political parties of different ideological orientations.

U G C C w a s fraught with unceasing b i c k e r i n g a n d t h a t was perhaps the main rationale it failed to win Gold Coast’s Legislative Assembly elections held on June 15, 1954. CPP, led by its charismatic founder, Kwame Nkrumah, which ironically broke way from UGCC, won a landslide victory that resulted in transfer of power from the Bri t ish colonial rule to a Ghanaian- led Constituent Assembly. Three years after the June 1954 Legislative Assembly elections, Gold Coast became the first African country south of the Sahara to gain independence from a colonial rule.

S i n c e independence in 1957, Ghana has had four Republics, including the current one and usually, power has shifted back

and forth between the two main political parties that trace their roots to UP or CPP. And since 1992 when the 4th Republic’s democratization began, N P P a n d N a t i o n a l Democratic Congress (NDC) have both had mandates to form the g o v e r n m e n t . W h i l e the two main political parties and even their minor counterparts are not immune to internal strife, the problem seems to be widespread within NPP. The question though is why it is that centre-right political parties c o m m o n l y r e f e r r e d to as the Danquaah-Busia tradition usually e x p e r i e n c e p o w e r s t ruggles than their centre-left or social democrat counterparts? This phenomenon cannot fully be comprehended by ignoring history.

T r a c i n g i t s roots to UGCC, UP was an amalgamation of different political entities, which opposed Nkrumah’s policies. The amalgamated opposition party foresighted it then that it was only in the spirit of a united front that it could succeed in its aspirations of defeating Nkrumah’s ruling CPP, which had began to turn Ghana into a one party state. But unfortunately, UP became entangled in post-independence’s sectional, regional and tribal politics. It is not coincidence that the political parties, including NPP which historically and ideologically trace their roots to Ghana’s first centre-right political party, UGCC/UP have all been overwhelmed by extreme internal strife.

For example , d u r i n g t h e S e c o n d Republic, the Busia led Progress Party or PP as it was popularly known e x p e r i e n c e d p o w e r struggle, which was tribal in nature. The squabbling was mainly between the Brongs and Ashantis. However being a “Pan Ghanaian” and consensus builder, Dr. Kofi Abrefa Busia in a way succeeded in holding PP together until its demise through a military coup d’état in January 1972.

A s i f t h e Danquaah-Busia tradition did not learn from its past mistakes in terms of infighting, the same problem surfaced within the Popular Front Party

(PFP), which was led by Victor Owusu during the Third Republic. PFP’s power struggles were obvious and it did not come as a surprise for many observers when led by William Ofori Atta (Paa Willie) with the support of ex-military Head of State turned politician, Akwasi Amankwaah Afrifa, formed the United National Convention (UNC) out of PFP. The i n f i g h t i n g b e t w e e n the two factions was characterized as Asante and Akyem. Vic to r Owusu led PFP’s failure to form the government in the 1979 general elections was mainly attributed to the age old internal divisions that revisited the Danquaah-Busia political tradition.

A s p a r t o f the Danquaah-Busia t r a d i t i o n , N P P h a s also been dogged by internal strife since its inception. One of the main rationales for the current bickering is very similar to what transpired within UGCC/UP, PP and PFP. As the main opposition party under the late Adu Boahen and former President Kufuor to its current leader Nana Akufo-Addo, NPP has had, and continues to have infighting. The bickering is prevalent to the extent that it is dubbed as “Asante and Akyem factions”. Supposedly, the Akyem faction is led by Nana Akufo-Addo. Backed by an ambitious a n d a s p i r i n g N P P presidential candidate Alan Keremanteng, the Asante faction has former President Kufuor as its godfather. The ongoing infighting is so obvious that it is even reported that the Kufuor/Keremanteng bloc intends to break away from the party.

While infighting is not exclusive to any particular party, NPP has had enough of it. I think the party and its top echelons have not learned from history. The same problems that inundated its predecessors are ever-present. And as the UP foresighted it before 1966, it is only in the spirit of a truly united front that NPP will come power again. I hope they should let the above historical lessons be their guide, for those who do not learn from history are bound to repeat the mistakes of yester-years.

Understanding NPP’s Recurring Power Struggle through the

Lens of History The government of Ghana presently seems to be running on life support. It has been walloping from one crisis to another, facing constant protests and confrontations from public service employees and professionals in almost every aspect of life in Ghana. At no point in Ghana’s history has a government become so confrontational with its public service employees as well as the entire nation almost on a daily basis.

Various governments since independence, especially after 1969, have had labour relations’ difficulties and this sometimes boils over manifesting in public demonstrations and show of disapproval over some aspects of government policy that a section of the population consider inimical to their interests. This is normal in democracies and public life where citizens have rights to protest publicly against moves, actions or policies by government which they consider to be harmful to their interests or well-being.

However, life in Ghana since 2013 seems to be revolving only around public revolts manifesting in public demonstrations or strikes (withdrawal of services) by some sections of the economy or another. Public demonstrations, threats of strikes or actual strikes seem to have become the bedfellows of the current government in Ghana under President John Dramani Mahama. Not a single day passes these days without a group of employees or a section of the population threatening to go on strike or public demonstration to highlight their grievances.

These agitations reached fever pitch and boiled over on Thursday July 24 when the organized labour movement revolving around the Trades Union Congress (TUC) declared a one-day general strike and hit the streets across the country with massive demonstrations against government policies, what they deemed as government insensitivity to the worsening economic and living conditions in the country. The demonstrators also referred to what they described as government’s inability and incapability to solve the worsening socio-economic conditions in the country.

This nation-wide strike on July 24 had been preceded by other strikes and public demonstrations almost on a daily basis since late 2013, notable among them was a recent public demonstration dubbed “occupy Flagstaff House” (the seat of government). Earlier there have been strikes by medical doctors, nurses, University and Polytechnic Lecturers, High School and Elementary teachers, to name but a few. In all these the government has been adopting either a wait and see attitude or simply dismiss the concerns and issues of the protesters only for the protests and crisis to erupt again at some point in time.

This situation cannot be allowed to continue. No government can survive under constant crisis and confrontations with its citizens. No country’s economy can survive under constant protests and withdrawal of services by its employees. And no society can survive if its citizens are constantly at war with its government. It looks like this particular government seems to enjoy the confrontations, constant protests and strikes by employees that seem to be plunging the nation into deeper and deeper crisis. This, we strongly submit, should not be the way to go. It should not be the way to govern a country. Governing by crisis is a recipe for disaster.

We therefore strongly urge the government to pause for a serious reflection on the consequences of the present constant protests, strikes and confrontations. Development which can have positive impact on the lives of citizens can only happen in an atmosphere of societal and industrial/labour peace.

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an email Friday. “We have noted it. I have nothing further to add.”MacKay’s office had no comment.The commission -- which did not receive requested input from Harper’s office -- also urged the government to rethink the opaque process by which it now appoints judges.What’s needed is an “open process with prescribed criteria based on merit and integrity and without discrimination,” the commission says.Harper’s appointment of Nadon -- despite McLachlin’s effort to “flag a potential issue regarding ...eligibility” -- led to a successful constitutional challenge that ultimately scuttled his ability to take his place on the court.The appointment and Harper’s subsequent comments in May that he had ignored her advice because it would it would have been improper to listen to her sparked a furor among many in the legal community, who rushed to her defence.In a statement in May, MacDonald said

McLachlin had called MacKay to discuss the Nadon appointment.“After the minister received her call, he advised the prime minister that, given the subject she wished to raise, taking a phone call from the chief justice would be inadvisable and inappropriate,” MacDonald said. “The prime minister agreed and did not take her call.”A day later, Harper himself said it would have been wrong to talk

to McLachlin given that the Nadon appointment was subject to a legal challenge.The comments prompted the chief justice to issue a rare statement saying she had not tried to weigh in on Nadon’s appointment, only to point out potential problems.The commission comprises 60 eminent judges and Lawyers from around the world and works to promote and protect human rights through the rule of law.CBC News

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Overstretched staff and drastic cuts to travel and hospitality are compromising Canada’s defence diplomacy program, considered a crucial tool for advancing military and trade interests at a time of complex global insecurity, according to a new internal evaluation.

The report, completed more than six months ago but only recently released on the National Defence website, also warns of a lack of direction, co-ordination and resources required to meet objectives of the government’s global engagement strategy.

Program costs averaged a relatively flat $96.7 million a year between 2008-09 and 2011-12. But a budget squeeze has arisen because of rising costs for salaries and other areas such as translation, which skyrocketed by 64 per cent in just three years.

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Walter Dorn, a professor at the Royal Military College of Canada, said shortchanging diplomacy is detrimental to Canada’s contributions to the world and our reputation on the world stage.

“The military co-operation program does essential work in training and educating officers from abroad, particularly in peace operations,” he told CBC News. “Canada is no longer the prolific peacekeeper it once was. For the cost of one fighter jet, Canada can run its defence diplomacy program for years. The government is showing short-term thinking to the detriment of the country’s long-term contributions and reputation.”

Defence attaché workload doubled

During the last decade, each Canadian defence attaché who was formerly responsible for an average of two countries is now responsible for an average of four.

Defence diplomacy aims to advance Canada’s wider foreign and security agenda by partnering with foreign militaries on operational needs and key decisions. It’s considered valuable for gaining a deeper understanding of other countries’ perspectives and defence organizations and engaging in informal dialogue on what can develop into important formal agreements.

The evaluation notes that the program has filled “critical roles” for the federal government and military with analytical insight, advice and building international partnerships, but says cuts are putting that in jeopardy.

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Canada’s defence diplomacy hurt by tight budget, report says

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f o r e i g n c r e d e n t i a l s assessed faster under a policy change announced by the federal government on Friday.The Conservatives will add 10 occupations to the “priority” assessment program that was launched with 14 occupations, says Immigration Minister Chris Alexander and E m p l o y m e n t a n d Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney.The first group of 14 included engineers and dentists. The new group unveiled Friday also includes geoscientists, carpenters, heavy-duty equipment technicians, h e a v y - e q u i p m e n t operators, audiologists, s p e e c h l a n g u a g e pathologists, midwives, and psychologists.“Internationally trained workers who submit

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Foreign credential requirements to be eased for 10 additional occupationsexperience in Canada,” said Joan Andersen, director of employment and language programs at Vancouver’s Mosaic, a n o n - p r o f i t t h a t addresses issues affecting immigrants and refugees.“We should be expediting the recognition of all internationally obtained credentials, so anything that’s not on the list should be on the list,” Andersen said. “But it’s good to have an emphasis on trades because we’re facing a skilled trades shortage in British Columbia so that’s positive.”Kenney announced a sweeping overhaul of the temporary foreign worker program in June. The new policy will prohibit companies from using the temporary workers to make up more than 10 per cent of their workforces. The Star.com


VICTORIA—A former Moun t i e endured a shameful moment in B.C. Supreme Court Thursday as he stood alone and received a six-month conditional jail sentence.Gregory Doncas te r, 37, pleaded guilty to fabricating evidence to obstruct the course of justice by having fellow RCMP officer Dereck Carter take a paternity test for him July 19, 2013.“It is a tragic case and my client would do anything in the world to turn back t ime,” sa id defence lawyer Richard Neary. “He’ll never be able to express the full scope of his shame and remorse.”Justice Robert Johnston heard tha t in Apr i l 2009 Doncaster had an extramarital affair, the woman became pregnant and she told Doncaster about it in November.Doncaster told her he was in a committed relationship and did not want to risk losing his wife. The woman agreed to raise the child without Doncaster, and their daughter was born in July 2010.Two years later, the woman lost her job and applied for social assistance. In May 2013, the ministry took steps to recover child support from Doncaster. He told the ministry he was not sure he was the child’s father. He also said if his wife learned of the paternity allegations,

his marriage would be threatened.The ministry paid $375 for a paternity test. Doncaster made — but did not keep — two appointments at the clinic. In July 2013, Doncaster spoke with Carter and asked him to take the test for him. The two had worked together in the regional crime unit. Carter considered Doncaster a friend and a mentor.“Mr. Carter agreed, motivated by his respect for Mr. Doncaster and by his concern that Mr. Doncaster ’s marriage might be destroyed if the paternity allegation was proved,” Johnston said.On July 19, Doncaster drove Carter to a medical clinic.“Unfortunately for Mr. Doncaster, part of the process involved taking a photograph of the person submitting the sample,” Johnston said.In September, when the paternity test came back negative, the woman questioned the result. The ministry showed her the photograph of the person who took the test. “That’s not Mr. Doncaster,” she said.Doncaster resigned from the RCMP and now works as a landscaper.The offence strikes at the very heart of the justice system and this criminal conduct needs to be denounced in very clear terms, Johnston said.The judge noted that

Doncaster had made retroactive and ongoing child support payments to the woman and repaid $375 to the ministry for the paternity test. He has taken full responsibility and acknowledged the harm his actions caused.Johnston did not agree with the Crown that Doncas ter ’s ac t ions in persuading Carter were an aggravating circumstance.“I am going to assume that Const. Carter was an adult of ordinary intelligence, ordinary fortitude and ordinary willpower and he knew right from wrong when he agreed to participate,” Johnston said.Letters of support from co l l e agues , f r i ends and f ami ly o ff e r a possible explanation for Doncaster’s behaviour, Johnston said. At the time of the offence, Doncaster was dealing with the loss of his father and his stepfather. His wife had been ill with the birth of their second child.The stress of the paternity allegations and the risk they posed to Doncaster’s family on top of his grief caused him to stop thinking clearly.“As an explanation, it makes sense. But it doesn’t excuse i t , ” Johnston said.Carter is expected to appear in B.C. Supreme Court Aug. 12. The star.com

Former Mountie sentenced for faking paternity test

B.C. man handed six-month conditional jail sentence for obstructing justice by getting a former colleague to take a

paternity test for him.

OTTAWA—Mike Duffy’s fall from grace took another stunning tumble Thursday as Mounties charged the suspended senator with 31 counts of fraud, breach of trust and bribery in connection with the alleged misuse of taxpayers’ funds.The charges set the stage for a dramatic trial involving a high-profile witness list that could include Nigel Wright, the former top aide to Stephen Harper, Conservative senators and perhaps even the prime minister.At the very least, the long list of criminal charges laid against the former Conservative senator will be an ongoing political headache for Harper in the run-up to the 2015 election. Duffy is due in court on Sept. 16, a day after Parliament is due to resume sitting following the summer break.Months of investigation ended with the news that the former television journalist was facing a raft of criminal allegations of bribery, kickbacks and defrauding Canadian taxpayers — all related to his time as a senator.“Investigators followed numerous leads and today’s charges are the result of a careful examina t ion o f the facts,” RCMP Assistant Commissioner Gilles Michaud told reporters a t an Ot t awa news conference.I n a n u n e x p e c t e d development, the RCMP not only charged Duffy with fraud and breach of trust but added a charge of bribery in connection with the $90,000 cheque

that Wright, Harper’s former chief of staff, wrote for Duffy to pay the senator’s questionable expense claims.Questions about the $90,000 cheque have swirled around Wright and Harper, who has said he knew nothing about Wright’s decision to pay Duffy. Wright, who quit the PMO after it became known tha t he had written the cheque, had also been investigated by the RCMP. But police recently concluded there were no grounds to charge Wright.Yet Duffy lawyer Donald Bayne questioned how Harper’s top aide could escape charges while the senator is now facing criminal accusations.“I am sure that I am not the only Canadian who will now wonder openly, how what was not a crime or bribe when Nigel Wright paid it on his own initiative, became however mysteriously, a crime or bribe when received by Sen. Duffy,” Bayne said in a statement released late Wednesday.“The evidence will show, that Sen. Duffy did not want to participate in Nige l Wr igh t ’s and the PMO’s repayment scenario, which they concocted for purely pol i t ica l purposes ,” Bayne said.

According to the Criminal Code of Canada, it is an offence if “a member of Parliament or of the legislature of a province, directly or indirectly, c o r r u p t l y a c c e p t s , obtains, agrees to accept or attempts to obtain, for

themselves or another person, any money.”Duff Conacher, a director of Democracy Watch, said it’s legally unsound to charge Duffy with bribery while concluding Wright, who wrote the cheque for Duffy, wasn’t involved in wrongdoing.Speaking of the decision not to charge Wright, Conacher said, “The RCMP and prosecutor’s opinion of Nigel Wright’s role is entirely legally and factually incorrect.”Conacher said RCMP documents alleged Wright handed over a cheque in a secret arrangement to put a lid on Duffy’s involvement in the Senate spending scandal and thwart a Senate audit of the senator’s improper expense account filings. This raises legal questions about Wright’s action, Conacher said, adding “it takes two to tango.”Democracy Watch, which advocates for government accountab i l i ty, wi l l soon take the unusual step of going to court in an attempt to initiate a private prosecution of Wright in connection with the $90,000 cheque, Conacher said.W r i g h t w a s n o t commenting Thursday but on April 15, the day he was cleared by the RCMP, he said his intention was to “secure the repayment of taxpayer funds.“I bel ieved that my actions were always in the public interest and lawful,” Wright said at the time.What began as a police probe of Duffy’s housing expense claims ballooned

RCMP lay 31 criminal charges against Senator Mike Duffy

Mike Duffy’s fall from grace took another stunning tumble Thursday as Mounties charged the suspended senator with

31 counts of fraud, breach of trust and bribery.

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Canadian charities would have to turn over lists of their donors’ identities to the Canada Revenue Agency under a proposal being floated by the Conservative government.

The move is touted as a way to prevent tax-receipt fraud, but some charities are wary of the administrative burden — and the potential close surveillance of groups that criticize government policies.

Revenue Minister Kerry-Lynne Findlay

made the suggestion behind closed doors this spring to charities officials in Ottawa as the government seeks ways to tighten regulation of Canada’s charitable sector.

Findlay asked officials of the Heart and Stroke Foundation, the Canadian Cancer Society and others for their input, as well as their reaction to a proposal to standardize the format, size and colour of official income-tax receipts for charitable donations.

The consultation took place before a March 26 media event at which Findlay and Kevin Sorenson, minister of state for finance, boasted about the government’s achievements in reducing red tape for charities.

The suggestion about turning over donor lists also came as some charities, subject to lengthy audits by the Canada Revenue Agency over their political activities, were feeling vulnerable and threatened by the Harper government. CBC News

Canada Revenue could ask charities for donor lists

Proposal floated by Revenue Minister Kerry-Lynne Findlay during closed-door meeting

may impact the ability of some of its components to continue to deliver their current high level of performance,” the report says.

Hospitality cut ‘dramatically’

Hospitality expenditures have been slashed by about 60 per cent over two years, from $428,570 to $178,269. Major offices in Washington and London have had “dramatic” cuts.

“There are concerns ... that the reductions in travel and hospitality are beginning to impact the ability of the program to operate effectively,” the evaluation warns.

The protocol for hospitality is “very time consuming and difficult to manage,” requiring each attaché to make a request at least 10 weeks in advance for any hospitality expense that

needs approval from the minister of defence.

Red tape for bureaucrats

For example, ministerial approval is required to pick up the tab for dinner at a restaurant where alcohol is served or if a spouse is attending.

“Sometimes, they have to cancel a military diplomatic event because they didn’t receive the approval in time,” the report reads. “The hospitality restrictions were seen to have negative effect on networking activities, especially when liaison officers from other countries are not subject to the same funding restrictions.”

On top of the financial and workload challenges, there is now much confusion over the focus and priorities for the program — whether it should be on military co-operation, promoting Canadian industries or

providing perspective on civil, political and military climates around the world.

However, the Department of National Defence says the program continues to meet of all its objectives despite the budget constraints.

“DND takes its role as a strong steward of taxpayers’ dollars very seriously and makes every effort to ensure sound financial management of taxpayer dollars,” the department said in an email response to questions from CBC News.

“Reducing hospitality spending is a prudent alternative that helps protect core capabilities,” it added.

In 1994, there were 28 Canadian defence attaché offices covering 55 countries. By 2013, there were 30 of the offices covering 138 countries. CBC News

Canada’s defence diplomacy hurt by tight budget, report says

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FOCUS

Asks Joe Kingsley Eyiah, OCT, Brookview Middle School, Toronto

Our children… spend over a month less in school than children in South Korea—every year. That’s no way to prepare them for a 21st century economy. That’s why I’m calling for us not only to extend effective after-school programs, but to rethink the school day to incorporate more time–-whether during the summer or through expanded-day programs for children who need it.” -- President Barack Obama As a parent and an educationist, I personally take the US President Obama’s advocacy for summer programs for school children serious. For summer program while developing your child for his/her next level of the education ladder, also helps your child stay out of trouble during the summer break! It is said that, ‘Idle hands are the Devil’s workshop.’

June every year is graduation month for most students at the

Elementary and High School levels. The following month often sees some students including elementary and high school graduates going back to school with other students. Such school is called SUMMER SCHOOL. Those who do not participate in summer school per se, have other SUMMER PROGRAMS such as camps which also promote learning for children. Before I come back to the topic of summer programs, focusing one I find very effective for the youth in the Jane/Finch area of Toronto (there are many other similar summer programs elsewhere), let

me use this opportunity to congratulate all students, especially Ghanaian Canadian students and Ghanaians everywhere who have successfully graduated from elementary, high schools, colleges and universities during the 2013/2014 school year. We are proud of your academic achievements!

Make Learning Stick:

One cannot dispute the opening quoted statement attributed to President Obama, for, a recent research in the US reported in ASCD Whole Child recent newsletter says, “More than half of the achievement gap present in 9th grade between lower- and higher-income children can be explained by summer learning loss. “Of the parents whose children did not participate in summer learning programs, 56 percent (an estimated 24 million children) are interested in enrolling their children

in a summer learning program in the future. Parents overwhelmingly (83 percent) favor public funding for programs that provide summer learning opportunities.” And that, “While many of us envision summers vacation as a time for family trips, going to camp, and other fun and enriching activities, many parents lack the time, financial resources, and accessibility to activities that ensure their children are healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged throughout the summer.” The question now is: What is your child doing this summer break?

Success Beyond Limits (Empowered to Empower):

‘Success Beyond Limits’ is for youth in the Jane/Finch community of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) in Canada. Their unique and innovative model has proven to be an effective approach for supporting young people’s success in education.

They have a team of dedicated and skilled staff, youth mentors and with the support of some key community partners, they are able to deliver year-round program. Of paramount importance to my discourse here is the summer program they run every year. In the summer, they offer a 6-week program for students entering Grade 9 at Westview Centennial Secondary School. This program is open to students finishing Grade 8 at Brookview Middle School and Oakdale Park Middle School. Their program provides Grade 8 students with all the new experiences of High School-academic and social and, a student can even earn during the program, a full Grade 9 credit for High School before getting there!

There are many other summer programs in your locality that you can enroll your child in. Such opportunity may even turn your child’s life around.

Elsewhere in this edition, Kwaku Wireko-Boateng writing on the

topic, ‘Don’t Give Up On Our Youth’, cites an example in the well known American Civil Rights Leader-Malcolm X that, “Malcolm was a lowly Harlem street hustler who turned his life around completely to become one of the greatest civil rights leaders in history. And his critical moment of change occurred while in prison.” I couldn’t agree with Kwaku the more! And would like to point out further that there were programs at the prison where young Malcom stayed for him to take opportunity of to turn his life around for good! A summer program for your child ensures that your child “stays out of trouble” during the summer months. Parents who are working also like summer studies programs that ease worries about their kids and can cut down on childcare expenses. The real benefit is to the student, of course, who keep his or her mind well exercised and sharp and learns all year. Get a summer program for your child!

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The Executive Committee, Advisory Board and the immediate past Executives of the Ghanaian Canadian Association of Ontario – GCAO, have given details about a matter that had been a nagging concern of the Ghanaian community for some time now. It will be recalled that sometime during the year 2007, GCAO leased an industrial building near Keel and Ashwarren, with the aim of renovating it to be used as Ghanaian Community Center. However, the project was abandoned midway.

This was done at a town hall meeting on June 22nd at Apostles Continuation Church. In attendance for the town hall forum were some leaders of Ghanaian -Canadian Organizations, old executives of GCAO, Ghanaian Press, some youth leaders and some of members of GCAO board of advisers and the present GCAO executives. The meeting was chaired by Dr. Victor Awafo a member of GCAO board of advisers

With prayer said, Emmanuel Duodu GCAO executive

secretary provided context why the meeting was being held Emmanuel took time to explain the events leading to the town hall meeting as follows:

There was a perception about the impropriety of funds from the defunct community center project. The fact that a section of the community had questions regarding the defunct community center was seemingly hampering other projects being embarked on. Some of our chiefs, community leaders, clergy and Consul General recommended to have a town hall meetingwith old GCAO executives to clear up the issues and forge a united front to address other pressing and vital matters in our community

He passionately appealed to the community to deal with this head on and move forward

The president of GCAO Wofa Nyarko took moment to remind everyone that the reason why we needed this meeting was to clear a cloud of mistrust due to the perception and rumours being peddled

in the community

Proceedings:

The previous executives made up of Messrs. Duku, Dickson and Blankson took time to provide a detail account about the defunct community center and what led to its failure. It was explained that the project was initiated in response to perennial socialand educational issues facing the community. A project plan was built to source a community center and run it as a business venture. It was projected to generate revenue by renting it to the community for funeral celebrations, parties, wedding events, social functions etc. In pursuant of this objective a property was identified for renting to provide these services and ultimately generate revenue and profit. Part of the plan was any organization that contributed would stand gain from the projected profit. Seven associations – Kwahuman, Dormaa, Brong Ahafo, Ga Adangbe, Techiman, Mfantseman, Obomeng, Ex Soldiers, contributed

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Q: My husband’s trial for domestic violence is in 6 months . If I don’t show up what will happen with the case?

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However, the prosecutor may request a material witness warrant to secure your attendance and evidence. If granted, you will be compelled to attend and will probably be compelled to testify as to what happened. If on the other hand, there were other witness(es), the prosecutor may rely on their evidence and your husband may be tried even without your evidence. The prosecutor may also seek to rely on any statement given by your husband. But once again, each case is very different - consult a Lawyer.

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You should never speak to police without a lawyer being present. Anything you say can be used against you in court. Silence is your constitutional right. Don’t waive the right. It is not indicative of guilt. Let your Lawyer do the talking for you.

Q: What does “you have a right to retain and instruct Counsel mean?

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Q: If I was present where a theft was committed am i going to get in trouble?

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Q: I was arrested for an offence. My trial is in 6 months time. How can I get rid of my criminal record?

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In spite of the challenges facing the Ghanaian economy in recent years, over 40,000 foreigners r e c e i v e d r e s i d e n c e permits in 2013.

They are from countries such as Britain, Germany, India, China, Japan, United States of America, L e b a n o n , C a n a d a , Holland and Spain.

Ghana Immigra t ion Service (GIS) data shows that 136,471 permits of various categories were issued by the Service in 2013, compared to 127,064 in 2012.

Out of the 2013 figure, 46,245 were granted residence permits as against 40,633 in 2012, an increase of 6.9%.

W i t h r e g a r d t o emp loymen t , 5 , 917 foreigners were issued with work permits as against 7,580 in 2012.

According to the data, 5,987 Re-Entry Visas were issued in 2013 while 4,305 were issued in 2012.

The data indicates that in 2012, 33,817 Extension of Visitors’ Permits were issued as against 33,817 in 2012.

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Visas, including transit visas, 40,466 were issued in 2013 compared to 45,138 the previous year.

A total of 2,475 Immigrant Quota for Free zones were issued last year compared 2,641 in 2012.

Diplomatic permits for last year were 1,564 as against 1,509 in 2012.

T h e d a t a r e v e a l e d that residence permits continue to record the highest figure in all permits issued by the Service, both in 2012 and 2013.

Head of Public Affairs of the GIS, Assistant C o m p t r o l l e r o f Immigration (ACOI) F r a n c i s P a l m d e t i , explained that the year 2013 recorded a marginal i n c r e a s e o f 5 , 6 1 2 , representing 13.81% increase over the 2012 figure.

He said the increase was as a result of realigning working processes to ensure that legitimate applications are speedily processed.

He noted that Emergency Entry Visa recorded a decrease of 4,672 over last year’s figure, representing 11.55% decrease over the 2012 figure.

According to him, the decrease was occasioned as a result of the strict visa processing regime adopted in 2013 and which resulted in part to a high-refusal rate of applications from persons of particular nationalities whose activities at the time were considered to be of security concern to the nation.

The reductions in Work Permit granted in the year under review could also be attributed to the same operational action.

ACOI Palmdeti disclosed that 977 foreigners have been issued with indefinite residence permit between 2004 and 2013.

They are 137 Indians, 131 British, 113 Lebanese, 68 Germans and 64 Americans, among others.

He explained that under t h e l a w, i n d e f i n i t e residence permit is issued to foreigners who have stayed in Ghana for a long time and are contributing to the development of the country.

In addition, foreigners married to Ghanaians and are resident here qualify for indefinite residence permit. The Finder

46,245 Foreigners live in Ghana..-977 granted indefinite permits

Majority of people appearing at bail court are charged with non-violent offences

A young suspect was told in bail court he could be thrown in jail for refusing to make his bed at home — one example of how unnecessary bail conditions are helping to clog up the provincial jail system with legally innocent people, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association says.

“We’re not supposed to be imposing unnecessary conditions,” said Abby Deshman, public safety director of the CCLA, who co-authored the just released report Set Up to Fail: Bail and the Revolving Door of Pretrial Detention. “The law sets out a presumption of unconditional release. These people have the right to be presumed innocent. They have not been convicted of any crime and they shouldn’t have their liberty restricted.”

The report argues that it’s taking far too long for people to have their bail decided. As well, the bail conditions imposed on individuals are much too restrictive, almost impossible to adhere to and criminalize a wide range of otherwise non-criminal behaviour by imposing curfews, restrictions on activities such as drinking or barring contact with certain people.

“We know that failure to comply with your bail conditions is the No. 1 reason for people to be brought into pretrial detention,” Deshman said.

“For one youth, the justice of the peace said you have to follow the rules of the household. If your mother tells you to make the bed and you do not make the bed, that is a crime and you will be brought back before this court.”

Majority not convicted of any crime

On a typical day, the majority of people in provincial jails have not been convicted of any crime, but are legally innocent and waiting for their trial or a determination of their bail, the report says.

“[There] are appropriate times to place conditions on people or to detain people outright,” Deshman said. “Unfortunately, what we’re seeing in our bail courts, two-thirds of people who are appearing are charged with non-violent offences.”

Anthony Doob, professor emeritus of criminology at the University of Toronto, said the results of the report aren’t surprising, and reveal society’s reluctance to let people out of jail while they’re awaiting trial.

There are two major grounds for holding people in jail — if there’s serious concern they won’t show up for trial or that they will commit a serious offence if released, he said.

“And if you look at what a substantial number of these people have committed in the first instance, you know we’re not terribly worried they’re going to commit a serious offence, because most people don’t do them and most of the people who are there are not there for very serious offences.”

“If you let 10,000 people out, some number of them greater than zero is going to do something. But we don’t lock up people for what they might do in the future and what they might have done.”

Martin Friedland, a University of Toronto law professor whose study in 1965 helped bring in the Bail Reform Act of 1972, said there isn’t the required leadership, federally or provincially, to address this problem, which is costing taxpayers vast amounts of money.

“I think it requires each province, each police force, each Crown attorney branch, each attorney general branch to recognize this problem and try to co-ordinate the system so there’s discretion and restraint exercised.”

Could be your family, friends

“It’s important, because it could be one of your relatives, it could be one of your friends, it could be you that gets caught up in this system.”

Friedland said that many thought the Bail Reform Act would solve some of the problems of the bail system, but new issues cropped up that still persist today, he said.

For example, in the mid-’70s, reverse onus cases began to be introduced, where the burden rested on the accused to convince a bail court why they should be released, making their release more difficult, he said.

One of the main changes in the bail system as a result of his study was to give police more power to release individuals, Friedland said, but police have been hesitant to use those powers.

“The public wants people that commit crimes to be punished and they don’t care whether they’re punished in advance of a determination of guilt,” he said.

Doob said he is sympathetic with the young police officer who has detained someone for being involved in a fight and is considering whether or not to release him.

“What’s going through [his] mind is, ‘If I release him and he commits a serious assault, then I’m going to wear it.’ So what you have to do is to have some kind of training or guidelines.”

“It’s just easier for all your decision makers from the original arresting police officer, right to the justice of the peace, to detain people, because then they never have to, in effect, wear the mistake. Nobody is going to complain.”

But Mike McCormack, president of the Toronto Police Association, said that each case in which an individual is released or held is evaluated on its own merit.

He said those decisions are based on a reasonable and honest belief that if a person needs to be held or released, they have met those grounds for release or detention.

“There is not an acute sense of paranoia among police officers, ‘If I release this guy, I’m going to get dumped on,’” he said.

CBC News

Provincial jails clogged with legally innocent Canadians

Ottawa-- The IMF says economies around the world -- including Canada -- are taking longer than expected to recover.

The International Monetary Fund’s newest economic outlook predicts global growth will be about three-tenths of a point lower at 3.4 per cent this year than it thought in April.

Canada’s economy is now expected to expand

by 2.2 per cent this year, one-tenth of a point slower than previously thought and in line with the Bank of Canada’s latest forecast.

The IMF says most of the revisions are due to a bad start to the year, particularly in the United States -- the world’s largest economy, which shrank by 2.9 per cent.

But even so, the weakness is not all fleeting, the Washington-

based international organization says.

It cites weak demand and investment globally as ongoing brakes to economic activity.

The IMF is more optimistic going forward, however. It sees global growth rising to four per cent in 2015 as the U.S. recovery picks up steam, with Canada getting some of those benefits and advancing by 2.4 per cent. CP24

Canadian economy recovering more slowly than expected: IMF


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i n t o f o u r a r e a s o f investigation, including the Wright payment, all which resulted in charges:The Mounties charged Duffy with fraud and b r e a c h o f t r u s t i n relation to what they said were $90,000 in inappropriately claimed expenses that the senator for Prince Edward Island filed for his residence.A further 18 charges were filed in relation to “expense c la ims unre la ted to Senate business,” the police said. This concerned $50,000 in expenses for travel for “personal” or “partisan” reasons that had nothing to do with Duffy’s Senate duties, Michaud said. It is unclear if these charges are related to incidents outlined in previous documents, but in an earlier court filing, the RCMP alleged that Duffy claimed expenses from the Senate, such as per diems, that he wasn’t entitled to. This included times when he was campaigning for the Conservatives during the 2011 election and a 12-day stretch in Florida.Duffy faces another eight charges of fraud and breach of trust in c o n n e c t i o n w i t h a separate alleged misuse of $60,000 in public funds for consulting contracts. An RCMP investigator outlined suspicions in October that Duffy made payments to a former

CTV pal under a contract the man said he did “little or no work” for. Michaud s a i d T h u r s d a y t h e investigation uncovered that some of these funds were used for “personal gain or for expenses that circumvent Senate oversight.”M i c h a u d s a i d t h e investigators pored over four years of expense claims, bank statements, p h o n e r e c o r d s a n d thousands of emails and talked to witnesses from British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Ontario and P.E.I.“Investigators followed numerous leads and today’s charges are the result of a careful examination of the facts,” Michaud said.A spokesman for Harper c a l l e d t h e c o n d u c t described in the RCMP charges “disgraceful.”“We have assisted the R C M P t h r o u g h o u t their investigation, and congratulate them on the progress they have made,” Jason Macdonald said in a statement.“Those who break the rules must suffer the c o n s e q u e n c e s . T h e conduct described in the numerous charges against Mr. Duffy is disgraceful,” he said.But opposit ion MPs p o i n t e d t h e f i n g e r at Harper, saying he showed “poor judgment” in naming Duffy to the Senate in the first place

and now must answer questions about his role in Wright’s payment to the senator.“Throughout this entire PMO ethics scandal, the prime minister has tried to evade responsibility,” Liberal MP Marc Garneau said shortly after the charges were announced.“We’re hoping these charges will help answer the questions the prime minister has refused to answer. What did he know and when,” he said.Garneau said he would l i k e t o s e e H a r p e r testifying under oath. “I believe the prime minister has knowledge of what actually happened,” he said.Even before the charges were filed, Bayne said in a statement that his client did not commit a crime.

“We are confident that when the full story is told, as it will be, and shown to be supported by many forms of evidence, it will be clear that Sen. Duffy is innocent of any criminal wrongdoing,” Bayne said.Duffy, along with other H a r p e r a p p o i n t e e s Pame la Wa l l i n and Patrick Brazeau, were suspended f rom the Senate in November, 2013 for up to two years for alleged spending infractions, losing their office perks and stripped of their $135,200 annual salary. The star.com

RCMP lay 31 criminal charges against Senator Mike Duffycont’d from pg. 11

ABUJA Nigeria -- Bomb blasts that appeared to target former Nigeri-an military ruler Mu-hammadu Buhari and a prominent moderate Muslim cleric killed doz-ens of people Wednes-day, but left both leaders unharmed, according to Nigerian state security.At least 39 other people were killed in the two blasts, said State Police Commissioner Umar Us-man Shehu. The death toll is expected to rise, as witnesses at both bomb sites said dozens of peo-ple were killed in each of the blasts.“The unfortunate event, clearly an assassination attempt, came from a fast moving vehicle that made many attempts to overtake my security car,” said Buhari, in a statement issued after the bombings. “I came out unhurt, but with three of my security staff sustain-ing minor injuries.”Buhari is currently a leader of Nigeria’s lead-ing opposition party, but is not yet a candidate for president as no contend-ers have been formally declared ahead of 2015 elections.

The other bombing ap-peared to target Sheik Dahiru Bauchi, who gave an annual Rama-dan speech to thousands of faithful in an outdoor service. Bauchi is known for preaching against the violent extremism of Ni-geria’s Islamic militants, Boko Haram.“They were waiting for him,” said police com-missioner Shehu of the boy who threw a bomb at the sheik. “It’s when he was passing the boy headed to him.”The cleric survived the blast but the boy was killed, said the police commissioner, who add-ed that no arrests were made immediately.The second blast, which hit the Kaduna market-place where Buhari was about two and a half hours after the first ex-plosion, left bodies and body parts scattered, said witnesses. More than 50 vehicles were destroyed, the witnesses said.A 24-hour curfew was declared by Kaduna state governor Mukhtar Ramalan Yero immedi-ately after Wednesday’s bombings, leaving many people stranded at their

jobs, unable to go home for the night.The governor did not directly blame Boko Haram but called the at-tackers a “common en-emy” who are not true Muslims.“Enemies of peace have visited us with their un-godly venom of wanton destruction of human lives,” said Yero in a statement. “This blast, coming in the holy month of Ramadan is a clear indication that those behind the act have no iota of fear of God.”Boko Haram has killed thousands of people in five years of insurgen-cy in Nigeria, including several prominent sheiks and politicians.Kaduna is outside the region of Nigeria that is under emergency rule but it has been frequently targeted for violence by Boko Haram militants. In recent months, the Boko Haram insurgen-cy has intensified, with near-daily attacks in the north, three bombings in the capital, Abuja, and more than 200 school-girls kidnapped and held captive now for 100 days. CP24

2 bombs kill at least 39, targeted political and religious leaders in

NigeriaDETROIT -- General Motors issued six more recalls on Wednesday, bringing its annual total to 60 recalls covering almost 30 million vehicles.

The latest recalls cover nearly 823,000 cars, trucks and SUVs mostly in North America but including a small number of exports. The largest is for faulty seats in just over 475,000 cars and small SUVs. Other problems include incomplete welds on seat brackets, turn signal failures, power steering failures, loose suspension bolts and faulty roof rack bolts.

GM is conducting a companywide safety review as it tries to correct a dysfunctional corporate culture in which safety was a low priority.

GM’s spate of recalls comes after trial lawyers discovered that the company knew about a deadly small-car ignition switch problem for more than a decade, yet failed to recall the cars until this year. The company says 13 people have died

in crashes linked to the switches in 2.6 million older small cars, but lawmakers and lawyers say the death toll is closer to 100.

The company has set up a fund to compensate victims. The bungled recall has brought investigations from the Justice Department and Congress, as well as a maximum $35 million fine from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for delays in reporting problems to the agency.

Even before Wednesday, GM had passed its old full-year record of 11.8 million vehicles recalled in 2004. The recalls also pushed the total number of vehicles recalled in the U.S. by all automakers to 41.6 million so far this year, according to Stericycle, a firm that tracks recalls and helps corporations manage them. That’s well above the old record of 30.8 million, also set in 2004.

GM spokesman Alan Adler wouldn’t say if the company is nearing the end of its safety review. But he said the recalls

indicate that GM has changed its approach to safety by issuing recalls more quickly. Adler said he did not have global totals for the latest recalls.

“If we identify an issue -- large or small -- that might affect the safety of our customers, we will act decisively,” GM safety chief Jeff Boyer said in a statement.

Most of GM’s previous recalls covered models no longer in production, but Wednesday’s batch affects numerous current models such as the Chevrolet Camaro, Chevy Equinox and the Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra pickups.

So far, the recalls haven’t had much of an impact on GM’s sales or resale values of its cars, said Eric Ibara, director of residual values for Kelley Blue Book. But Wednesday’s recalls of current models could change that, he said in an email. “Going forward, attention will be focused on whether sales and values are impacted on these models,” Ibara wrote. CP24

GM issues 6 more safety recalls; total so far this year hits 60,

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IMMIGRATION AND SOCIAL ISSUESBy: James A. Kwaateng, B.A. (Hons), LLB (Hons)

The Immigration has been undergoing radi-cal changes. Apart from recent introduction of conditional permanent residence measure in which spouses and common-law partners are subject to a two-year period of conditional permanent residence, profound changes have been made to sponsor-ships of parents and grandparents, citizen-ship applications, and the definition of a de-pendent child is also on the verge of changing.

Effective August 1, 2014, the age at which a child will be consid-ered a dependent child is being changed from under 22 years to un-der19 which is in line with provincial defini-tions of “age of major-ity” in Canada. More worrisome is the re-moval of the exception for full-time students dependent on their par-ents as it used to be the

case when the age for de-pendent children was 22. Under the newly-intro-duced system, children of applicants who are 19 or over but are finan-cially dependent on their parents and are enrolled in full-time studies will, effective August 1, 2014, no longer be eligible to be processed as depen-dent children.

A child will however continue to be regard-ed as a dependant, re-gardless of age, if they depend on their parents for financial support because of a mental or physical condition. This is no cause for joy. A child aged 19 who is

in a serious mental or physical condition that necessitates dependency on parents is likely to be medically inadmissible for permanent residence.

The good news is all per-manent resident applica-tions in the inventories of the Immigration be-fore August 1, 2014, will not be affected by this redefinition of dependent child. Also, applicants under multi-step perma-nent resident immigra-tion programs who are already in the immigra-tion process at the time these regulations come into force on August 1, 2014, but who have not yet submitted their ap-plication for permanent residence, will contin-ue to benefit from the pre-amendment defini-tion of dependent child.

The aforementioned category of applicants under multi-step per-manent resident immi-gration programs will

apply to provincial nom-inee program applicants; live-in-caregivers; ref-ugees abroad and refu-gee claimants; parents or grandparents whose sponsorship applications were received before No-vember 5, 2011; private-ly sponsored refugees whose sponsorship ap-plications were received before October 18, 2012; and some Quebec appli-cations.

The other categories of sponsorship of children may or may not be af-fected. For example, sponsorships of brothers, sisters, nephews, nieces, or grandchildren who are orphaned, are under 18 and do not have a spouse or common-law partner, pursuant to the Immigra-tion Regulation section 117(1)(f), are likely to be unaffected.

Caution must however be exercised in the case of adoptions. Immigra-tion Regulation 117(4)

makes some provision for adult adoptions. It provides for sponsorship of a person who was ad-opted after reaching the age of 18 provided the adoption was in accor-dance with the laws of the place where it took place, and provided a genuine parent-child relationship must have been established before the applicant turned 18 years of age and con-tinues to exist; and the adoption was not under-taken primarily to gain status or privilege under the Immigration Act in Canada. There was no problem with this when the age of dependency was 22 years. With the current redefinition of dependent child, there seems to be no guarantee that a child adopted af-ter the age of 18 will be accepted as a dependent child for Canada immi-gration purposes if the child is above 19 at the time the sponsorship ap-plication is received.

In short, under the cur-rent situation, it may be safer and advisable to put in sponsorship appli-cation in respect of chil-dren – be the child ad-opted or natural – before the child attains the age of 19. The Immigration must necessarily receive the sponsorship applica-tion and determine the “lock-in-date” before the child attains the age of 19.

This newly-introduced definition is pretty straightforward and readily understandable but do not hesitate to seek professional advice if the issues involved in your situation so neces-sitate.

James A. Kwaateng, is an Immigration Law practitioner with offices located at 168A Oakdale Road, Suite 4, Toronto, Ontario. For thorough discussion of your immigration and related social and legal issues, contact him at telephone number (416) 743-2758.

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On July 5th, 2014, the Asanteman Association of Calgary, Organized a huge picnic at the prairie West winds Park in Calgary which drew almost the whole community to come together.

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The association in order to identify themselves

at the park, had a dress code, which was a red T-shirt with inscription, “ASanteman, Odo Nkoaa” and blue Jeans.

Around the evening hours of about 18:00 pm, the association played a friendly match between the Ghanaian youth soccer team. It was fun to see many young men who have played soccer back in the days, trying to exercise their skills in soccer. The Association women cheering for their men brought more excitement on the soccer fields. This picnic has been a big talking point in Calgary, and the association wishes to organize one more picnic before summer ends.

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T h e A s s o c i a t e d

Press Posted:

Inspectors at Los Angeles

International Airport

seized an unusually slimy

package — 67 live giant

African snails that are a

popular delicacy across

West Africa.

The snails — which

are prohibited in the

U.S. — arrived from

Nigeria and were being

sent to a person in San

Dimas, said Lee Harty,

a spokeswoman for the

U.S. Customs and Border

protection.

T h e s n a i l s w e r e

confiscated July 1 and a sample was sent the next

day to a federal mollusc

specialist in Washington,

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Harty said.

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Giant African snails seized at Los Angeles airport

cont’d on pg. 43


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Information gathered reveals that AngloGold Ashanti will shutdown its Obuasi Concession by the end of December this year.

The company is current-ly considering continu-ing with its surface min-ing programme which it regards as profitable against the expensive underground mining it has been doing for some years now. By the end of December this year, workers will be paid their end of service ben-

efits, according to a high-ly placed source with the mining giant.

When contacted, Mr. John Owusu, Public Affairs Manager of the company noted that the company will not expel 6,500 workers as is be-ing speculated, but re-fused to give the actual number of workers who will be affected by the redundancy exercise. He said AngloGold Ashanti has secured the services of a consulting firm that is studying the exercise

being undertaken by the company, and their final report will determine how many people that will be sacked. He stated that AngloGold Ashanti will continue to operate in Ghana and pay tax to government when neces-sary.

Over the past 18 months, AngloGold Ashanti has taken decisive steps to adapt to the sharp de-cline in gold prices and more volatile market conditions. Corporate and exploration costs

have more than halved; the company is on track to realise its targeted $500m in annualised op-erating cost savings by year-end, and capital ex-penditure has been fur-ther rationalised. None of these actions compro-mised the long-term out-look for the business, and the company continues to invest in the expan-sion of its Cripple Creek & Victor mine in the US, extending the life of its Mponeng mine in South Africa and supporting a focused, high-quality

project and exploration portfolio.

Tragically, one-employ-ee fatality was recorded at the Mponeng Proj-ect in South Africa, and two-contractor fatali-ties occurred at the vent shaft at the Cuiabá Mine in Brazil. The company remains committed to eliminating fatalities at its mines through sus-tained and focused safe-ty interventions, which last year resulted in a 50% reduction in fatal incidents and enabled

80% of operations to set new safety records. The first-quarter All Injury Frequency Rate of 7.76 is the best first-quarter performance on record.

At the Obuasi mine in Ghana, AngloGold Ashanti has progressed a range of interventions to address historic un-derperformance and the high-cost structure, but substantial further work is required to establish a sustainable future for the mine.

AngloGold Ashanti closes Obuasi mine in December-To engage in Surface mining for more profit

cont’d on pg. 28


BUSINESS By: Ken Ntiamoa, MBABIA Insolvency Counsellor

Broll Ghana has urged loca l inves to rs and financial institutions to exploit syndicated capital to finance shopping malls in the country.

The firm said it has identified shopping malls as one of the lucrative investment schemes that financial institutions and Ghanaian investors must pay attention to by pooling resources.

The Chief Executive of Broll Ghana, Kofi Ampong, said his firm has decided to promote local investment in retail development based on the competitive income and capital returns from this sector.

H e e x p l a i n e d t h a t developments in the economy which have resulted in the emergence of a middle-income class, taste for luxury goods, influx of foreign investors and a maturing property market, have also opened the window to invest in retail developments.

“It’s a fact that many of our financial institutions here invest heavily in fixed-income securities -- Ghana Government Bonds, Treasury bills, etc. because these are p e r c e i v e d a s s a f e investments with minimal risk and assumed to provide, arguably, a decent rate of return. However, it is worthy to note that there are other forms of investments loca l ly tha t appea r relatively lucrative but which we have not paid particular attention to.

“It is for this reason that I introduce to you other

investment opportunities in shopping malls.

“Our direct involvement in retail broking services and retail management has brought to the fore enormous opportunities that the majority of us are not taking advantage of, and which we would like to recommend to the financial institutions.

“The prospects are good as the rental rates and yields are far better than Offices/Industrial Properties,” he said.

Broll Ghana is presently the leader in the property management business and real-estate market research. The firm is involved in the leasing of top-rated retail and office space in locations like Movenpick Hotel, the office component of the new Stanbic Heights.

It is also actively involved in providing varying real-estate services to some upcoming developments like West Hills Mall, Achimota Mall , The Junction Mall, Meridian Mall, The Exchange and Accra Water Front.

The push for investment in shopping malls follows the recent release of MasterCard Afr ican Cities Growth Index, which identified Accra as the sub-Saharan African city with the highest potential for growth over the next five years.

A c c o r d i n g t o M r. Ampong, retail properties in Ghana are commanding rental rates of between US$7 – US$25m2 per month exc lus ive of service charge.

He said prime retail propert ies in Accra, which are principally n e i g h b o r h o o d a n d Community Shopping C e n t r e s , h o w e v e r command the higher bracket for rental rates of between US$25 – US$55m2 per month, with service charges for retail properties ranging between 10% and 20% of the rent price.

“That notwithstanding, anchor tenants generally are able to negotiate relatively lower rates than the above rentals. This is mainly due to the fact that they occupy larger space (usually more than 1,000m2) and have the ability to draw a lot of foot traffic, thus resulting in increased visits to the Centre to the benefit of the line tenants,” he said.

M r . A m p o n g s a i d t h e p r o s p e c t s a n d environment necessary for retail development are attractive in the Ghana ian economy, which has informed other developers and investors to “seriously” consider the country as many developers look for opportunities in emerging markets.

“The market is seeing i n t e r e s t s f r o m t h e Middle East , Spain, Turkey and France . Great retailers such as Azadea , Landmark , Alhokair, Casino Groupe, CFAO etc. have their eyes on Ghana. What this means is brands such as Zara, Mango, Splash, Debenhams, Marks and Spencer etc. will be coming to play in our market,” he added. B&FT

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Commenting on these initiatives, Venkat said “we have now developed a good working partner-ship with the Govern-ment of Ghana, the Gha-na Mineworkers Union and other key stakehold-ers to address the chal-lenges facing Obuasi. We must do all we can to stop the current cash out-flows at Obuasi and de-fine a sustainable future

– and we appreciate the support of our partners in taking the decisive ac-tion necessary to achieve this.”

AngloGold Ashanti’s net debt declined modest-ly to $3.095b, signaling that the company gen-erated positive free cash flow.

Chief Financial Officer Richard Duffy com-

mented: “As the business moves to positive free cash flow generation and given the current uncer-tain gold price environ-ment, we remain focused on our financial flexibil-ity. Overall debt levels and interest burden re-main high relative to his-toric levels, but we have made good progress to pro-actively diversify our funding sources and extend our maturity pro-file.” ghanaweb

AngloGold Ashanti closes Obuasi mine in Decembercont’d from pg. 27

In my long-standing practice as a Bankruptcy & I n s o l v e n c y A c t Insolvency Counsellor, the biggest untruth that I consistently come across is a wide held believe among many Canadians that if 7 years have passed and the banks and the collection agents have ceased calling, then your debts are wiped out.

The believe that your debts are wiped off in 7 seven years stems from a misinterpretation of the laws governing the Credit Bureaus in Canada. When you owe a credit card debt, a personal loan or car loan, every month the banks send information about how you pay those debts to the Credit Bureaus. The information the banks send includes, the amount of credit facility they gave you, how much of the credit facility you have

used and how frequently you pay. The credit bureaus calculate your credit rating based on that information.

One of the laws governing the Credit Bureaus is to strive to be as accurate and as current as possible in reflecting your true status to potential lenders by reporting an accurate credit rating. The law also says that, if within a period of 7 years, a debtor has not updated a borrower’s file at the credit bureau, then the credit has an obligation to delete that particular debt from their files to keep the

file clean.

The act of cleaning a debtor’s file by the Credit Bureaus does not in itself mean that the debt is forgiven or wiped out. You still owe that money for as long as you haven’t paid, settled or declared bankruptcy. .So, it may be possible to have a clean credit report while you still owe a chunk of money to your long-standing creditors. The Bank, a collection agent or a lawyer representing the bank can call any time to demand the principal, accumulated interest and collection fees.

It is easy to understand what I am saying when you consider it from a personal point of view. Let us say that before you left the old country, you went to a friend to borrow money for your plane ticket to Canada.

You have lived here for 20 years. For 20 years, your friend never had your contact information and you never bothered to contact him to pay. If you went back home for a visit and your friend

meets you in a beer bar, does he have a right to collect his money then? Do you still owe him or you don’t because 20 years have passed?If you are having debt problems, call me at 416-

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To be black and female in our modern society, unfortunately, poses unique and complex challenges. This complexity is due, in large part, to the Black woman’s dual minority status. That is to say the black woman is not immune to both acts of racism and sexism in our homogenously white and patriarchal society.

In recent weeks the constraints and barriers faced by women in the advancement of their careers has become a topical subject within the Canadian media landscape. This follows recent remarks made by the honorable Justice Minister Peter Mackay, in a speech to the Ontario Bar Association, in which he reportedly stated, the reason there are fewer women on federal benches is because of the low interest expressed by women when such jobs become available. In addition, he attributed the lack of interest in such positions to a womans innate maternal instinct of rather caring for their children instead of competing for such jobs.

According to Arleen Huggins, president of the Canadian Association of Black Lawyers, she was surprised and “very much concerned” by the response she received

from the justice minister after asking him at the meeting of lawyers in Toronto what initiatives the federal government was taking to increase the diversity of federal judicial appointments. She states, among others, that “his comments, to say the least, were rather surprising to many of us in the room and basically commenced with a suggestion that minorities and women were not applying to the bench, and his explanation for why women were likely not applying for positions, as he believed, was that they had a bond between themselves and their young children, and were fearful that as he called it, the old boys network would send them off to circuit courts.”

Over the last decades, it is evident that women outnumber men in obtaining a university education. A recent

research conducted by the Conference Board of Canada (2012) shows that 27 percent of young women are dissatisfied with their career progression as opposed to 19 percent of young men. Such low prospect of career advancement amongst women can be attributed to systemic biases, overt prejudice and unconscious bias about women’s ability to take on leadership positions in organizations/institutions.

The preceding n o t w i t h s t a n d i n g , Black women in Canadian organizations/institutions face additional barriers and tend to have lower prospects of advancing in their career pursuits. Generally, Black women are stereotyped as superstitious, lazy and poor performers. As such, they are in constant attempt to disprove such stereotypical notions until their value is recognized by the institution.

Acceptance into an organizations network is important in the eventual rise withinn the organization. Oftentimes, it comes with the added bonus of one becoming privy to such vital information and knowledge necessary for career advancement. Unfortunately, Black

women are often excluded from such network as compared to their white counterparts.

Even though these challenges exist, it is very important that Black women aspiring for leadership positions within an organization recognize that there are equally good solutions that may lessen the effects of these impediments on their career aspirations.

To surmount these barriers, When a Black woman enters the workplace, it is important to be cognizant of the particular culture of the work environment and also abreast herself with the key expectations. In addition, Black women ought to maintain positive attitudes and must endeavor to join professional networks in order to engage supportive mentors. Mentorship is a necessary ingredient for professional advancement. It is important that older Black women who have excelled in their field of endeavor reach out to the young ones and build in them the confidence and competencies needed in the specific disciplines.

Above all, organizations and institutions ought to operate from an anti-

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Failure in addressing this problem, will continue to increase the already growing dissatisfaction of Black women in organizations and thereby undermine the organizations effectiveness.

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The monthly rent was made up of $4,000.00 plus and with no one patronising the facility initial amount that was raised went into rent. At some point, the rent piled up and Mr. Duku had to use his personal credit card to pay the rent to the tune of $15,000.00 plus which took him some time clear up from his own resources. There were other leaders of the association who assisted in making light renovations from their own resources (See financial statement provided below).

In summary it was a business initiative intended to help the community and at the same time help investors make some money that went sour

In answer to a question why the place was not patronized, it was attributed to the location of the building which was not easily accessible by the community and beyond bus routes. In retrospection, it was agreed that we should have taken time to plan it well

There were questions as to whether the project was intended to run social programs or business programs. It was clarified that there were few social programs that ran out of the facility but not as expected

The meeting generated a healthy question and answer engagement from the audience and entire the leadership team

A lot of information was shared with everyone in attendance and organizations on email listing.

In summary, there was general consensus that there are lessons to be learned from the defunct project to avoid future projects from defaulting

The leaders and a cross section of the audience made a passionate plea to unite and participate in the future projects being embarked on

Moving Forward:

It was proposed to set up a committee of 8 including our youth to plan out options to provide social programs for our community by revisiting the resource/community projects in planning phase. A governance team of a cross section of the community will be set up including our youth to govern these projects

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Algeria -- An Air Algerie flight from Burkina Faso to Algeria’s capital that disappeared from radar early Thursday over northern Mali carried 116 people, including five Canadians, officials said.

France’s foreign minister said no wreckage had been found, but that the plane “probably crashed.”

Air navigation services lost track of the MD-83 about 50 minutes after takeoff from Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, at 0155 GMT (9:55 p.m. EDT Wednesday), the official Algerian news agency APS said.

“Despite an intensive search, at the moment I speak no trace of the aircraft has been found,” French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told reporters in Paris. “The plane has probably crashed.”

Two French fighter jets are among aircraft scouring the rugged north of Mali for the plane, which was travelling from Burkina Faso’s capital, Ouagadougou, to Algiers, the Algerian capital.

More than 50 French passengers were onboard the plane along with 27 Burkina Faso nationals as well as citizens of a dozen other countries, including the five Canadians. The flight crew was Spanish.

Tweets from the account of Lynne Yelich, Canada’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, said the government is aware of the reports of Canadians on board and that they are seeking more information, but that consular officials are ready to provide assistance.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of all those on board Air Algerie Flight AAH 5017,” said one of the tweets.

The flight was being operated by Spanish airline Swiftair, the company said in a statement, and the plane belonged to Swiftair.

The plane sent its last message around 0130 GMT (9:30 p.m. EDT), asking Niger air control to change its route because of heavy rains in the area, Burkina Faso Transport Minister Jean Bertin Ouedraogo said.

The disappearance of the Air Algerie plane comes after a spate of aviation disasters. Fliers around the globe have been on edge ever since Malaysia Airlines

Flight 370 disappeared in March on its way to Beijing. Searchers have yet to find a single piece of wreckage from the jet with 239 people on board.

Last week, a Malaysia Airlines flight was shot down by a surface-to-air missile while flying over a war-torn section of Ukraine. A Canadian was among the almost 300 who perised in that disaster. The back-to-back disasters involving Boeing 777s flown by the same airline were too much of a coincidence for many fliers.

Then this week, U.S., Canadian and European airlines started cancelling flights to Tel Aviv after a rocket landed near the city’s airport. Finally, on Wednesday, a Taiwanese plane crashed during a storm, killing 48 people.

It’s easy to see why fliers are jittery, but air travel is relatively safe.

There have been two deaths for every 100 million passengers on commercial flights in the last decade, excluding acts of terrorism. Travellers are much more likely to die driving to the airport than stepping on a plane. There are more than 30,000 motor-vehicle deaths in the U.S. each year, a mortality rate eight times greater than that in planes.

French Transport Minister Frederic Cuvillier said the Air Algerie flight vanished over northern Mali. He spoke Thursday from a crisis centre set up in the French Foreign Ministry. Cuvillier didn’t specify exactly where the plane disappeared over Mali, or whether it was in an area controlled by rebels.

But Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal said on Algerian state television that 10 minutes before disappearing, it was in contact with air traffic controllers in Gao, a city essentially under the control of the Malian government, though it has seen lingering separatist violence.

The plane had been missing for hours before the news was made public. It wasn’t immediately clear why airline or government officials didn’t make it public earlier.

The flight path of the plane from Ouagadougou to Algiers wasn’t immediately clear. Ouagadougou is in a nearly straight line south of Algiers, passing over Mali where unrest continues in the north.

Northern Mali fell under

control of ethnic Tuareg separatists and then al-Qaida-linked Islamic extremists following a military coup in 2012. A French-led intervention last year scattered the extremists, but the Tuaregs have pushed back against the authority of the Bamako-based government.

A senior French official said it seems unlikely that fighters in Mali had the kind of weaponry that could shoot down a plane.

The official, not authorized to speak publicly, said on condition of anonymity that they primarily have shoulder-fired weapons - not enough to hit a passenger plane flying at cruising altitude.

Swiftair, a private Spanish airline, said the plane was carrying 110 passengers and six crew, and left Burkina Faso for Algiers at 0117 GMT Thursday (9:17 p.m. EDT Wednesday), but had not arrived at the scheduled time of 0510 GMT (1:10 a.m. EDT Thursday).

Swiftair said it has not been possible to make contact with the plane and was trying to ascertain what had happened. It said the crew included two pilots and four cabin staff.

Later, Swiftair said the plane was built in 1996 and has two Pratt & Whitney JT8D-219 PW engines. It can carry 165 passengers.

Swiftair took ownership of the plane on Oct. 24, 2012, after it spent nearly 10 months unused in storage, according to Flightglobal’s Ascend Online Fleets, which sells and tracks information about aircraft. It has more than 37,800 hours of flight time and has made more than 32,100 takeoffs and landings. The plane has had several owners over the years, including Avianca and Austral Lineas Aereas.

If confirmed as a crash, this would be the fifth one -- and the second with fatalities -- for Swiftair since its founding in 1986, according to the Flight Safety Foundation. The only other fatal crash for the airline came on July 28, 1998, when the two pilots died on a cargo flight to Barcelona.

Algerian aircraft were overflying the region around Gao to try to locate wreckage, said Houaoui Zoheir, spokesman for the Algerian crisis centre. He provided no details on the type or number of

aircraft.

“As long as we haven’t found the wreckage, we can’t talk of a crash,” he said. “We talk of loss of contact.”

The passengers include 51 French, 27 Burkina Faso nationals, eight Lebanese, six Algerians, five Canadians, four Germans, two Luxemburg nationals, one Swiss, one Belgian, one Egyptian, one Ukrainian, one Nigerian, one Cameroonian and one Malian, Ouedraogo said. The six crew members are Spanish, according to the Spanish pilots’ union.

The report that five Canadians were on the Air Algerie flight comes a week after a Canadian was among the nearly 300 who perished when a Malaysian passenger plane was shot down over eastern Ukraine in an area controlled by pro-Russian rebels. Andrei Anghel was a 24-year-old medical student from Ajax, east of Toronto.

The MD-83 is part of a series of jets built since the early 1980s by McDonnell Douglas, a U.S. plane maker now owned by Boeing Co. The MD-80s are single-aisle planes that were a workhorse of the airline

industry for short and medium-range flights for nearly two decades. As jet fuel prices spiked in recent years, airlines have rapidly being replacing the jets with newer, fuel-efficient models such as Boeing 737s and Airbus A320s.

There are 496 other MD-80s being flown by airlines around the world, according to Ascend.

“We’re aware of reports on Air Algerie Flight AH5017,” Boeing spokesman Wilson Chow said. “Our team is gathering more information.” CP24

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Streaming or tracking, which is the practice of placing learners with peers with comparable academic abilities within a class in elementary and secondary schools perhaps garners attention than any other issue as far young people’s education is concerned. The practice is so controversial t h a t m a n y C a n a d i a n school jurisdictions have purpor tedly abol ished it. Ontario for instance officially removed it from its schools some 15 years ago. However, despite its discontinuation, critics contend that the practice exists, but under a different name. Streaming is nowadays substituted with what some teachers euphemistically refer to as “pathways”. Like official streaming, the idea is to place students into different classes within pathways to better suit their needs and interests. In middle and high schools, educators engage in the practice of grouping learners by previous academic achievements. Students who do well in reading are for instance encouraged to take academic honour programs, while students who do not do so well are pushed into applied programs or encouraged to take remedial courses. The most cited rationale for supporters of the streaming system is that students learn differently and as such, when grouped with others with similar scholastic abilities, needs and achievements in classrooms, they even do better. This shows that while many people usually have negative views about streaming, it is advantageous in certain circumstances. The practice for instance allows students; especially those who are academically gifted to be grouped together and that helps them to become motivated by their peers with positive outcomes.

Proponents widely regard it as a good practice to group students so that they can receive different kinds of instruction and even different work, both of which take into account their different learning needs and backgrounds. This grouping can take place within or between classes. And as a matter of fact, many school jurisdictions do not only sanction the practice, but promote it.

One important benefit of the practice is that grouping or streaming students based on their abilities allows them to be become more competitive in terms of reaching their full academic potentials. Also, the practice enables them to move ahead without any foreseeable obstacles or disparities in abilities within the stream. And there is usually hardly any likelihood to leave a learner in the group behind. In simple terms, streaming on the basis of learners’ strengths and weaknesses is consistent with the concept of birds of the same feather flocking together. Streamed with students of the same or similar academic competences, help to motivate and encourage positive learning habits and outcomes. Another benefit is that streamed learners tend to feel a strong sense of belonging, and have the opportunity to learn in a friendly and supportive environment and in turn, feel comfortable and unthreatened.

Whereas streaming learners into separate groups based on their

abilities or presumed ca r ee r de s t i na t i ons after high school, may s e e m l i k e c o m m o n sense , in ternat ional evidence shows that sorting students early in grade schools based on academic achievement or career pathways can depress achievement in lower-performing s t u d e n t s . E v i d e n c e suggests that sorting

students in this way tends to reinforce disadvantages faced by low-income and visible minority groups, and that in turn perpetuates inequalities over their future. Students particularly fare worse in educational outcomes when streamed earlier on in the grade school system. It is for this reason that experts strongly caution against the practice.

Similarly according to the Organization for Co-operation and Development (OECD), Paris-based international think tank for instance, its member countries that divide learners into ability groups, especially at an early age tend to have higher numbers of drop-outs and lower levels academic achievements. Another devastating effect, which emanates from the practice of streaming, is that it creates two distinct groups of learners. Pupils with higher academic scores earlier on in their elementary school careers are virtually pushed into academic programs while their lower achieving counterparts are channelled through vocational or trade-oriented and applied programs.

Those who oppose streaming argue that the practice sometimes promotes different forms of segregation because society knowingly or inadvertently tends to categorize people according to both visible and invisible traits, and uses such classifications to deduce fixed behavioural and mental traits, and then applies policies and practices that jeopardize some and benefit others. Furthermore, streaming could easily foster class, race and other forms of segregation by assigning the majority of minority and poor children to the lower tracks. Thus, the majority of middle class students are assigned to the higher tracks. And finally, critics argue that a small class effect remains, but pupils from poor families are more likely to be assigned to the lower tracks and those pupils from the wealthier families to the higher tracks. This could be due to social class or race discrimination, different amounts of outside influence on track assignments and other unmeasured factors.

Streaming is analogously a two-edged sword, which cuts both ways and unsurprisingly, many educators are conflicted between its merits and adverse effects on pupils. When applied appropriately, closely monitored and re-evaluated regularly, the practice can go a long way to motivate truly gifted students to reach their full academic potentials. In the same breath, when inappropriately practised, streaming could further dampen the spirits of students who are deemed academically incompetent. Therefore, whether gifted or not, streaming must only be considered if only it is beneficial to the individual students involved.

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and Adolescents Many immigrants come to Canada with the aim of forging a better way of life for themselves and their families. That is the entire point of immigration. We come to take advantage of opportunities and privileges here that were not available to us back home. Ghanaians in Canada have done well in pursuing this goal. You can simply look at the Ghanaian community in Toronto, f o r e x a m p l e , t o realize this fact. Many Ghanaians are doing well and climbing up the socioeconomic ladder. For parents , enshrined in the idea of immigration is the hope that their children and future generations wil l have a bet ter chance of succeeding in life, and seize the opportunities that they themselves did not have growing up. It is one of the main reasons that many Ghanaians left Ghana to Canada. For our part, we now have many young Ghanaians C a n a d i a n s i n t o p schools and professions across the country – things that would make even the most fastidious immigrant parent proud. But while there are many successful young people in the Ghanaian community, there are also some who have failed to

take advantage of the opportunities afforded them. I am talking about those who were unsuccessful in school, perhaps got into some trouble with the law, maybe settled for a low-paying, low-skill unfulfilling job, etc. – you know, the youth that older Ghanaian folks are quick to label as vagabonds. For parents, it can be quite challenging to deal with the failures of these youth. Many had great hopes for their children, and so it is only natural that they would feel profound d isappoin tment in the face of wasted oppor tun i t i e s and broken dreams. To see them squander opportunities that some in Ghana are dying for – opportunities that you did not have growing up in Ghana, but worked tirelessly to provide for them – must be profoundly disheartening. Such frustration can cause parents and members of the

community in general to give up on the youth in this situation. But no matter how bad things get for some of these youth, we as a community cannot give up on them. We simply can’t. The beauty of life is that you always have a chance to reinvent yourself and turn things around. It is never too late for these youth to turn their lives around and make something of themselves. I o n c e s a w a poster of iconic American civil rights leader Malcolm X that read “People change: Don’t give up on our youth.” In the poster, there was a picture of a young Malcolm juxtaposed wi th a second picture of him as an older, mature man. As you may know, Malcolm was a lowly Harlem street hustler who turned his life around completely to become one of the greatest civil rights leaders in history. And his critical moment of change occurred while in prison. Malcolm’s life exemplifies the point that I am making. A low-level criminal wi th e igh th -grade education, he became a celebrated leader who had a most profound impact on the African-American fight for freedom and equality. Don’t give up on our youth.

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The Health Ministries Department of the Ghanaian Heritage Seventh-day Adventist Church hosted a “Let’s Move Day” on July 13, 2014 as part of its activities to promote health and wellness awareness in Toronto. The event took place at West Humber Collegiate Park at Martin Grove & Johngardland from 8am to 10am.

According to the leader of the Health Ministries Department of the church, Patrick Eyiah, “statistics show that by walking 30-60 minutes a

day, one can

Reduce the risk of breast cancer by 20%

Reduce heart disease by 30-40%Reduce diabetes and stroke by 50%

Lower your blood pres-sureReduce symptoms of de-pression and anxiety”

He said that, ‘There are many benefits to walking. You can walk your way to

a healthier you. So, if you want to live LONGER and be HEALTHIER, start NOW with daily walking or exercise.’ Pat-rick lamented childhood obesity which is on the rise in our community and called on parents to engage themselves and their children in healthy lifestyles which include walking. He encouraged all and sundry to say YES to health activity, sun-light, and water!

On the Sabbath before the “Let’s Move Day”, Dr. Kwame Sarpong, a Toronto-based physician who was one of the organizers of the event, in a sermon drew the attention of the church members as well as visitors of the day to the wonders of God as highlighted in the scriptures. He used Job 37 verse 10 from the Bible and science (especially biology) to expound on the wonders of God, the creator of the universe! Dr. Sarpong therefore admonished all believers in God to trust Him in all things (including their health) and follow God’s word in all things!

He concluded his powerful sermon with a prayer found in Jeremiah 32:17 which states, “Ah, Lord God! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for You.” AMEN

Ghanaian Heritage SDA Church Organizes “Let’s Move Day” to Promote Health Awareness.By Joe Kingsley Eyiah, Toronto


Community in Pictures


PEOPLE AND PLACESNaming and outdooring of Ezreal Akoto Aseda Nimoh

son of Mr. & Mrs Addo Asamoah at

Ahenfie Banquet Hall on Sunday July 20, 2014

Comfort Nana Yaa Yeboah’s 65th birthday and retirement celebration at

Jamaican Canadian Centre on Sunday 6 July 2014

Renewal of marriage vows of Kwaku and Rita Duah at Living Word Assembly of

God Church, Sunday July 20, 2014.

Mrs & Mrs Duah with son Emmanuel Duah

Mr. & Mrs Cashwin at Living Word Assembly of God Sunday July 20 2014

after their wedding at Global Kingdom on

Saturday July 19 2014

Ablekuma Community Association of Ontario Summer Picnic

Dynamic Int’l Charity Association Summer PicnicCommunity Summer Picnic


Cultural Day at Resurrection Power Evangelistic Ministries Int’l, Toronto Branch

on Sunday July 6, 2014 at its premises 785 Arrow Road led by Rev. Akwasi Kyeremateng

Ethnic Press cutting of cake at Canada Day celebration at Cypriot Community Centre on July 4, 2014

Josephine & Agyare launched their album entitled “Onyame a m’anya wo yi” at the Church of Pentecost

on Saturday June 28, 2014

The Edusei Foundation on Saturday June 28, 2014 at the Marriot Courtyard Hotel and Conference Centre, 80 Biscayne Crescent , Brampton

held an educat ional workshop under its theme “Developing the youth for a better future”.Dr. Kwame Bawuah-E d u s e i , p h y s i c i a n , diplomat and business executive endowed with philanthropy, founded the Edusei Foundation. In his opening remarks, he advised the participants to desist from drugs, alcohol and cigarettes which are

Edusei Foundation’s Youth Leadership and Development Workshop held in

Toronto

cont’d on pg. 58

of Toronto. After the service and coffee hour, he met with the leadership of the church to discuss details of the Incorporation Agreement. The Rev. Fr. Gabriel Opoku-Ware, on behalf of the entire congregation, expressed their heartfelt thanks to Bishop for the visit and promised that the church would do everything humanly possible under the guidance of the Holy Spirit to make the incorporation a reality to the glory of God.

Episcopal visit to the Ghanaian Anglican Church of Toronto

cont’d from pg. 1


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A cartoon in the editorial column of the Winnipeg Free Press had the above caption on April 8, 2014. It was depicting and mocking the apparent money grab policy of provincial governments across Canada in the name of traffic tickets ostensibly aimed at ensuring “safety” on the roads but whose ultimate goal was to squeeze more and more money from the driving populace. Much as this cartoon, its depiction of the greed of governments in terms of money-grab was very true, people, or the population from whom these monies are being cleverly taken can take a little comfort from the fact that taxes, taxes and more taxes that are collected by governments in this part of the world: be they municipal, provincial/state or federal (national) governments, are used to provide some services to the people from whom these monies are taken. Governments in this part of the world raise greater portions of their revenues through taxes of one form or another to finance development projects and the provision of services.

Move down to governments and their behaviours in our part of the world: Africa, and the governments also do the same in terms of generating revenues: In that part of the world, governments also raise monies through all kinds of schemes: from appropriation of the natural resources of their countries, through unnecessary borrowing from other nations and agencies, from shameful begging for alms from richer nations/their governments and through taxes, taxes and more

taxes. However, when it comes to spending the revenues generated through the means enumerated above, the situation is the exact opposite of what pertains in civilized nations where governments are run for the people, where monies/revenues generated are spent on behalf of the people on projects and services that benefit the people.

What do governments in our part of the world, Africa, do with these monies/revenues of the state? You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to have an answer to this question. The answer is as simple as night following day. In our part of the world, monies/revenues are raised and spent by governments not on behalf of the people, for the people’s business and services or their welfare. They are shamefully misappropriated by a few people at the helm of affairs (in the governments) and their cronies who happen to be closer or hack their way to be closer to the crooks in the governments. In our part of the world, Africa, the crooks that find themselves in or closer to the governments recognize no boundaries between the people’s monies/revenues and their own personal monies. They grab the revenues/

monies and just spend, not for the people but for themselves. In our part of the world people go into government not offer any service but to just steal the people’s money. Governments formed by such people are just to loot, slash and share. They are just what this cartoon referred to above depicts. They are the worst forms of governments of the money, by the money and most importantly for the money, and, for themselves.

Nowhere on the African continent in this age does a government exemplify this shameful behaviour of loot, slash and share than in the land of our birth, GHANA!! Most of the governments we have had in Ghana since we declared that we had reached the age of maturity fifty seven years ago have been populated and manned by crooks of some kind. However at no time in the nation’s adult life history of fifty-seven years has a government, its agents, cronies and boot-lickers exhibited such crass lust for this behaviour and wanton disregard for decency over public finances than the past five years between 2009 and 2014 under a bunch of people belonging to a group called NDC. These people seem to have perfected the idea of government of the money, by the money and for the money for their friends, cronies and bootlickers. A few examples of their behavior will make this clear:

Few months after the Attah Mills/Mahama government came into power in January 2009, they announced that they had contracted a Korean Company to build

hundreds of housing units for personnel of the security forces in the country. It was known as the STX Housing project. When details of the deal came to light, it was found to be so fraudulent that opposition Members of Parliament, other opinion and civil leaders protested. The government stuck to its grounds. This project was going to be executed with loans from another outside source, and we were later told, from our oil revenues. After more than three years of lying about the real issue and intentions behind this scheme, the government abandoned the project, but only after millions of dollars of public money had disappeared into some private pockets. “Case die”!! Some people in government, and closer to the government, had looted, slashed and shared public monies among themselves with no accountability.

They then came up with another scheme called judgement debt. Under this scheme, a crook closer to the government will be encouraged to file a “case” in court claiming that the government owed them for a contract they had executed and for which payment had not been made. Within a few weeks they find a judge to rule that the crook had a legitimate claim. Government lawyers will deliberately fail to appear in court to defend the case and judgement is rendered in favour of the claimant. Payment for the claim will be quickly made and the claimant then sahres the loot with members of the government, their party and friends. So much of this has gone

on since 2009 and in one sickening case, a guy known as Alfred Woyome was dashed a whopping $43 million of public money which he shared with you know who.

Then they decided that the Northern Regions of the country needed massive infusions of public money for investments to bring the people and their regions out of poverty, as if poverty in the country was the exclusive preserve of the northern regions. They cooked up schemes in the name of projects: SADA, GYEEDA, M A H A M A D A , MILLSDA, NIIMADA, ZONGODA, or whatever “DA” you could dream of. They pumped so much public money into these schemes which they knew perfectly well were not going to work. They looted, slashed and shared the public money. When public outcry against these day-light robberies of public money became loud, they abandoned

the schemes but the monies had already been looted, slashed and shared. Nobody, infact no-one in these stealing syndicate, has been held accountable. Yes, they kept singing: “we are a government of the money, by the money and for the money for our friends”. “We don’t care whatever anyone says”. In fact the President himself ordered that a song titled “yentie obia aa”, literally meaning “we don’t give a damn about what anyone says about our behaviour”, be their theme song for the government’s public events.

As if these were not enough, the Mahama government decided to sell off one of the public financial institutions, Merchant Bank, to the President’s own brother under very dubious circumstances. People protested, but in line with its theme song and policy of “yentie obi aa”, the sale went ahead and the President’s brother now owns one of the nation’s public financial

Government of the Money, by the Money, for the Money

cont’d on pg. 43


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They are not done yet: in the 2013/2014 budget submitted to Parliament for approval, the government asked for money to build 50 Day Secondary Schools. Parliament, a rubber stamp for the Executive, approved the financial request for this project. Six months later the same government went to the same Parliament with a request to Parliament to approve a loan of $156 million they had contracted from a foreign source to build the same 50 Day Secondary Schools for which they had already received Parliamentary approval. The curious thing about this new request for loan approval was that the government was seeking approval to spend as much as $50 million dollars to buy sanitary pads for Ghanaian teenage school girls. Wow, wow, wow!!! A government in this age will go to contract a loan of $50 million to buy just sanitary pads for school girls? Oh! My head aches!!!

Then they dropped one of their bombshells: they were going to use as much as 40% of this $156 million on “monitoring and evaluation” of the project. Ha! Ha! aha!! These guys are crookedly smart. You don’t need to produce any receipts for “monitoring and evaluation” since it may involve the monitoring officials eating “tuo saafi” “waakye and taalia” or banku and tilapia” for which no receipts can be obtained, but at the end of the day 40% of $156 million would have been spent with nobody accounting for them. And $50 million would have been spent on sanitary pads which the girls will be reported as having used and discarded and for which no receipts are

available. Now, you do the simple arithmetic of these monies which would have gone into the pockets of the same crooks. Yes, the looting, slashing and sharing go on unabated.

It was recently reported that over $1 billion have been stolen from the Bank of Ghana (BOG) vault and the governor and minister of finance are nowhere to answer questions on this at the public accounts committee of Parliament!! They are not done yet: When members of the national soccer team agitated for the payment of their allowances (which should have been paid earlier), this government put as much as $3.5 million in a porteumanteu and flew it under armed guard to Brazil to pay the soccer players and their officials? Where a greater part of this money went no one is prepared to answer any questions and the two government officials, the Minister of Sports and his Deputy who cooked and executed this scheme were promoted and shifted around.

My head is aching. I cannot continue with the enumeration of this litany of crass behaviour of government of the money, by the money and for the money for our friends, cronies and friends. Can anyone call this government to order to at least show some respect for the intelligence of Ghanaians? Governments are elected to work for the people and major decisions that have impact on people’s lives should be made with the input of the people. We are seeing and experiencing the opposite: government of the money, by the money and for the money for themselves and their friends. That is the only language this government seems to understand and speak.

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the snails after they were

inspected, Harty said. The

animals are prohibited

in the U.S. because they

can carry parasites that

are harmful to humans,

including one that can

lead to meningitis.

The sna i l s a re a lso

agricultural pests, said

Maveeda Mirza, the CBP

program manager for

agriculture.

“ T h e s e s n a i l s a r e

seriously harmful to local

plants because they will

eat any kind of crop they

can get to,” Mirza said.

The person the snails

were destined for is not

expected to face any

penalties, Mirza said.

She said authorities are

investigating why a single

person would want so

many snails.

Authorities in the U.S. say

they are still investigating

why a single person might

want 67 snails all at once.

(Greg Bartman/USDA/

Associated Press)

“We’re investigating

what happened, but it

doesn’t seem like there

was smuggling involved.

When someone doesn’t

know a commodity is

prohibited under USDA

regula t ions there i s

usually no punishment,”

she said.

Although the agency

has found one or two

snails that may have

accidentally gotten into

a traveler’s luggage in

Los Angeles, this is the

first time that they have confiscated the snails in such a large quantity,

Mirza said.

Giant African snails seized at Los Angeles airportcont’d from pg. 26


By Golda Abena Quayson

View PointCommunity Concerns

Doris Osei Bonsu, Crisis Counselor,

Toronto

As parents, we all know that, the most difficult and challenging times in parenting children between are the teenage years between thirteen (13) and nineteen (19) years. Teens naturally develop some adrenaline of rebellion behavior, and mostly try respond to their parent with an attitude of being capable of doing everything their way. This pre-mature stage of teens manifests i n s o m a n y f o r m s . Teenagers may refuse to accept instructions and guidance from their parents and in some cases from other authorities as well including school.Teenagers may appear to be on the threshold of adulthood. Yet, the world can be a dangerous place for an inexperienced teen, and even some young adults as well. This raises the issue of protection of teenagers from the dangers on the streets especially at night. One way parents try to ensure that their teenage children are safe at night is to enforce rules on “curfews”. This is one area of parental control that poses a lot of challenges. In many cases, the parental control and enforcement do not work and we give up. Are you struggling with your teen curfews or have you given up on these rules regarding your teens outings and given your teens their own time to come and go has they please?

A responsible parent should give their teenage children curfews to instill responsible behavior, and assure that they are not out too late. A curfew might prevent some teens from hanging out with peers that may be getting into trouble. A curfew might also prevent the ramifications of peer pressure. Yes, a reasonable curfew should be enforced by parents for the safety and well-being of their teenage children.

It should be borne in mind that our teens do test us to see how far they can get away with things which they themselves know is not right to do or they are not allowed to participate or otherwise. Teens do play mind games with their parents to assess how firm they are as parents with their curfews/rules, and how

consistent parents are when it comes to laying the ground rules around the house. Do we stand firmly/strongly or do we give in easily just for peace of mind when the teens challenge our authority and allow them to take the law into their own hands and rather control us with their time? Summer is upon us again which gives us longer days and shorter nights with schools being over. This period provides teenagers the chances to stay late and not using their time profitably. The following are a few curfews/rules for teens which parents can use to manage their teens lives when it comes to going out and coming into the house. Curfews are good for teens because they need boundaries and the idea that people are watching out for them.

What’s an appropriate curfew? Luckily, many countries have legislated teen curfews; in those places, what time your teen should be home is pretty clear-cut. If your city doesn’t have a curfew, talk to your child and come up with a time that works for the whole family. Be reasonable and negotiate properly t o s e t b o u n d a r i e s . Consider your child’s maturity and how much sleep he/she needs. Be very specific about the rules and consequences. You may want to say something like: “This is a school night” (if she/he is attending regular school or summer school or other classes) “be home no later than 10:00 pm. If you are going to be late, call. If you are home more than 15 minutes late without a good excuse, you would be grounded”.

When setting curfews, consider the supervision you will provide the teen when he/she is home at night. There is not an easy way to do this and most often parents get burnt out and give up. It is our responsibility as

parents to know where the children are, who they are with and what the purpose of that outing is. We give our teenagers too much freedom and then expect them to act like adults forgetting the fact that they are still children. We hear stories in the news every day about horrible things happening to teenagers and young adults. A teen might tell their parents that all of their friends are allowed to stay out much later or that their friends don’t have any curfews. A good response from parents could be, “I’m not responsible for those teens. My responsibility, as a parent is making certain that you are safe at all times and a curfew will let me know what time to expect you at home, each time you go out.” I now realize as a mother that all my parents did was for our safety and their peace of mind. I appreciate them for that kind of protection.

K e e p i n m i n d t h a t breaking curfews should come with sanctions that are consistent and should be enforced. The best time to decide on penalties for broken curfews is before the fact. Set your time and be firm with it, because teens will surely test you on it to see if you are slacking and not being consistent. You can be flexible during the weekends or once a month depending on what kind of activities your teens are involved in and you are aware of. I also played a chauffeur most of the time since I am aware of what is going on. I attended some of these activities if adults can be present and if I can’t, I usually ask a family member to attend. Does this get on their nerves? Yes, but I bet you like me, one day they will appreciate everything y o u d i d f o r t h e m . Our children are our responsibility; until they become adults and can take care of themselves we must make sure we do all we can to make that happen. While, enforcing a curfew on your teen may be difficult, it is well worth the time and effort to make certain that they’re safe. Tell your teens they have a whole life ahead of them to explore and stay out late.

Curfews: are Necessities in Raising Teenagers

Few Tips for Parents how to Re-enforce Curfews for their Teens

What are the biggest problems facing youth today? We could start with the age-old alcohol, drugs and relationships, then move on to more recent developments such as, texts, facebook, and the entire internet which all pose potential hazards.

Strangely enough all of these potential hazards, which in themselves can cause further problems such as low self-esteem, learning difficulties and loneliness, are helped or hindered by our parenting styles and efforts. It would therefore not be out of order to say that the biggest problems facing our youth boil down to two things: over-and under-parenting. Most modern parents can never decide whether they are over-parenting or under-parenting. We are so busy, so concerned and so anxious that weare usually doing both at once.

Under-parenting

I’m not talking about outright parental neglect in this instance, although we have an alarmingly high incidence of that in our community. I’m talking about parents who give their children perfectly adequate care but don’t spend enough time or the right kind of time with their children. Research shows that when good parents don’t spend enough time or the right kind of time with their children, the consequences can be most serious. For example, some parents fail to stimulate the young infant. These parents may provide the physical care so their baby is fed, changed, bathed, etc. But the parents think that their baby belongs in her cot all other times.

These parents do not talk to the baby or sing or play little games. In order for a baby to learn language he or she needs plenty of face-to-face contact with loving parents who talk almost continuously. Some parents don’t realize they should start this process of interaction at birth because even newborns need to be stimulated. Some parents don’t understand the importance of talking in an animated, excited way with facial expressions.

Again, some parents fail to play with their children. Babies and toddlers need to be shown how to play. Many parents supply the toys but never get down on the floor to play with their child. Some parents are too busy but many, again, simply don’t know they are supposed to do this.

Another big area of under-parenting is parents failing to read to their children. If you want your child to succeed at school reading is the key. If you want your child to learn how to read, you must read to the child. How often? Everyday. How much? Even 15 minutes a day will give the message that reading is important.” During school-age years some parents fail to pay attention to their child’s school-work. Parents today seem to think that once the child is in school education is the teacher’s job. Wrong! A child’s education is dependent on the partnership between school and home.

Another area where parents are under-parenting is in failing to give their child a sense of the future. All children need to feel comfortable about themselves and feel they have a future. Those children who do not feel connected to other human beings and who don’t feel there is a future are those who get into trouble.

Over-parenting

For many years aspects of under-parenting were perhaps the biggest problems facing children, but recently another type of parenting has emerged

that can be detrimental to children’s healthy development – that is the trend by many of the current generation of parents to over-parent their children. Over-parenting occurs when parents solve children’s problems rather than giving them the chance to overcome problems themselves. It occurs when parents allow children to avoid legitimately challenging situations so they won’t be inconvenienced. It also occurs, when too much control or too much order is imposed on children. Over-parenting is predominantly a mindset. It is a belief that children can’t overcome difficulties themselves and they can’t cope with discomfort or disappointment. It comes with increased affluence but it can occur in any socio-economic group.

Most over-parented children are over protected and spoiled. I believe that without some risk children can’t learn responsibility, and by over-protecting them from harm we are instead driving them into trying ever more dangerous behavior. Dr Ungar a child psychologist, believes we are creating an entirely new set of problems for children. According to him, “anxiety disorders are increasing among children, showing up in both children and young adults who are ill-prepared for the challenges of independent living, university, or work. Obesity among children is reaching epidemic proportions along with Type II diabetes and threats of shortened lifespan, largely the result of children being driven everywhere and coddled in structured activities that don’t provide nearly enough exercise.

So how can a parent break from a pattern of over-parenting? This can be hard because over-parenting can seem normal.

Action Steps

Either extreme — under-parenting and over-parenting— is wrong. So how do we nurture young people, but not over-do it?

1. Teach your kids problem solving skills.

Instead of conditioning our young people to “depend on parents” to fix what’s wrong, why not cultivate a “problem-solving skill” in them, to understand and resolve their problems — whether its a bully on the bus, or a deadline they can’t meet. This builds a can-do attitude in them, a resilient spirit as they encounter challenges and it prepares them for life.

2. Discuss the art of negotiation.

Much of life is about negotiating conflict with others and resolving it with a compromise. I have spent years talking to children about negotiating conflict with difficult peers

3. Help them set and manage expectations.

I believe that much of life is about setting and managing healthy, realistic expectations. Kids become unhealthy when they just can’t seem to navigate what to expect (or feel entitled to) and the reality they face. Prepare your kids for hardship; tell them life can be tough. It’s normal.

4. Don’t do it for them.

Whatever you do, as your kids grow older, move from “doing it for them” to “helping them learn to do it themselves.” Don’t give them a fish; teach them to fish. By age 10, when they can’t finish a project or meet a deadline, or make a practice, have them call their teacher or coach. Teach them to apologize for mistakes. If need be, go to the teacher with them, even hold their hand, but have them do the talking. It works.

Under-Parenting and Over-Parenting: The biggest problems facing youth


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Many disease states are affected or brought on by being overweight or obese. Many times we all decide that we need to lose weight and sometimes we plunge into a weight loss program. In this article, we will review some questions that you need to answer before you decide to lose weight.Are you motivated to lose weight? Is your weight-loss goal realistic? Answer these questions and more to make sure you’re ready to start a weight-loss program — and know what steps to take if you aren’t quite there.

Your weight-loss success depends in large part on your readiness to take on the challenge. If you jump in before you’re ready, your weight-loss plan might buckle under the first challenge. Use these questions to assess your weight-loss readiness.

1. Are you motivated to make long-term lifestyle changes?

Successful weight loss depends on permanent lifestyle changes, such as eating healthy foods and including physical activity in your daily routine. That could represent a significant departure from your current lifestyle.

Be honest.

Knowing that you need to make changes in

your life and actually doing it are two different things. You might need to overhaul your diet so that you’re eating more whole grains, fruits, vegetables and low-fat dairy products, for example. You’ll also need to find time for physical activity, ideally at least 30 to 45 minutes — or more — nearly every day of the week.

Whether your motivation for undertaking these changes is better health, improved appearance or simply feeling better about yourself, find your motivation and focus on it.

2. Have you addressed the big distractions in your life?

If you’re dealing with major life events, such as marital problems, job stress, illness or financial worries, you might not want to add the challenge of overhauling your eating and exercise habits. Instead, consider giving your life a chance to calm down before you launch your weight-loss program.

3. Do you have a realistic picture of how much weight you’ll lose and how quickly?

Achieving and maintaining a healthy weight is a lifelong process. Start by making sure your weight-loss goal is safe and realistic — such as losing 10 percent of your current weight. Then aim to lose 1 to 2 pounds (0.5 to 1 kilogram) a week until you reach your goal. This means burning 500 to 1,000 calories more than you consume each day — through diet, exercise or both.

You might lose weight more quickly if you change your habits significantly. Be careful, though. Radical changes that aren’t sustainable aren’t likely to be effective over the long term.

4. Have you resolved any emotional issues connected to your weight?

Emotions and food are often intertwined. Anger, stress, grief and boredom can trigger emotional eating. If you have a history of an eating disorder, weight loss can be even trickier.

To prepare for the challenges, identify any emotional issues related to food. Talk to your doctor or a mental health provider, if needed.

5. Do you have support and accountability?

Any weight-loss program can be difficult. You might face moments of temptation or become disheartened. Having someone in your corner to offer encouragement can help. If you don’t have friends or loved ones you can rely on for positive help, consider joining a weight-loss support group.

6. Have you embraced the weight-loss challenge?

If you don’t have a positive attitude about losing weight, you might not be ready — and if you dread what lies ahead, you might be more likely to find excuses to veer off course.

Instead, try to embrace the vision of your new lifestyle and remain positive. Focus on how good you’ll feel when you’re more active or when you weigh less. Picture yourself

celebrating every success along the way, whether it’s enjoying a new food, finishing another exercise session or losing your first few pounds.

Your results: Ready or not?

Think about your responses to the questions above:

Did you answer yes to

all or most of the ques-tions? You’re probably ready to make the life-style changes that’ll sup-port permanent weight loss. Forge ahead with a healthy diet and regular physical activity — start-ing today! If you think you need help, consult a dietitian or enroll in a reputable weight-loss program. If you have a significant amount of weight to lose, you might benefit from medically supervised weight loss with a team of health professionals — such as a dietitian, a therapist or an obesity specialist.

Did you answer no to more than one of the questions? You might not be ready to embark on a weight-loss pro-gram right now - and that’s OK. Explore what’s holding you back and face those obstacles. Consider seeking help from your doctor or another profes-sional, such as a certified wellness coach, to help you work through these issues. Then re-evaluate your readiness for weight loss so that you can get started on the path to a healthier weight. If you couldn’t answer all of the questions with a simple yes or no but you feel generally positive about most of your answers and you’re upbeat about a weight-loss program, consider starting now. You might never have definitive answers in life. Don’t let that rob you of a chance to achieve your weight-loss goals.

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Afrofest has is held an-nually since 1989. Cel-ebrating the diversity of African culture through a musical festival is all what Afrofest is about. It brings together many African communities and thousands of other revelers who converge at Woodbine Park each year to enjoy Africa and its hospitality in the heart of Toronto. This years’ event took place on Saturday July 5th and

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Music Africa presented Afrofest 2014 in big styleBy Jonathan Annobil, Toronto

air whilst the Baobab stage gives the youth the opportunity to do their own thing. Some artists who participated in this year’s celebration were as follow; DJ Flow-master (Kenya), Souk-ous Tchatcho (Congo), Cheick Diabate (Mali), Amara kante (Guinea), Madagascar Slim (Mad-agascar), Asiko Afrobeat Ensemble (Nigeria)Chita Movalez, Freddy King and Chase Reason all from Ghana.

Azonto dance compe-tition was organized as part of activities mark-ing the festival with MC

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Following their annual community tradition, the Ghanaian Community in Manitoba organized a Graduating Celebration Diner for ten students from the community who graduated from High School this year. The event, attended by a large number of community members, friends and wel l -wishers of the graduating students, was held at the PHILIPPINE CANADIAN CENTER OF MANITOBA, 737 Keewa t in S t r ee t i n Winnipeg. It was financed by the parents of the graduating students. The graduating students are: Clementina Sackey, Clement Sackey, Ernestho

Huletey, Melissa Indome. Frederick Sackey, Borzah Yankey, Kwame Bonsu, Michael Seidu, Stephanie de Souza and Lucy Asante

Speaking on behalf of the whole community, Mrs S te l la Kankam c o n g r a t u l a t e d t h e graduating students on their achievements. She entreated them to aim

higher to achieve greater laurels in the coming years . Mrs . Juani ta Huletey expressed the gratitude of the parents to the community for their support for the graduates and expressed the pride of the parents and community for their achievements.

Winnipeg’s Ghanaian Community Toast Graduating StudentsFrom: Dr. Michael Baffoe, Winnipeg

The Ghanaian-Canadian Community in Manitoba held their annual Ghana-Canada Day picnic at the Crescent Park on Tuesday July 1st, 2014. The picnic usually marks Canada’s National Day and Ghana’s Republic Day which all fall on July 1st. Revelers came from all over the Province of Manitoba. A significant feature of this year’s picnic was a short presentation on the history of the creation of Canada and the events leading to the declaration of Ghana as a Republic on July 1st 1960. The presentation was done by Dr. Michael Baffoe of the University of Manitoba. As usual, there were lots of tasty Ghanaian speciality foods and snacks to share. The picnic ended about 9.00 P.M with very spectacular fire-works.

Ghanaian-Canadian Community Picnic on Canada DayFrom: Staff Writer, Winnipeg

Parents of the graduates serving food to the revelers

Auntie Stella Kankam offer-ing congratulations and word

of advice to the graduates

Juanita Huletey, congratulates the graduates on behalf of the parents

MC for the occasion, Akosua Bonsu

Graduating Students around the Graduating Cake

Giant Ghana-Canada day Cake

The ladies engage in an “Ampeh” Game

Cutting the Ghana-Canada day Cake

Enjoying Roasted Corn…courtesy Dimitric Kumah

Drummers entertain the picnic revelers

Dr. Michael Baffoe making a presentation on “the making of Canada” and the history behind Ghana’s Republic


The Toronto Circuit of the Ghana Methodist Church, North America Mission held ary successful second Camp Meeting at 6870 Rue Terrebonne, in Montreal, Quebec from Friday June 27 to Saturday 28 June 2014. It was under the direction of the Very Rev Dr Emmanuel K.Asare-Kusi, the Superintendent Minister of the Methodist Mission. I t closed with a grand Thanks-G i v i n g S e r v i c e a t C o n c o r d i a U n i v e r s i t y , M o n t r e a l o n S u n d a y 2 9 J u n e 2 0 1 4 f r o m 9 . 3 0 a m t o 1 . 0 5 p m .

The Theme for the event was ‘Witnessing to Christ: The Power of the Holy S p i r i t ’ ( A c t s 1 ; 8 ) . T h e m a i n Speaker was the Very Rev Moses Antwi, the Superintendent Minister of the Newark/New Jersey Circuit of The Methodist Church Ghana. The meeting which was attended by more than 180 members from the Ghana Methodist Church,Toronto and the Ghana Calvary Methodist United Church,65 Mayall Avenue,Toronto had about more than 200 from the

Methodist Church Ghana North America Mission Toronto Circuit holds camp meeting in MontrealBy Staff Reporter, Montreal

cont’d on pg. 58

Roma’s Hospitality Centre, 5980 Shawson Dr. was the venue for the 50th birthday celebration of Rev. Dr. Albert Kwansa Osae-Akonnor, the Pastor of Fruitful House on 6731 Columbus Road, Mississauga.

The party began with a prayer by Rev.Kingsley Ayesu. That followed with introduction of special guests by the Master of Ceremony. Song ministrations were rended by Mrs. Amanda Tetteh, Rev. Eleta Mckay and the Fruitful House Men. The Dynamic Ladies of the church also presented a special recital to honor the celebrant, Rev. Dr. Akonnor.

As part of the program, a video presentation of the church members wishing their pastor a happy birthday was shown. Mrs. Vida Poku then read the biography of Rev. Dr. Akonnor.

After the serving of dinner came the cutting

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Mrs. Susan Akonnor gave a moving tribute to her husband after which the couple danced. The celebrant then took turns to dance with his children. They were eventually joined by the guests.

Rev Dr. Albert Kwansa Osae-Akonnor Celebrates His 50th BirthdayBy Jonathan Annobil, Tronto

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Rev. Dr. Akonnor dancing with family

Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Akonnor with invited guests

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Celebration of Life of Arthur Hendrix (a.k.a. Akwasi Afranie) father of Tracy Hendrix, Shantelle Hendrix, Irene Ofori, Nicholas Arthur and Nana Akyaa on Saturday July 12, 2014 at the Apostle’s Continuation

Banquet Hall, Thanksgivng Service at Apostolic Church Int’l Sunday July 13 and Burial at Beechwood Cemetary Monday July 14, 2014

Celebration of life of Opanyin Maxwell Anamon Amon father of Rev. George Z.

Amon and Elder Ben Amon held on Saturday July 19, 2014 at Church of

Pentecost Banquet Hall Hamilton

The Scotiabank Caribbean Carnival Toronto 2014 is already in full swing with a lot of activities spread all over Toronto.

The grand parade will take place on Saturday August 2nd 2014 at the Exhibition place and lakeshore Blvd. The finale is a closing church service on Sunday August 10, 2014 at St.

James Cathedral, 65 Church Street, Toronto.

2014 Scotiabank Caribbean Carnival Toronto in full swing


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Fashionistas this summer has been tough on us, and I am sure you are wondering “what summer is she talking about?”

Well let me tell you if anything, after the brutal winter we had, this weather is a true blessing from the divine. Therefore I did my best to wear all my summer outfits before the weather could seriously deny me so. And let me tell you, I have been super lucky to say the least for the weather not to turn white on me and all snowy and cold.

I went out and about this summer to check the trends in Toronto and to deliver to you on what to wear this summer. Vaughan mills so far is winning because of the variety of shops which give you variety of little unique items at affordable prices ranging from as low as $10. Next is the Queensway outlet shopping center and for those of you want really who want to cater to your unique style or mood temp at the moment or love celebrity looks then you are in luck too cos you can have them custom made , well tailored for your body at Beni Boo Studios for a fraction of the cost.

Now some few cool item trending that caught my big s’ eyes ....

Summer 2014 Trends....

Black and whiteNo shades in between with this trend, wear outfits with strips. This style makes an outfit look crisp and cool.

FULL SKIRTSShow off your Cinderella romance side with full voluminous lady like silhouette because this trend is here to stay. You can even wear the tea-length skirt with tights and boots.

Holographic dress or skirt, now this shiny trend has a classic flare to it. Who wouldn’t want to shine miles away? This trend goes well with an iridescent clutch.

Blvd. Scarborough, on Tuesday July 22, 2014 under flood lights.

The girls gave a good account of themselves with their crisp passes. The only snag was they could not utilize the many chances that came their way. Fatima Alhassan was in control of the midfield as she consistently fed the strikers with very good passes. Grace Adams and Edem Atovor scored the 2

goals to the delight of the Ghanaian soccer fans that thronged the complex to cheer the Princesses on to victory.

The score line could have been higher had it not been the stopper for G-S United who made heroic saves. The girls also hit the post thrice in the game. According to Coach Hayford, he is training the girls to go all out to bring the

trophy to Ghana. Earlier on Friday 18 July 2014, the Princesses drew 1-1 with North Mississauga Panthers in their first friendly match.

The average age of the Black Princesses is 18 years. They have been drawn with hosts Canada whom they play in the opening game of the tournament on Tuesday August 5 in Toronto’s BMO Field (National

Ghana’s Black Princesses in Toronto cont’d from pg. 1

Both Team

Goodwill Presentation Supporters

Chairman Agyemang and supportersJonathan Annobil and Coach Hayford

A Supporter and some of the players


Kofi Safo Kantanka’s 50th birthday at Heritage

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Kofi wiith friends and loved ones

Kwadwo Safo Kantanka (l), Mr. & Mrs Safo Kantanka and Nana Ama Safo

Mr. & Mrs Safo KantankaSafo with friends and family

Family and friends

Family and friends

Dedication of Empress-Mirabel Afrane

baby of Mr. & Mrs George Afrane at The Church of Pentecost

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The officiating Minister was Rev. Christian Atenka Popo-Ola

Empress-Mirabel Afrane Afrane Family

Baby dedication


All Nations Full Gospel Church under the leadership of Rev. Dr. Samuel Donkor held a special service to appreciate its members who have been with the church since its inception to present. New members were also appreciated as well. The special service

was held on the Sunday evening of July 6, 2014.

Rev. Dr. Samuel and Rev Rose Donkor led the senior and new members into the church premises. It was immediately followed by opening prayer

and worship. Then the original boys and girls choir rendered thanksgiving songs and after which a moving thanksgiving dance was performed by Worship in Motion.

Appreciation Service for Old and New All Nations Church MembersBy Jonathan Annobil, Toronto

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and Mrs. Hagar Ohene-Gyimah and Hannah Ofori, Ministers Spouses. O t h e r o u t s t a n d i n g features of the Camp Meeting were Bible studies, the door to door evangel i sm and the Circuit Organizational Meetings on Saturday 2 8 J u n e 2 0 1 4 . The Circuit wish to express her profound appreciat ion to God Almighty for the success of the Camp, to the Montreal Society for their unique services as hosts.

Methodist Church Ghana North America Mission Toronto Circuit holds camp meeting

in Montrealcont’d from pg. 50

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Edusei Foundation’s Youth Leadership and Development Workshop held in Toronto

cont’d from pg. 39

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After the new members had been welcomed, Rev. Dr. Samuel Donkor supported by his wife, Rev. Rose Donkor then presented certificates and congratulated them as well.

A song ministration was given by the old boys and girls choir. Rev. Dr. Donkor then delivered the sermon. The appreciation of the old members then began in earnest starting from members with 32 years of service to 20 years. They were given a special plaque for their loyalty and dedication to the church. They came in batches according to the number of years they have been with the church and were given standing ovations as they were introduced. Two powerful testimonies were given by members as to why they have stayed in the All Nations Church till present.

After the benediction had been given the congregation moved into one of the rooms where an appetizing cake was cut by Rev. Dr. Samuel and Rev Rose Donkor supported by other church members to commemorate the occasion.

Appreciation Service for

Old and New All Nations

Church Members

cont’d from pg. 56

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Let's Think Family - By Rev. Dr. Samuel Kisseadoo

Prophet Samuel BakareAre you in need of Prayer? God has sent me to

assist you in all your problems.

The Bible says the Lord will answer you in the days

of trouble. The God of Israel will protect you, and

send you help from His century. Jesus Christ is your solution.

The anionted man of God is here with you to pray and intercede for you.

All problems have been solved.Jesus says come unto me all ye labour and that

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Prophet Samuel Bakare

I don’t believe that any-one under the sun en-tertains the desire from childhood to marry one day and be separated or get divorced. In recent times a few adults with contorted view of fami-ly life or bitterness from past hurtful experiences, decide to cohabit with another person without any real commitment for marriage. Some are plain afraid of the re-sponsibilities involved in decent family life. Such (usually frustrated or dis-illusioned) individuals enter into their relation-ships with a “contract minded mentality” rather than a “covenant minded mentality”. Even then, people still hope to hang on tenaciously to their invented loose associ-ation, so far as it works for them. In summary, GOD NEV-ER DESIGNED DI-VORCE AND SEPARA-TION TO BE PART OF HIS DIVINE PLANS FOR MANKIND. NO-BODY REALLY HAS A DIVORCE OR SEP-ARATION AS PART OF HIS OR HER FUTURE DREAMS. IT IS USU-ALLY UNEXPECTED ---- BY THE COUPLE, PARENTS, FAMILY MEMBERS, CHURCH MEMBERS, FRIENDS, AND ALL. Only a heartless and senseless enemy will be “praying for it, expecting it, and rejoice over it when it occurs”. Any severance of a love relationship is like amputation of a hand! But, should the wounded hand bleed forever? Then all the blood in other areas of the body will be lost, and the inevitable will occur ---- death of the whole person. There should be calculated, wise, God-centered efforts to get healing, for life to continue. Whether separated, or divorced, the persons involved must critical-ly and sincerely analyze the root causes of all conflicts, and particular-ly admit the part each played in creating the problems. They must genuinely repent, make restitution where neces-sary (including humble apologies), and use the experience to develop Godliness that will en-able them to bear fruit in all future relationships with family members and friends.

Other steps that could hasten the healing pro-cess are:

1) Decide not to take any path of vengeance.

Embark upon the path of forgiveness, and ask the Lord to help you do so from your heart. “Beloved do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, ‘Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,’ says the Lord” (Romans 12: 19). “Do not say ‘I will recompense evil’; Wait for the Lord, and He will save you” (Proverbs 20: 22).

2) Control your emo-tions and your tongue. It is better to talk more to God than people about issues. Do the best you can to avoid polluting the minds of family members and friends, especially your children, with reminders about the wrong doings of your mate. The more you talk about your woes, the more you enlarge your wounds and open them up to higher levels of infection. You may damage the children for life. Try to overcome the temptation to campaign and get all the children and every support only for yourself. You may find yourself as a slan-derer before God, and incur His displeasure. In the multitude of words, sin is not lacking, But he who restrains his lips is wise” (Proverbs 10: 19).

3) Tell yourself and oth-ers the truth about every matter involved in the situation. If you put all the blame on the other person, you will deep-en your bitterness and slow down your healing process. “You shall not circulate a false report” (Exodus 23: 1). “Buy the truth, and do not sell it” (Proverbs 23: 23).

4) Open up fully to the Spirit of Jesus Christ to fill and control your life. This should be af-ter genuine repentance of all known sins as al-ready stated, and asking God to forgive all un-conscious sins as well. “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all un-righteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us” (1 John 1: 9, 10).

5) Settle down to seri-

ous prayer, especially on personal level. Partici-pate in corporate prayer as well. Get one or two trusted friends to pray along with you as special prayer partners. “Cast your burden on the Lord, And He shall sustain you; He shall never per-mit the righteous to be moved.” (Psalm 55: 22).

6) Get into active person-al Bible study. That will deepen your desire to pray, and open your eyes to see clearly as well, as to what really went wrong, and where God is leading you next. Med-itation on God’s word will heal and bless you as you obey what He teach-es you. “The entrance of Your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple” (Psalm 119: 130). “He sent His word and healed them, and de-livered them from their destructions” (Psalm 107: 20). “Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep Your word. Unless Your word has been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction. Trou-ble and anguish have overtaken me, yet Your commandments are my delight” (Psalm 119: 67, 92, 143).

7) Rely on God alone to help you forget past hurts and pain, and move forward into a fruitful future. After Joseph was sold by his own broth-ers and he entrusted his whole life into God’s Hands in faith and holy living, God turned his af-fliction into blessing, and he said: “For God has made me forget all my toil and all my father’s house”. “For God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my afflic-tion.” (Genesis 41: 51, 52). “Cast all your care upon Him, for He cares for you” (1 Peter 5: 7).

8) Be honest and fair with any payments, sharing, or distribution of money and property. “Dishonest scales are an abomination to the Lord, But a just weight is His delight” (Proverbs 11: 1).

9) Be an active church member. Participate in fervent worship and be involved in church programs ---- prayer meetings, Bible stud-ies, evangelism etc. Get into active service and develop a ministry ac-cording to your talents and gifts. All these, especially the connec-tions with other spiritual brethren through close fellowship, will speed up your healing. They will also enable you to have

a clear vision of God’s will for your life, and encourage you to work towards your goals and objectives. “Let us con-sider how to stir up love and good works, not for-saking the assembling of ourselves together” (He-brews 10: 24, 25).

We recognize, under-stand, and sympathize with the various com-plexities involved with different situations for different individuals un-der varieties of circum-stances. There should be case-by-case thorough exam-ination of all the facts involved with a partic-ular situation, bearing in mind that the funda-mental principles of God cannot be altered in any way to suit any person. The best way to stay out of all forms of marital troubles is to wait upon the Lord in prayer, Bible study, daily obedience to God's word, and holy

living, until He settles you with the right per-son in marriage for true worship and effective service. No marriage is problem-free, but they will be normal problems resulting from the fall-en nature of man, which God has purposed to use for the building of godly character in His children. We must hold on firmly to our faith in God and trust in His faithfulness, because His direction goes along with his pro-vision.

By Dr. Samuel Kis-seadoo. Excerpt from his book: “Choosing A Spouse And Living A Contented family Life”. E-mail: [email protected]. Website for resources: www.fruitful-ministriesint.com. My first Facebook Account (DrSamuel Kisseadoo) is full, but there is space on my new Account (Re-vDr. Kisseadoo) for new friends; or you can like

my Community Page: FM Int. Inc. Tune in to JOY 99.7 FM in Ac-cra, Ghana to listen to Dr. Kisseadoo’s weekly broadcast “Hope For Your Family” on Sat. 5:30am-6am (Ghana time). Access on Internet with MYJOYONLINE.COM. Use my name to search RedLeadBooks.com and get a copy of my encouraging book: “Facing And Fighting Through The Storm”, and other books from Amazon.com or Red-LeadBooks.com. Call me in Virginia on 1-757-7289330 (or call 020-8126533 in Accra or 0275-353802 in Kumasi, Ghana) for free coun-seling, prayer, books, speaking engagements, and messages. In Ghana, call Tigo 545 and follow the prompts for daily in-spirational messages of Dr. Kisseadoo. Permis-sion granted to freely share but with acknowl-edgement.

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PLACES OF WORSHIP DIRECTORY

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invites you to worship with us

Toronto SocietyPlace of Worship: 19 Penn Drive, North York, Ont. (off Finch Av./Milvan)

416-743-4555 (Office) 905-216-2323 (Residence)

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Ghana Methodist Churches in Canada ( SOCIETIES UNDER THE GHANA METHODIST CONFERENCE)

Church ServicesSunday Service:

Bible Study: 10 a.m.-11a.m.Worship Service: 11a.m. - 1p.m.

Wednesday: Bible Study 6:30p.m.-7:30p.m.

Friday Night Prayer: 8p.m.-10p.m.

CHRIST REDEEMER CHURCHPastor-in-charge: Pastor Eric Amoah

Location: 4 Racine, Unit 9 (Kipling/Rexdale)

Tel: (416) 748-1242 Cell: (416) 300-9970

Pastor Eric Amoah

EVANGEL ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH

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314 Rexdale Blvd. Etobicoke, Ont. M9W 1R6

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Tel: 416-242-7950 Fax: 416-242-8573

I AM ALPHA & OMEGA MINISTRY INT'LWe invite you to worship with us

Church Service:Sunday Worship: 10.00a.m. - 12.30 p.m.Wednesday Bible Studies: 6.00p.m. - 7.30 p.m.Friday Prayer Meeting: 7.00p.m. - 9.00 p.m.

100 Penn Drive, Unit #6, North York, Ont.

Bishop John MensahJESUS Loves You

Tel: 416-419-6671

Very Rev. Dr. Emmanuel Asare-Kusi

Peace Light MinistriesSenior Pastor & Founder:

Rev. Augustine Adu-Anane BRE, M.Th. CPCSenior Associate Pastor:

Rev. Eleanor Adu-Anane BRE, ECE

TIME OF WORSHIPWednesday: Bible Study 7:00 - 9:00 pmFriday: Group Prayer Meeting 8:00 - 11:00 pmSunday: Christian Education 9:30 am - 10:30 amSunday Service: 10:30 am - 12:30 pm

Tel: 416-839-1662 / 647-892-9412LOCATION: 100 Penn Drive, Unit #3, North York, Ont. M9L 2A9

Happy are those who work for PEACE, for God will call them His children Mtt: 5:9

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Disciples Revival Church

Healing & Deliverance Centre

SUNDAY SERVICE - Morning - 10:00 am

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Friday: Adult Intercessory Prayer - 7:00 - 9:00 pm

Rev. Dr. & Rev (Mrs) Charles Mantey

Founders/Senior Pastors

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Living Word

139 Millwick Drive Toronto, Ont. (Steeles/Islington)

Tel: 416- 741-6285 Fax: 416- 741-0133


(Affiliated with P.A.O.C.)

Senior Pastor: Rev. Joseph Osei-AmoahChurch Activities

Sunday Early Morning Prayer: 8:30 a.m. Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. Worship Service: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday Prayer: 10:00 a.m-12 noon Wednesday Bible Study 7:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Friday Prayer 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. (Last Friday of the month “All Night Prayer”): 7:30 p.m.-12 mid-night Youth Service (Fridays): 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. Departmental Meeting (Every other Sunday): 7:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m.

Assembly of God Church

Ghana Methodist Churches in CanadaFOOD FOR LIFE

Bringing the Gospel to our Community By: Rev. Joseph Osei-Amoah

Invites you to worship with us atRedemption Faith Church

This is a loving and caring Church that preaches and teaches the whole counsel of God. A place where the word of God is backed by strong anointing to bring Salvation, Healing and Deliverance

to all people who believe on the LORD JESUS CHRIST

CHURCH ACTIVITIES: Sunday Search the Scriptures - 12 noon - 12-45 p.m. Church Service - 12:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Fridays - 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Bible Study, Intercession & Deliverance

Tel: 905-495-1936 Fax: 905-495-1937

1485 ALBION ROAD (Albion/Kipling)

Rev. Dr. Stephen Ofori-Darko

“Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. 2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy, 3 and gathered out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south. 4 They wandered in the wilderness in a desolate way; they found no city to dwell in. 5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. 6 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them out of their distresses. 7 And He led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city for a dwelling place. 8 Oh, that men would give thanks to the LORD for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children of men! 9 For He satisfies the longing soul, and fills the hungry soul with goodness.” Psalm 107:1-9 NKJV

The Book of Psalms, a section of the Bible, is the hymn book of the people of Israel. It is a collection of 150 songs of various topics divided into 5 books: (1) Psalms 1-41; (2) Psalms 42-72; (3) Psalms 73-89; (4) Psalms 90-106 and (5) Psalms 107-150. This article deals with Psalm 107, a song composed by an unnamed Levite who led the people of Israel to praise the Lord for bringing them back from the Babylonian captivity.

The writer of Psalm 107 begins with a call to his people to thank the Lord for His enduring goodness and mercy. He encourages those the Lord saved from their enemy to testify of their redemption. For the Israelites, the enemy referred to the Assyrians who enslaved the ten northern tribes and later the southern tribes of Judah and Benjamin who were captured by the Babylonians who overran the Assyrians bringing the twelve tribes of Israel under the Babylonians and later under the Medes and the Persians. After seventy years of captivity, the Lord caused the Persians to allow them to return to their own land in Palestine. The Psalmist recounted in detail the suffering of the Jews at the hand of their enemies from all directions. Those of us who have declared our faith in God through the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior are encouraged by this Psalm that in the midst of our trials and struggles, we have a heavenly Father who cares about us and is ready to delivers us when we call upon Him

in times of need through our Savior Jesus Christ.

In Psalm 107: 6, 13, 19 and 28, the Jews in their distresses cried out to the Lord for help. He saved them from their enemies and brought them to their dwelling place. The Lord fed the hungry and released those who were bound in spiritual darkness when they repented. In our Christian journey through life, our God who allowed His only Son to die for our redemption is ready to respond to our cry for help like He did for the Jews of old whose rebellion against Him exposed them to spiritual darkness and death (verses 10, 14, 18). James, the half brother of the Lord Jesus, has the following message for Christians who befriend the world and betray Christ by the way they live: “Where do wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for pleasure that war in your members? 2 You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have because you do not ask. 3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures. 4 Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world

makes himself an enemy of God. 5 Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously”? (James 4:1-5 NKJV)

The terrible experience of the people of ancient Israel is a picture of the struggles of God’s people of all nations with the forces of evil today. Thank God there is a way to victory for the follower of Christ according to the Apostle Paul who wrote: “Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against rulers, against the authorities, against powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13 Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able

to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15 and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 Take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 18 And pray in the Spirit, on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.” (Ephesians 6: 10-18 NIV)The apostle Paul wants us to understand that our struggle with the forces of evil will continue till the Lord Jesus returns or we join the Lord through physical death. To lead a victorious life

till then, Paul wants us to understand that the indwelling Holy Spirit makes us strong in our spiritual struggle. Since our enemies are not human but spiritual evil beings, we need the pieces of armor and weapons described above for the spiritual battles before us. The piece of armor that is of primary importance is the “helmet of salvation”. Helmet protects the head from mortal blows from an enemy. No soldier continues to fight with the head mortally wounded. Believing in Christ as the Son of God who died and was raised from the dead gives you the helmet of salvation. If you have it, keep it on! If you don’t, learn from the Philippian jailor who asked Paul and Silas: “… Sirs, what must I do to be saved? They said, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.” Acts 16: 31-31 NKJV).

A SONG OF PRAISE TO GOD FOR DELIVERANCE FROM CAPTIVITY


Place of Worship: 350 Deerhide Cres, North York, ON

Bethel Prayer Ministry Int'l

Worship Hours: Sunday Service: 9am - 1pm Tuesday 9am - 2 pm Consultation Wednesday: 7pm - 9p.m. Friday: 9pm - 12 pm Saturday (Prayer Warriors) 6pm - 8pmLocation: 52 Carrier Drive, Unit 12, (Albion/Hwy 27) Etobicoke, Ont., M9w 5S5

Harvest Christian Church

Worship Hours

Sundays (Mornings) 10 - 12:45pmWednesday (Bible Study) 7 -8:30 pmFriday (All Night Prayer) 8-10:30pm

Come and experienCe the power of the wordJoin us at 196 Toryork Drive(Corner of Weston/Finch)

Tel: 416-743-2507It’s Harvest tIme so reacH out and make a dIfference

It’s A Great Commission!

Invites you for a wonderful time with the Lord

Rev Moses Sarpong

Contact: Res. 416-740-6963 Church 416-642-0390

Do you desire to experience the power and the presence of God demonstrated in your life? Do

you want to experience the marvelous work of God's grace in your life?Then, Bethel Prayer Ministry International would like to invite you to visit their church

where the word of God is preached powerfully to release the power of God in your life.

COME AND YOU WILL BE BLESSEDPastor Dennis Awuku

Senior Pastor

Worship Schedule:

Ghana Calvary Methodist United Church, Toronto

Invites all Christians to join us to worship and glorify the

Living God

Venue of Worship

65 Mayall Avenue, Toronto, ON (Route: Through Jethro Road or Haymarket Road, off Wilson Ave. between Weston Rd. and Jane St., or

walk across bridge from Chalkfarm North)

Tel: 416-614-6110 Email: gcmuc.org

Sunday

Church Service/Class Meetings: 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Friday Prayer Meeting: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Saturday Youth Musical & Computer Lessons Fellowship MeetingsChoir Practice, Singing Band Practice

65 Mayall Avenue, Toronto Ontario, M3L 1E7

Tel: 416-614-6110 647-341-7305

Email: gcmuc.org

Very Rev. De-Graft Semie Obiri

(Calvary Methodist)

Auxilliary MinisterRev.

Samuel Victor Mpereh647-770-8440


THE APOSTLES' CONTINUATION CHURCH

INTERNATIONAL (CANADA)

Worship With Us At These Branches In Canada

SERVICE TIMES: Worship Service - Sunday 10:30 a.m. Bible Studies Service Wednesday 9:00 p.m. All Night Service - Friday 9:30 p.m. Deliverance - Saturday 4:00 p.m.

North American Headquarters:

Toronto10 Belfield Road

Tel: 416-247-6629

Montreal Assembly378 Cremazie East

Montreal, Quebec, H2P 1E5

Tel: 514-271-9083Pastor-In-Charge: John Arhin

Contact:Res: 450-687-4916Cell: 514-654-6178

10 Belfield RoadToronto, Ont., M9W 1G1

Tel: 416-247-6629Fax: 416-247-5308

Website: www.apostlescontinuation.orgApostle Charles Anokye-Manu

Scarborough Assembly1632 Midland Ave., M1P 1C2

Tel: 416-288-1333Pastor In-Charge: Pastor Ohene Kena

Contact: 647-281-5303

Lighthouse Assembly of God ChurchLead Pastor: Isaac Takyi De-Graft

LOCATION: 42 Steinway Blvd. Unit 1&2 (Hwy 27/Steeles) Toronto, Ontario, M9W 6Y6

Tel: 416-740-1200 Fax: 416-740-6435Email: [email protected]: http:/www/lighthouseag.ca

Days And Time of WorshipSunday - Divine Worship - 10a.m. - 1p.m.Wednesday - Bible Studies - 7p.m. - 9p.m.Friday - Prayer / Deliverance - 7p.m. - 10p.m.

Power of Grace Chapel Int'lInvites all Christians, Non-Christians and

members of the Resurrection Power Tradition to join us worship the Great Jehovah

Rev. Joe BonnahPastor-in-charge

Contact Lines:Tel: 416-321-2796 (Pastor's Res) 289-981-1547 (Church)

Cell: 647-921-2414

Place of Worship: 350 Deerhide Cres, North York, ON

Immanuel Assembly of God

For more info contact: 647-880-4216

LOCATIONDon Montgomery Community Centre

2467 Eglinton Ave. E. Scarborough, Ont.,

(Kennedy/Eglinton Subway Station)

Church, ScarboroughSunday School:

9:30am -10:30am Church Service: 10:30am - 12 noon

Rev. Douglas O. AnsahPastor-in-charge

SUNDAY:9:00am-10:00am Prayers10:00am-11:00am School of the Light11:00am-1:30pm Joint Service

Other Weekly Opportunities:

Tuesday- (Time with the Holy Spirit) 10:00am-12:30pm (At Church)Wednesday- (Bible Studies) 7:00pm- 9:00pm (On Phone 647 722 5570 Access code 731 297#)Friday- (Time in His presence) 7:00pm-9:30pm (At Church)Every First Friday is a Special Youth Service 7:00pm-9:30pm (At Church)Every Fourth Friday is Half Night Service 8:30pm-12:30am (At Church)

The Apostolic Church Int'l.

94 Kenhar Drive, Unit 39 & 40, North York, Ont. 289-505-7956 or 416-740-1979

270 Rutherford Road, Unit 10Brampton, Ontario, L6W 3K7

BRAMPTON ASSEMBLY

TORONTO CENTRAL ASSEMBLY

The Apostolic Church International (Toronto Assem-

bly) is a Branch of The Apostolic Church in Ghana

Apostle Nii Aryee (Area Supt. Canada-Wide)

Sunday (Worship) - 10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.Wednesday Teaching Service - 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.Friday Prayers - 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.Friday: Monthly All Night Service - 10:30 p.m. - 3:00 a.m.

Saturday(Alt.) Women's, Men's,Youth Movement Meetings) 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Meeting Schedule

MONTREAL ASSEMBLYElder Gilbert Agyei: 514-900-8412, 613-552-6779

868A Beaumont Ave., Montreal, Quebec, H3N 1V5

Field Secretary: Pastor Cyril Williams - 416-875-9616Field Youth Pastor: Pastor Rasper Atutornu - 416-278-3104


Location: 135 Oakdale Rd.(Back door)

Join us on Sundays for worship at:

Venue: Clarkson Community Centre(Margaret Marland Room)

Address: 2475 Truscott Drive, Mississauga, Ont(Southdown Rd/Truscott Dr. on

Winston Churchill Blvd/Truscott Dr.

Time: 10.00AM-1.00PM

Contact: Pastor Isaac K. Bonful Tel: 289-814-5482

Email: [email protected] www.transformationcentreag.ca"...Be transformed by the renewing of your mind..." Romans 12:2a

Assembly of God Church, MississaugaTransformation Centre

WORSHIP SCHEDULE.Sunday - Divine Worship 10am- 12pmWednesday - Bible Study 7pm - 10pm (Call ahead)Friday Prayer Meeting 7pm - 10pm (Call ahead)

190 BOVAIRD DRIVE, UNIT 12 @ HWY 10, BRAMPTON

New Light Chapel International

You have been to Calvary for pardon, but you have not been to Pentecost for power.

We invite you to worship with us and experience the Pentecostal power in your life.

Rev. Kwaku Asare

905-654-7364, 905-840-2012, 416-270-6822For information call: Rev. Kwaku Asare

GHANAIAN CATHOLIC CHURCHST. ANDREW’S PARISH

2547 KIPLING AVE. TORONTO ONTARIO M9V 3A8

MASS TIMES: 2:00pm – 4:00pm ON THE 1ST AND 3RD SUNDAY

OF EVERY MONTH.

CONTACTS;FR. ALEX OSEI CSSp (Priest-In-Charge) - 416-266-6787FR. ANTHONY ADUSEI CSSp - 416-266-6787REV. MR. JOSEPH OWUSU AFRIYIE - 905-970-0824

Rev. Raymond Baah Abekah


Christian Hope Ministry Int'lApostle-in-charge: Apostle Twumasi Ankrah

Invites You All To Come Worship With Us

Tel: 647-344-6726 Cell: 416-200-2453TIME OF WORSHIP:

Sunday 10:30 am - 1:30 pmTuesday 6:00 pm - 8:00 pmFriday 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

VENUE: 1177 Finch Dr. #20, North York

"And these signs will follow those who believe, in My Name they will cast out demons, they will speak with new tongues, they will take up serpents, and if they drink anything deadly, it

will by no means hurt them, they will lay hands on the sick , and they will recover. Amen (Mark 16:17)

"COME AND EXPERIENCE THE POWER OF GOD"

Apostle Twumasi Ankrah

Rev. Fr. Gabriel Opoku Ware

Priest-in-chargeRes: 416-901-3932 Cell: 647-624-4044

Welcome Home Evangelistic Ministries

Worship Celebration ServicesSunday Worship Celebration: 10 a.m.

Friday Prayer Meeting / Discipleship Group: 8 p.m. - 10 p.m.

Last Sunday of Every Month: Healing Service

Place of Worship236 Queen Mary Drive Brampton, ON L7A 3L3

Affiliated with the Evangelical Church In Canada

Snr. Pastor & Founder: Evang. & Prophetess Winnie Manu BRE, M. Div.

Contact Info: Tel: 647 210 7057 Fax: 905 495 4789 Website: www.whemtoday .org Email: [email protected]

Healing Service: Last Sunday of every month at Cheyne Middle School. 236 Queen Mary Dr. Brampton.

Gospel Action Ministry

Service Schedule Sunday: Church Service - 12:30 pm - 3:00 pm Tuesday: Prayer Meeting - 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Friday: Bible/Prayer Meeting 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Last Friday of the month: All Night Prayer Meeting 11:00 pm

Location: 135 Oakdale Rd.(Back door)

Rev. Peter Awuah

Senior Pastor: Rev. Peter Awuah

Tel: 416-836-9235, 416-667-8637

Glory Pentecostal Ministry of Toronto

Invites all Christians and Non-Christians to join us to worship the Almighty God

PLACE OF WORSHIP230 Eddystone Ave., #207, North York, Ont. M3N 1H7

WORSHIP SCHEDULESunday Regular Service 11:00 am to 1:30 pmTuesday Prayer and Healing Service 6:00 pm to 8:00 pmFriday Prayer Night 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm

Pastor-in-charge: Rev. Rockson Owusu Atwima - 416-708-7742

We are more tan our conquerors Romans 8:37"Come and see the manifestation and the power of the Holy Spirit at work"

GHANAIAN ANGLICAN CHURCH OF TORONTO

1796 Lawrence Avenue West (Jane & Lawrence)

Bro. Sam Hector Morris (People's Warden) 905-972-9761

Bro. Bernard Kufuor (Priest's Warden)647-928-9370

Sis. Vida Oduro (Secretary) 416-830-2309

Sunday: Bible Study - 2pm-3:00pmSunday Worship - 3pm-5:00pmTuesday: Teaching/Prayer - 7pm-9:00pmThursday: Prayer Meeting 10:30am-12noonFriday: Prayer Meeting - 7pm-9:00pmSaturday: Group Meetings - 3pm-7:30pm

St. John's Anglican Church

VENUE: 2125 WESTON RD., WESTON ONT.

Isaac Aborah-Sei - 647-859-9922Daniel Oteng - 647-891-4211Evans Ackah - 647-403-6385Dwomoh Abebrese - 647-774-0747

Ghanaian Congregation

Sunday: Bible Study - 1:00 pm - 1:30 pmRegular Service: 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Priest-in-charge: Rev. Michelle Childs-Ward , Incumbent 647-234-8229

Rev. Fr. Jojo Eduam Entsiwah, Associate Priest 647-400-7055

Praise Temple of Christ International

336 Gary Ray Drive @ SignetWorship Schedule

Sunday Worship - 10 am - 12:30 pmWednesday - Bible Study - 7 pm - 9 pmFriday - Prayer Meeting - 8 pm - 10 pm

Second and last Friday of each month All Night Prayer Meeting 8 pm - 12 midnight

Snr. Pastor: Apostle Osei-Bonsu

For information call: 905-840-7387, 647-208-1093416-209-9136, 647-710-2573

Pastor Appiah Jacob


with Jonathan AnnobilAround the Ghana Sports Scene

Asamoah Gyan has become the h ighes t ever pa id Ghanaian footballer fol lowing his latest bumper deal with his UAE-side Al Ain that will earn him at least $13m per year. Other business depending on the team’s results will rocket his annual e a r n i n g s t o a b o u t $15m which makes him by far the highest earningplayer from Ghana. The charismatic striker s t a n d s w e l l a b o v e Sulley Muntari, Michael Essien, Kevin-Prince Boa teng and Andre Ayew who are the other top earning footballers f r o m t h e c o u n t r y. Fo l l owing t he new d e a l h e s i g n e d o n Thursday, Gyan will earn $250,000 weekly before winning BONUSES as

well as appearance fee in various competitions w h i c h w i l l f u r t h e r boos t h i s ea rn ings . He could earn up to about $60m by the time his contract comes to an end with the UAE side before the 2018 World C u p i n R u s s i a . Muntari , Essien and Boateng earn around $10m annually while Ayew, who is Marseille’s highest paidplayer, earns about $8m but the huge taxes (about 40%) the quartet pay in Europe dwarfs their wages. Ghana’s other top players in the past like Abedi Pele, Sammy Kuffuor and Anthony Yeboah did not earn what the current generation are raking in. Gyan enjoys tax-free earnings in the UAE

which means he will keep all the MONEY he earns without paying a n y t h i n g i n t a x e s . He extended his contract with Al Ain until 2018 and the deal suggests he is not interested in m o v i n g t o E u r o p e The Ghanaian striker, the UAE top flight’s leading goalscorer for the past three years, has committed his future to the Garden City club following a relatively successful B r a z i l Wo r l d C u p . Since joining in 2011, Gyan has scored 82 goals in 66 league matches. Gyan, who led Ghana at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, previously played for Sunderland in the English Premier League.Source: Ghanasoccernet.

Ghana won i ts f i rs t medal in the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Scotland on Thursday. Razak Abugri beat Neuso Sigauque of Mozambique to win the bronze medal in the men’s 60kg at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre. South Africa’s Daniel Le Grange defeated Abugri in the quarter-final, but he got a chance to contest for a medal when he won against Brandon George of Wales in the repechage contest. The repechage was to allow losers in the

previous round to have a chance of qualifying. E n g l a n d ’ s A s h l e y M c K e n z i e w o n t h e gold medal after he defeated Navjot Chana of India in the final.

In the other weight classes, Ghana’s Alex Amoako lost his Round of 32 66kg preliminary round to Cyprus’ Andreas Krassas. citifmonline.com

Asamoah Gyan becomes Ghana’s highest ever paid footballer, to

earn $60m by 2018

G e r m a n y - b a s e d midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng says he will not play for Ghana again in future unless he has been approached or begged to change his mind. The Schalke player’s international career with the Black Stars looked to have ended af ter he was booted out of the World Cup last month for verbally abusing coach Kwesi Appiah. Boateng, who was not at his playing best at the World Cup, played a bit part role in the Black Stars early exit from the tournament in Brazil. The midfielder quit the Black Stars few months after playing at the 2010 World Cup that helped him to land a bumper move to AC Milan.

The Ghana FA and other government authorities travelled to Germany to beg him to play for the Black Stars ahead of the World Cup in Brazil. Boateng expects a similar approach he is to change his mind whether to play for the Black Stars or not. “The coach has said that he no longer plans with me in mind. Therefore the

subject about (the Ghana team) is done,” Boateng told the German media. “I will reconsider the subject, if someone approaches me.” With the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations approaching, Ghana wil l need i ts best players to play in qualifiers and the tournament in Morocco in January.

Commonwealth Games: Abugri wins bronze in Judo for Ghana

Kevin-Prince Boateng won’t play for Ghana again unless he is

approachedKevin-Prince Boateng wants to be apporached before he will

play for Ghana

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Soccer Stadium during FIFA events). Also in the same group A are Finland and Korea DPR. Ghana will play their second match against Korea DPR in Toronto National Soccer Stadium on Friday 8, August 2014 and meet Finland in Moncton New Brunswick on Tuesday August 12, in the last match of the group stages.

Coach Hayford and his technical team are doing everything in their power to make Ghana proud by bring home the cup. The 34 member squad made up of 23 players to be pruned to 21, technical team and officials is led by Mr. Osei Tutu Agyeman, chairman of Team Black Princesses.The Black Princesses will be making a third-straight appearance at the FIFA World Cup for women.The f ina l squad to participate in the world cup are as follows: Beatrice Nketia(GK), Rebecca A s a n t e ( D F ) G r a c e Adams(DF) Cynthia Yiadom(DF) Veronica A p p i a h ( F W ) E l l e n Coleman(DF) Sherifatu Sumaila(FW) Wasila D i w u r a - S o a l e ( F W )

A l i c e D a n s o ( F W )Alice Kusi(MF)Alberta Asante(FW) Christian Boateng(FW) Jennifer Cudjoe(MF) Priscilla Okyere(MF) Faustina Ampah(DF) Victoria A g y e i ( G K ) E d e m

Atovor(DF) RAsheda Abdul -Rahman(MF)R i t a D a r k o ( D F ) Fatima Alhassan(MF) and Rose Baah(GK).( D F = D e f e n d e r , F W = F o r w a r d , MF=Midf ie lder and GK=Goalkeeper)

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