LOS
ANGELES — For his legions of fans, he was the Peter Pan of
pop music: the little boy who refused to grow up. But on the
verge of another attempted comeback, he is suddenly gone,
this time for good.
Michael Jackson, whose quintessentially
American tale of celebrity and excess took him from musical
boy wonder to global pop superstar to sad figure haunted by
lawsuits, paparazzi and failed plastic surgery, was
pronounced dead on Thursday afternoon at
U.C.L.A. Medical Center after arriving in a coma, a city
official said. Mr. Jackson was 50, having spent 40 of those
years in the public eye he loved
Wa, (U/W), June 24, Ghanadot/GNA - A local
governance expert, Mr George Kyei-Baffour, has
identified the overbearing role of metropolitan,
municipal and district chief executives (MMDCE's) as one
of the challenges of decentralisation and local
governance......More
Accra, June 25, Ghanadot/GNA – The United Nations
Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) 2009, has noted
that Regional integration is essential for the sustainable
development of Africa ...More
Accra, June 24, Ghanadot - Mr. Mahama Ayariga,
Spokesperson to the President has responded to media reports
that about 45 houses cited on waterways have been earmarked
for demolition following last Friday’s flooding which
claimed seven lives. ...
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Accra, June 25, Ghanadot - The Minister of Local
Government and Rural Development, Mr. Joseph Yieleh Chireh,
yesterday announced that plans were advanced to disburse a
total of $31.9million to 50 Metropolitan, Municipal and
District Assemblies under the District Development Facility
(DDF) in the country....More
