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Rawlings goes green

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  • NII ARMAH 11 years ago

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  • OLD SOLDIER 11 years ago

    When Kwaku Baako informed us about the atrocities of Kwasi Pratt during PNDC Regime, some of us did not believe until the truth was confirmed during the NRC. Kwasi Pratt is the most dangerous Journalist Ghana had ever have, h ...
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  • Accra Man 11 years ago

    Kufuor built the Jubilee House. Mahama can plant some trees there.

  • ???????? 11 years ago

    EMPTY HEADED FOOL

  • PRINCE KWASI ADADE 11 years ago

    PEOPLE USED TO DREAD THE NAME OSU CASTLE, MANY GHANAIANS WERE TORTURED THERE BY THE AFRC, P/NDC REVOLUTIONARY DOGS. IT WAS THE PLACE WHERE OUR PRESIDENT, ATTA MILLS MET HIS DEATH, WHICH IS STILL SHROUDED IN MYTH. SOME SUGGEST ...
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  • OFF CASE 11 years ago

    JJ was noted to have been climbing trees at the castle when he was President we do not want our presidents to be climbing trees at the Flagstaff house that is why less trees were planted there.

  • NEMESIS, UK 11 years ago

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    The Nigeria Union of Traders Association Ghana (NUTAG) is unhappy with the closure of the shops of some of its members by officials o ...
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  • Jane 11 years ago

    YOU KILLED TOO MANY PEOPLE IN THE CASTLE THAT WHY MAHAMA DON'T WANT TO LIVE THERE, ABOA SO KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT, YOU THINK YOU ARE FREE, YOUR TIME WILL COME. THE PEOPLE YOU MURDERED THERE, THE PREGNATE WOMEN, THEIR BLOOD WILL ...
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  • Nana 11 years ago

    Idiotic Rawlings should fuck off. Who cares what this stupid son of a whore murderer cares. He should go and fuck himself.

  • KOLA, INSIDE LONDON. 11 years ago

    Know how to respect the Emperor ok Sarpong and stop your indulgence in this one-way Daily English.

  • VAQ 11 years ago

    YEA DUDE! YOU WRITE LIKE A COUNTRY NIGGER.

  • NDC Homosexuality & Lesbian is our pr 11 years ago

    NDC fools silenced him but now he has a big mouth to talk again. Foolish man.

  • Pappoe 11 years ago

    Is Rawlings losing his mind? This building has been in possession of his stupid ndc party for almost five years, why did they not plant trees four years ago?

    Was the idiot looking for a tree to climb on after smoking weed?

  • BONSO 11 years ago

    THANK YOU VERY MUCH...WHY DID HE NOT PLANT ASINGLE TREE HIMSELF, THIS TALKATIVE SWINE IN THE EARLY PHASE OF HIS PARKINSON DISEASE...HE HAS TO SAY SOMETHING BAD AGAINST NPP BUT OUR LEADERS MOVE ON LIKE KINDRED SPIRITS TO IMPRO ...
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  • things falling in line 11 years ago

    RAWLINGS HAS MOVE TO A STATEMAN AND PLEASE LETS ALL BE GLAD AND THANK GOD FOR HIS GRACE.

  • KOFORIDUA Flowers (fr) 11 years ago

    PAPA 'J' BE APPOINTED OVERSEER IN CHARGE OF 'TREE PLANTING' PROJECT AT THE GOLDEN JUBILEE HOUSE.HE MAY BENEFIT FROM WELL COLOSAL SUM OF MONEY FROM THE CARETAKER OF THE HOUSE.ANTE aMA bENYIWA dOE,aLLOTEY jACOBS AND kOKU aNYIDO ...
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  • NANA YAW NORGAH 11 years ago

    ON THIS PLANET. AS YOU POINT A FINGER ON SOMSONE, THE OTHER FOUR POINT AT YOU. YOU HAVE NEVER WRITTEN ANYTHING SENSIBLE ON THIS PLATFORM. WHEN WILL YOU ADD MATURITY TO YOUR WRITNGS? DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STILL AT YOUR NYMPHAL ...
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  • Kofi 11 years ago

    Has Rawlings started smoking the thing again?

  • BRUTUS de ROMA 11 years ago

    THE FACT IS THAT THE WHOLE PACE IS JUST TO BARE AND DOES NOT MAKE ANY SERENE ATMOSPHERE. TREES ARE LIFE AND ADD SOOTHING EFFECTS ON OUR ENVIRONMENT. I WONDER WHY ALL THE SHOUTS OF BEAUTIFICATION OF THE CITY FORGOT ABOUT THE P ...
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  • 7B 11 years ago

    you are malice, so called rawlings, what u did before u left office, everybody knows yours is to commit murder, trash crews ndc

  • PRINCE KWASI ADADE 11 years ago

    AUTHOR: TONY

    P/NDCs HAVE LIED FROM AFRC TIME TO PRESENT DAY NDC GOVERNMENT. GHANA HAS WASTED OVER 30 YEARS OF J.J. RAWLINGS REIGN OF TERROR. NPP RULED FOR JUST 8 YEARS WITH DECENCY, HONESTY, FREEDOM OF SPEECH, RULE OF LAW ...
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  • oyiwa 11 years ago

    He needs tree to climb it when he finish smoke the "thing"

  • hanson 11 years ago

    Is it too late rawlings. Why always accusing people?

  • O.D 11 years ago

    When i saw this so called Flagstaff house,i asked myself what is these?Is it a shrine from Burma or China.Someone tolled me it is a Presidential Palace.And i said no,it lookes too artificial.We need trees to bring more shade ...
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  • ONIPANUA TORONTO 11 years ago

    I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY OUR LEADERS ARE SO LITTLE MINDED.THE ONLY ROAD FROM ABURI ALL THE WAY TO ACCRA CENTRAL AND YOU HAVE LOCATED THIS CHINESE SHRINE CALLED PRESIDENTIAL PALACE EH ? ARE YOU NOT GOING TO CAUSE EVEN MORE TRAFF ...
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  • Sam 11 years ago

    Does he think he is God? Ghana is in the predicament we fine ourselves in because of his coup, and the over 20years that he held the nation in a standstill! I am sick of his Bullshit!

  • jones 11 years ago

    rawlings is crazy again ,you came as an angeland later kill people and stole money from people of Ghana

  • Tokyo !! 11 years ago

    Ghana is. Dying. No lights. No water. Economy on its knees. Accidents everywhere. Fires everywhere. Corruption at its peak. A total failed state it's turning out to be. And all we thinking about is where the thieving presiden ...
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  • agbesi michael 11 years ago

    will this man shut up''''what is he up to.we better allocate some psychs for him b4 it becomes too late.

  • ASANTE holland 11 years ago

    In deed HE is IDIOT. For how long under HIS RULE in the CASTLE?THE ROOF of THE TREE HE planted are DRIVING the NDC out of THE CASTLE.

  • ATAKORA BEDIAKO 11 years ago

    THIS IS NOT NPP/NDC MATTER. IS IT SIMPLY THE TECHNOCRATS OR THE DESIGNERS WHO DID NOT ADD TREES. IF THEY DID,THEN IT HAS BEEN SHELVED FOR SOME REASON OR OTHER.IF OUR LEADERS BEHAVE THIS WAY, WITH SUCH UNFORTUNATE UTTERANCES T ...
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  • OKATA 11 years ago

    MR JJ don't start what you did to killed maagya Atta.

  • CASTLE BOY 11 years ago

    RAWLINGS SNUB DOE ADJAHO AT A FUNIRAL GROUND IN DENU WHEN THE SPEAKER WANTED TO SHAKE HAND WITH HIM AT THE FUNIRAL OF THE LATE AGBENAZAH.RAWLIGS SHAKE HAND WITH OTHER NDC MEMBERS BUT WHEN IT WAS THE SPEAKER'S TURN HE TURN AWA ...
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  • KOF 11 years ago

    It is unfortunate that Ghana does not have any one to invite to events other than JJ Rawlings who has lost it mentally.

    Is it because of the color of his skin that he is always invited to these events, or these events are ...
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  • Hawa 11 years ago

    Trees are good, and I have a lot in and around my house. In the case of Jerry Rawlings, he only wants a hiding place for the next coup. The place is too open for him.

  • Nii Ankrah 11 years ago

    Shame unto you.You couldn't build that in twenty-one years.Visionless man,you turned Ghana into a village.See how Kuffour beautified Accra in eight years

  • nana 11 years ago

    they cld have use 4 neglected yrs to plant trees,so,JJ,know where to direct yr attacks

  • AZU NARH 11 years ago

    YOU STUPID THIEF WHAT DID YOU DO FOR GHANA FOR THE 20 SOMETHIG YRS.YOU DETATED TO GHANA.
    FUCKING FOOL ONLY MUDERED THE THE JUDGES.

  • Kobi 11 years ago

    Who ordered the cutting of the trees around 37 military hospital during Rawlings' military rule?

  • Ackah Bangolame 11 years ago

    ...And this man Rawlings had 19 years at the helm and what did he build to push forward the frontiers of governance? Please shut up! Your Mahama courting will come to naught if you keep talking and talking. Sometimes the more ...
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  • Dumega Prosper Jnr. 11 years ago

    Go read about man- environment and its advantages. When the Osagyefo lived there, didn't you see trees.
    Dirty envy is too much on the cheap side of Ghana. Even environmentalists and beautification experts could not come out ...
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  • John 11 years ago

    how many trees did he plant during his 19 useless years?

  • S Ahy 11 years ago

    Elephant is tree destroyer p J dont wory ok.

  • asonaba kofi 11 years ago

    this guy always speaks sense.he seems to be in tune with the majority of the people all the time.long live jj.

  • DENNIS AVOY, Italy 11 years ago

    THAT VIOLENT & MONEY CONSCIOUS PARTY CALLED NPP FELL THE TREES AND SOLD TO FIREWOOD SELLERS FOR MONEY.

  • BONSO 11 years ago

    WE KNOW NDC ARE CHIEF PROPAGANDISTS BUT BOOK TELLS NO LIE THAT NDC SOLD MOST OF THE COUNTRY'S TIMBER IN THEIR TIME...IT WAS HORRENDOUS HOW THEY DECIMATED THE FOREST AND SOON ALL THESE FACTS WILL COME OUT...AS FOR RAWLINGS HE ...
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  • Mankind 11 years ago

    You are a not honest , hypocrite ,shut up now . you have now cash from Mahama so you are not talking anymore , we are not fool are you think ok?

  • Pretty 11 years ago

    I AGREE WITH EX PRESIDENT RAWLINGS. FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE HAD THE PREVELLEGE OF SEEING THE WHITE HOUSE IN USA AND BURKINGHAM PALACE IN UK, WE SEE THAT THEY HAVE BEAUTIFUL TREES ALL OVER.

  • Abigail Accra 11 years ago

    Shut up JJ. Mahama will not invite you for a drink.

  • Dumega Prosper Jnr. 11 years ago

    Do you have a short memory, Abigail??
    JJ sent His excellency to Russia to study. He also made him to work in the Japanese Embassy.

    He made His Excellency, president JD Mahama his deputy Communication and substantive Commu ...
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  • DONDO 11 years ago

    This is the best of JJ in gardening. Trees planting. How many tress are there in his house? Zoro. If you dont have anything to say dont say it.

  • CAB 11 years ago

    WHY ARREST PEOPLE FOR STEALING AFARI GYAN'S FISH? WHAT HAS BEEN DONE TO THAT MAN FOR STEALING OUR VOTES???

  • ST. SIMON 11 years ago

    ITS NEVER TOO LATE TO PLANT TREES THERE. READING POLITICS INTO EVERYTHING IS NAUSEATING. DOESN'T PREZ RAWLINGS KNOW IT WAS THE NPP THAT INITIATED TREE PLANTING IN BOTH THE CITIES, TOWNS AND ALONG SOME MAJOR ROADS?

  • OBIBINI 11 years ago

    A very wise suggestion.Trees apart from beautifying an environment can prevent erosions and protect buildings and structures from destruction by the wind.

  • Akos Connecticut 11 years ago

    JJ has always been a green person and always promotes that,,,see by example his house at ridge.
    If u are not aware the streets from THE Ridge hospital to Asylum were lined in the middle with life long trees,,,, on the const ...
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  • Kwabena Gyamfi 11 years ago

    Did JJ plant those trees?

  • Hakdark 11 years ago

    I don't think Rawlings did not lambasted NPP but advised they should have planted more trees.

    Reporters should help to bring peace in the country. This is the only place we all have to live.

  • BONSO 11 years ago

    WHY DID YOU SIT IN THE COLONIAL RELIC FOR 20 YEARS AND NOT PLANTED A SINGLE TREE, LET ALONE BUILD A HOUSE FOR YOUR LAZY GOVERNMENT, MR TALKATIVE?

    IF WORDS BUILD A NATION GHANA WILL BE LIKE SINGAPORE FOR ALL THE GLIB WORDS ...
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  • Akyemaa. 11 years ago

    ADD YOUR BRAINS TOGETHER AND THINK OSITIVELY ABOUT GHANA.

  • GOODMAN 11 years ago

    MR, MURDERER, WHAT DID YOU DO DURING YOUR TIME? ARE YOU NOT ASHAMED FOR SENDING THIS NATION BACKWARDS DURING YOUR TIME? JUST GIVE US A BREAK, YOU GOOD FOR NOTHING BARKING DOG AS DESCRIBED BY ASIEDU NKETIA

  • Listener 11 years ago

    What a demonstrated style of leadership

  • Alex 11 years ago

    This is unwise contribution. For the past 4 years what was the NDC doing with the Jubilee House?

  • BIG JAY 11 years ago

    Fool. Was it prudent for you to mastermind the death of the 3 High Cout Judges and the retired Army officer? Was it prudent to kill the former military Heads of state in the name of a bogus revolution? Your time will come!

  • Dzifa 11 years ago

    Don't waste our time. Fool!

  • Whatever 11 years ago

    When it comes to the trees in Accra, I am with Rawlings to the end. The way and manner we've cut down the trees in Accra and are replacing it with stupid condominiums makes my heart bleed. What is going to trap the carbon dio ...
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  • K. Asumadu-Sakyi (London) 11 years ago

    Dear Rawlings,

    Many thanks for your input of the Tree planting exercise at the presidents residence. I understand you are the founder of NDC but as a stateman and one of few living Ex - Ghanaian presidents, I would've love ...
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  • OYC 11 years ago

    20 years in the castle you could not even put a proper fence there.. you came and destroy mokola and build.. You talking about trees, even in your Ridge house which was built by someone, you could not even maintain the trees ...
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  • Kwabena Gyamfi 11 years ago

    The Golden Jubilee House was completed when Kufuor was about to leave office. Do you plant trees when you still have machinery on site? JJ's charge that NPP did not plant trees around the Jubilee House is nothing but rubbish. ...
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  • MARCUS AMPADU 11 years ago

    Psychologically, Ghanaians tend to run away from trees. They associate trees and forests with bush, wild, kokoase, uncivilized, wild animals, unsafe, abayifuo, sasabonsam, underdevelopment, etc.

    Instead of blame the NPP, j ...
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  • EZEKIEL 11 years ago

    IT IS NOT TOO LATE, RE-PLANTING can BEGIN!!

  • adard zolikugli 11 years ago

    They really have to plant more trees there to make the environment more habitable for the darling boi.

  • adard zolikugli 11 years ago

    The old man has said it all.

  • EZEKIEL 11 years ago

    Rawlings IS RIGHT! Let's also make our Enviroment Greener....and NOT CUTTING ALL THE trees for Firewood!!!

  • Jibril 11 years ago

    For 19 years, you stayed in the castle; you had not the tinniest idea to build a befitting place for our government. Now someone had the good sense to do it in 8 years of being in office, all you can do is criticize them for ...
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  • KOFORIDUA Flowers (fr) 11 years ago

    ITS NOT TOO LATE PAPA 'J' SHOULD TAKE IT UP IMMEDIATELY IN CONSULTATION WITH SEIKWA aSIEDU nKETIA AND aMA bENYIWA dOE.

  • Akoffo Addo 11 years ago

    if prophets are saying JM will die,does it not raise concern what the npp planted there in the flagstaff to be spiritually fighting the NDC?

  • N.D.D. Yaw, London 11 years ago

    Congratulations, President Mahama for relocating to the Flagstaff House. The Osu Castle has always been a symbol of slavery and colonization. It could best be used as a museum.

  • Onyame Nipa (Man Of God) USA 11 years ago

    FAILURE JJ

  • Jane 11 years ago

    LISTEN TO THE SICK MAN RAWLINGS, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY JUST SHUT UP, YOU HINK MAHAMA WILL GIVE YOU SOME OF THE MONEY HE IS CHOPING WITH ASIEDU NKETIA AND OTHER FOOLS. GOD WILL S.PUNISH YOU ALL, NDC KILLERS, IDIOTS, ROBB ...
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  • Jane 11 years ago

    HOW MANY TREE DID YOU PLANT FOR THE 19 YEARS? WILL THE TREES BRING PEACE TO GHANA? YOU AND YOUR WIFE STOLE OUR GOLD AND MONEY, AND NOW MAHAMA TOO IS ALSO STEALING OUR GOLD AND MONEY. GOD WILL PUNISH YOU ALL. I FEEL SICK WHEN ...
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  • oldtimo 11 years ago

    Rawlings is a kid to understand when Nkrumah went green to name Kumasi the "Garden City". Soon as Nkrumah was overthrown all the trees were turned into chacoal for Manshia Palace. They invaded Accra too.