Tag Archives: Rawlings

Archbishop Charles Palmer-Buckle has described the late former president, Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings, as an enigma of a personality who eschewed great single-mindedness and conviction in his life. The Catholic Metropolitan Archbishop of Cape Coast was speaking at the Catholic Requiem Mass on Sunday, January 24, 2021, organized in memory …

The final funeral rites of former President Jerry John Rawlings who passed away on Thursday, November 12, 2020 at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, begins today, 24th January 2020. The funeral which is being organised by the state, begins with a mass at the Holy Spirit Cathedral and a vigil …

The people of Anlo have petitioned Torgbui Agbesi Awusu II, the Awadada of Anlo to demand that the body of former President Jerry John Rawlings be brought home for burial. They said the longest serving President and properly installed Chief of Anlo consciously remained and died an Anlo and must be buried …

All is set for the final funeral rites of former President Jerry John Rawlings, who passed away on Thursday, November 12, 2020. The funeral will commence 24th January 2020 with the main funeral event taking place on Wednesday, January 27, at the Independence Square, Accra, from 9am to 11am. The former …

The funeral rites of the late former president, Jerry John Rawlings is set to begin this weekend from Sunday, January 24. The Laying-In-State of the remains of the ex-military leader will begin January, 24 to January, 26,2021 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm daily at the Foyer of the Accra …

Mourners of Ghana’s former President Jerry John Rawlings among high-profile personalities in the country who died of Coronavirus will be protected against contracting the virus during interments. “Team of experts from the Ghana Health Service with the Environmental service will take charge of the body, inter it to prevent the spread”, former Presidential Advisor …

The Agbotui, Tamakloe and Allied families, in a letter delivered to the Presidency on Tuesday 19th January and sighted by Citi News, are demanding for the remains of the late President Jerry John Rawlings, also known as Togbe Nutifafa I, for other traditional rites to be performed before his burial. According …

The burial service for the late ex-President, Jerry John Rawlings, has been moved to Wednesday, January 27, 2021, after an earlier postponement. It will be held at the Independence Square in Accra from 9:00 am to 11:00 am, according to a note verbale from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and …

Assin Central Member of Parliament Kennedy Agyapong has expressed anger at the fact that NPP contractors were denied contracts in the party’s first term but former President Jerry John Rawlings was given several contracts. The maverick politician who believes that the leadership of the NPP and appointees by the President were not fair to …

A book ‘CHANGES’ the Dawn of a Revolution, which tells the story of Ghana’s June 4th 1979 revolution and the events directly related to it has been published to the memory of former President Rawlings. The book is not meant to be a detailed account and therefore does not cover …