Throughout its history, journalism has been kept by its cardinal principles of truth and objectivity. These principles continue to strengthen an enduring tradition by creating a powerful voice of progress. In the process, citizens are well-informed and are better able to participate in the affairs of state. - My experience as a reporter over the last decade and two years has brought me a deepened appreciation of the power of journalism as a force of change in society. The result of this is my firmly held belief that an informed electorate makes for a powerful democracy. Like its bedfellows of “democracy” and “justice”, the spheres and limits of journalism are not…

"As when the sun' gins his reflection, Shipwracking storms and direful thunder break, so from that spring whence comfort seem'd to come discomfort swells" Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 2. Though sunrise promises clear skies suitable for navigation, this very advantage so often turns out to be the cause of shipwrecking storms. - Oh how aptly the above Shakespearean quote describes the case of Destination Inspection Companies, GCNET and an array of importers who operate at the Tema Harbour! Launched amidst lofty hopes and expectations that these would help staunch the profuse bleeding of the Tema Port, Destination Inspection Companies (DICs), the GCNet system and the likes have end…

A veritable commercial beehive; the economic nerve centre of Ghana, sits on the shores of the Atlantic and overlooks the bubbling big blue sea. The sea breeze seems to have been directed purposely to produce a calming effect on the crammed and torrid atmosphere and on the bristling pace of business. - The national flag, the Customs flag, and that of the Ports and Harbours go fluttering and flying at full mast. Gallant men and women resplendent in their uniform, complete with their berets embossed with the sacred Coat of Arms, walk around in high morale. Businessmen in their tuxedoes and clearing agents crisscross, moving from office to office with an air of tenacious dedication. Do not b…

They swaggered to their duty posts; wearing grave faces that matched their awesome amour, as their vehicles whirled and screeched, throwing up so much dust that eclipsed the reddish glare of the setting sun. It sent animals and little children scurrying for safety. - The elaborately quipped contingent of the Ghana army, Police, Immigration and National Security Personnel bristling with high morale and patriotic fervour, stormed Ghana's south-western border towns, jolting dozing farmers into full wakefulness ‘Do Not Smuggle Cocoa’ in an operation nicknamed ‘operation hunter’. When the dust of "Operation Hunter" settled, The New Crusading Guide newspap…

Some traditional healers, Islamic clerics and Christian pastors, who claim to have the cure for mental disorders, often leave mental patients to suffer under very barbaric and inhuman conditions. Investigations into psychiatric illness and its attendant worries of treatment has revealed a plethora of degrading human conditions in a number of traditional and religious healing centres in Ghana, Burkina Faso and South Africa. - Chains and whips are part of the medications used to cow a militant psychiatric patient into docility in some of such facilities. “I collapsed out of hunger and pain when I was taken to a prayer camp in Cape Coast and to my surprise, my pain was immediately interpr…

He looks very decent in appearance; suit with tie to match. He recently organized an all expense paid trip concert dubbed "Beacon of Peace," where he brought chiefs and musicians from the Northern region of Ghana, flanked by beautiful girls, to celebrate in a grand occasion at Ghana's National Theatre. - He shares money to people like a Ga chief sprinkles ‘kpokpoi’ on the Ga land (that is during the main festive occasion of the people living along Accra coast). Do not be deceived by his appearance, Mr. Mohammed Hafix Choggu, the chief executive of Hafred Security and Tarch House production, is part of the complex web of fraudsters who go around duping people of the…

Twenty seven years (27) after selling granite to the government of Ghana to save Keta from the ravages of rising tidal waves, Rockshell International Limited are selling off their assets and folding up, ravaged by the hostile posture of their client which has overwhelmed them with a rising tide of debt. Documents obtained by The New Crusading Guide from an Accra High Court confirm this. - Rockshell International Limited thought they were helping to alleviate hardships of the people of Keta by providing them with a sea defense wall. But that gesture has now become a gigantic albatross on the company’s neck as it still pursues government for the payment for the work done in protracted le…

Not even theatre goers could have had a better deal than the drama that unfolded in an Accra Circuit Court under the gavel of Justice Elizabeth Ankomah when The New Crusading Guide's Ace Investigative reporter, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, came face-to-face with the 'dons' of the Chinese sex mafia in Ghana. - The court had asked the reporter to come and play the audio and video evidence he had gathered in his six months investigations into the operations of the Chinese sex mafia within the West African sub region. The three dons, James Xu Jin, (first accused) Chou Xiou Ving, (second accused) and Sam Shan Zifan (third accused) were visibly shocked when the reporter started playing on…

The rescued, Chinese girls whose sweat and toil filled the pockets of the slave master, King James Xu Jin said they were grateful to be freed and that they would never allow themselves to be lured into the dehumanizing, sex trade again. - The Chinese victims appealed to the Chinese Government, Ministry of Women and Children Affairs (MOWAC), International Organization of Migration (IOM), UNICEF, Enslavement Prevention Alliance West Africa (EPAWA) and other NGOs to assist them in their safe return to their home country. The victims have also reiterated that some of the money that they earned from the illegal sex trade was given to the traffickers before the raid on Saturday, February 14, 2…

Slave masters of the Chinese sex mafia busted in Ghana over the weekend are issuing death threats to the seven girls rescued from their sex base in La, a suburb of the capital Accra, Ghana. They have warned the girls not to disclose their modus operandi else have their throats slashed in Ghana or China. - One of the girls Zing Zang Xhu (not her real name) said in an interview that she was told this in her attempt to find out the whereabouts of the other three girls who were not at the scene during the raid because they were busily serving other clients. When the threat was issued, all the girls started weeping uncontrollably and it took the staff of the Enslavement Prevention Alliance …

The boss of a sophisticated Chinese sex cartel, Peach Blossom Palace, has been arrested in Ghana's capital Accra in a poverty stricken area called La. The sex cartel running under the guise of a bar, traffics sexually enticing Chinese girls into West Africa - Ghana, Togo and Nigeria - for sex slavery. - The head of the brothel King James, a Chinese, was arrested in the midst of scores of raunchy mini-skirted Chinese girls filling up his glass with exotic French champagne. He spins his cozy swivel chair in sensuous delirium as the ladies’ dainty fingers caress his neck, back and shoulders to orthopedic effect. The girls are allegedly sold for USD$ 6,000 to clients. His arrest an…