Renowned Political Scientist at the University of Ghana Professor Ransford Gyampo, who is also an indigene of Saltpond and President of the Saltpond Forum, has donated Personal Protection Equipment (PPEs) to the Accident and Emergency Ward of the Saltpond Government Hospital at a brief ceremony on Thursday, July 9. The items include packs of face […]
Tributes have been paid to Liberian MP and former supermodel Munah Pelham-Youngblood, who has died at the age of 36. She was one of only 10 women in the West African nation’s 103-seat parliament. A member of President George Weah’s Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) party, she died in Ghana after a protracted illness. President […]
The Aflao Sector Command of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has arrested one Emmanuel Phillip, suspected to be a Nigerian by nationality, with the new Ghana voter ID card. The Command, stationed in Ketu South in the Volta Region, nabbed the suspect on Monday, July 6 when he attempted to illegally enter Ghana through the […]
Eight communities in Sefwi Awaso in the Bibiani-Ahwiaso-Bekwai Municipality of the Western North Region have received some personal protective equipment (PPEs) and other assorted items from the Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC). The beneficiary communities are Awaso, Asempaneye, Atronsu, Chirano, Kukunso, Subri, Akaasu and Adiembra, all in the municipality. Ten schools also received some […]
The Electoral Commission, Ghana says it will embark on a two-day exercise to register all eligible senior high school students for the new voter register. This exercise will particularly take place in schools that are not polling stations, therefore are not registration centres. This innovation will start on Friday, July 10 and end Saturday, July […]
One student at Mawuko Girls Senior High School in the Volta Region has been confirmed to have contracted coronavirus, 3news.com has gathered. The student (name withheld) showed symptoms of the viral disease over the weekend, forcing authorities to run tests on her samples on Monday. She was subsequently quarantined. The samples came out positive on […]
The Education Directorate in the Ashanti Region has interdicted two teachers of KNUST SHS over the death of a final year student. The two are Owusu Ansah Seth, a Senior Housemaster, and Anthony Awotwe, housemaster of the Densu House, where the deceased student was. A committee has also been constituted to investigate the circumstances leading […]
The Ghana Education Service is awaiting test results of nine students of Mpraeso Senior High School after samples were taken three days ago. The test for Covid-19 became necessary after a routine temperature check. The students have been quarantined at the school’s isolation centre. The Kwahu South Education Director, Edwin Ofosu Kwarkye, explained that over […]
The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) is from Thursday embarking on a mass testing of staff at its head office in Accra. This was necessitated by one worker testing positive for coronavirus. The worker is said to have sought permission to go for a test after complaining of ill-health having come into contact with a […]
Following the confirmation of 641 new infections as of Monday, July 6, Ghana’s cumulative cases of coronavirus since its outbreak in March is 23,463. This was made known by the Director General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, at the bi-weekly Ministry of Information update on Thursday, July 9. Dr Kuma-Aboagye said […]
Former Ghana international Shilla Illiasu has said missing an opportunity to play for English Premier League side Arsenal is his biggest career regret. Speaking in an interview with TV3, Illiasu, who played for Ghana at the 2006 World Cup, said the incident still haunts him. “When the opportunity to play for Arsenal came, I was […]
The Minority in Parliament is demanding the closure of all schools in Ghana in order to save lives of “innocent” students. Addressing journalists in Accra on Thursday, the Ranking Member of the Select Committee on Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, says the rise in cases, particularly in schools, is a clear indication that government has lost […]
Ghana’s 2006 World Cup squad member Shilla Illiasu believes building a competitive spirit around the Black Stars team is the key to winning tournaments. Mentioning specifically the Africa Cup of Nations, he said “the most important thing is before you invite a player to come serve the nation, you need to let him know that […]
Ivory Coast’s PM Amadou Gon Coulibaly has died after falling ill at a ministerial meeting. The 61-year-old had been chosen as the ruling party’s candidate for October’s presidential election, after Alassane Ouattara said he would not seek a third term in office. Mr Gon Coulibaly had only just returned from France where he had received […]
The father of the deceased KNUST Senior High School student, Sam, who is a teacher by profession, has narrated how his son died at the Manhyia Hospital. The student had suffered an ailment but his mates claimed teachers abandoned him to his fate Speaking in an interview with Alfred Ocansey on the Sunrise morning show […]
The General Secretary of the Public Service Workers Union of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has urged Ghanaians to be calm over the brouhaha at the Ghana Airport Company Limited. Mr. Bernard Adjei said with the new proposal being discussed, Ghanaians will have the opportunity to invest in the company. Workers of the Ghana Airports […]
Thirty-two members of staff at the Tamale Teaching Hospital have tested positive for Covid-19 The number comprised 19 doctors,12 nurses and 1 orderly. The Director of Medical Affairs at the hospital, Dr. Abass Adam confirmed, 32 health workers from the facility have tested positive for the virus. He said some of them have been treated […]
Ghana’s Covid-19 cases have now hit 22,822. This is as a result of 854 new cases confirmed by the Ghana Health Service in its periodic update on Wednesday, July 8. Worryingly, recoveries-cum-discharges have slowed, triggering a rise in the number of active cases under management and care. From 17,156, the recoveries/discharges are now 17,564. This […]
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