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Ghana’s coronavirus cases since Thursday, March 12, 2020 when the first two index cases were confirmed are now 34,406. This was confirmed by the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, at the Minister of Information’s bi-weekly press update on Tuesday, July 28. He added that recoveries-cum-discharges have now gone beyond 30,000. They are now 30,621. The deaths remain 168, leaving the active cases under management across the nation at 3,617. He said these figures were obtained after 782 new cases were confirmed as of Sunday, July 26. By Emmanuel Kwame Amoh|3news.com|Ghana Follow @kwame_amoh

Road Transport Operators has issued a directive to all drivers, of taxis, trotros and buses, to with effect from Saturday, August 1, reduce the recently adjusted fares. Fares were increased by 15 per cent across board on Saturday, July 11. According to drivers, the increase then was due to the restrictions placed on transport operators by government in the bid to slow the spread of coronavirus. But on Sunday, July 26, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo eased the restrictions on the number of passengers to be allowed in vehicles by announcing that taxis, trotros and buses can allow full occupancy.…

Vice President Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has taken a swipe at former president John Dramani Mahama for his recent pronouncement against the Akufo-Addo-led administration. The former president, at the unveiling of his running mate Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang on Monday, July 27, said the December 7 elections “will be a referendum on the term of a president who has no real solutions for Ghana, a president, hell-bent on doing whatever it takes to stay in power – including, against sound advice, replacing the very voters register, which brought him into office”. But in a Facebook post on Tuesday, July 28,…

Chief of the Kafaba community Seidu Yahaya has been arrested by the Savannah Regional Police Command. The chief, who presented himself to the police upon invitation, was arrested upon arrival at Damongo. He is being interrogated by a four-member panel in Damongo. The chief first reported to the Salaga District Police Command before proceeding to Damongo, where he was subsequently arrested. Savannah Regional Police Commander DCOP Enoch Bediako said the arrest of the chief will help police in their investigations. 3news.com reported that family of 90-year-old woman Akua Denteh called for the arrest of the chief, accusing him of inviting…

Head coach of the Black Princesses, Yusif Basigi, has welcomed the decision for the Black Princesses to start camping ahead of the U-20 World Cup qualifiers. After months of no sporting activities due to the Coronavirus, the President, Nana Akufo-Addo on Sunday announced that the U-17 and U-20 women national teams have been cleared to begin camping. Speaking to TV3, Yusif Basigi expressed the team’s excitement with the decision, adding that the resumption gives an opportunity to properly assess the team. “We couldn’t do much because of the timeline so, I will have to bring the same team back to…

STAR-Ghana Foundation has called on Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as not only President of Ghana but also the Gender Champion of the Africa Union to “act swiftly and decisively” on the issue of the lynching of Akua Denteh, 90, accused of witchcraft in Kafaba in the Savannah Region. The non-governmental organisation claims the practice has been endemic and that urgent steps should be taken to stop this forthwith. This was contained in a statement issued by the Chair of the Governing Council of STAR-Ghana, Esther Ofei-Aboagye. Find statement below: PRESS STATEMENT ON THE LYNCHING AND DEATH OF 90-YEAR OLD ALLEGED…

The Communications Director of the Ghana Football Association, Henry Asante Twum, has said the two female national teams who have been given all clear to train, will strictly observe all protocols. The assurance comes on the back of a decision by the President of Ghana, Nana Akuffo Addo to allow the Black Princesses and Black Maidens to start training ahead of their respective World Cup qualifiers. All sporting activities were put on hold in March this year after the outbreak of COVID-19. “The first thing to consider is camping location and social distancing. We cannot lump all the teams together…

Tension is building up in Adiewoso, a farming community in the Ahanta West Municipal Assembly of the Western Region, as hundreds of illegal small scale miners have refused to move out of a concession belonging to the Ghana Rubber Estates Limited GREL. The irate illegal miners, numbering over 200, insist their operation is under government’s Community Mining project, a claim GREL vehemently refutes. Thus, a team of officers from Operation Vanguard on Monday morning stormed the mining site to stop the activities of the young men. The miners were busily prospecting for gold on a large tract of land on…

This year’s summer window promises to be one of the biggest in a while, with clubs slashing down on prices for their players due to the coronavirus pandemic. European Giants such as Chelsea and Bayern Munich have already made massive statements in the transfer window with the signings of Timo Werner and Leroy Sane respectively, and with the likes of Manchester United and Barcelona also on the hunt for certain players, this transfer window will be an exhilarating ride. So strap in and let’s get started. 1. Real Madrid C.F Los Blancos will be looking to defend their crown next…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed revulsion at the gruesome murder of 90-year-old Denteh Akua at Kafaba in the East Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region. He is hopeful the quick response of the police will lead to the rapid administration of justice in the matter. He said such an act should not happen again. “I will make an appropriate contribution to the Akua Denteh Foundation to express my own revulsion at the awful, tragic act that has occurred in this region.” President Akufo-Addo made these remarks when he commissioned a water project at Yapei in the Savannah Region.…