Author: Krobea

The newly crowned world’s fastest supercomputer is being deployed in the fight against the coronavirus. Japan’s Fugaku supercomputer claimed the top spot on Monday, carrying out 2.8 times more calculations per second than an IBM machine in the US. The US machine, called Summit, came top of the bi-annual Top500 list the previous four times. Fugaku’s victory broke a long run of US-China dominance, returning Japan to the top for the first time in 11 years. Top500 ranks the world’s most powerful non-distributed computer systems. Fugaku has already been put to work on fighting the coronavirus, simulating how droplets would…

Over 100 final year students of the Sekondi College in the Western Region were on Monday evening left stranded for close to three hours at the school’s main gate. The students, most of whom had come from outside the Region, were seen with their personal effects lined up at the school’s entrance. When 3news.com got to the school at 8:00pm, some of the students had gathered in groups with frustration on their faces and complaining. According to the students, the security men at the main gate told them they have been instructed by the Headmistress not to allow any student…

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has commended its members and sympathizers for once again rising to the occasion and demonstrating maturity and candour in the just ended parliamentary primaries of the party over the weekend. The party said the milestone it chalked on Saturday vindicated its “unbeatable” democratic credentials and further entrenched its position as the bastion of internal party democracy in Africa and beyond. In a statement issued by the party and signed by its General Secretary, John Boadu, on Sunday, June 21, in the aftermath of the primaries, the party, while congratulating the newly elected Parliamentary Candidates and…

Executive Director of the Africa Centre for Health Policy and Analysis Dr Thomas Anaba has accused the government of Ghana and the Ghana Health Service (GHS) of conducting business with Covid-19 patients. He explained on 3FM’s morning show, Sunrise, hosted by Alfred Ocansey on Monday, June 22 that but for the business government is doing, some recovered patients should have been discharged long ago. He, however, failed to expatiate on how government is trading the Covid-19 patients but said: “They were not discharging patients because some people are benefiting from keeping patients for a very long time.  Because I know…

Life is a queue of death and every being is in this queue. Immediately one is born, they join this queue awaiting their turn to be served by death. Death is a delicacy everyone will taste once in their lifetime— regardless of how rich or poor they are. We are all born to die because the ultimate fate of life is death. Death crowns life. The goal of life is death. When it has all been said and done, death is a reward every man or woman is waiting for. Like a football match, death is the score line. It…

The journey for this year’s edition of Ghana’s Most Beautiful (GMB) reality show organized by Ghana’s leading television station TV3 commenced on Sunday, June 21 with the first episode airing live on the station. A stunning looking Anita Akua Akuffo discussed with the audition judges and Ghanaian celebrities – Lydia Forson, Prince David Osei, Salma Mumin and Adjetey Anang – all the painful, exciting and incredible moments during the auditions and selection of the 16 contestants. The official launch event to unveil the contestants of this year’s edition of the annually held reality show is to air on TV3 between 8:00pm…

For several years, many have shelved rapper C-Zar as one of Ghana’s least gifted rappers. According to critics and sections of the public, his rap prowess are below par and they will not count him among the country’s best. Even though people could easily rap along to his lines in the hit track ‘Araba Lawson’, his flow was tagged ‘kindergarten’ rap. Born Augustine Osei Owusu, C-Zar, speaking in an interview on Showbuzz on 3FM with MzGee, rubbished his critics saying he is unique. “Creativity is about coming up with something unique to get the attention you want…When I recorded my…

A regular guest on TV3’s specially designed programme to educate and sensistise viewers on coronavirus, Covid-19 360, has gone into self-isolation. Dr Newman Arthur, a clinical psychologist, went into self-isolation barely two weeks ago and has since undergone tests for the deadly viral disease. He is awaiting his second repeat test to get the all-clear, he said himself on Monday, June 22. Reports say he came into contact with a patient who later confirmed positive for coronavirus. Covid-19 360 – hosted by Berla Mundi and Anita Akua Akuffo – has become the reference point for everything coronavirus both in Ghana…

Sunday, June 21 was marked by many as Father’s Day. Father’s Day is a day for honouring fatherhood and paternal bonds, as well as the influence of fathers in society. On the day, several persons, including celebrities, showed off their fathers and also thanked them for their love and support for them over the years. Some known personalities including Moesha Boduong, Sonnie Badu, Shatta Wale, Gloria Sarfo and Emelia Brobbey, and Kwesi Arthur celebrated their fathers on the day. Check out some of their posts below: View this post on Instagram Happy Father’s Day to the best dad…

Rapper Sarkodie, after days of speculations, has given currency to rumours that he and his wife, Tracy, have welcomed a new child. The rapper used the occasion of Father’s Day, which fell on Sunday, June 21, to reveal his baby son to his followers and Ghanaians. After months of being stranded in the United States of America due to the closure of Ghana’s borders, rapper Sarkodie returned to Ghana last Wednesday with his family. Their arrival has fuelled speculations that the rapper and his wife have welcomed a new child. In January, there were rumours that Sarkodie’s wife had given…