Author: Krobea

Kenya’s High Court has halted a controversial biometric ID scheme until new data protection laws are enacted. Sensitive information, such as contact details, fingerprints and a person’s profession, was collected last year. The idea was to integrate all the data the government has about an individual on various systems under one overarching ID number. The judges ruled the move was constitutional as long as that information was properly protected. A data protection act was passed in November, which will see the creation of a data commission. But it is not clear how long it will take for this body to…

Head coach of the Black Stars C.K. Akunnor says he will not accept any excuses for faiure to deliver on the part of the team. “We find a lot of excuses most of the time and I am not the type of person who accepts that. And so it’s been a challenge, talk of my temperament because I am very serious about the things I talk about.” CK Akonnor continues to rattle off questions concerning his appointment as the head coach of the senior national soccer team given relatively less knowledge about coaching national teams. However, it is more than…

Former Black Stars coach James Kwesi Appiah says he takes inspiration from coaches like Arsene Wenger, previously of Arsenal. He says Wenger’s coaching style was good as he was interested in developing talents. Kwesi Appiah says he is not sharing these sentiments because he is a fan of Arsenal FC in the English Premier League. Speaking in an interview on TV3’s New Day on Friday, January 31 ahead of the launch of his biography, Kwesi Appiah, who was relieved of his post just last month, said he made sure he developed talent for the Black Stars in his time. “You…

Patronage of train service between Takoradi and Tarkwa has increased after just three days of the commissioning of service. A Train Guard, Samuel Anguh, has told 3news.com that on Tuesday when the Ghana Railway Company Limited commenced passenger service, they recorded a total of 191 people. On Thursday, a total 206 passengers joined the train. On Friday, the trains were full to capacity with some passengers sitting on the floor of the coaches. “Where you are sitting is the first class and you can attest to yourself that it is full. Look at the end of the coach and you…

After the government’s botched All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) deal that would have seen Ghana host the event for three years, artiste manager Bulldog has noted that the move was a stupid one. According to him, it simply did not make sense for the country to dole out taxpayers’ money to foreigners to organise events here. Ghana had signed a three-year deal with the organisers of AFRIMA which would have seen the country host the event in 2018 and was also scheduled to host the 2019 and 2020 editions. But there was a huge public outcry when it emerged that…

Member of Parliament for the Ningo Prampram Constituency Samuel Nartey George has hinted that he and the other victims of the January 31, 2019 Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election violence will file a suit against government over its decision not to implement the Emile Short Commission report. The Commission of Inquiry was set up by government to look into the circumstances that led to the violence. It has since presented its report to government but a White Paper subsequently issued rejected some of the recommendations. Government claimed in the White Paper that the Commission failed to address the first term of…

If you followed the Year of Return activities for last year, you would have noticed that almost all the activities were centered in the Greater Accra Region. Apart from some visits to the Cape Coast and Elmina castles in the Central Region by some Diasporans, all other regions were left out in the activities that marked 400 years since the first slaves arrived in Virginia in the US. Tourism Curator PaJohn Bentsifi Dadson, who works with the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), has revealed that nothing really happened in the other regions because they failed to submit their plans or activities…

The Ghana Railways Company Limited has confirmed the return train from Tarkwa to Takoradi on Thursday experienced a minor challenge at Nsuta in the Tarkwa Nsueam Municipality of the Western Region. The company, however, says the challenge was resolved for the train to proceed safely back to Takoradi minutes after the incident. “When we got to Nsuta the coach carrying goods experienced a technical hitch and so we had to stop. After on-the-spot examination, the engineers agreed that the coach be left behind,” Michael Kobina Addison, the Chief Civil Engineer for Ghana Railways Company Limited, told 3news.com. Mr Kobina Addison…

Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Peter Boamah Otokunor says his party’s position on the move by the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) to compile a new voters’ register has been worsened after the IPAC meeting on Thursday. The EC at the instance of its Eminent Advisory Committee (EAC) called a meeting of the Interparty Advisory Committee over the decision to compile a new register for the 2020 elections. The meeting was held at the Coconut Grove Regency Hotel in Accra. The EC made a renewed presentation to the parties in the presence of some civil society organisations…

Some 37 former workers of the GCB Bank Ghana Limited have dragged the nation’s foremost commercial bank to the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) over the “wrongful” termination of their contracts. According to them, their dismissal is “unfair, discriminatory and, as a result, violates their right to work”. CHRAJ has, consequently, written to the Managing Director of GCB Bank Limited to respond within 10 working days. “Please take note that the Commission will proceed with its investigation in accordance with law if you do not submit your comment/response within the time stipulated herein,” the letter written by…