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The leadership of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) have visited ailing actor William Addo at the Odo Pee Healing Centre in Mankessim, where he is receiving treatment for glaucoma. The team presented an undisclosed amount of money for the upkeep of the actor, known popularly as ‘Akpats3’. The actor is optimistic the visit will make a lot of difference in speeding up the healing process. The gesture followed a TV3 report on the plight of the actor. Watch the full report by Konxept Worae below: https://www.instagram.com/tv/B9q-NL_FYPf/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Source: 3news.com|Ghana

The Referees Committee of the GFA has suspended Referee Imoro Osman and Assistant Referee Joshua Anane for six match-days for their performance in the Division One League match between Tema Youth and Nania FC. Nania FC in their petition to the GFA accused the Referee for wrongly ruling out a goal for offside and also for general poor officiating in the said match. After studying a video footage of the match, the Committee found that the referee and his Assistant 1 erred in ruling out the Nania FC goal because the player who scored the goal was clearly onside when…

Authorities at the Port of Takoradi in the Western Region are preparing two separate holding bays to handle any case of COVID-19. One of the bays is inside the Port while the other one is at the GPHA Hospital. Conducting 3news.com round the first holding bay, Head of Health Services for Port of Takoradi Dr. George Tawiah Tidakabi said: “The first holding bay which is at the wharf has five separate rooms. “I mean they are independent from each other. The estate department is currently taking stock of all what will be needed for it to become fully functional. So,…

The EU says it will pay €2,000 (£1,770; $2,225) each to migrants in overcrowded camps on the Greek islands willing to go back to their home countries. EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson announced the scheme in Athens on Thursday. It was agreed with the Greek government. She said it was temporary – open for one month only – and only for migrants who arrived before 1 January. She said 5,000 migrants would be eligible for the “voluntary return”. This month, hundreds of migrants and refugees have reached Greek islands near Turkey by boat, increasing the pressure on struggling reception…

Chelsea winger Callum Hudson-Odoi has revealed that he has entered into a week-long self-isolation period after recovering from symptoms of coronavirus. The 19-year-old sent a message to supporters via social media offering an update on his health, after being officially diagnosed with Covid-19 on Thursday. “Hi guys, as you may be aware I had the virus for the last couple of days, which I’ve recovered from,” Hudson-Odoi began. “I’m following the health guidelines and self-isolating for the week. I hope to see everybody soon and hopefully be back on the pitch very soon. Take care.” Chelsea reacted to Hudson-Odoi’s positive…

The 2018 National Best Tree Crop Farmer, Solomon Kusi, together with the Kontihene of Japekrom and Acting President of the Traditional Council in the Brong Ahafo Region, Nana Amoabeng Asare, and a former assembly member of Elubo West in the Jomoro Municipal Assembly of the Western Region, David Andoh, have championed the construction of a six-kilometer road with their personal resources. The six-kilometer, entirely new road, stretches from Gyegyekrom – off the Takoradi-Elubo highway – through Nanakrom and close to the River Tano. Solomon Kusi narrated to 3news.com that in 2012, he bought a farmland at Nanakrom to start a…

Chelsea winger Callum Hudson-Odoi has become the first Premier League player to test positive for coronavirus. Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is self-isolating after also testing positive for the virus. Arsenal’s game against Brighton on Saturday has been postponed but there has been no decision on Aston Villa’s game against Chelsea on the same day. The Premier League will hold “an emergency club meeting” on Friday to discuss future fixtures. Chelsea say Hudson-Odoi “displayed symptoms similar to a mild cold on Monday morning” and stayed away from the the training ground. The club added that the player is “doing well and…

Two cases of the deadly coronavirus disease have been recorded in Ghana. They were confirmed after tests run by Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research on Thursday, March 12. The patients are said to be from Norway and Turkey. A statement issued by the Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, said the two patients are stable but are being kept in isolation. “We have initiated processes for contact tracing,” the Minister of Health said in the statement. The new strain of the virus, which started in the Hubei Province of China, has so far claimed over 4,000 lives. About 80,000 cases…

A former National Security Coordinator, Francis Kwaku Poku, has advocated for the express acknowledgement of foot soldiers in the body politic of Ghana. The man who served as a cabinet minister in charge of national security in the Kufuor administration said Ghanaians have turned a blind eye on the the very important role foot soldiers play in party politics in Ghana. “We should not pretend that they do not exist,” he insisted. Mr Kwaku Poku expressed these sentiments while giving his remarks as Chairman of a public lecture organized by Media General on Thursday, March 12. The lecture, addressed by…

Scores of polling station executives in the Tarkwa Nsueam Constituency in the Western Region together with hundreds of supporters of Joy Joycelin Andoh, an NPP Parliamentary aspirant, on Thursday, March 12 took to the principal streets of Tarkwa to jubilate over her inclusion in the party’s April 25 primaries. On Tuesday, March 10, Western Region Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Francis Ndede Siah told 3news.com in an exclusive interview that Jocelyn Andoh has been disqualified. The Regional Chairman’s announcement was met with wild jubilation from supporters of the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) George Mireku Duker. But their…