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The burial service of the late former Vice President Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur was held on Friday at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC). Tributes were read by family, friends and government. Among the tributes read was an impassioned one delivered by widow Matilda Amissah-Arthur. She stated that she has been amazed over the last few weeks about the messages of condolences from persons she thought propagated “malignings, lies, treachery, wickedness, the deliberately changing things so that you can look better than others, the mischievousness. I ask myself is this Ghana?” Watch Mrs Amissah-Arthur reading her tribute below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on9_9nA1j8g Source: 3news.com|Ghana…

Government has decided to rename the Moree Senior High and Technical School after the late former Vice President Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur, current Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia announced on Friday. Reading government’s tribute at the funeral service of his predecessor, Dr Bawumia said the Moree SHTS will now be known as Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur SHS. This is to honour the memory of Mr Amissah-Arthur, the Vice President said. Ghana’s fifth Vice President in the Fourth Republic died in the morning of Friday, June 29 at the 37 Military Hospital. He had gone for a morning work-out at the Air Force…

This article gives some easy methods of keeping the vagina clean. And to the ladies who are not so sure of how to clean and keep the place on point, do well to read and make notes because this piece gives you the important guidelines on what to use and how to  use it. The vagina is a self-cleaning organ which has its own natural way of getting rid of any unwanted stuff in there. When it gets to that time of the month where the egg that was not fertilized is shed, as a woman, it is a necessity…

General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) John Boadu has eulogised the late former Vice President, Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur, describing him as a very restrained figure in politics. He said he was admired by all especially his opponents and there were important lessons to be learnt from his character. Part of his admirable traits, according to Mr Boadu was “being able to hold on to himself without being pushed by party hawks and people that believe that you must answer to everything and respond in like manner”. The NPP General Secretary was speaking to 3FM’s Mercydarlyn Lokko on Thursday,…

The prime suspect in the murder of Joseph Boakye Danquah-Adu, the former Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North Constituency, Daniel Asiedu, has threatened to go to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to seek justice. This was after an adjournment of the case on Thursday. Asiedu is one of two accused standing trial for the February 9, 2016 murder. On Wednesday, June 20, he told an Accra District Court that he was hired by some New Patriotic Party (NPP) insiders to kill the lawmaker. READ: NPP contracted me to kill JB Danquah – Suspect confesses After Thursday’s adjournment by the Court…

A Japanese city has been forced to clarify it is not in fact recruiting ninjas, following reports that it was facing a shortage of skilled assassins. Local officials in Iga, which styles itself as the birthplace of ninja-dom, had received a flood of applications from around the world. But they said in a statement (in Japanese) that they were not officially hiring any, “so please be careful”. The mix-up apparently began with a report by a US broadcaster. A ninja shortage? On 16 July, National Public Radio (NPR) reported in its The Indicator from Planet Money podcast that Iga was…

The Trade and Industry Ministry is set to launch a start-up Ghana project in August to motivate and support entrepreneurs and start-up businesses to grow. Speaking at the Second Young Entrepreneur’s Forum, Deputy Trade Minister Carlos Ahenkora said government will also set up five incubation centres at the various universities to help nurture the skills of young entrepreneurs. Three hundred participants are attending the two-day forum, organized by the Ghana Investment Promotion Council (GIPC). This is focused on promoting dialogue between young entrepreneurs and government to influence policy formation while providing leadership and entrepreneurship training. Speaking with Sunrise on 3FM…

A Deputy Minister for Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has stated that the double intake education system to be introduced under the Free SHS Programme has a pack of opportunities for Ghanaians. “The double track system is a pack of opportunities for our generation.” Speaking on TV3’s New Day on Thursday, Dr Adutwum said Ghana lacks an educational system and that is why the assessment of how well students perform can only be known after 11 years. According to him, over the years, the existence of a cut-off point forstudents who are admitted into secondary schools has left out many…

Benjamin Pavard’s stunning strike in France’s World Cup last-16 victory over Argentina has been voted the best goal of the tournament in Russia. The defender, who showed superb technique to fire into the top corner, received the most votes cast by three million fans on the Fifa website. “I didn’t even think about it. I just tried to get over it and keep it down,” Pavard, 22, said after the game. France beat Croatia 4-2 in the final to win the trophy for the second time. Pavard added: “The ball bounced up as it came to me. I was trying…

Non-governmental organization Civil Society Movement on Social Inclusion (CSM-SI) has admonished the Ghana Police Service to, as a matter of urgency, launch a civic engagement programme to win back public trust. The Service has recently come under fire over bad events involving some of its officers. For instance, on Friday, July 20, a video went viral capturing an officer mercilessly buffeting a woman with a baby, her grandson, at the Shiashie branch of Midland Savings and Loans. Earlier, youth of Asawase in the Ashanti Region went on rampage as a result of the shooting of seven of their fold said…