Author: Krobea

Some parents abandoned their children who were arrested at night by the ‘Child Curfew Taskforce’ of the Obuasi East District Assembly in the Ashanti Region, 3news.com has gathered. This is because, according to the parents, the children were recalcitrant so they prefer them being kept by the police to being with them in their homes. The Obuasi East District Chief Executive, Faustina Amissah, made the revelation in an interview on Onua FM’s Yen Sempa on Wednesday while commenting on what protective measures have been put in place by the Assembly to curb teenage pregnancy in the wake of the reopening…

The new US Ambassador to Ghana, Stephanie S. Sullivan, presented her credentials to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and has taken up her duties as Ambassador. Speaking from the ceremony at Jubilee House, Ambassador Sullivan thanked President Akufo-Addo for the warm welcome to Ghana and highlighted the US-Ghana partnership focused on advancing economic growth and trade, strengthening regional security, and improving governance. Ambassador Sullivan expressed her commitment on behalf of the U.S. government to support Ghana’s journey away from dependence on traditional development assistance, in line with President Akufo-Addo’s vision of an increasingly self-reliant ‘Ghana Beyond Aid’. Ambassador Sullivan underscored…

Young people are at a higher risk of having an asthma attack than any other age group living with the condition, the charity Asthma UK is warning. The findings come from a poll of more than 10,000 people with asthma, which also found that young adults are twice as likely as people over 60 to need emergency care for their condition. Amy Pay, 27, from Cardiff, says she used to be complacent about her asthma. “People don’t realise asthma can be a killer, even when you’re young. “I didn’t take my asthma seriously – I used to skip doses of…

Serena Williams says she “did not choke” after missing four match points as Czech seventh seed Karolina Pliskova won the final six games to win a dramatic Australian Open quarter-final. The 37-year-old American, going for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam singles title, led 5-1 in the decider but lost 6-4 4-6 7-5 in Melbourne. “I think she just played lights out on match points,” Williams said. “I took my chances,” said Pliskova who won on her third match point. Former world number one Pliskova will meet Japan’s fourth seed Naomi Osaka in the last four on Thursday with eighth seed…

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has rejected reports that he is instigating the formation of a new breakaway party from the National Democratic Congress (NDC). A statement from his office on Wednesday, January 23 urged the public to treat the reports with the “utmost disregard and contempt”. According to the statement, the reports have been carefully crafted by some “small” elements within the NDC. The longest-serving Ghanaian head of state suspects that those elements want to manipulate the minds of party faithfuls. “This is not the first time they have attempted this kind of political trickery and falsehood. In the…

The Supreme Court has dismissed a suit challenging government’s decision to provide support for the construction of a national cathedral. The unanimous decision of the seven-member panel of justices of the apex court pointed out that the case filed raises no legitimate issue requiring enforcement and interpretation of Ghana’s constitution. The suit was filed by James Kwabena Bomfeh, the Acting General Secretary of the Convention People’s Party (CPP). In his writ, Mr Bomfeh, popularly known as Kabila, challenged government’s decision to build the religious edifice, claiming it has no right to engage in any religious activity. He had told 3news.com…

After multiple postponements, the mass registration and issuance of the national identity card, also known as the Ghana Card, will commence in March this year.  The Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority, Professor Kenneth Agyeman Attafuah, says the exercise will cover the entire country by January, 2020. “So far, over 300,000 Ghanaians have been issued their cards in the institutional registration and piloting exercise. By March this year, we should begin the mass registration across the country and my estimation is that latest by January 2020, we would’ve covered everybody,” he noted. Prof Attafuah hinted this to 3news.com at a swearing-in…

Eight-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt has declared his “sports life over”, frustrated in his bid to begin a post-athletics career in football. The Jamaican, 32, spent two months training with Australian side Central Coast Mariners, but left in November after the club failed to find financial backing for a professional deal. “It was fun while it lasted,” said the 100m and 200m world record holder. “I don’t want to say it wasn’t dealt with properly, but I think we went about it not the way we should.” But he added: “You live and you learn. It was a good experience…

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia left Accra Tuesday night for Switzerland to attend the 2019 World Economic Forum Annual Meetings in Davos. The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting brings together leaders of global society including the heads and members of more than 100 governments, top executives of the 1,000 foremost global companies, leaders of international organizations and relevant non-governmental organizations, the most prominent cultural, societal and thought leaders, and the disruptive voices of the Forum’s Young Global Leaders, Global Shapers and Technology Pioneers. While in Davos, Vice President Bawumia will participate in a series of discussions and also meet with…

Kevin Prince Boateng’s transfer to Barcelona joined an elite list of the most improbable football transfers. From Trevor Francis’ one million pound move to Nottingham Forest in 1979, Mo Johnston’s switch from Celtic to Rangers via Nantes in France to make him one of the few players to have played for both sides of the Old Firm, through to Nicklas Bendtner’s move from Arsenal to Juventus and then most recently, Choupo-Moting’s move to PSG. All of these were as mind blowing as this one that involves Ghanaian, Kevin Prince Boateng. When the dust settles and he hangs up his boots, he…