Author: Krobea

US President Donald Trump has said arming teachers could prevent school shootings like that which left 17 people dead last week in Florida. A staff member with a gun could end an attack “very quickly”, he said. Mr Trump floated the proposal – long-championed by the powerful NRA gun lobby – as emotional survivors of the 14 February massacre urged him to take measures to stop similar attacks. The US leader called for improved background checks on gun buyers. “It’s not going to be talk like it’s been in the past,” he said. What do students and parents want? President…

North Korea will send one of its highest ranking figures, General Kim Yong-chol, to the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. Gen Kim was the North’s intelligence chief, and is believed to have plotted several attacks on South Korea. North Korea’s attendance at the Winter Olympics is seen as a thaw in tense relations between the two Koreas. However, there are concerns Pyongyang has been using the event simply to improve its international image. US President Donald Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, will be leading the US delegation to Pyeongchang over the weekend. However, South Korean officials say there will…

A US morning radio show presenter has given birth on air during her show. Cassiday Proctor, a weekday morning presenter on The Arch station in the US city of St Louis, broadcast her birth by Caesarean section on Tuesday. Ms Proctor started experiencing labour pains on Monday. Her radio station worked with the hospital where she gave birth so it could be broadcast. She told the BBC that it was a spur-of-the-moment broadcast opportunity as the baby came two weeks early. “It was amazing to be able to share the most exciting day of my life with our radio…

Ghana Premier League champions Aduana Stars progressed to the penultimate stage of the 2018 CAF Champions League after humbling Libyan side Al-Tahaddy 2-0 on Wednesday. The match was the first competitive game this year for the Brong Ahafo Region side at the Agyeman Badu Park. Elvis Opoku’s goal in the 53rd minute cancelled out Al-Tahaddy’s 1-0 first leg win in Egypt. Derrick Sasraku put the dagger inside the North Africans to give the Ghana champions the ticket to the final round of qualification. Aduana, therefore, progressed with a 2-1 aggregate win. They will next play another North African side, ES…

Inspire to Rise in partnership with Kings Foundation Ghana has organised a menstrual hygiene management talk for upper primary pupils of Holy Rosary R/C Basic School. Held on Friday, the talk had Media General’s Wendy Laryea, who is the Founder of Inspire to Rise, as the main speaker. The girls shared their experiences especially the cramps they suffer. But they were admonished on some personal hygiene practices like bathing twice daily and washing hands well before and after change of sanitary pads. Meanwhile, boys at the Ofankor Basic 3 School were included in talks on menstrual hygiene. They were made…

3news.com inadvertently published a statement purported to have been issued by Honourable Ursula Owusu-Ekuful apologising for comments she made during the one week celebrations of the late songstress Ebony Reigns. The statement turned out to be false. We unreservedly apologise to the Minister for the error and any inconvenience the publication may have caused her.  The statement in question has been removed from our portal. Signed Henry Dottey Head, 3news.com

Students of the Ghana School of Law have expressed displeasure with the handling of bar examinations given the latest results. Results of the 2017 exams recorded an 81 per cent failure of prospective lawyers with some repeated while about 170 others have been referred. The exams are conducted by the Independent Examination Board (IEB) set up by the General Legal Council (GLC) in 2013. The recent results have provoked student agitations with some calling for a scrapping of the exams body. Speaking on 3FM on Wednesday, a member of the Judicial Council of the Students’ Representative Council, Frederick Abu-Bonsrah, who…

The Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners is calling on government to immediately lift the ban on their activities to save its members from further financial crisis. According to executives of the Association, their members have incurred $551 million over the ban period and the cost could worsen the financial woes of members if the ban continues. Addressing a news conference in Kumasi, General Secretary of the Association Godwin Armah said the ban is an infringement on their rights considering the legal backing which they have to mine. “The ban on small-scale mining has curtailed the legal rights of…

Chelsea’s play and strategy against Barcelona on Tuesday was a true reflection of what Antonio Conte said before the game. The Italian believed his side had to suffer to get the better of Barcelona in the first leg of the Round of 16 clash. So Chelsea did. The Premier League Champions’ display was an inspirational one, as well as laboured. They pounced on their rivals when it was required, as well as follow strict instructions to sit deep and soak in pressure from one of the best teams football has seen in its history, in keeping hold of the ball.…

Sensational and promising Takoradi-based singer, Afezi Perry, has been asked to render an apology in writing to the board of the Western Music Awards for asserting that he did not recognize the Awards. The rap artiste in an interview on Oil City Mix on Connect FM in November, 2017 said he did not recognize the Awards organized by Westline Entertainment. “Organizers of the Western Music Awards did not follow due process by engaging all the artistes from the Western Region when they intended to organize such an event. “I don’t even know what kind of award it was because nobody…