Author: Krobea

The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers, Ghana (COPEC) is demanding the immediate reduction and stabilization of fuel prices in the country. It says “the excuses must indeed end, the taxes must be reduced to bring some reductions and stability in prices”. According to COPEC, there has been a lot of hardship in the country as a result of “a persistent increase in the price of petroleum products in Ghana”, a phenomenon they have observed for the past five months. In a notice of demonstration signed by the Executive Secretary, Duncan Amoah, COPEC invited the public who “feel the pressures of these…

The five-member ad hoc committee set up by the Speaker of Parliament to look into extortion claims against the Ministry of Trade and Industry has virtually dismissed the motion brought to parliament by Asawase Member Alhaji Muntaka Mubarak Mohammed. The motion prayed the Speaker, Aaron Mike Oquaye, to investigate payments between $25,000 and $100,000 collected by organisers of the Ghana Expatriate Business Awards, the Millennium Excellence Foundation (MEF) from expatriate business owners to sit close to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. But according to the committee, there is no merit in the allegation levelled against the Ministry and the Foundation,…

E-cigarettes should be available on prescription, according to Public Health England (PHE). The agency wants them to be prescribed on the NHS within the next few years because of how successful they have been in helping people give up smoking. An independent review of the latest evidence, published by PHE, suggests at least 20,000 people a year are quitting with the help of e-cigarettes. The report also says they are at least 95% less harmful than smoking. PHE also wants hospitals to be able to sell e-cigarettes and have areas where patients can vape. This could even be in private…

Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is critically ill in a South African hospital, reports say. Local media quoted family sources as saying the 65-year-old former prime minister – who is being treated for colon cancer – is suffering from weight loss, exhaustion and muscle thinning. During his political struggle against ex-President Robert Mugabe, he has been beaten and imprisoned numerous times. Mr Tsvangirai heads Zimbabwe’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party. What is known about Tsvangirai’s condition? He has been in and out of hospital since June, receiving treatment in a Johannesburg hospital for cancer. He returned to the…

The Black Stars are due to play two friendly matches in the next international window against 2018 World Cup-bound Iceland and neighbouring Ivory Coast. The two games will be played between March 19 and March 27 in the first major international window of the calendar year. www.3news.com understands that Ghana will travel to Iceland to face the European side. Strakarnir okkar are hoping to use the Black Stars game as preparations for their world cup meeting against Nigeria. Initial plan were for the Black Stars to play Ivory Coast at home in the other friendly match. Source: 3news.com|Ghana Follow @3Newsgh

Ghana midfielder Ebenezer Ofori is joining Major League Soccer side New York City FC on a one-year loan deal from Stuttgart. The Black Stars midfielder will join up with his new side in pre-season soon ahead of the start of the MLS season in March as he seeks more playing opportunities. The former Sweden Midfielder of the Year barely gets a game at the Bundesliga club despite playing a key role in their return to the top flight. He has also become a key member of the Black Stars in the process. His move to Major League Soccer will expand…

Accra-based Great Olympics have served the Ghana Football Association (GFA) with a court injunction over their relegation from the 2016/2017 Ghana Premier League. The injunction was served the Association on Monday. The injunction stops the nation’s sport governing body from organizing any activity related to the 2017/2018 league. Therefore, the scheduled launch of the league on Monday was called off indefinitely. Great Olympics, who played in last season’s league after promotion from the Championship, are contesting decisions of the Disciplinary Committee over their protests against Bechem United and Elmina Sharks. An appeal against the decision on Elmina Sharks was subsequently…

Member of Parliament for Tamale North Constituency Alhassan Suhuyini says the true colours of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government is being seen by Ghanaians and the earlier it came clean the better. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) MP said the party lied its way into office and now its leadership cannot explain its way out. He said when the previous government was brandishing the truth, the NPP continued to fling it out in the air and continued their path of “deception”. “The truth that we humbly told you while in opposition and you rejected it will rudely confront you…

Russian media have lauded a pilot killed in Syria as a hero, saying he detonated his grenade to avoid being captured by jihadists who had shot his plane out of the sky. Roman Filipov’s reported last words were: “Here’s for the guys.” His Sukhoi-25 ground-attack aircraft was shot down over rebel-held Idlib province. He survived the attack and ejected, but died in a ground fight. Former al-Qaeda affiliate Hayat Tahrir al-Sham said it had attacked the plane. TV Zvezda, which is controlled by Russia’s defence ministry, said the pilot was posthumously presented with the Hero of Russia medal, also known…

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has come out to justify the 745,000 jobs that the sector minister, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, touts as the success story of the first phase of the Planting for Food and Jobs programme. Addressing the media, the minister said even though they missed their 750,000 target, they have been able to create 745,000 jobs, a statement which has since raised curiosity within the public space with many questioning the veracity of the figure and others questioning the nature of the jobs. The Member of Parliament for the Keta Constituency, Richard Quarshigah, is one…