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Renowned scholar and educationist Professor Jophus Anamuah-Mensah has underscored the importance of moral education in Ghana’s educational system. According to the Professor, any education that does not lead people to God is not the best for the moral upbringing of children. “If we leave God out of our education, we will still produce graduates but we can’t manage them,” he stressed. The former Vice Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba and chairman of the committee that led the education reforms in 2002, urged policy makers to place premium on morals in enhancing the education system. Professor Anamuah-Mensah, who was…

The Bank of Ghana has reduced the monetary policy rate by 100 basis points from 21 per cent to 20 per cent. It is the first in three months that the rate has seen a reduction, This was announced by the Governor of the Bank, Dr Ernest Addison, on Monday. More soon…

French President Emmanuel Macron starts his first tour of Africa on Monday. He is to visit Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana in an effort to revitalise France’s image on the continent. Macron’s advisers say he hopes to modernise France’s relations with Africa by emphasising business links, education and sport rather than development aid. Although Macron has pledged to increase France’s aid budget to 0.55 percent of GDP by 2022, France’s aid budget was cut by 140 million euros in July as part of 4.5 billion euros of reductions in public spending. This summer the French president set up a…

AC Milan have sacked Vincenzo Montella as manager and placed Gennaro Gattuso in charge of the first team. The club are seventh in Serie A on 20 points, 18 behind leaders Napoli, after a run of only two league victories in their past nine games. They drew 0-0 with Torino at home on Sunday and have lost six of their 14 top-flight matches this season. Gattuso, a former AC Milan midfielder, steps up from managing the club’s youth side. The 39-year-old Italian played for Milan between 1999 and 2013, winning the Serie A title and the Champions League twice. AC…

Prince Harry is to marry his American actress girlfriend Meghan Markle, Prince Charles has announced. Harry, fifth in line to the throne, will marry Ms Markle next spring and will live at Nottingham Cottage at Kensington Palace in London. The couple, who have been dating since 2016, got engaged earlier this month. In a statement, Prince Harry said he was “delighted to announce” the news and had received the blessing of Ms Markle’s parents. Only the Queen and “other close members of his family” initially knew of the engagement, which took place in London. The announcement, issued by Clarence House,…

The Rebecca Foundation has agreed with Licang District Experimental School in Qingdao, China to have an exchange programme between Ghanaian and Chinese school kids starting next year. The programme, which seeks to deepen cultural, academic and sports ties between pupils of the two countries, will see 10 pupils from the school visiting Ghana while 10 pupils from Ghana also visiting China every year. Under the programme, the children are expected to gain a lot especially in the area of sports as the pupils from China will be trained in Ghana’s favorite sporting disciplines especially soccer while Ghanaian pupils visiting China…

A Deputy Communications Minister during former President John Mahama-led administration, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, says President Nana Addo Akufo-Addo must apologize to the people of Ghana for his failure to defend them during an interview on legalizing homosexuality. Mr Kwakye Ofosu said there are overwhelming Ghanaians who are against homosexuality so for the President, who promised to hold the dignity of this country, to refuse to be emphatic on the position of the country on the matter indicates he has betrayed the nation. President Akufo-Addo was on Al Jazeera’s Talk to Al Jazeera on Sunday to talk about a wide range…

Media General followed up its recent statement of commiseration to Multimedia Group with the signing of the book of condolence for the late Kwadwo Asare Baffour Acheampong. The gesture was done on behalf of MG – head firm for MG TV, MG Radio, MG Digital and Adesa Productions – by Group Head of Corporate Affairs Richard Ahiagble. READ: Media General commiserates with Multimedia Group on unfortunate passing of KABA Source: 3news.com|Ghana Follow @3Newsgh

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says his government is determined to exploit, at long last, the strategic resources the country has in bauxite and iron ore deposits. “To this end, an Integrated Bauxite and Aluminum Development Authority is to be established by law, in this meeting of Parliament, to spearhead the exploitation along the full value chain of our consumable bauxite resources,” he said. According to the President, the exploitation of the country’s bauxite and iron ore deposits “will give a considerable fillip to our industrial development, as will also be the case for the exploitation of our iron ore…

After making a return to Miss Universe for the first time in 13 years, Ghana made it to the Top 16 but missed out on the ultimate. Miss Universe Ghana 2017 Ruth Quashie was among the 92 finalists at this year’s global pageant held at The AXIS at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas on Sunday. The 23-year-old University of Ghana graduate was one of the two African representatives to make the Top 16. The other, South African Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters, emerged the eventual winner. She replaced France’s Iris Mittenaere, who won the crown last year – though final event was held…