Author: Krobea

The Greater Accra Regional Directorate of the Ghana School Feeding Programme is providing 85 per cent schools in the Region with free food under the President’s initiative to give free food to junior high schools due to the coronavirus. The Programme is currently serving free food to 111,385 JHS students in the Region, from Monday to Friday. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in his 16th address on Sunday, August 30 announced that all JHS students resuming school should be given one hot meal a day. Final year JHS students are already enjoying the meals with second-year students expected to enjoy…

The first commercial flight from Israel to the UAE has landed, marking a major step in normalising relations after the announcement of a peace deal. The El Al airliner made the three-hour trip, carrying a delegation of Israeli and US officials. The flight was allowed to cross Saudi Arabian airspace, normally blocked to Israeli air traffic. The UAE has become only the third Arab country in the Middle East to recognise Israel since its founding in 1948. On Saturday the UAE (United Arab Emirates) repealed a law boycotting Israel which had been in place since 1972, and earlier this month…

Fifty-nine-year-old Meiri Ibrahim and three other women who were nearly lynched by some youth of Sumpini in the West Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region on suspicion of witchcraft, are requesting the police to go beyond arresting the perpetrators by prosecuting them. According to them, the attack on them was deliberate and want the law to deal with them. Madam Meiri Ibrahim together with three other women – Alhassan Maria, 61,  Samadu Sanatu, 51, and Asaase Sanatu, 34 – were attacked on Saturday, August 29 by some machete-wielding youth on witchcraft accusations. The four, who were abused by the youth,…

Education has always been the backbone of  our development as a nation. To make it one of the priority areas in a manifesto is something that needs commendation. Education has proven to be the most effective brigde in closing the gap between the rich and the poor, and requires all the seriousness it deserve. This notwithstanding, some people including the NDC, have  ridiculed, and continue to downplay the level commitment attached to it by the current administration. President Akufo-Addo promised free Senior High School (S.H.S.) and some people had issues with it simply  because in their thinking, it  could either…

After winning the coveted Star Performer prize twice in a row, Upper West Region’s Maali got deflated on Sunday, August 30 as she joined Western North Region’s Adjoa as the latest evictees from the 2020 Ghana’s Most Beautiful reality show. It was a night of African rendezvous as the contestants took up nationalities of some of the continent’s prominent countries, showcasing the different culture and tradition they are known for. Despite a colourful opening on the night as a Kenyan, Adjoa got evicted. https://twitter.com/tv3_ghana/status/1300174409127395329?s=20 Maali had come on stage to represent Ethiopia. https://twitter.com/tv3_ghana/status/1300196802638090243?s=20 Though her performance was not below par,…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced that the Ghana Education Service (GES) in consultation with relevant stakeholders has moved the next academic year for nursery, kindergarten, primary and junior high schools to January 2021. Second-year JHS students will, however, resume on Monday, October 5 to complete their academic work. He made this known in his 16th update to the nation on Sunday, August 30. “The next academic year will resume in January 2021, with appropriate adjustments made to the curriculum, to ensure that nothing is lost from the previous year. “The relevant dispositions will also be made so that…

All second year senior and junior high school students will resume school from Monday, October 5. They will be in school for 10 weeks to complete their academic work. “With continuing students in the University of Cape Coast, the University of Health and Allied sciences, Technical Universities, and some other Colleges returning to school almost a week ago, to finish the academic year, the decision has been taken by the Ghana Education Service after consultation with the relevant stakeholders, for SHS 2 and JHS 2 students to return to school from 5 October to 14th December 2020 to complete their…

Ghana has recorded six additional deaths as regards the coronavirus pandemic. In its latest update released on Sunday, August 30, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) said 87 new cases were confirmed. This has shot the total cumulative cases to 44,205. By the new deaths, the number has risen from 270 to 276. The recoveries-cum-discharges continue to rise marginally as the number is currently 42,777. This has seen a tremendous reduction in the number of active cases under care and management. The active cases are now 1,152. By Emmanuel Kwame Amoh|3news.com|Ghana

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is said to have sought the help of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) to retrieve the server of Blackshield Capital Management Limited as part of investigations. Blackshield Capital Management, formerly known as Gold Coast Fund Management, was one of the fund management firms whose licenses were revoked in 2019. Though expressing disappointment with SEC’s decision, Blackshield says it has cooperated with SEC all through the investigations. But Director General of SEC Reverend Ogbarmey Tetteh had written to EOCO to complain about a seeming lack of cooperation by the outlawed fund management company.…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is scheduled to address the nation tonight, Sunday, August 30, 2020, in what will be his 16th update on the government’s fight against Covid-19. Dominating the presentation will be plans to reopen the country’s international airport to passengers. Ghana’s air, land and sea borders were shut on Sunday, March 22 in the heat of the fight against the virus. It was by Executive Instrument (EI), which was extended multiple times. In his last update on Sunday, August 16, President Akufo-Addo hinted that the air borders are likely to be open on Tuesday, September 1. “I…