Author: Krobea

Former President John Dramani Mahama on Monday, May 22 addressed a session at the 52nd Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank held in Ahmedadab, India. Speaking on the theme: ‘Agriculture is Cool: Engaging Africa’s Youth’, Former President Mahama made a case for governments on the continent to transform the sector to attract the youth. He said his father was one of the early farmers to go into large-scale production in Ghana but he, like many others, would not have succeeded without support from governments. “There is a huge potential in agriculture both for providing food and providing jobs,” he…

Two men have been caned 83 times each in the Indonesian province of Aceh after being caught having sex. The men stood on stage in white gowns praying while a team of hooded men lashed their backs with a cane. The pair, aged 20 and 23, were found in bed together by vigilantes who entered their private accommodation in March. They have not been identified. Gay sex is not illegal in most of Indonesia but it is in Aceh, the only province which exercises Islamic law. It is the first time gay men have been caned under Sharia law in…

The US Ambassador, Robert Jackson, has launched the 2017 Primary School Insecticide-Treated Nets distribution campaign. The launch was on Monday, May 22 at the Southern LEKMA Cluster of Schools in Accra. Ambassador Jackson joined officials from the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health, representatives from the health and education sectors, and primary school teachers and children at the event, which celebrated the beginning of a US government-supported campaign to distribute 1.3 million nets to Grade 2 and Grade 6 students throughout Ghana. The US government has supported this campaign, in partnership with the Ghanaian government, since 2013. It is…

The Ashanti Region branch of the Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners (GNASSM) says its intended demonstration against government on Tuesday, May 23 has been postponed to June 7. “Our decision comes on the back of fallouts from a meeting with the Honourable Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu on Friday, May 20, 2017 at Georgia Hotel in Kumasi,” a statement signed by Michael Kwadwo Peprah, the Region’s Secretary, said. www.3news.com had hinted of a reversal of the Association’s decision after the meeting with the Lands and Natural Resources Minister in Kumasi. READ: Small-scale miners pull…

Two suspects are in the grips of the Kasoa Divisional Police Command after assaulting and threatening residents in Gomoa Ojobi in the Central Region. The two suspects are part of five persons held by the police in a land dispute case. The dispute is between Madam Brakuaa, whose bidding was being done by the suspects, and Kow Egyiri. The dispute had been adjudicated by the Agona Swedru High Court and Madam Brakuaa was found guilty. But her children including self-styled Lance Corporal Rydbeck Afrifa are said to have forcefully ejected residents. According to the police, ‘Lance Corporal’ Afrifa and a…

Almost two months after 3FM 92.7’s Community Connect programme took up the issue of the non-existence of a place of convenience for the Kanda Estates Cluster of Schools, the Accra Metropolitan Assembly has woken up to its task and finishing a 12-seater facility that was left idle for over two years. The lack of the facility left pupils of the Schools and tutors numbering close to 1,000 at the mercy of nature, since they had to go and ease themselves in a nearby open gutter or bush, notwithstanding the dangers involved. Some of the pupils are as young as three…

The Director of Education at Suaman District in the Western Region, Samuel Bokitey Bortey, says the main stream syllabus alone under the Ghana Education Service cannot unearth talents in pupils but that co-curricular activities must be inculcated in the totality of teaching. Co-curriculum can be defined as programmes or activities that complement main academic curricular. In Ghana, for instance, physical education, culture and dance, open day ceremonies among others are co-curricular activities which complement academic subjects like Mathematics, English, Science and the others. Years back school authorities were strict on pupils and students to participate in co-curricular activities but the…

The Ghana Premier League resumes this weekend with exciting fixtures to kick off the second round after a short break. The second round is traditionally more exciting, as it is the round which will seal the fate of those battling for the ultimate, as well as those fighting to beat the drop into Division One. WAFA were the stand-out team of the first round, and their title-chasing rivals like Aduana Stars and Accra Hearts of Oak will be aiming at overtaking them in the second round. The likes of Ashantigold, who had a very difficult first round will hope to…

The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Ghana has reduced the monetary policy rate from the previous 23.5 per cent to 22.5 per cent. The rate has, therefore, been reduced by 100 basis points. This was announced on Monday, May 22 after the Committee’s 76th policy sitting. The new figure is a further drop of the rate as it reduced from 25.5 per cent to 23.5 per cent in March, under the Committee’s chairmanship of Dr Abdul Nashiru Issahaku. The rate was reduced, according to Central Bank Governor Dr Ernest Addison, because government is still on the path of…

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) is expected to complete the validation process for all public sector workers between May 29 and June 2. All workers affected by the recent clean-up of the payroll are, therefore, expected to fill SSNIT in on their details for re-enrollment between Monday, May 22 and Friday, May 26. This directive was contained in a release issued on Friday, May 19 by Chief Director at the Ministry of Finance Patrick Nomo. The release is to give new guidelines to workers affected by the recent clean-up of the payroll by the Ministry. The clean-up…