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The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has debunked claims there was no consultation on the proposed new biometric drivers’ license. Chief Executive Officer of DVLA Kwesi Agyeman Busia also refused claims the Authority is going to charge GH¢450 for the new licence. The announcement of a new biometric drivers licence to replace the existing one has generated public uproar. Whilst some disagreed on grounds that there is no need changing from the existing licence, others accused the Authority of unilateral decision. Others, still, cried foul over the alleged cost of the new licence. Mr Agyemang Busia insisted the public…

A new governing council is to be constituted at the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) within a week, the Minister of State in charge of Tertiary Education has stated. “To me, the most important aspect of all this is the need for various councils or governing councils of the university, which have for the past several months haven’t been constituted to be constituted as soon as possible.” Professor Kwesi Yankah made this known on Monday after a closed-door meeting with the University’s authorities. He also met the local leadership of the University Teachers’ Association of Ghana (UTAG) at the Winneba…

The annual mandatory towing levy has been suspended by government, 3news.com can confirm. The Legislative Instrument 2180 was passed in 2012 but given a five-year maturation period for implementation. It was scheduled to be implemented from July 1, 2017 with commercial and non-commercial vehicles expected to pay between GH¢20 and GH¢200 as levy. But before full implementation, it has already generated controversy as transport operators kicked against the levy with a group like the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) petitioning the president, for instance. Speaking on TV3’s Business Focus on Monday, Deputy Minister of Transport Daniel Nii Kwatei Titus Glover…

On the back of several successful events staged by 3FM92.7, the station embarked on a mission to celebrate fathers in grand style but  the kids took over the day. There was a lot to eat as the fathers engaged in a cooking competition. Onga was a proud sponsor of the program. Ghana jollof was proudly represented. Once a father, always a father. Though it was fathers’ fun out, they took a backstage position and allowed their kids to have the best of the day as the children ate, danced, and played as they entertain patrons in the process. The event…

Fire gutted the warehouse of Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) on Friday evening. It occurred around 7:45. The cause of the fire was not immediately known but officers from the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) were at the scene to put it under control. But for their timely intervention, the inferno would have spread from ‘Stores’ to adjoining departments, a staff told 3news.com. Three fire tenders were at the scene to battle the fire, 3news.com was told. No casualties were recorded except for slight damages to the warehouse. Source: 3news.com|Ghana Follow @3Newsgh

West Africa Senior High School was one of the three schools that qualified to the quarter-final of the 2017 National Science and Maths Quiz on Friday. West Africa SHS, popularly known as WASS, beat competition from Sunyani SHS and Bueman SHS to make it to the quarters. Represented by Saahene Arko and Abdul Hameed Tade, two second-year science students, WASS garnered a total of 43 points to carry the day. Sunyani SHS came second with 37 points while Bueman SHS came third with 27 points. The stage was charged prior to the contest by quiz mistress Dr Elsie Effah Kaufmann,…

Supreme Court Justice Sophia Akuffo was vetted on Friday by Parliament ahead of her swearing-in as Chief Justice of Ghana. She is scheduled to take over from retired Chief Justice Georgina Theodora Wood as the country’s second female Chief Justice. But what do we know about Justice Akuffo? Below are five things you may not know about her: She attended Wesley Girls Senior High School. Her favourite Bible verse is Job 42:2. She was appointed to the Supreme Court by Former President Jerry John Rawlings in 1995. She worked as a trainee lawyer under President Nana Akufo-Addo. She attended Harvard…

After three days of shutdown, the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) has opened for academic work. This follows hearing of its case with one Supi Kofi Kwayera at a Winneba High Court on Friday. The University had shut down all of its campuses on Tuesday following a ruling by the Court. READ: Over 46,000 students’ future in limbo as University of Education shuts down That ruling was, however, clarified on Friday by the presiding judge, Justice William Ato Mills-Graves, who adjourned the case to July 10. He also said only the Vice Chancellor and some principal officers are restrained from…

President Donald Trump has appeared to acknowledge he is under investigation in the inquiry into alleged Russian meddling in the US election. In a tweet, the president also seemed to accuse the US deputy attorney general of pursuing a “Witch Hunt”. He said: “I am being investigated for firing the FBI Director by the man who told me to fire the FBI Director!” Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein wrote a memo the White House used to justify the firing of the ex-FBI chief. Mr Rosenstein took over the investigation into whether Russia interfered with the US election after Attorney General…

A student nurse in Colombia has survived a fall from the sixth floor of a hospital in the city of Cali after landing on top of a doctor. The doctor, Isabel Muñoz, who was studying at University Hospital del Valle, died from her injuries. The nurse, Maria Isabel Gonzalez, suffered multiple fractures but is in a stable condition. It is not clear what caused her to fall. A police investigation has been launched. “We don’t know what happened,” said hospital director Juan Carlos Corrales. “All we know for now is that we are living a tragedy here. It is a…