Author: Krobea

Barely 48 hours after TV3’s report on the invasion of cocoa farms by armyworms within the Ejisu-Juaben and Mampong municipalities of the Ashanti Region, the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has intervened. The Cocoa Health Extension Division of COCOBOD has presented several boxes of insecticide to affected cocoa farmers to control the spread of the pests. Farmers in 25 cocoa-growing communities within the Ejisu-Juaben and Mampong municipalities have been thrown in frustration as they are on the verge of losing their investments to the invasion by the worms. The pests have within two days destroyed over 50 acres of cocoa farms…

Youth who fled Ekpu, a fishing community near Half Assini in the Jomoro District of the Western Region, for fear of being brutalized by police are yet to return to the town, according to the Assemblyman of the community. Peter Miezah explained that this situation has slowed down economic activity in the area especially since most of the youths are into fishing which is a major source of livelihood for the community. It would be recalled that Onua FM broke the story of how Police from the Western Regional Command numbering about 100 invaded the small fishing community in the…

The world’s first vaccine against malaria will be introduced in three countries – Ghana, Kenya and Malawi – starting in 2018. The RTS,S vaccine trains the immune system to attack the malaria parasite, which is spread by mosquito bites. The World Health Organization (WHO) said the jab had the potential to save tens of thousands of lives. But it is not yet clear if it will be feasible to use in the poorest parts of the world. The vaccine needs to be given four times – once a month for three months and then a fourth dose 18 months later.…

The retired Vice-Chancellor of the University of Professional Studies, Accra, Professor Joshua Alabi, is readying to launch a bid to contest the presidential primary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), 3news.com has gathered. High-placed sources told 3news.com that the former NDC Member of Parliament (MP) for Krowor Constituency has the support of some bigwigs in the opposition party to be its flagbearer in 2020. The former Greater Accra Region Minister left the political limelight in 2001, when he lost his seat but wants to return to lead the party in the 2020 presidential polls. NDC lost the 2016 elections, having…

Students of Bolgatanga Polytechnic on Monday staged a demonstration against executive of the Students Representative Council (SRC) over what they say is the mismanagement of funds. According to the irate students, the buying of a 12-seater van at GH¢66,000 is way beyond normal. The students demand a refund or the entire executive resign en mass. The SRC explained that it purchased the Nissan caravan in January 2017 for the use of student body. A total of GH¢70,000 was involved in getting the van to the Sumbrungu campus from Accra. But after a majority of the students described the cost as…

Two days after fire at Gold Coast Fund Management and GN Bank, business is back as clients are being served Monday morning. According to Groupe Nduom’s Research General Manager, Sammy Ampa, the Gold Coast Fund Management and GN Bank have both been moved to their former premises, where they started operating from. They are within the Groupe Nduom’s compound, he said. Clients were seen being served in a make-shift structure as the former place is being set up.  According to Sammy Ampa, their systems and client information are all intact. He added that the bank’s money was kept in a…

A 12-year-old boy who was apparently trying to drive across Australia has been stopped by police 1,300km (800 miles) into his journey. The boy was pulled over in Broken Hill in the New South Wales outback on Saturday after a patrol noticed the car’s bumper dragging on the ground. Police said the boy had been attempting to drive 4,000km from Kendall in NSW to Perth, Western Australia. He was arrested and taken to Broken Hill police station. His parents, who had reported him missing, picked him up on Sunday. The journey from Kendall to Broken Hill involves driving hundreds of…

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Man Kaur, a 101-year-old athlete from India, won the 100 metres sprint at the World Masters Games in Auckland on Monday, celebrating with a little dance. Ms Kaur completed the race in one minute 14 seconds and was the only athlete to compete in her age category. She has been dubbed the “miracle from Chandigarh” in New Zealand’s media. She was cleared to run after a medical examination. She started her athletic career at the age of 93 with her son, Gurdev. Source: BBC

GOLDMAN ENVIRONMENTAL PRIZE Ranger Rodrigue Katembo has been kidnapped and attacked and has suffered mock executions while protecting the Virunga National Park in the DRC An ex-child soldier who has spent years risking his life to fight illegal mining and wildlife poaching has been given a prestigious award. The Goldman prize for park ranger Rodrigue Mugaruka Katembo, from the Democratic Republic of Congo, honours “environmental defenders” worldwide. It comes as new analysis shows more environmental activists were killed in the last year than ever before. Mr Katembo is one of several winners of this year’s award. He has been tortured…