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Universal Merchant Bank (UMB) has empowered small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) customers on “Managing Cash Cycle of SMEs”. A statement issued by the UMB said for the second consecutive year and in line with the Bank’s strategic goal of setting new standards in SME banking, UMB has successfully hosted an engaging SME Clinic for some of its SME customers in Accra. It said the seminar, delivered by Mr Eyram Atsu, Consulting Director for Credit, UMB, was held in the Bank’s head office in Airport City, Accra on the topic: “Managing Cash Cycle of SMEs”. In his submission, Mr Atsu provided…

The Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) has defended the ECG-PDS concession agreement, stating all the necessary documents on the deal were thoroughly scrutinised and due diligence done to safeguard the interest of Ghana. “Contrary to widely circulated publications, discussions, and allegations, MiDA has never acted against the supreme interest of Ghana,” it said in a statement Thursday to set the record straight on the suspended agreement. The suspension of the deal by the government over “fundamental and material breaches” in the deal triggered calls for heads to roll at MiDA, which supervised the deal that saw ECG hand over its asserts…

The Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) has defended the ECG-PDS concession agreement, stating all the necessary documents on the deal were thoroughly scrutinised and due diligence done to safeguard the interest of Ghana. “Contrary to widely circulated publications, discussions, and allegations, MiDA has never acted against the supreme interest of Ghana,” it said in a statement Thursday to set the record straight on the suspended agreement. The suspension of the deal by the government over “fundamental and material breaches” in the deal triggered calls for heads to roll at MiDA, which supervised the deal that saw ECG hand over its asserts…

Gun wielding National Security operatives from Accra have picked up four Indian gold dealers and two of their Ghanaian workers from their residence in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. It is unclear what triggered the seeming arrest of the six individuals from their Ahodwo residence Wednesday dawn. Laptop computers, phones and a bag containing unspecified amount of money were also seized in the operation. A CCTV camera recording unit and a wifi unit for the Indians were also seized, sources told 3news.com. A source within the National Security Office in Kumasi has confirmed their counterparts from Accra carried out the…

President Nana Akufo-Addo and the Ghana Police Service can no longer be trusted to bring finality to the case of the three kidnapped Takoradi girls, private legal practitioner Edudzi Tamakloe has said. He argued the discovery of some body parts, which some say, could be that of the three girls, clearly defeats the hopes the Police and the President have been giving the families of the girls all along. Police find human parts suspected to be kidnapped T’di girls “We are beginning to think that these are their remains in the septic tanks, you cannot trust this president, the level…

A Ghanaian mariner, Jewel Ahiagble, who worked on contract as an Electrical Engineer on a vessel which was hijacked by Somali pirates for about 1000 days in 2009, has survived narrowly to give a harrowing account of the voyage. Opening up for the first time since the crew’s rescue in 2012, Mr. Ahiagble recounted the chilling tale of torture, violent abuses, deaths, anxiety and trauma to host Winston Amoah on the #RoadtoGlory segment of 3FM’s Sunrise. He gives a graphic account of how he got on board the ship, how it was taken over by the pirates, the maltreatment the…

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), has warned all social media marketing agencies advertising sales of all kinds of unregistered medical devices, food and products, whether imported or locally manufactured to desist from the practice. It noted that the act contravened the Public Health Act 2012, (Act 851) which empowered the Authority to test and approve drug, food, medical devices, household chemicals, tobacco and tobacco products, amongst others before being sold on the market. The FDA stated that “a person shall not advertise a drug, a herbal medicinal product, cosmetic, medical device, or household chemical substance to the general public…

The Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has invited a pathologist from the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital to examine the human remains found behind the residence of the prime suspect in the case of the three kidnapped Takoradi girls. Police will commence immediate forensic examination on the bones found once the pathologist is available, 3news.com has gathered. It is almost a year since the three girls went missing in the Western Region capital of Takoradi. But as part of investigations into the  matter, key suspect Samuel Udoetek-Willis led some police personnel to his residence on Friday, August…

Inevitably, before I wrote a single sentence of this article, I put some washing on, made a cup of tea, answered my emails, checked Facebook and read a couple of blogs. By then of course the washing was done and I could procrastinate for a bit longer by hanging it out to dry in the garden and watering my plants while I was there. This didn’t really matter, because, as you can see, I got round to writing this in the end and still delivered it on time. We all procrastinate a bit, but it becomes a problem if it…

Inevitably, before I wrote a single sentence of this article, I put some washing on, made a cup of tea, answered my emails, checked Facebook and read a couple of blogs. By then of course the washing was done and I could procrastinate for a bit longer by hanging it out to dry in the garden and watering my plants while I was there. This didn’t really matter, because, as you can see, I got round to writing this in the end and still delivered it on time. We all procrastinate a bit, but it becomes a problem if it…