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GOIL Company Limited has rectified the issue of under-delivering of products at two of its fuel service stations in Accra. A recent routine checks by the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) revealed 10 fuel service stations in Greater Accra were under-delivering petroleum products from their pumps to customers, and consequently fined each of them 5,000 cedis. Shell, Motorway Extension; Total, McCarthyHill; GOIL Mile 11; Frimps Oil, Tetegu junction; GOIL, Galilea; Frimps Oil, Spintex Road; Glory Oil, Spintex Road; Allied Oil, Sakaman; Shell, Amanfrom West and Goodness Energy, Kasoa were named by the GSA as the stations cheating customers. OMCs to introduce…

The government of Ghana intends to establish a new university in the country as part of reforms being made to tertiary education. A draft policy document on tertiary education reforms captures, as one of the major priority areas, an “establishment of Open University Ghana”. An open university is one that has an open-door academic policy, with minimal or no entry requirements which usually employ specific teaching methods, such as open supported learning or distance education. At a special stakeholder engagement forum for Tertiary Education reforms at the University of Ghana Friday, June 14,  on the draft policy document that is…

The Toronto Raptors beat defending champions the Golden State Warriors 114-110 to win their first NBA title. Kawhi Leonard was named the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player, averaging 28.5 points, as the Raptors won the best-of-seven series 4-2. “It was heck of a 12 months,” Toronto head coach Nick Nurse said after his side clinched a first title in their 24-year history. “This is why I play basketball; this is what I work hard for,” added Leonard. The Warriors, who headed into the finals with back-to-back wins and had won three of the past four NBA titles, were without the…

An uncharacteristic auction of goats is expected to be conducted by the Ga West Municipal Assembly this afternoon (June 14) at Amasaman in the Greater Accra Region. The rare event will see four stray goats arrested a week ago, put up for sale to the highest bidder at exactly 3:00pm at the premises of the Assembly, an action notice sighted by 3news.com announced. “The goats would be auctioned to the general public on Friday, 14th June 2019 at 3pm prompt in the municipal assembly yard”, the notice signed by the Municipal Environmental Health officer, Christian Marku Teye-Angmor read in part.…

The US military has released a video which it says shows Iran’s Revolutionary Guard removing an unexploded mine from the side of an oil tanker damaged in an attack in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday. US officials also shared a photo of the Japanese tanker, apparently showing the unexploded mine before it was removed. A Norwegian tanker was also damaged. The US accused Iran of being behind the mine attacks. Iran said it “categorically rejects” the allegation. The blasts came a month after four oil tankers were damaged in an attack off the coast of the United Arab Emirates.…

The two Canadian women who were rescued by the security agencies in Kumasi last Wednesday after they had been abducted from the Royal Gulf Club in Kumasi on June 4, 2019 have arrived safely in Canada. The two women, Lauren Patricia Catherine Tilley, 19, and Bailey Jordan Chitty, 20, left Ghana last Wednesday evening aboard British Airways flight BA78 to Heathrow Airport in London, the United Kingdom. Sources at the Kotoka International Airport indicate that the flight, operated with a Boeing 747-436 series, took off at 11:07 p.m., after a 30-minute delay, but landed almost on schedule at 6:10 a.m.…

Source: 3news.com | Ghana

Education Minister Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh says government has no intention whatsoever to interfere in the management of tertiary institutions in the country. He said issues raised by some stakeholders that government intends to use the newly drafted Public Universities bill to take center stage in managing the affairs of public tertiary institutions, do not hold. Speaking at a forum on tertiary education reforms, Dr. Opoku Prempeh said government through the Ministry of Education is only seeking to rope in all universities under one policy to properly regulate the tertiary education sector. Government was criticised for trying to hide behind…

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has for the second time within the week, refuted claims that question papers for the ongoing Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) have been leaked. Some question papers have been popping up on social media, this week, as 517,332 of pupils across the country started writing the BECE from Monday, June 10. The examination is expected to come to an end, Friday, June  14 but has been riddled with alleged irregularities. Reacting to the leakage allegations, Thursday, June 13, Public Relations Officer of WAEC Agnes Teye Cudjoe told 3FM News they themselves have been monitoring…

In Ghana, when a female politician says anything unpalatable, you can almost predict the backlash… ‘’Go home and cook for your husband!’’ ‘’That’s why your husband divorced you!’’ ‘’You can’t even save your marriage and you want to save Ghana’’ ‘’Show us your husband!’’ It’s the second quarter of 2019 but this is how we silence women in a middle-income country that many call the gateway to Africa. Yet, many men and women will step up to challenge any one who leads the cause to advance gender parity. Why am I FEMINIST? Because you, you believe calling me ashawo should…