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A new study from Harvard’s School of Public Health investigated the mental health and physical wellbeing of children and teenagers who were raised with religious or spiritual practices and found a lot of benefits. The research, published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, found that those who attended religious services at least once a week as children or teens were 18 percent more likely to report being happier in their twenties than those who never attended services. If that isn’t enough of a benefit to wrangle your kids into church clothes on a Sunday morning, the researchers also found that kids who went to…

Family praying in church — Image by © Ocean/Corbis[/caption] A new study from Harvard’s School of Public Health investigated the mental health and physical wellbeing of children and teenagers who were raised with religious or spiritual practices and found a lot of benefits. The research, published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, found that those who attended religious services at least once a week as children or teens were 18 percent more likely to report being happier in their twenties than those who never attended services. If that isn’t enough of a benefit to wrangle your kids into church clothes on a Sunday morning,…

Yango, a technological ride-hailing App in Europe which launched its taxi service onto the Ghanaian market on Thursday, June 6, 2019, has received its first share of the country’s road crashes. On Saturday, June 8, at about 3:30pm, a tipper truck loaded with sand from Okponglo crashed into about 5 vehicles, including a Yango taxi with registration number GT 8244-17 at University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) junction leaving two passengers in critical condition. Though the police are yet to establish the main cause of the accident, some drivers and passengers who were involved in the accident blamed it on…

Former Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Nana Oye Lithur,  has said there is the need to make stiffer laws on the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) which appears to be prevalent in some towns in the Upper East Region of Ghana. Broadcast Journalist with the Media General Group, Sarah Parku, travelled to Pusiga in the Upper East Region where she discovered that even though FMG has been outlawed, it is still a common practice, but done on the low. Packaged into a documentary titled “Apostles of Pain”, which has started airing on TV3, the journalist details the…

The fate of the pupils of the Kori Primary and Junior High School at Sandema in the Builsa North district of the Upper East Region hung in the balance as the rainy season sets in. The early rains of the season have rendered the only linking-bridge on the road leading to the school useless, compelling  authorities to close the school each time the clouds gather. Pupils are also unable to go to school each time it rains because the road, 3news.com gathers, becomes inaccessible. A source close to the school reports that until the rains set in, the school was…

Christopher Guest More Jr was added to Europe’s most wanted list in April photo: CHESHIRE POLICE[/caption] One of Europe’s most wanted fugitives, who has been on the run for 16 years, has been arrested in Malta over the brutal murder of a man. Christopher Guest More Jr, 41, left the UK after Brian Waters was tortured and beaten to death in front of his two adult children in 2003. He is alleged to have gone to Mr Waters’ farm in Knutsford, Cheshire, to settle a drugs debt. He was arrested on Thursday night, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said. Three…

Third runner-up in the 2019 TV3’s Talented Kidz reality show, Sconzy Gh, has said he aspires to be the new wave that will redefine dancehall music and give it a new outlook. The young dancehall artiste observed that there is a negative perception about dancehall and its artistes that he wants to change. Speaking on TV3’s New Day, he said he wants to prove to the world it is possible to have dancehall done with decent language. “When anybody is doing dancehall, they see dancehall to be something bad but I want to change the style”, Sconzy Gh said. “I…

Third runner-up in the 2019 TV3’s Talented Kidz reality show, Sconzy Gh, has said he aspires to be the new wave that will redefine dancehall music and give it a new outlook. The young dancehall artiste observed that there is a negative perception about dancehall and its artistes that he wants to change. Speaking on TV3’s New Day, he said he wants to prove to the world it is possible to have dancehall done with decent language. “When anybody is doing dancehall, they see dancehall to be something bad but I want to change the style”, Sconzy Gh said. “I…

Norway scored three first-half goals on the way to an easy win over Nigeria in their opening Group A game at the 2019 Women’s World Cup in Reims. The 1995 world champions took the lead when Guro Reiten’s shot deflected off Onome Ebi into the net. Lisa-Marie Utland fired through the hands of keeper Tochukwu Oluehi to make it 2-0 before an own goal by Osinachi Ohale compounded Nigeria’s misery. Norway are level on points with hosts France, who they face on Wednesday. Ingrid Hjelmseth, Norway’s 39-year-old goalkeeper, had little to do as Nigeria struggled to carve out chances. On…

In the spate of just two hours, seven child labourers were rescued from their fishing masters on the Krachi West district stretch of the Volta lake in the Oti region. This was in an operation championed by the Centre for Human Rights, Conflict, and Peace Studies, an advocacy group at the University of Education, Winneba. During a study tour of the district which has gained a seeming notoriety as a major transit point for child trafficking and child labour, some of the child labourers, aged between 8 and 12 years, were working without supervision whilst others appeared to be severely…