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A student of the Presbyterian Women’s College of Education, Sarah Boateng Amoako has been diagnosed with severe brain tumor, and urgently needs an amount of GHȻ80,000 to undergo surgery. According to doctors, the 22-year old needs to undergo urgent surgery within the next two weeks, the absence of which could lead to losing her life. She is therefore appealing to the public for financial assistance to enable her get urgent surgical treatment within two weeks. Ms Amoako was diagnosed with the condition in April 2019.  In October 2018, she completely lost her vision in the left eye which was attributed…

Head of financial institutions and supervision department of the Bank of Ghana, Joseph Amoa-Awuah, says about 30 directors and shareholders of microfinance companies whose licenses have been revoked for being insolvent are being investigated. According to him, there is an ongoing audit of all the companies that have been closed down. The BoG last week announced the revocation of the licences of 386 microfinance companies citing insolvency and dormancy. Meanwhile, the central bank has said it will investigate the causes and bring to book those who have contributed to the collapse of the companies. Speaking on TV3’s Business Focus programme…

Head of financial institutions and supervision department of the Bank of Ghana, Joseph Amoa-Awuah, says about 30 directors and shareholders of microfinance companies whose licenses have been revoked for being insolvent are being investigated. According to him, there is an ongoing audit of all the companies that have been closed down. The BoG last week announced the revocation of the licences of 386 microfinance companies citing insolvency and dormancy. Meanwhile, the central bank has said it will investigate the causes and bring to book those who have contributed to the collapse of the companies. Speaking on TV3’s Business Focus programme…

Member of Parliament for Klottey Korle, Dr. Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, on Tuesday called on Ghanaians to hold their leaders accountable, stating that if they do not perform to their expectation the people must ask them to give account and do the proper thing. The member of parliament, who is also the first daughter of leader of the June 4 uprising, former President Jerry John Rawlings, said it was imperative that the electorate vote on issues that they know are possible. In a passionate delivery at a durbar to climax activities marking the 40th anniversary of the June 4 uprising, Dr. Rawlings said,…

Source: 3news.com | Ghana

Security forces, seen here on Monday, moved against protesters after a long stand-off photo: AFP[/caption] The number of people killed in a crackdown on pro-democracy protests in the Sudanese capital Khartoum has risen to 60, an opposition group says. Members of a feared paramilitary group are reported to be roaming the streets attacking civilians. The violence began when forces of the Transitional Military Council (TMC) opened fire on unarmed protesters on Monday. The military has faced international condemnation for the attack. An attempt at the UN Security Council to condemn the violence was blocked on Tuesday by China, backed by…

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has congratulated Muslims on the successful conclusion of the period of Ramadan. “Let me congratulate all Muslims for the successful conclusion of the period of Ramadan. Your 30-day period of fast is aimed at cleansing us of our sins and renewing our relationship with Allah,” the former President said, as part of his keynote address at the 40th anniversary durbar of the June 4 uprising in Nungua on Tuesday. “As you break your fast with the Eid ul Fitr festival, we all join you in giving thanks to Allah for his generous guidance and protection. Eid…

Media General has been presented with a citation in honour of its partnership with Methodist Church-Ghana in the campaign against tramadol abuse. Presenting the citation, the Satellite Youth Fellowship of the Church in the North Accra diocese said it was “grateful to TV3 Network for being a media partner at its Gorbefest 2018”. ‘We could not have done it without you,” part of the citation read. The 2018 Gorbefest celebration was under the theme: ‘Rescue the Perishing: A Task to Fight Tramadol Abuse’. GorbeFest is an annual food festival for the youth of the Methodist Church nationwide to promote evangelism…

A Tamale High Court presided over by Justice Richard Kogyapwah has remanded into prison custody the 37-year-old man arrested last Sunday on-board a Metro Mass Transit bus at Yendi with ten boxes containing 250 cartridges. NHIS official arrested for transporting 250 ammunition to Chereponi The suspect, Mohammed Gushie, who is an official of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), was arrested on his way to Chereponi in the North East Region. He was charged with possessing of ammunition without a valid permit. In court Tuesday, Mr. Gushie pleaded not guilty to the charge, but was remanded into prison custody to…

Why do men cheat? And why do they sometimes continue cheating after they’re caught, even in the face of profoundly unwanted consequences like divorce, loss of parental contact, loss of social standing? A new study by Dr. Lethat Mango suggests a man who cheats and on his girlfriend or wife are more loyal and faithful than men who don’t cheat. Many dynamics can play into a man’s decision to engage in infidelity. In his study he found that men who cheat have so much love they can’t control themselves, and sometimes this leads to cheating, but he cheats because he…