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Director of Corporate Affairs at Consumer Advocacy Ghana (CAC) Benjamin Essuman says the National Communications Authority (NCA) and telecommunication companies should be blamed for illegal SIM card registrations which leads to SIM box fraud among other crimes. Speaking on Onua FM’s Yen Nsempa on Thursday, Mr. Essuman said there are laws governing the sale of SIM cards in the country irrespective of what the consumer intends to use the card for, but some telcos turn a blind eye to some of their vendors selling without proper registration. “SIM cards cannot be sold like tomatoes or porridge would be sold in…

Academic activities came to a halt after fire destroyed the JHS block of Ampayoo-Krofrom D/A School in the Ashanti region. The fire is reported to have gutted the structure around 2am Thursday. The fire ravaged three classrooms, a storeroom, and the headmistress office. Several items including a laptop computer, printer, textbooks and other valuable materials were completely destroyed. The over 150 pupils displaced looked stranded at the time the news team visited the school. The Atwima Kwanwoma District Director of Education, Victor de-Graft Etsison, visited the school to ascertain the extent of damage. He told 3news.com that arrangement is being…

All is set for the first Media General Start-up Fair and Funding Summit in the Ashanti Region capital, Kumasi. The Fair, the second of its kind after a successful first edition in Accra, will see over 75 start-ups and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) exhibit their products and services, make sales and network for future benefits. As was the case last year in Accra, where the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) and the Venture Capital Trust Fund selected some start-ups and supported them in various ways, the exhibitors in Kumasi will enjoy bigger and better packages. Speaking ahead of…

All is set for the first Media General Start-up Fair and Funding Summit in the Ashanti Region capital, Kumasi. The Fair, the second of its kind after a successful first edition in Accra, will see over 75 start-ups and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) exhibit their products and services, make sales and network for future benefits. As was the case last year in Accra, where the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) and the Venture Capital Trust Fund selected some start-ups and supported them in various ways, the exhibitors in Kumasi will enjoy bigger and better packages. Speaking ahead of…

A woman passed out mid-oral sex after her imminent orgasm caused a small stroke. The unnamed 44-year-old was enjoying the fruits of her lover’s labor when she lost consciousness for two to three minutes. He rushed her to the hospital, fearing she had suffered a fit. When they arrived, the man told medics his partner’s body had gone stiff during the episode. She felt sick when she arrived at the hospital and was suffering a nasty headache, which she scored as a 6 out of 10 on the pain scale. CT scan showed burst aneurysm Doctors led by Yunus Gokdogan…

A woman passed out mid-oral sex after her imminent orgasm caused a small stroke. The unnamed 44-year-old was enjoying the fruits of her lover’s labor when she lost consciousness for two to three minutes. He rushed her to the hospital, fearing she had suffered a fit. When they arrived, the man told medics his partner’s body had gone stiff during the episode. She felt sick when she arrived at the hospital and was suffering a nasty headache, which she scored as a 6 out of 10 on the pain scale. CT scan showed burst aneurysm Doctors led by Yunus Gokdogan…

The year-on-year inflation rate rises slightly to 9.5 per cent in April from 9.3 per cent in March on account of increases in inflation rate of the non-food group. Mr David Yenukwa Kombat, the Deputy Government Statistician, at a press briefing in Accra, said the monthly change in April was 1.1 per cent, compared to the 1.2 per cent recorded for March. He said the year-on-year non-food inflation rate was 10.4 per cent in April, up from 9.7 per cent recorded for March 2019. On the other hand, the year-on-year food inflation rate is lower at 7.3 per cent, representing…

The Child Health Department of the Greater Accra Regional Hospital has benefited from a donation of health items from the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) to support the Child Health Campaign of the hospital. Executive Secretary Mami Dufie Ofori, who led the commission’s staff donated the items to the hospital in good measure to commemorate the Mother’s Day celebration and to contribute to health delivery in Ghana. The commission donated several items including thermometers, plastic chairs, mats, toys, projecting screens, detergents among others to the department. Receiving the items on behalf of the hospital, head of child health department ,…

President Donald Trump has declared a national emergency to protect US computer networks from “foreign adversaries”. He signed an executive order which effectively bars US companies from using foreign telecoms believed to pose national security risks. The order does not name any company, but is believed to target Huawei. The Chinese tech giant said restricting its business in the US would only hurt American consumers and companies. Several countries, led by the US, have raised concerns in recent months that Huawei products could be used by China for surveillance, allegations the company has vehemently denied. The US has been pressuring…

200 Ghanaians students have left Ghana to study various medical science programmes in Cuba for eight years. The students, who are under the sponsorship of the Ghana National Petroleum Company (GNPC) Foundation are made up of 170 undergraduates 30 graduates. They have been scheduled to depart in batches as a result of flight constraints. This follows an agreement between the Ghana government and the government of Cuba to grant students of Ghana scholarship to study medicine in Cuba. Students were selected from deprived communities throughout the country to train in Cuba and come back to serve those communities on completion.…