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Employees who were engaged to collect data as part of the 2018 Ghana Census on Agriculture (GCA) have served notice to the Ghana Statistical Services (GSS) that they will embark on a nationwide demonstration if it does not pay them allowances by the end of March. The  Ghana Census on Agriculture project, which was launched by the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, at Sefwi Wiawso in the Western North Region, is to collect data which will enable government formulate strategies and policies, as well as monitor and evaluate policies in the agriculture sector. Accordingly, the Ghana Statistical Services (GSS) in…

A human rights lawyer, Francis-Xavier Sosu, wants the Attorney General’s (AG) Department to take up the case in which a police officer was captured on video assaulting a woman at the Midland Savings and Loans Company. Lance Corporal Frederick Amanor Godzi was interdicted in the wake of the July 19, 2018 brutality on Ms Patience Osafo, which sparked public outrage. Criminal charges were leveled against him before a circuit court, but he was later discharged for ‘want of prosecution’. Police prosecutors were said to have claimed the victim, was not interested in the assault case against the accused, Amanor Godzi,…

Prison systems the world over in recent times have a responsibility to ensure the reformation and rehabilitation of prisoners under their care as the era of mere warehousing of offenders is long gone. This they do by taking the prisoner through structured regimes to ensure that upon discharge, the prisoner re-enters society truly reformed. Food plays a key role in the smooth administration of prisons as it has an influence on the quality of a prisoner’s life as well as his/her commitment to reformation. The unfortunate situation in Ghana’s prison system in this regard is that, our prisoners are fed…

By 3news.com|Ghana

A Kenyan Mathematics and Physics teacher who donates 80 percent of his salary to help impoverished young students has won the world’s best teacher award. Peter Tabichi was awarded the Fifth Varkey Foundation $1 million global teacher prize at a ceremony in Dubai on Sunday. The prize is awarded to a single teacher who has made an outstanding contribution to the profession and aims to shine a spotlight on the role that teachers play in society. Peter Tabichi won the prize from a pool of over 10,000 nominees from 179 countries. The winning educator will put their $1 million awarded…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reiterated government’s commitment and determination towards ensuring that development is spread across every part of the country without any form discrimination. “It is important for us that as Ghana goes forward, all the people of Ghana go forward together in unity, and in hope of a brighter future for our country,” he said on Saturday, when he delivered an address at the Parri Gbielle Festival, in Tumu, in the Upper West Region. This was after he received the title of “Nandong Tenge”, to wit “reliable friend”. President Akufo-Addo thanked the Tumu Kuoro, Richard…

A mini cargo truck carrying marijuana concealed in bags of charcoal crashed Saturday morning killing the driver and his conductor instantly. The accident happened at about 5:00am on the Accra-Kumasi highway after the driver was said to have ignored a signal by some security personnel to stop at a checkpoint around Linda Dor Rest Stop. Witnesses say while the driver was fleeing from the security personnel, he lost control of the truck as he negotiated a curve close to Anyinam in the Eastern Region, causing the truck to crash into another truck registered AS 992-S. The truck carrying the marijuana…

Government has commenced preparatory work on the implementation of the Right to Information Bill (RTI) ahead of its passage by parliament this week. Parliament has completed the consideration stage of the RTI bill after several policy changes and amendments and months of rigorous debates on the floor of the House. Currently there are new petitions asking for further amendments to provisions of the bill, but government says Parliament is minded to pass the bill into law this week, and send it for presidential assent soon thereafter. Minister for Information Kojo Oppong Nkrumah told a news conference in Accra Sunday that…

Government has initiated a campaign to rally supermarkets and foreign retail shops across the country to promote locally produced goods. The Food and Drugs Authority has in line with this ‘Made in Ghana Display’ initiative, commenced engagements with major supermarkets and retail outlets to allocate specific sections in their supermarkets and shops for made in Ghana products. “This is aimed at enhancing easy access to local products even in these shops and adding to efforts to deepen markets for made in Ghana products,” a statement from the government said Sunday. Addressing journalists in Accra, Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah and…

Government has initiated a campaign to rally supermarkets and foreign retail shops across the country to promote locally produced goods. The Food and Drugs Authority has in line with this ‘Made in Ghana Display’ initiative, commenced engagements with major supermarkets and retail outlets to allocate specific sections in their supermarkets and shops for made in Ghana products. “This is aimed at enhancing easy access to local products even in these shops and adding to efforts to deepen markets for made in Ghana products,” a statement from the government said Sunday. Addressing journalists in Accra, Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah and…