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Former President John Mahama has asked President Nana Akufo-Addo and his government to admit they do not have the answers to the challenges facing the economy, which has caused a rapid depreciation of the cedi against major international trading currencies. “The recent free fall of the cedi against all major foreign currencies, may be exposing a deeper malaise in the ‘fundamentals of the economy,’” Mahama argued in a Facebook post Thursday. He said the time has come for the Akufo-Addo to come clean on his shortcomings in managing the economy to save it from deterioration, indicating that will not take…

Police are firing warning shots and teargas at the University of Education Winneba (UEW) in a bid to push back student protestors who have since Tuesday been demanding the reinstatement of some dismissed lecturers. At least 10 people have suffered varied degrees of injuries and currently receiving treatment at the university campus clinic, one of the students who witness the incident told 3news.com. Personnel from the Formed Police Unit called in as reinforcement have clashed with the protesting students who are throwing stones in response to what they have described as police highhandedness in the peaceful protest. Students are destroying…

Parliament will today begin vetting of 19 new government ministers-designate and deputy ministers-designate for the newly created regions as well as those announced by president Akufo-Addo in his last reshuffle two weeks ago. Catherine Afeku removed as Tourism Minister in latest reshuffle Three ministers-designate – Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah for Western Region, Solomon Namliit Boar for North East Region, Kofi Amoakohene for Bono East Region and Kingsley Aboagye Gyedu for Western North Region – are expected to be vetted today. Mr. Kwasi Owusu Yeboah [Oti Region], Barbara Oteng Gyasi [Tourism, Arts & Culture], Mrs Evelyn Ama Kumi-Richardson [Bono Region] and Dr.…

The dismissed staff of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) will be reinstated, 3news.com has gathered. High-placed sources confirmed on Thursday that the staff including local President of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) Dr Frimpong Kaakyire Duku will return to post. The sacking, suspension and demotion of about 30 staff by the Governing Council triggered a spate of protests from the student body. Chaos during protests on Thursday led to the indefinite closure of the school by the Central Regional Security Council. The protesting students in demanding the reinstatement of the sacked lecturers called for the head of…

Facebook has suffered the most severe outage in its history, with key services rendered unusable for users globally for much of Wednesday. The last time Facebook had a disruption of this magnitude was in 2008, when the site had 150m users – compared with around 2.3bn monthly users today. Facebook’s main product, its two messaging apps and image-sharing site Instagram were all affected. The cause of the interruption has not yet been made public. Facebook’s apps seemed to be recovering on Thursday morning, with Instagram announcing it was back. “We’re aware that some people are currently having trouble accessing the Facebook…

Boeing has grounded its entire global fleet of 737 Max aircraft after investigators uncovered new evidence at the scene of the fatal Ethiopian Airlines crash. The US plane-maker said it would suspend all 371 of the aircraft. The Federal Aviation Administration said fresh evidence as well as newly refined satellite data prompted the decision to temporarily ban the jets. The FAA had previously held out while many countries banned the aircraft. All 157 passengers and crew died in Sunday’s crash. Ethiopian Airlines said on Thursday that the black box flight recorders from the aircraft have been flown to Paris for…

Police are firing warning shots and teargas at the University of Education Winneba (UEW) in a bid to push back student protestors who have since Tuesday been demanding the reinstatement of some dismissed lecturers. At least 10 people have suffered varied degrees of injuries and currently receiving treatment at the university campus clinic, one of the students who witness the incident told 3news.com. Personnel from the Formed Police Unit called in as reinforcement have clashed with the protesting students who are throwing stones in response to what they have described as police highhandedness in the peaceful protest. Students are destroying…

The Finance Committee of Parliament has given the go-ahead for some GH¢2 billion to be approved for the issuance of a sovereign guarantee for the Ghana Amalgamated Trust (GAT) Limited. This is aimed at lending support to some indigenous Ghanaian banks. The Ghana Amalgamated Trust was formed off the back of reforms within the banking sector to enable some five banks come together and be able to meet the minimum capital requirement. In order to meet the minimum capital, Agricultural Development Bank (ADB), National Investment Bank (NIB), UMB Bank, Prudential Bank and the merged BSIC and Omni Bank were to…

President Donald Trump has issued an emergency order to ground all Boeing 737 Max aircraft following the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines jet on Sunday. The Federal Aviation Administration had previously held out while many countries banned the aircraft from flying over their airspace. President Trump said the planes would now be grounded until Boeing “comes up with a solution”. The US is the last country to suspend the aircraft following the disaster. The crash in Addis Ababa killed 157 people. It was the second fatal Max 8 disaster in five month after one crashed over Indonesia in October, killing…