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Cape Town is in the unenviable situation of being the first major city in the modern era to face the threat of running out of drinking water. However, the plight of the drought-hit South African city is just one extreme example of a problem that experts have long been warning about – water scarcity. Despite covering about 70% of the Earth’s surface, water, especially drinking water, is not as plentiful as one might think. Only 3% of it is fresh. Over one billion people lack access to water and another 2.7 billion find it scarce for at least one month…

Officers and men of the Ghana Police Service have been admonished to resist the temptation to tie their destinies to the fortunes of political parties or to the ruling party of the day, as they have a unique role in safeguarding the integrity of the nation. According to President Akufo-Addo, a highly professional Police Service capable of discharging its duty without fear or favour would guarantee the safety of all citizens and foster national unity and cohesion. The Vice President of the Republic, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, gave the admonition when he read a speech on behalf of President Nana Addo…

Government is doing all within its power to provide the necessary logistics and resources to the Ghana Police Service to enable it discharge its duties effectively, especially in the wake of reports of indiscipline and lawlessness. Practical support, such as increased recruitment, rehabilitation and equipping of police stations across the country to standardize the infrastructure, as well as provision of protective gear, guns and ammunition would soon receive prominent attention. The Vice President of the Republic, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, announced these measures when he read a speech on behalf of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at the 47th Cadet Officers’…

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The mortal remains of the military officer who died in a car crash with Ghanaian dancehall artiste Ebony, will face court-martial, credible sources at the Ghana Armed Forces have told 3news.com According to the sources at the military high command, Lance Corporal Francis Atsu Vondee of the Ghana Air force stationed at the Accra Air force Base in Burma Camp was not officially deployed for the bodyguard duties. The 29-year-old officer, who was travelling with Ebony died when their Jeep crashed a VIP bus Thursday night on the Sunyani-Kumasi highway while returning to Accra from Sunyani in the Brong Ahafo…

The Bureau of National Investigation (BNI) has released the man who was arrested for allegedly taking and leaking pictures of some bulletproof vehicles procured by the Mahama-led government for the presidency prior to the end of its tenure. Onua FM reported Friday morning that the 28- year-old man, Andy Abraham, had been picked up by the BNI for taking pictures of the vehicles and circulating same on social media. The man, who works with AVIANS at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra, left home for work Tuesday and never returned. In an interview on Onua FM’s morning show Yensempa, a…

Music lovers were thrown into shock when “poulele” hitmaker Terry Bonchaka passed on in October 2003 through a car accident. Clearly, it was arguably one of the celebrity deaths that hit the country like a “bolt from the blue”. Following the unfortunate death, a number of Ghanaian entertainers have also died in similar circumstances. Ebony’s untimely death Thursday evening has not only surprised Ghanaians, it has unsettled nerves and sent many recalling a similar fate that rocked the entertainment world and the entire country when Terry bonchaka lost his life after his car hit a tree on the Madina-Legon road.…

The Minority in Parliamenton Friday observed a minute silent for the fast rising Ghanaian dancehall artiste, Priscilla Opoku Kwarteng, aka Ebony, who died in a road accident Thursday night on the Sunyani-Kumasi highway. Ebony who was returning from a visit to her mother who just returned from the UK, died in a car crash at Nyamebekyere near Abesewa in the Brong Ahafo Region when the Jeep she was travelling in rammed into a VIP bus. She was in the company of three others- the driver of the Jeep, her friend and a military officer said to be her bodyguard. Three…

The family of the late Alhaji Sulemana Braimah, popularly known as Alhaji Hearts, a former Board member of Accra Hearts of Oak and an Executive Member of the Ghana Football Association, called on former President Jerry John Rawlings on Wednesday to formerly inform him of Alhaji Braimah’s demise. The delegation, which was led by Alhaji Saeed Mumin presented the traditional kola to the former President and informed him that Alhaji Hearts died at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital on Wednesday January 31 after a short illness. President Rawlings and his team, which included Mr. Kobina Andoh Amoakwa and Mr. Isaac…

The Founder President of the Dubai-based global conglomerate, the Thumbay Group, has lauded the Ghana government’s serious-minded approach to the establishment and growth of private sector businesses. “Ghana is a serious country to do business and we are happy to be here” Dr Thumbay Moideen declared at the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding for the establishment of a Thumbay Teaching Hospital and a medical university to be known as the Gulf Medical University (GMU) in Ghana. “From the research done by our team in Africa – we have been to almost all countries – Ghana is the best place…