Author: newsfilegh

Source: 3news.com 

With her best foot forward, Baaba from the Central Region gave off her best performance ever at this year’s Ghana’s Most Beautiful television pageant by scoring a hat trick on Sunday. Baaba who performed as a radio show guest on Accra-based Onua FM, and analysed Ghana’s media vis-à-vis religion, was adjudged the star performer for the night. She was hosted by Nhyiraba Aggrey  She beat competition from the five remaining contestants in the competition to win the Best Costume award for the night and was also adjudged the Most Disciplined contestant for the week. Serwaa from the Eastern Region grabbed the…

Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire will on Tuesday sign an agreement in Accra to guide the two countries in the implementation of the landmark judgement in the maritime dispute between them. A joint Commission will also be inaugurated to spearhead the implementation of judgement passed by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) on the delimitation of the maritime boundaries of Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire. President of Cote d’Ivoire, Alassane Dramane Ouattara will arrive in Ghana on Monday for a two-day state visit during which he will sign the agreement with President Nana Akufo-Addo. A protracted maritime dispute…

It was a power-packed show and an eviction night last week Sunday. The theme for the evening was Marriage: barrenness, extravagant weddings, divorce and ‘knocking’ requirements were some topics treated. Talata representing the Upper East region and Yaa, Ashanti region were the evictees and they bid goodbye to their friends, besides the chance to win the car, crown and cash. But they didn’t leave empty handed. They each received sponsor hampers from Ena Pa mackerel and Sasso insecticide spray and GHC 1,000.00 cash prize. The night saw Nana, Western region walking away with the Star performer and Most eloquent awards.…

Three major roads within the Accra Metropolis will be closed to vehicular traffic for hours on Monday, the Police in Accra have announced. At exactly 11:00am, the roads from the Kwame Nkrumah Avenue towards Accra central, the Atta Mills Highway [from James Town towards Osu] and the Liberation Road towards the central business district, will be sealed off. The temporary closure of the roads is to allow for what the Police termed as “ceremonial procession” by the President of Cote d’Ivoire, Alassane Dramane Ouattara will be on a State visit to Ghana Monday. The roads will be re-opened after the…

A well solar-powered irrigation system has been install at Tindongo in the Talensi District of the Upper East Region to boost agriculture during the dry season. Sponsored by the Accra Brewery Limited (ABL), the GHC80, 000 irrigation system is intend to benefit over 1,700 persons and offers an alternative to rain-fed agriculture. Poor rainfall pattern in the northern part of Ghana, especially in the Upper East, has been affecting farming activities, causing a reduction in food production. The provision of the irrigation system for the people forms part of ABL’s corporate social responsibility programmes. The company said the system would…

The United Nations has appointed a former National Coordinator of the National Disaster Management Organisation of Ghana to head the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF). UNDOF ‘s mandate is to maintain ceasefire between Israel and Syria; Supervise the disengagement of Israeli and Syrian forces; and Supervise the areas of separation and limitation, as provided in the May 1974 Agreement on Disengagement. Major General Francis Vib-Sanziri’s appointment was announced Saturday by the UN Secretary General António Guterres. Maj. General Vib-Sanziri succeeds Major General Jai Shanker Menon of India, who completed his assignment on 30 September. Since joining the Ghanaian Armed Forces…

The Member of Parliament for Assin South Constituency in the Central Region, Rev John Ntim Fordjour, has asked Ghanaian businessmen and women to slow down on the increasing investments in fuel stations and look for other avenues. The Assin South legislator said “I will throw a challenge to Ghanaian businessmen to tone down the appetite of setting up fuel stations because it looks as if everyone gets money or funding and sites fuel or gas stations”. The New Patriotic Party (NPP) MP told Winston Amoah on 3FM’s Sun Rise that he would have wished people do invest in agriculture, manufacturing,…

There were sporadic firing of gunshots amidst drumming in the palace of the late Nakpa-Na Salifu Dawuni in Bimbila Saturday evening, 3news.com’s correspondent in the Northern region has confirmed. “Yes, the firing of muskets and drumming is ongoing and I can hear it from here, it’s unfortunate but it is true”, the District Security Council and the Nanumba-North District Chief Executive, Abdulai Yakubu corroborated what our correspondent Zubaida Ismail reported. Due to the precarious situation in the area, such an activity should be carried out with the prior knowledge of the head of DISEC, but he tells 3news.com nothing of…

The first scheduled commercial airline service to the remote British island of St Helena in the south Atlantic has touched down safely. The virgin flight, an SA Airlink service from South Africa, ends the island’s long-standing reliance on a ship which sailed every three weeks. It is hoped that the service, funded by the UK, will boost tourism and help make St Helena more self-sufficient. But British media have dubbed it “the most useless airport in the world”. Built with £285m ($380m) of funding from the UK Department for International Development (Dfid), the airport should have opened in 2016, but…