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Sunda International Ghana Ltd., a Chinese company operating in Ghana, has donated cash and relief items totalling forty thousand Ghana cedis (GHc40,000) to victims of Saturday night’s atomic junction gas explosion at the 37 military Hospital in Accra. The Sunda international donation comes in immediate response to appeals made to corporate Ghana by Vice president Mahamudu Bawumia on Sunday morning to assist surviving victims, most of whom are currently on admission at the 37 military hospital. The devastating explosion, the cause of which is not yet known, claimed seven (7) lives including a cameraman of NET2 TV and severely injured 132 others. Managing…

Mr. Anthony Kwaku Amoah, the Deputy Public Relations Officer (PRO) of Ghana Education Service (GES), has urged parents to intensify their collaboration with the government and the GES in the provision of good-quality education to the pupils and youth of the country. Speaking recently at the 5th anniversary celebrations of Anquist College Complex, which was under the theme, “Changing communities through education: the role of stakeholders”, Mr. Anthony Amoah said it was absurd for any community to wait for the president of the country to cut a sod before they thought of how to construct a toilet facility for children…

  The founder and first President of the African University College of Communications (AUCC), Mr. Kojo Yankah has officially launched his autobiography titled “Our Motherland – My Life” in Accra. The launch, held at AUCC, is the second of three scheduled launch events associated with his book. The book was officially launched in the United States of America in September. This riveting book touches mostly on Mr. Yankah’s life in public service as a communicator and a politician, as well as his private life as an entrepreneur in the field of communication and education. In his address, Yankah revealed that…

The Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) has granted a four-year full scholarship to Ms. Regina Akomah, a needy but brilliant visually impaired lady to acquire tertiary education. Having missed an earlier opportunity due to financial difficulties, Ms. Akomah gained admission for the second time to study for a Bachelor of Education (Special Education) degree at the University of Education, Winneba beginning the 2017/18 academic year. The sponsorship package includes full tuition and hostel fees to be paid at the beginning of each year for four years beginning the 2017/2018 academic year. The Managing Director of the Bank, Dr. John Kofi Mensah…

The Member of Parliament for Wa East Constituency in the Upper West, Godfrey Bayon Tangu says he is alive and kicking, contrary to rumors that he was dead. The denial follows reports of his death that flooded the social media on early hours of Tuesday. The Wa East legislator who spoke with Onua Fm on his way to Parliament said “I am not dead and I don’t know if dead people talk as I am doing with you right now. As we speak, I am a few distance away from Parliament to attend a committee meeting before sitting starts”. The…

Tunisia’s health minister has died of a heart attack after taking part in a charity marathon to help fight cancer. Slim Chaker, 56, fell ill after running some 500 metres, and died in a military hospital, the health ministry said. Prime Minister Youssef Chahed said he had lost a “brother and colleague”, who had died doing a noble humanitarian act. The marathon was held in the coastal town of Nabeul on Sunday to raise funds to build a cancer clinic for children. Mr Chaker was appointed health minister last month in a major cabinet reshuffle. He was a former banker…

The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers has identified the use of ‘manual valves’ in discharging liquefied petroleum gas from a tanker truck into a storage tank as the possible cause of last Saturday’s gas explosion at Atomic Junction. It said in a statement Monday that its findings into the possible cause of the explosions that left seven people dead and 132 injured, points to the absence of a proper dislodge device [suction pumps] at the station. A gas leak from one of two gas fuel stations within the Atomic Junction enclave reportedly sparked fire, which extended to an adjoining Total Filling…

An application challenging the legitimacy of Thaddeus Sory in representing the chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mrs Charlotte Osei, as lawyer in the petition seeking her removal has been withdrawn. Lawyer for the petitioners, Maxwell Opoku-Agyemang, filed application to challenge Mr. Sory’s legal representation for the EC boss on grounds that the latter who is the lawyer for the EC, cannot represent Mrs Osei in her individual capacity in the petition. But on Monday, Mr. Agyemang-Opoku caused the application to be withdrawn from the High Court presided over by Justice Kwaku Ackaah-Boafo. Submitting for the application to be withdrawn,…

Ghana Rugby completed its kickoff to the world stage of rugby in Kampala-Uganda by beating Mauritius 26 to 0 to be placed 9th in the Africa Men’s Sevens Tournament that was played between ten of Africa’s best nations between 6 and 7 October 2017 in Kampala-Uganda. Ghana Rugby’s participation in the tournament followed its acceptance as full member of World Rugby on 10 May 2017 and after it managed to convince the governing body, Rugby Afrique, to include Ghana even though it was unranked by both World Rugby and Rugby Afrique. The first match of the tournament was a great…

A man who abandoned his car to flee from the Atomic Junction gas explosion in Accra last Saturday has had the car stolen. In the midst of the chaotic scene in and around the Atomic Junction and Legon area, the Public Relations practitioner, Samuel Creppy, parked his ash coloured 2012-registered Toyota Corolla saloon car around the University of Ghana Business School on the UPSA road. He told 3News Monday that he fled the area to safety and returned later at about 10:00pm Saturday to realize his car was missing. He said other cars that were parked at the spot were…