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The Ghana Education Service (GES) has directed all Senior High Schools heads to submit their enrollment list under the Free SHS policy. The month-long Computer Selection and School Placement System (CSSPS) for 2017 “ended successfully” 30th September 2017. Headmasters are therefore to ensure that every student placed in their schools are enrolled and submit the list not later than October 4, 2017, GES said in a statement. “All Heads have also been requested to provide full update of their current situation in terms of furniture, teaching and learning materials, etc. “This is to inform and guide Management in its decisions…

Ghana’s leading free-to-air- television giant, TV3 Network Limited, on October 1, 2017 turned 20 years. Since 1997, the station has held the ground as the leader in the industry, churning out great personalities, big stories that have impacted positively on the lives of the people, and set the standard for others to follow.  In this short documentary, we take you down memory lane on among others, how the station started and the key people who have helped build the TV3 brand as well as the way forward for the station. By 3news.com|Ghana

Government says it will not recognize any mining licence granted to small scale miners in the last days of the John Mahama administration because due processes were not followed, Lands and Natural Resources Minister John Peter Amewu has revealed. “As for the small scale licences that are existing already, well a pronouncement will be made, because most of them are not going to be recognized,” Mr Amewu told journalists after visiting the C and G Aleska mining company in the Ahanta East District. “Most of those small scale licences; 68 to 70 per cent of them, were issued in December,…

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One-hundred and fifty-seven criminals, including commercial sex workers and their patrons, have been rounded up at a growing slum at Madina Redco in Accra by the Police. They include 46 female, 10 Nigerians and one Liberian. Some of the prostitutes and their patrons were arrested while having sex. They were arrested during a Monday dawn swoop by the Accra Regional Command Police at the place which the police have identified as a haven for criminals in the area. The slum, regarded as a commercial sex market with a 24-hour service, according to the Police, is where criminals plot and conduct…

The Ghana Bar Association has condemned the rampant cases of missing dockets at the various courts which is affecting justice delivery in the country. It has thus called on the country’s Judicial Service to ensure that the registrars of the various courts take steps to effectively monitor movements of dockets covering cases before the various courts. “GBA expresses serious concern about the rampant incidents of missing dockets at the courts,” the Association said in its resolution passed at the end of the 2017/2018 annual conference in Sunyani. The missing of case dockets and other court records in the various courts…

The merger between Airtel Ghana and Tigo Ghana has been approved by the National Communications Authority (NCA) The approval of the merger, which will create the second largest mobile network in Ghana, is subject to some conditions, the NCA announced in a statement issued Monday. READ: Tigo announces merger with Airtel “Based on agreements which have been accepted by the merging entities and the payment of relevant fees, a supplementary agreement to the licences of the merging entities will be signed between the NCA and the merging entities,” the NCA said It stated that the day of the signing of…

The international governing body of rugby union, World Rugby has congratulated Mr. Herbert Mensah, for his re-election as the president of the Ghana Rugby Football Union (GRFU). Mr. Mensah was re-elected in late September after his immense contributions to rugby in the country within a short period at the helm of affairs got the marginalized sports to be loved by many in Ghana, gaining international recognition. His stewardship opened the doors to Ghana Rugby to take part in qualifiers for World Rugby, Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games and Hong Kong Sevens tournaments. Due to his leadership prowess, Mr. Mensah was again…

In a bid to stem the high rate of neonatal deaths in the country, a group has educated mothers on the current care of the umbilical cord at Trede in the Ashanti region. The group, Guardian of the Gray Masters Foundation, says a newly cut umbilical cord can be a pathway for bacteria growth that can cause newborn sepsis and could lead to death. In Ghana, thirty thousand newborn babies are reportedly die annually, which has been partly attributed to sepsis, and bacteria infection in newborn. This, stakeholders say, is likely to cause Ghana to miss out on the sustainable…

The lives of pupils and teachers at the Ejisu state experimental school are threatened by a dilapidated classroom block. School authorities fear a looming disaster if urgent steps are not taken to rehabilitate the block accommodating pupils from class one to three. From a distance, the classroom infrastructure of the Ejisu state experimental school seems to be in good shape. But the situation appears different when one enters into the various classrooms. Classes one to three are in a terrible state. The roofing leaks badly, making it impossible for teaching and learning anytime it rains. Portions of the roof are…