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The Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyemang Manu has admitted he is not in position to assure NHIS service providers when arrears owed them would be paid by government. He however maintained that nine months arrears have already been cleared and claimed by the providers. The Health Minister made this disclosure on the floor of Parliament on Thursday when the MP for Wa West Yireh Chireh asked him when the National Health Insurance Authority will settle all arrears owed service providers. The Minister indicated that as at the end of June, government owed providers to the tune of 844 million Ghana cedis. “I…

Business programmes on TV3 have been recognized for providing engaging educational content for young people to be inspired and updated with current affairs in business and entrepreneurship. The honour was conferred on TV3 at the 2017 Premium Bank Ghana Startup Awards Thursday night. The awards commended TV3’s business desk for coming up with innovative business news programmes such as Business Focus and Time With The Captains. Head the Business Desk for TV3 Nana Akua Mensah-Aborampah noted that the team will continue to serve its many cherished listeners and viewers with compelling content. The Ghana Startup Awards is organised by The…

A coconut seller in Sokode Bagble in the Ho Municipality, Joshua Ababaio,  has been arrested for allegedly murdering his wife for and dumping the body in a pond. Madam Mercy Nfodjoh, mother of the deceased, told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that, the deceased, Esther Amoasi, 25, lived with her in Sokode Bagble with her three children aged between two and six. She said on the evening of Friday, July 7, 2017, Esther went for a wake keeping in the community and did not return. Madam Nfodjoh said at about 4:00 am the next day, she went to Joshua’s house…

A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Dennis Amfo-Sefa, says any attempt by former President John Mahama to return to the Presidency in 2020 would be mark his political demise. “We know that the former President and his team have begun meeting people, especially NDC constituency executives, to woo them and get their loyalty. “They will secretly call you for a meeting and when you meet him, he will apologize to you for leading the NDC into defeat in the 2016 elections and then inform you that he wants to go (for President) again (in 2020),” Mr…

Lecturers of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) have withdrawn all their services moments after a Winneba High Court ordered the Vice Chancellor and the Chief Finance Officer to hand over to the Pro-Vice Chancellor. The UEW branch of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) says per the court order on Friday, they cannot continue to offer their services. The High Court asked the two principal officers to cease holding themselves as such as per a suit filed by Supi Kofi Kwayera. The suit was seeking a dissolution of the University’s Governing Council and, relatedly, rendering the positions of…

Newmont Ghana Limited has commissioned an independent investigation into claims by the Wassa Association of Communities Affected by Mining (WACAM) that it has spilled cyanide in and around Kenyase in the Brong Ahafo Region. WACAM this week alleged cyanide spillage by Newmont, which it claimed has caused water pollution in communities such as Ntᴐtorᴐso, Yamfo, and Gyedu among others. A Goaso-based journalist told 3FM Thursday that some residents he spoke to claimed they are unable to consume their farm produce and are also battling skin diseases. “I contacted some residents and they said they can’t consume cassava, kontomire and cannot…

Asante Kotoko coach Steve Polack says there is something behind Wednesday’s fatal accident at Nkawkaw which claimed the life of a Deputy Equipment Officer and they must find out what caused it. The team was returning to Kumasi after a narrow 0-1 loss to Inter Allies in midweek when the accident happened claiming the life of Thomas Asare and injuring several others including assistant coach Godwin Ablordey The club official Twitter account posted last night: ”Coach Steven Polack has successfully undergone a knee surgery at KATH. He just returned to the ward from the theatre.” Speaking exclusively to Onua Sports…

The Premier League Board (PLB) has announced the indefinite postponement of the Match Day 23 clash between rivals Asante Kotoko and Hearts of Oak. The match was scheduled to be played on Sunday at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium. However, the entire Kotoko team was involved in a deadly accident Wednesday night while returning to Kumasi from a 0-1 loss to Inter Allies in midweek. The team was obviously going to prepare for the crucial encounter. In a statement issued on Thursday by PLB Chairman Ashford Tettey-Oku, the match has been postponed indefinitely. A delegation from the Board followed up…

Executive Director of Media Foundation for West Africa, Sulemana Braimah, has said contempt of parliament cannot be used to curtail the right of Ghanaians to free speech and expression. He argued in a Facebook post Friday that while contempt of parliament is for good reasons, those “certainly do not include using it to curtail the people’s right to free speech and expression” For him, parliament should work to earn respect as it cannot “force [it] on the people”, stating “the dignity of Parliament can only be earned”. Mr Braimah’s comments come on the back of a statement by a member…

Grandparents and other relatives of people living in the US cannot be barred from entering under President Trump’s travel ban, a judge has ruled. The order, by District Judge Derrick Watson in Hawaii, is a fresh legal blow to Mr Trump’s immigration crackdown. The judge said the ban had interpreted a Supreme Court ruling too narrowly. That decision, made last month, partly reinstated the ban on refugees and travellers from six Muslim-majority countries. It said only those with “bona fide” family ties would be let into the US. But the Trump administration decided that did not include grandparents, grandchildren, brothers-in-law,…