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The Ashanti regional police command has commenced investigations into the suspected suicide of 33-year old Corporal Ebenezer Kofi Otchere. The deceased is alleged to have shot himself on the neck after receiving a phone call at his residence in Kumasi, Wednesday morning. Confirming the incident to the media, regional police public relations officer, ASP Juliana Obeng said the police have contacted the family of the late police officer to inform them about the unfortunate incident. She noted that the regional crime scene team has visited the crime scene to commence investigations into the case. The body of the deceased has…

Inter Allies improved their standing on the Ghana Premier League after a 1-0 win over Asante Kotoko in midweek. They moved to 5th just behind their midweek opponents, who drop to 4th. Kotoko came into the Match Day 22 game with a record of two successive wins in the League, under new coach Steve Polack. But the Tema-based side did the needful after Abdul-Halik Hudu put the ball behind the Kotoko goalie to score the only goal of the game. Meanwhile, a Thomas Abbey brace gave Hearts of Oak all the maximum points over Berekum Chelsea at the Accra Sports…

The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has hinted that government intends to work towards the introduction of non-custodial sentencing law. This they [government] believe “will offer many more non- custodial sentence options to our judges so as to avoid the congestion and human rights abuses and all the associated ills that we are currently observing in the Prisons”. The Vice President was addressing the newly inaugurated board members of the Ghana Prisons Service Council on Tuesday July 11 in Accra. Dr. Bawumia also disclosed that government is aware of the inadequate officer-to-inmate ratio for which reason government has asked the…

Actor Prince Yawson popularly known as Waakye has expressed gratitude to God for a second chance. But he sounds like someone battling to keep a doctor’s advice of staying away from sex. Watch the video above as he talks to TV3’s Owusu Worae. Source: 3news.com|Ghana Follow @3Newsgh

It’s bad news for those who hate cleaning – dust can make you fat, shocking new research suggests. Just minuscule amounts of the annoying, tiny specks that collect in dirty homes can trigger a bulging waistline. Full of gender-bending chemicals responsible for weight gain, dust can be inhaled, ingested or absorbed through the skin. This causes fat cells to accumulate more triglycerides, leaving them full and forcing more to be created, laboratory tests showed. The findings are surprising, considering the extensive research that shows poor diet and a lack of exercise as fueling obesity. Those wanting to keep trim should…

It’s bad news for those who hate cleaning – dust can make you fat, shocking new research suggests. Just minuscule amounts of the annoying, tiny specks that collect in dirty homes can trigger a bulging waistline. Full of gender-bending chemicals responsible for weight gain, dust can be inhaled, ingested or absorbed through the skin. This causes fat cells to accumulate more triglycerides, leaving them full and forcing more to be created, laboratory tests showed. The findings are surprising, considering the extensive research that shows poor diet and a lack of exercise as fueling obesity. Those wanting to keep trim should…

Former Member of Parliament for Ablekuma North, Justice Joe Appiah has says the new daily minimum wage announced for 2018 by the National Tripartite Committee is insufficient considering the economic condition in the country. He described the GHC9.68, which is a 10 per cent increment from the current GHC8.80, as “small”. Following conclusion of negotiations on July 11, 2017, the National Tripartite Committee, made up of the made up of the government, the Ghana Employers’ Association and the Trades Union Congress of Ghana announced the 10 per cent increment. The Committee directed that “any establishment, institution or organization” whose daily…

Staff of Pantang Psychiatric Hospital have called of their strike following a crunch meeting with the Minister of Health. Kwaku Agyemang Manu was at the hospital on Wednesday to hear the workers’ grievances as regards the encroachment of lands in front of the medical facility. Together with Medical Director Dr Frank Baning and Chief Executive Officer of the Mental Health Authority Dr Akwasi Osei, Mr Agyemang Manu assured the workers of government’s commitment to deal with the issue. He assured them of further engagements with the ministries of Lands and Natural Resources and Local Government and Rural Development to put…

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), in partnership with the Ministry of Education (MoE) and the Ghana Education Service (GES), has begun to scale up GES’s Early Grade Reading Programme to 6,866 schools in 100 districts. The reading program will develop improved teaching and learning materials and train 28,000 teachers, head teachers, and curriculum leads on the phonics-based approach to teaching children how to read in the 11 GES-approved Ghanaian languages. The programme employs a systematic approach to teach letters, sounds, and words, in order to help children to read with fluency and comprehension. Circuit supervisors will be…

A 21-year-old boy has allegedly committed suicide at Tweemu, a fishing community near Moree in the Central Region. It is unclear what caused Felix Dorde, alias Selorm, a senior high school graduate, to hang himself with a rope onto a ceiling joint in his room. He is said to have left a note for his girlfriend saying he loves her. The incident happened at about 11:00pm on July 7, the Police have confirmed, and investigations have commenced. Physical examination of his body by the Police showed no marks of violence to suggest a foul play. The body has since been deposited…