Author: newsfilegh

Ghanaians do not particularly love numbers. We tend to be quite lax, especially with figures that have to do with age. Someone’s date of birth or age is not considered important and very rarely features in any story about that person. I know that in many parts of the world, once you are born and you acquire a date of birth, it stays with you. It is unchangeable and you die with it. In Ghana, it is common to see notices in newspapers announcing a change in someone’s date of birth. This often happens when a working person’s date of…

A government of Ghana-registered school bus for the Evangelical Presbyterian College is captured being used to carry firewood, ostensibly for the school’s kitchen, to prepare meals for students. Questions are being raised on social media by some people about why the school should use a passenger bus to carry such goods whereas there could be pick-up vehicles but others have defended the school authorities for the act on the basis they might be handicapped. But could this be a case of necessity compels the butcher to kill the cat? Share and let’s debate the issue By 3news.com|Ghana

Mukesh V. Thakwani, the founder of Delhi Public School (DPS) International Ghana, Tema has been rewarded by the high-status international Socrates Committee of the Europe Business Assembly. He gained the “Best Educator’ for the year 2016 in a ceremony held at Oxford University in the United Kingdom (UK) for his hard work and accomplishments. The award is for his contribution towards education. Winning this international fame beside other regional and national recognitions, demonstrates the high standard and quality of education being offered by DPS International, Ghana. The counsel of the International Socrates Committee representing leaders within the business, education and…

A mentally deranged homeless woman who was impregnated by a stranger on the street of Accra, has received a rare miracle; she has regained her mental sanity with the delivery of twins. Prior to being impregnated and during pregnancy, Ama who now lives under the Mallam interchange bridge with her month-old twins, could not remember her family or anything about her past. Ghana’s Social Welfare is to adopt the twins while it takes Ama to the Accra Psychiatric Hospital for psychiatry evaluation to enable a decision to be taken on her and the twins. Watch the story of Ama by TV3’s Odilia Agyeman…

The Catholic Relief Services in collaboration with the International Fertilizer Development Center has supplied 1,080 farmers in the Northern region with certified seeds for the 2017 farming season under the Agriculture Technology Transfer programme. The farmers who were selected from six districts namely the Mion, Saboba, Tolon, Chereponi, West Mamprusi and West Gonja were supplied with starter pack of their preferred seeds. Traditional farming method continues to be the most practiced and preferred way of farming in most communities in the Northern region. The practice which allows farmers to recycle grains seems to be the most adopted method owing to the high cost…

Reaching age 40 is a big milestone. You’ve carved out a career, started a family, and might have even purchased your first home. For the most part, life is good and comfortable. However, one area you shouldn’t neglect at this time in your life is your financial health. It’s not a good idea to get too comfortable when it comes to your personal finances. Here are 10 goals you should work on by the time you reach your 40s. 1. Have a financial plan Before you can successfully reach any financial goal, you need to have a plan. If you…

Ghana Rugby, under Presidency of Mr Herbert Mensah, achieved two remarkable victories in two days by first winning the Rugby Africa Regional Challenge Group West 1 on 7 May 2017, just to follow it up with the astonishing appointment by the Council of World Rugby as Full Member of World Rugby on 9 May 2017. The news was broken to Mr Mensah in a letter from the President of Rugby Afrique, Mr Abdelaziz Bougja. The letter states: Dear Herbert, It gives me great pleasure to confirm that World Rugby’s Council has unanimously voted in favour of Ghana Rugby Union’s application…

The National Service Scheme has denied reports that it has extended the duration of this year’s national service. Management of the Scheme has consequently asked service personnel and the general public to ignore those reports which have gone viral on social media. “Management wishes to state unequivocally that there has neither been any such discussion nor decision to extend the period OT notional service this year,” it said in a statement Saturday. The Scheme said service personnel would end their service on August 31, 2017 and the new batch of personnel would start their service on September 1, 2017. “Management…

Three private health facilities in the Ashanti Region have folded up due to the over 14-month indebtedness of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) to health facilities across the country. The NHIA owes the Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG) hospitals alone over 200 million cedis due to years of accumulated arrears the government has failed to settle service providers under the scheme. The Ashanti Regional Secretary of the Society of Private Medical and Dental Practitioners (SPMDP), Dr. Kwame Antwi, who disclosed the closure of the three hospitals to 3news.com, failed to name the affected facilities. He, however, said the…

The District Chief Executive for Kwabre East in the Ashanti Region has promised to increase the patronage of the popular traditional kente cloth under his leadership. Kente is a colourful type of silk and cotton fabric made of interwoven cloth strips and is native to the Akan ethnic group. Nana Osei Asibey said the assembly will establish a “Kente Adinkra Festival” in the area to promote the sale and use of the kente cloth which is one of the main occupations of the indigenes in the area. The DCE gave the promise in an interview with Onua FM’s Ghana Dadwene…