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Despite sitting out Persib Bandung’s first win of the Indonesia Liga One season on Saturday, big-name stars Michael Essien and Carlton Cole are not guaranteed to start in Wednesday’s game at Gresik United. Persib defeated Sriwijaya 2-0 to move fifth in the table after three games. Another win could, if other results go their way, put the Blues in pole position. Neither Essien, who was a late, second-half substitute and Cole, who did not come off the bench, have made an explosive start to their Indonesian careers after arriving in March. According to head coach Djadjang Nurdjaman, the pair may…

Ghana Oil Company Limited (GOIL) has handed over 1,000 beds to the Ministry of Health for onward distribution to hospitals across the country. The presentation of the beds, fitted with mattresses and estimated at the cost of GHC1.6 million, formed part of GOIL’s corporate social responsibility. The Greater Accra and Ashanti regions will get 150 beds each, while Upper East and Upper West Regions get 50 beds each. The other six regions will get 100 beds eachThe Group CEO and Managing Director of GOIL, Patrick Akpe Kwame Akorli, said as a good corporate entity, GOIL has been touched by the…

A former Member of Parliament, Nkrabea Effah-Dartey, has asked the Speaker of Ghana’s parliament to prevail on the British High Commission in Accra to apologise to the House over allegation of visa fraud against some four current and past legislators. According to him the High Commission has by its letter to the Speaker on the matter, which got leaked, disgraced parliament. “It is a calculated attempt by the British High Commission to tarnish the image of Parliament and Ghana”, he argued on Onua FM’s Ghana Dadwene on Wednesday. The High Commission in a letter to the Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament…

The Ghana Tourism Authority and the Ghana Tourism Development Company are to provide all the necessary logistics as well as marketing and financial support for this year’s Aboakyer Festival. Chief executives for the two institutions, Akwasi Agyemang and Kwadwo Antwi gave the assurance when they paid a courtesy call on the paramount chief of Winneba Traditional Area Neenyi Ghartey VII. They discussed a wide range of marketing and investment initiatives aimed at boosting Tourism in Winneba to create jobs for the youth and bring economic transformation to the people. The Aboakyer Festival, celebrated by the people of Effutu has had…

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Hon. Alban. S. K. Bagbin declared his interest in becoming president during a media interview recently. Not surprisingly this has sent ripples across the political spectrum particularly within the National Democratic Congress (NDC). This is not surprising for two reasons: (a) Bagbin’s stature in the party and (b) the current open slot within the opposition party as they plot towards 2020.  Here we examine the case for and against Hon. Alban Kingsford Sumani Bagbin, MP for Nadowli-Kaleo and Second Deputy Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament. Pro: The case for Bagbin Name recognition and popularity Honourable Bagbin is wildly popular. His name…

Ghanaian boxers Bukom Banku and Ayittey Powers stormed the Accident and Emergency Unit of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in furious moods following an accident involving a boxer friend. Boxer Isaac Quaye nicknamed Mayweather is reported to have been knocked down by a police patrol vehicle about 1:00pm on Wednesday, May 3 around the Korle Lagoon area. An eyewitness who gave his name Ayittey narrated the incident to www.3news.com. “I saw him on the bike as I was getting ready to leave for work and because I was in a hurry, I went inside to grab my uniform. “All of…

It is something every advocate of the local game wants to see. A lot more involvement of home based players in the Black Stars. And as newly appointed Black Stars coach begins his new two year stint with the national team, some of the home based players are hoping he will give them greater attention. Representation of home based players in major Black Stars games has hit an all time low with Richard Ofori the only one to have any minutes at the last Nations Cup in Gabon. In Appiah’s first reign, they didn’t fare any better with Solomon Asante…

The three rugby nations (Benin, Ghana and Togo) assembled in Ghana for the Rugby Africa Regional Challenge (RARC) Group West 1 tournament have joined Ghana’s national team, Ghana Eagles, as it embarks on a historic outreach programme dubbed “RARC Legacy Project”. The project was initiated by the Ghana National Rugby Squad, the Ghana Eagles , as their selfless contribution towards spreading the values of rugby to Ghanaian youth. The captain of the Ghana Eagles, Michael Ako (Ako) Wilson, said that few people in Ghana know about rugby, let alone its character building values. The first leg of the RARC Legacy…

The Veterinary Services Directorate is cautioning the public to desist from patronizing any meat from either a slaughter house or a market that has not been embossed with a stamp from the Veterinary Services Department. The directorate has subsequently launched its quality assurance meat inspection stamping project at the Takoradi slaughter house with the aim of educating the public on the need to patronize only approved meat. The quality assurance meat inspection stamping project, is expected to be implemented nationwide and in all the 329 slaughter houses and abattoirs in the country. The project is to ensure that wholesome and…