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The involvement of the youth in the rapid proliferation of betting centres appears to have attracted the attention of society. Many are worried that young people are becoming addicted to betting rather than going to school to develop themselves. The desire to get rich has questions how bright the future of the upcoming youth will be. Gambling presents many negative social impacts including behavioural disorder, fraud, financial crisis and sometimes suicide. Evolving technology also allows the youth to get easy access to these gambling activities. The betting craze in the country has turned into a source of pain for some…

Many find it mindboggling that in the midst of scarcity,  a completed and well furnished police station would be abandoned by the Ghana Police Service as criminals get field day at Parkoso in the Asokore Mampong Municipality. This is because residents have not been able to raise money to build accommodation for the police personnel who would be posted to the station, TV3’s Benjamin Aidoo has gathered. Whilst the facility sits there empty,  the people in Parkoso and its environs are living in total fear and panic as robbers take advantage of the situation to engage in their nefarious activities…

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has disclosed that the country’s debt, as a percentage of GDP, has declined from the 73 percent recorded last year to about 62.7 percent as at end of last month. The 2017 budget forecasts that total debt to GDP will close the year at 70.9, which makes the latest figure, less than half way into the year, a major decline in the debt levels. Speaking at the maiden edition of the National Policy Summit, an initiative of the Business and Financial Times, in collaboration with the Ministry of Information, the Finance Minister said: “the Ministry…

Ghanaian gospel musician Great Ampong is claiming highlife musician Daddy Lumba owes him an amount of 3.6 billion old Ghana cedis and has vowed to take it from him. Speaking in an exclusive interview on the Delay Show, Great Ampong described the legendary highlife musician as a cheat who manipulated him into collaboration but refused to pay him his share of money. “He asked me to collaborate with him to thank God after recovering from his sickness and this was on phone. “I later went over to his home and we sat and spoke about it and even though we…

The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Secretary General, Mr.Kitack Lim has held a farewell luncheon in honour of Dr. Kofi Mbiah at the IMO headquarters in London. The gesture was the first of its kind in the annals of the IMO, extended to an outgoing Chairman of any of its five Committees. Addressing the luncheon, the Secretary General intoned that the holding of the luncheon in honour of Dr. Mbiah, who was stepping down as the Chairman of the Legal Committee after 6 years in that role, was meant to provide the occasion to extol the virtues of Dr. Mbiah and…

The Ghana Youth Climate Coalition with the support of US Embassy, Ghana has launched a community sanitation project to improve sanitary condition in communities within the Ashanti Region. The project is to complement government’s efforts towards attaining the Sustainable Development Goal 6 on sanitation by 2030 of ensuring sustainable management of sanitation for all. Ghana failed to meet its Millennium Development Goal target on Sanitation as at the end of 2015. The country managed to attain less than 20 percent sanitation coverage instead of the 54 percent coverage target. Most residents continue to liter indiscriminately in their communities which ends…

The Member of Parliament for Tema Central constituency in the Grater Accra Region, Kofi Brako says the current Black Stars players lack commitment to play for the nation. The MP who is enthusiastic about sports made this assertion when he was asked about his view on why the senior national team has not won any major trophy for the nation since 1982. He was speaking at a youth tournament dubbed “SKF meet the World Cup” organised at his constituency to unearth young talent within the Tema metropolis. “The current players  in the Black Stars lack commitment, they  are interested in…

Stunning Ghanaian actress Nadia Buari posted a video of her adorable twin babies on her Instagram page on Sunday, May 14 as part of Mother’s Day celebrations. The actress-cum-producer showed off her cute bunnies in different scenes in the video posted. Watch the video below: By Nana Afrane Asante|3news.com|Ghana Follow @3Newsgh

Assembly Members in the Ajumako-Enyan Essiam District of the Central Region have voted to reject Rev. Ransford Kwesi Nyarkoh as their District Chief Executive. A total number of 66 persons voted to take a decision on the nominee on Monday in which 35 voted Yes and 31 voted No, Onua FM’s Central regional correspondent Kwame Kakarba. Per the local government law, he is required to get two thirds of the total votes cast to be confirmed as the District Chief Executive of the Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam District. Central Regional Minister, Mr. Kwamina Duncan, who was at the event expressed disappointment and urged…

Pili Hussein wanted to make her fortune prospecting for a precious stone that’s said to be a thousand times rarer than diamonds, but since women weren’t allowed down the mines she dressed up as man and fooled her male colleagues for almost a decade. Pili Hussein grew up in a large family in Tanzania. The daughter of a livestock keeper who had many large farms, Pili’s father had six wives and she was one of 38 children. Although she was well looked after, in many ways, she doesn’t look back on her upbringing fondly. “My father treated me like a…