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Moderate physical exercise such as cycling or jogging can help boost brain power Doing moderate exercise several times a week is the best way to keep the mind sharp if you’re over 50, research suggests. Thinking and memory skills were most improved when people exercised the heart and muscles on a regular basis, a review of 39 studies found. This remained true in those who already showed signs of cognitive decline. Taking up exercise at any age was worthwhile for the mind and body, the Australian researchers said. Exercises such as T’ai Chi were recommended for people over the age…

Doing moderate exercise several times a week is the best way to keep the mind sharp if you’re over 50, research suggests. Thinking and memory skills were most improved when people exercised the heart and muscles on a regular basis, a review of 39 studies found. This remained true in those who already showed signs of cognitive decline. Taking up exercise at any age was worthwhile for the mind and body, the Australian researchers said. Exercises such as T’ai Chi were recommended for people over the age of 50 who couldn’t manage other more challenging forms of exercise, the study…

Far-right French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has announced that she is stepping aside as leader of her National Front (FN) party. The move comes just a day after she reached the second round of the French election, where she will face centrist Emmanuel Macron. Ms Le Pen told French TV she needed to be above partisan considerations. Opinion polls suggest Mr Macron is firm favourite for the second round but Ms Le Pen said: “We can win, we will win.” The French term she used signalled that the move to step aside would be temporary. She told France 2…

The Ghana Armed Forces has published a ‘tall list’ detailing the requirements for persons who want to be enlisted into the security service for this year. Eligible candidates are for instance required not be married, Col. E. Aggrey-Quashie, Director of Public Affairs at the Ghana Armed Forces told TV3’s Stephen Anti on Monday. Applicants would also be considered qualified if he or she is not less than 18 years and not more than 25 years for non tradesmen and 27 for tradesmen by 1st September 2017. Col. Aggrey-Quashie stressed that “potential recruits should not be married, should not be bounded…should…

Ispace Foundation over the weekend witnessed ten ladies pitch to investors in its “Unlocking Women and Technology project” at its Labone premises. The Unlocking women and Technology project which has become a trademark of Ispace, a technology hub, teaches ladies how to code and develop websites, apps etc. in order to enhance and facilitate their entrepreneurial activities. The 2nd batch of ladies for the project made a presentation each of not more than 10 minutes to investors who had gathered at offices of Ispace. The judges for the program who doubled as investors sought to find out how the ladies…

The Public Relations Officer of the Ghana National Fire Service, D.O1 Prince Billy Anaglatey says the lack of an helicopter is hampering their effort to combat fire effectively. Due to the high-rise buildings and emerging technology people use in building these days, the need for helicopter fire fighter cannot be over-emphasised, he asserted. He noted that they have been doing their best in fighting fire in the country in spite of the fact that the Ghana National Fire Service is under resourced. Speaking on the fire that gutted some buildings on the Coconut Groove Hotel compound in Accra Saturday, he…

Customers of GN Bank and Gold Coast Fund Management, say they are confident of business continuity, as the two institutions resumed operations today following Saturday’s fire disaster. Fire engulfed some subsidiaries of the Groupe Nduom including ATV and BTA television stations, Gold Coast Fund Management, GN Legal, GN Accounts and GN Bank located on the premises of the Coconut Grove Regency Hotel on Saturday evening. The group had indicated earlier in a statement that the affected subsidiaries  at North Ridge will all resume full operations today, Monday April 24. When 3FM Business visited Coconut Grove Regency Hotel, GN Bank and…

The Sekondi High Court presided over by Justice Edward Amoako Asante has once again denied bail to the five Chinese and their five Ghanaian counterparts who were arrested for engaging in illegal mining on the Ankobra river. They have been remanded into Prison Custody to re-appear on May 3, 2017. Western regional correspondent William Benjamin Peters who followed proceedings at the court reports, one of the counsels for the suspects Samuel Erickson Abakah said he was disappointed in the failure by the court to grant the suspects bail, since their case is a bailable offence. Proceedings at the court took…

The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly owes the managers of the Oti landfill site in the Ashanti region, J. Stanley Owusu Group to the tune of 59 million cedis, being the outstanding debt for its eight years of service to the Assembly. Speaking in an interview with TV3, the manager of the J. Stanley Owusu Group, Francis Marshall said the nonpayment has negatively affected their operations. The company was contracted by the KMA due to its technical expertise manage the country’s biggest engineered landfill and sewerage treatment plant constructed by the World Bank . The Ashanti Regional Manager of J. Stanley Owusu…