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President Nana Akufo-Addo on Thursday said his government would institute regulations to guide and control indecent social media content. He said regulating indecent communication was essential and could help control content posted on social media, which would also avoid denigrating Ghanaian societal norms and values. The President noted this would instill some level of sanity and decency in the way information was disseminated in the advent of social media and technology. President Akuffo-Addo said this when he paid a courtesy call on Osagyefo Oseadeyo Agyemang Badu II, the Paramount Chief of Dormaa Traditional Area on the final day of a…

The President of the Republic, Nana AddoDankwa Akufo-Addo, has stated that programmes designed to help the poor and vulnerable must have clear-cut exit strategies, and is, therefore, urging the citizenry not to be unduly reliant on long-term aid projects. According to the President, such aid programmes and initiatives must be structured to enable beneficiaries strike out and be able to lead an independent life. “I remember when the LEAP programme was envisaged and introduced under President Kufuor, we were clear in our minds that, whereas we wanted it to cover all those who would qualify under the definition of the…

Coconut selling is a trade most Ghanaian youth are familiar with. The trade in recent times has become one of the fast growing fruits trade in the country which many have cashed in and made it a full time business venture. Venturing into the business does not demand a big capital. With as little as 50 cedis, one is set to begin a coconut business. On 3FM’s special feature, we encountered a young man who has been in the business for more than a decade. Robert Atsipto a resident of Accra started selling coconut in the 90s on the usual…

The United States has confirmed it will be going through with a migrant resettlement plan made with Australia. US President Donald Trump once called the deal, which was agreed under his predecessor, “dumb”. The agreement allows for up to 1,250 asylum seekers to Australia to resettle in the US. In return, Mr Turnbull’s administration has agreed to resettle people from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador who have sought asylum in the US. The deal would be honoured but not necessarily admired, visiting Vice-President Mike Pence said after talks with Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull. Australia has controversially refused to accept the…

A 14-member European Union delegation to the country has underscored the need for a regional ECOWAS agreement, arguing that it will help maintain a good balance with a fully fledged Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) when it does come into force. In an interview with 3FM 92.7 at the end of the delegation’s visit to the country, Mr Bernd Large who was the head of the delegation expressed satisfaction with work done so far on developing a regional Economic Partnership Agreement for ECOWAS and said they expect more efforts between the Ministry of Trade and Industry and Civil Society organizations, private…

Sanitation and Waste Management giant, Zoomlion Ghana Limited has rolled out strategies to make the central region the cleanest region in the country. The move, according  to the  company’s central regional head  in charge of Environmental and Sanitation, Gideon  Sogby, is to reposition the region as the preferred destination for tourism and investment as no tourist or investor  would want to visit or invest in a dirty setting . The strategies, he explained include  fumigation of all refuse sites, final disposal sites, refuse containers stationed in the various communities as well as fumigating  all   health centres to bring to the…

Illegal mining activities along the Pra River in the Western Region continue unabated despite the coming into force the ban on all forms of illegal small scale mining, popularly known as galamsey, in the country. Galamsey activities have caused massive destruction to the country’s environment and particularly polluted water bodies, destroyed arable and farmlands as well as the forest covers. A stepped up campaign by government and some civil society groups to end all forms of illegal mining across the country has forced some of the miners to surrender their equipment as the government is set to move in on…

Ghana’s leading television station, TV3 Network Limited has been given two prestigious honours: Best Leadership Award and Best Local Content Award for its renowned reality show, Ghana’s Most Beautiful. The event which took place on the 17th of November 2016 coincided with the African Conference For Wealth Creation (ACWC) which was under the theme: “Inspiring Creation of Wealth and Building Successful Brands”. TV3 network limited over the years has graced Ghanaian screens with quality news, bearing to create, develop, produce and broadcast innovative television content and services. TV3 has established itself as a leader not only in News but television…

Ispace Ghana, a technology hub will tomorrow witness 12 young ladies pitch creative technological ideas at Labone in its unlocking women program series. The program which is being organised for young ladies to pitch their tech business ideas comes off after an intensive three months coding program for the ladies. Speaking to 3FM ahead of Saturday’s event, the co-founder, Josiah Kwesi Eyison said iSpace Foundation is devoted to making sure these young ladies get all the opportunities to ensure they succeed in the tech market. He added that, the ladies have over the past few months demonstrated a high level…

Newly appointed Black Stars coach, James Kwasi Appiah, arrived in Ghana Friday morning from London to begin his second spell as manager of the country’s senior national football team. He was met on arrival at the Kotoka International Airport by some officials of the Ghana Football Association and the Ministry of Youth and Sports. Appiah managed the team between 2012  and 2014 during which period the team qualified for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil and placed fourth at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa. His first stint as Black Stars coach ended in September 2014 after the team…