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The 21-day ultimatum for all galamsey activities to cease ends tomorrow, Wednesday, and the sector minister who issued the ultimatum is backing a campaign asking all to wear red to protest the activities of illegal miners. The United Press for Development (UPD) declared Wednesday 19th April, 2017 as a ‘National Red Day’ as a sign of declaration of war against the menace called galamsey. Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Peter Amewu has also declared his intention to wear ‘red’ apparel tomorrow. Giving update on his ultimatum on Onua FM morning show ‘Yen Nsem Pa’ on Tuesday, Peter Amewu described the…

Former Chelsea stars Michael Essien and Carlton Cole are facing the prospect of imprisonment in Indonesia after their club Persib Bandung admitted it had not acquired work permits for the high-profile duo. Essien and cole were signed last month amid fanfare and made their respective debuts last Saturday in a 0-0 draw against Arema FC. However, the players and their club may soon be involved in a legal tussle after the government-backed Professional Sports Agency found the players did not have the required work permits to play in the country. Indeed, the punishment for flouting Indonesian immigrations laws can be…

Delhi Public School (DPS) International, Ghana, a private school at Tema in the Greater Accra Region has held a special graduation ceremony for 22 outgoing ‘A’ Level students of the school with sterling cultural performances.   The colourful ceremony was graced with multi-cultural performances amidst drama, poetry recital, singing and choreography from students and witnessed by parents, school authorities and other guests. The celebration was to acknowledge the teachers and students hard work which had propelled them to the enviable standard in the academic circle. Certificates and special prizes were presented to the graduating students. Uttering farewell wishes to the…

The Attorney General has requested for a duplicate case docket of the eight members of the pro-New Patriotic Party vigilante group, Delta Force, who allegedly raided a Circuit Court in Kumasi resulting in the escape of 13 other members who were standing trial. Police prosecutor, ACP Okyere Darko, told the Circuit Court 2 in Kumasi Tuesday morning that the AG wants a duplicate of the case docket to enable for study to offer the necessary prosecution advice. He thus prayed the court presided over my Ms Patricia Amponsah to adjourn the case, which the court obliged, and accordingly adjourned it…

A micro-lending pioneer, Esther Afua Ocloo, is being celebrated by Google on her 98th birthday. She launched her entrepreneurial career as a teenager in the 1930s on less than a dollar. She quickly became one of Ghana’s leading entrepreneurs and was an inspiration around the world. Known as “Auntie Ocloo”, Esther dedicated her life to helping others like her succeed. In addition to her own business, she taught skills to other women and co-founded Women’s World Banking, a global micro-lending organisation. She died in 2002, and today would have been her 98th birthday. In her honour, Google is changing its…

North Korea will continue to test missiles, a senior official has told the BBC in Pyongyang, despite international condemnation and growing military tensions with the US. “We’ll be conducting more missile tests on a weekly, monthly and yearly basis,” Vice-Foreign Minister Han Song-ryol told the BBC’s John Sudworth. He said that an “all-out war” would result if the US took military action. Earlier, US Vice-President Mike Pence warned North Korea not to test the US. He said his country’s “era of strategic patience” with North Korea was over. Mr Pence arrived in Seoul on Sunday hours after North Korea carried…

Member of Parliament for Manhyia North constituency, Randy Collins Owusu Amankwaa, has tagged the political achievements of the government’s one hundred days in office as incomparable. He told 3News the economic initiatives introduced within the few days of the Akufo-Addo-led government is targeted at making the Ghanaian economy robust and resilient. He said the current performance of the cedi against the international trading currencies is a clear indication of a government with the proficiency of changing the state of the economy. “Within a spate of three months, the cedi which was convulsing and has almost lost it dignity against the…

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has seized over a metric ton of expired goods including medicines, beverages and baby foods from various shops in Koforidua and some districts across the region. This was part of an operation to ensure the safety of the public during the Easter festivities. The seized items included antibiotics and analgesics, baby foods such as Aptamil, cerelac, biscuits, energy drinks, lucozade, margarines, dairy products, sanitary pads and many others from pharmacy shops, supermarkets, and filling station marts and from the markets few days to the Easter Holidays. This is the second time in less than…

The proliferation of vigilante groups in Africa and Ghana in particular has been attributed by many scholars to the failure of the security services to guarantee safety. But this is only part of the story.   In the book “Global Policing Research and Practice” it is noted that the rise of such groups may be part of the package of transition from post-conflict and post-authoritarian rule to democracy and free market systems. The authors argue this led to engendered: “shrinking state”; privatization and associated economic dislocation; insecurity and inequality; increasing civic activism including community self-policing; decentralisation and local governance. The…