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The executive board of the Baobab Hall of the African University College of Communications (AUCC) in collaboration with 3FM, Fat2Fit Ghana and Yomi Yoghurt will organise a health event on Saturday, March 25 at the forecourt of the school. Dubbed ‘Shake it Off’, the event is expected to serve as a fitness exercise for all participants including the entire student body of AUCC as well as interested persons. It is the College’s maiden health fitness event and expected to start at 5:30am. It will have an aerobics session followed by a 15-minute health talk on healthy eating and finally, a fruit…

Damilola Adegbite And Chris Attoh have been making headlines for the last few days after GhanaCelebrities.Com broke the news that their somewhat wonderful marriage, has shockingly ended. And that, Damilola pulled the plug–on the marriage. Today, a reader close the family has told GhanaCelebrities.Com that, Damilola did her best but no woman deserves to be married and put at home like a stone–with her man all over, and not bringing in the cash too. “Look, Chris was never at home and despite Damilola’s complaints, he seems to have always thought his stories were enough,” the source said. “He always said he was busy working,…

The Parliament of Ghana has approved an amount of three hundred and twenty one million, eight hundred and thirty thousand, six hundred and ninety eight cedis (321,830,698) for the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development for the 2017 fiscal year. Before the approval, the Parliamentary Select Committee on Local Government and Rural Development informed the august house in a report that, the vision of the ministry is to achieve a sustainable, equitable economic growth and poverty reduction through citizen participation and accelerated services delivery at the local level within a decentralized environment. The Vice Chair of the Committee, Kwasi Boateng…

The Walewale D/A Cluster of Schools in the Northern Region have been closed down following a near clash between some residents, believed to be coming from the Walewale palace, and staff of the school on Monday March 20, 2017. The affected schools are the Walewale D/A JHS “B”, the Walewale Primary B1 & B2, and the Walewale D/A KG. A visit to the school Tuesday morning March 21, 2017 by 3news.com reveals a quiet atmosphere with no sign of pupils. Classrooms have been locked with padlocks with no sight of a single pupil except the presence of teachers on the premises of…

Women in the country have been given full assurance that government will ensure laws that promote gender parity are enacted and enforced. Deputy minister-designate for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation Madam Patricia Appiagyei who gave the assurance was interacting with 3FM on the sidelines of the 61st session of the Commission on the Status of Women currently underway in New York. Madam Appiagyei who is also Member of Parliament for the Asokwa constituency and Chairperson of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Local Government said, for instance, most of the challenges confronting Ghanaian women in their quest for equity “would be…

The Christian Council of Ghana has called on the various institutions to be proactive in their line of duties to avert further loss of lives. The Council observed that most of the fatal accidents recorded in the country could have been averted if those in charge were proactive. The General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana, Rev Dr. Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong was commenting on the Kintampo Waterfalls disaster which claimed 18-lives on the spot and wounded several. Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and Tourism Minister have visited the victims with the Wenchi Methodist Senior High School (WESS) being the hardest…

Introduction The task of providing quality education to students requires effective partnership and participation of all stakeholders, including donor bodies. This article does not have the métier to list all the organisations which are supporting the Ghana Education Service (GES) to deliverquality education to the Ghanaian child. The author, however,calls for applausefor the World Education, Inc. (WEI), the Global Alliance for Clean Cook-stoves (GACC) and the Ghana Alliance for Clean Cook-stoves (GHACCO), at least, for the sake of this write-up.In fact, they are working seriously with GES, the Ministry of Energy and the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment to…

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates once again topped the Forbes magazine list of the world’s richest billionaires, while US President Donald Trump slipped more than 200 spots. Gates, whose wealth is estimated at $86 billion, led the list for the fourth straight year. He was followed by Berkshire Hathaway chief Warren Buffett – with an estimated wealth of $75.6billion, before a bevy of American tech giants dominated the rest of the top ten. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos was number three with a net worth of $72.8billion, Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg was fifth with $56billion, and Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison came it…

Parliament has by a unanimous decision approved the nominations of 10 persons by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as Deputy Regional Ministers. The 10, nominated  early this month, add up to the 110 ministerial appointees of the president with 54 more yet to face the Appointments Committee of Parliament. Seeking the general approval of the august house on Tuesday, the committee in statement to the legislators noted, “The Committee has duly considered the nominations of His Excellency the President for Deputy Regional Ministerial appointments in line with the 1992 Constitution and the Standing Orders of the House and recommends the…

After a decade of peeling off for X-rated movies, a Japanese porn actress famous for being the country’s oldest has called it quits — at the ripe old age of 80. Maori Tezuka, a former opera singer who made her debut in Japan’s flourishing “silver porn” industry at a sprightly 71, blamed her decision partly on a lack of red-blooded Lotharios able to keep up with her. “Once the lights go on, you just do your best,” she told local media. “I have no regrets, but shooting became difficult when the actor wasn’t my type,” added Tezuka, who in true…