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Over 100 record number of persons called the hotline of the Mental Health Authority for suicide-related help within three days, the Authority has said. The helpline 020-681-4666 is paid for, which Dr Akwasi Osei the chief executive officer of the Authority finds even curious. Within a spate of 14 days, 10 persons have committed suicide across the country including a 14-year-old child. Many have attributed varied reasons to the upsurge in suicide cases, with the absence of counseling services being prominent. Dr. Osei told TV3 in an interview that his outfit is in discussions with telecommunications companies for toll-free lines.…

Ghanaian boxer Ayittey Powers has been robbed of GH¢3, 000 by his house help, who is also reported to have made away with his wife’s underwear and some other items from their Dansoman house. According to the wife of the boxer, Mrs. Powers, the house help known as Happy was brought to her at the age of 12 from Togo in February 2015. She was to learn some trade in the contracted four-year stay, Mrs Powers said. Speaking exclusively to 3news.com, the boxer and his wife narrated: “About a month ago which is February 11, I was on my way…

The Odikro of Obuasi Tutkai in the Ashanti Region, Nana Kwame Kwarteng I says banning illegal mining (galamsey) will be a disaster for the people of the area. He wants the government to rather regulate their activities. Nana Kwarteng argued, “if the galamsey is halted, it will bring a huge problem to us because it is helping the indigenes”. The Odikro was contributing to discussions on Onua FM’s Ghana Dadwene on Tuesday. Nana Kwarteng added, “we should not allow them to do what they want. Now that galamsey is down, we like it but it should not be banned”. The…

SUNDA Ghana Investments (SUNDA), a Chinese company, has responded to the plea of victims of last Sunday fire at Busia Junction in Accra. Mr Isaac Hu, the managing director of SUNDA, importers and distributors of household items for the past thirteen years in Ghana, said the company could not sit by and watch the suffering of the victims whilst operating business in the area. A devastating fire outbreak on Sunday 12 March 2017 completely destroyed several residences and properties at a small squatter community at Busia Junction near Odorkor in Accra. Fortunately there was no loss of human lives. The…

The National Democratic Party (NDP) is kicking against invitation by the Progressive People’s Party to form an alliance ahead of the 2020 general elections. The PPP in at a news conference on Monday announced the party’s resolve to merge with other political parties and pressure groups to break the duopoly of the NPP and NDC. “After careful consideration, the party wishes to invite like-minded progressive political parties and individuals to discuss and reach agreement to forge an alternative to the NPP and the NDC to contest election 2020 and beyond” the party’s chairman Nii Allotey Brew Hammond said. But speaking…

Common painkillers taken by millions of Britons can raise the risk of a heart attack by up to 50 percent, researchers have found. And one, diclofenac, is so dangerous it should not be taken at all, one expert warned. Others such as ibuprofen, which is sold over the counter in the UK, are not ‘harmless’ and should be used with caution.  ‘Stark reminder’: Experts have issued a painkiller warning Scientists say the pills should not be sold in supermarkets and petrol stations, because there is no professional advice on how to use them. A study of almost 29,000 patients found any…

Common painkillers taken by millions of Britons can raise the risk of a heart attack by up to 50 percent, researchers have found. And one, diclofenac, is so dangerous it should not be taken at all, one expert warned. Others such as ibuprofen, which is sold over the counter in the UK, are not ‘harmless’ and should be used with caution.  ‘Stark reminder’: Experts have issued a painkiller warning Scientists say the pills should not be sold in supermarkets and petrol stations, because there is no professional advice on how to use them. A study of almost 29,000 patients found any…

Retail prices of petroleum products will from Thursday drop by a marginal three per cent at the various pumps across the country, and has been predicted to further go down in April this year, 3News can authoritatively report. The reduction in prices have been occasioned by the fall in crude oil prices on the world market coupled with the stability of the Ghanaian cedi against the US dollar in the last few days. A meeting between the Oil Marketing Companies and key stakeholders in the industry agreed on between two and three per cent reduction in retail prices effective Thursday,…

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