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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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Former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie popularly known as Sir John, has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission. He takes over from Mr Samuel Afari Dartey. Mr Owusu Afriyie who confirmed his new appointment in a radio interview on Monday had earlier been promised the job of the head of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GHAPOHA) but Mr Paul Asare Ansah was rather picked by President Akufo-Addo for that job. The Forestry Commission’s function is to protect and manage forests in Ghana and protected areas in the various ecological…

3FM’s mid morning host, Miriam Osei Agyemang, says books are still prohibitively expensive for the economically struggling poor communities in Ghana. She observed  “the door to economic prosperity remains closed for many children in the rural areas and knowledge will be the key to that door”. Miriam made the observation while speaking at Manya Jorpanya D/A Basic School in the Eastern Region at the commencement of a community project aimed at providing library services to pupils in rural areas and the urban poor.The host of Urban blend on 3FM92.7 and co-founder of ReadBook Lib. Ghana, Miriam said it is essential…

The National Disaster Management Organisation has started renovating some school buildings destroyed by last week’s torrential rain within the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis that resulted in the death of a 12-year old boy. A 30-minute downpour on March 7 left several properties worth thousands of cedis, as well as the Effiakuma Police barracks were destroyed and rendered hundreds homeless. READ:Heavy rains flood Sekondi-Takoradi At the Takoradi Market Circle, three people, including the 12-year old boy were electrocuted  when electric cables were brought down by rains that caused flooding in the area and most part of the metropolis. An assessment of the damaged…