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The Coastal Development Authority (CODA) held a sod-cutting ceremony  Monday, September 7, by for the redevelopment of the Kawukudi Park into a FIFA standard multipurpose pitch. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Coastal Development Authority (CODA), Lawyer Jerry Ahmed Shaib, in his speech at the ceremony explained that the project is being funded by the one million dollar one constituency program through the Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP) under the Ministry of Special Development Initiatives (MSDI). According to him, after several community engagements and consultations with the Zongo Chiefs and people of the Ayawaso East Constituency, they requested for the…

The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has said it will push this year’s presidential elections into a second round. The newly-elected National Chairman of the party, Nana Ofori Owusu, told TV3 in an interview on Thursday September 10 that the party will work hard to garner more votes this year than it did in the previous elections. This, he said will make the PPP a formidable party and the kingmaker this year. “The Progressive Peoples Party will force this elections into a way that it will move to the second round we are the king makers,” he said. Ghanaians go to…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has given an account of the principal activities being undertaken by his government in the Bono Region, in the last three-and-a-half years of his tenure of office as President. According to him, as part of Government’s Agenda 111, which seeks to build dstrict hospitals in districts without hospitals, in the course of the next 12 months, government will construct district hospitals in three districts without them in the Bono Region. “They are Sunyani West, Berekum West and Dormaa. The hospitals will have a 100-bed capacity, fully equipped, with appropriate accommodation for medical personnel, i.e. doctors…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assured Ghanaians that the country will be peaceful before, during and after this year’s presidential and parliamentary elections. Addressing the Bono Regional House of Chiefs on Thursday, September 10, 2020, President Akufo-Addo assured the House of the “wholehearted efforts that are going to be made by my Government and I to ensure the peace and stability of the nation, as we enter the last three (3) months of the electioneering campaign”. Ghana, according to the President, “has rightly earned a reputation as the pacesetter in democratic governance on the continent, a reputation I am…

Gospel musician Cwesi Oteng has said that he is expecting President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to complete the construction of the National Cathedral. He said this was a promise the president made therefore he expects it to be fulfilled. Mr. Oteng, speaking in an interview on Onua TV’s Aben Wo Ha show said that “my wish now is for him to be successful for [the] four years term to be re-elected just for the initiative of the [National] Cathedral”. He added: “People are about the Free SHS but I’m really looking forward to the completion of the [National] Cathedral.” President…

The Paramount Chief of the Wasipe Traditional Area of Gonjaland, Wasipewura Mumuni Anyaame Kapasaagye II, has asked the people of Daboya Mankrigu Constituency to vote massively for President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) on December 7. He said President Akufo-Addo has over the three-and-a-half years developed the country hence the need to vote for him to consolidate the developments. The Paramount Chief said this when the Vice President toured the Savannah Region, which is one of the regions created by the Akufo-Addo government. The Wasipewura told Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia that “Your Excellency, we…

The Institute for Education Studies (IFEST) believes that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) policy proposals for the educational sector in their manifesto are forward looking. The NPP, among other things, promised to abolish the guarantor system in the acquisition of student loans by tertiary students. The NPP is also intending to leverage on technology to advance its plans for the educational sector. Discussing the manifesto of the two leading political parties, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the NPP, the Executive Director for the Institute for IFEST, Peter Partey, said on TV3’s Election Command Centre programme, Thursday September 10 that…

Some relatives of persons who died of Covid-19 say they were left stranded at the morgue following a decision by AMA burial team to boycott the exercise.  At least two families at the Ridge Hospital in Accra agitated for over two hours. A representative of one of the families told 3news.com the burial of their dead relatives was scheduled for 9:00 am but as of 11: 00 am they had not heard from the AMA burial team. He said they may be forced to abandon their dead and return to work if the officials failed to show up. However, 3news.com…

Renowned music producer Fred Kyei Mensah has disclosed that the Head Pastor of International God’s Way Church, Prophet Daniel Obinim, appeared to him in a dream on June 3rd  2015, telling him not to step out. Speaking with MzGee on 3FM’s Showbuzz on Thursday, September 10, Fredima, as he is popularly called, said his friend invited him to Obinim’s church. After that, the man of God opted to speak to him about a prophecy he had seen about him regarding death. “I don’t joke with my spiritual things. It is rather unfortunate if I see Ghanaians mocking prophet Obinim. When…

The 2017 Auditor General’s report has uncovered that institutions including Parliament of Ghana owes the Graphic Communications Group Limited millions of Ghana Cedis on newspapers they procured. Apart from the legislature, the various Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) also owe the company. A Member of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee, Dr. Clement Apaak wondered why institution like Parliament owed the company despite the regular budgetary allocation for reading materials to settle such expenses by the august house. “Is it not my understanding that parliament has a budgetary allocation to take care of reading material, including newspapers? So why are we…