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Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has revealed that the Akufo-Addo administration is adopting a two-way approach towards infrastructural development in the country. He said at a Town Hall Meeting at the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences in Accra on Tuesday, August 18 that this approach makes it possible to cover all persons in the country under the project. Dr Bawumia told the gathering, among which were ministers, that the government is focused on providing infrastructure for all. “That has been the focus.  And our approach to infrastructural development in Ghana has been two-fold . “First, to provide the infrastructure…

Staff of the Head of State Award Scheme Ghana (HoSA) under the leadership of its Executive Director has donated 500 re-usable masks to the Senior Correctional Center (400 pieces) and the Shelter for Abused Children (100 pieces) in Accra. The masks were made by young award participants as part of the ‘Skill Section’ requirement of the award scheme and are to be used by both inmates and staff of the two institutions. The donation, which took place on August 7, forms part of the first phase of HoSA’s #bootcoronaaway project, which aims at producing masks and hand sanitizers to support…

Since 2017, the government of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has initiated 17,334 infrastructural projects in this country, the Vice President has said. “Of these, we have completed 8,746 and there is 8,588 ongoing,” Dr Mahamudu Bawumia said. He made this known at the Town Hall Meeting at the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences in Accra on Tuesday, August 18. Vice President Bawumia further revealed that the Akufo-Addo administration is adopting a two-way approach towards infrastructural development in the country. This approach makes it possible to cover all persons in the country under the project. Dr Bawumia told the…

Host of TV3’s New Day Berla Mundi has shared her findings into a research she did on witches’ camps in the northern part of the country. She revealed that men who are accused of wizardry in that part of the country are purified and declared clean to enable them return to the society to continue their daily routine activities. But women who are accused of witchcraft are kept in the witches’ camp and denied the purification. She regarded this as unfortunate and unfair treatment meted out to the women. Berla Mundi was speaking on the Sunrise morning show on 3FM…

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) are good at making promises but poor at implementation, former president John Mahama has said. He told a gathering of NDC supporters in the Volta Region that the promises made by President Nana Akufo-Addo prior to the 2016 elections were “sweet things” that have not been fulfilled. “Our major opponents (NPP) are good at promises but poor at delivering. “For them, their policy is that; say anything that the people will believe and vote for you,” he said while addressing the people of South Tongu in Sogakope on Monday. “Political power is the most important…

Fire has razed down a five-bedroom house at Nkenkensu in the Offinso North District in the Ashanti Region on Monday, August 17. A three-year-old girl lost her life in the inferno. The National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) said the young girl was burnt beyond recognition. The Offinso North District Director of NADMO, Mamoah Elijah, told journalists that properties worth thousands of Cedis were destroyed by the fire. “We had returned from an accident scene when I was called that a fire outbreak had occurred,” he said. “Per our initial assessment, we have not yet established the cause of the fire…

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has said on Tuesday, August 18 that the country has recorded nine new Covid-19 deaths, taking the number of deaths relating to the virus to 248. The GHS said 340 new cases were recorded in the country, bringing to the total so far to 42,993. The total recoveries stand at 40,796. Whereas the active cases also stand at 1,949. By Laud Nartey|3news.com|Ghana

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary Candidate for Tamale Central, Dr. Ibrahim Anyars, has distanced himself from some political skirt and blouse posters planted by some unidentified groups which suggest campaign for John Mahama in one breath and for himself on another. Dr. Anyars said these photos are fake and should be ignored.. On the background, Dr. Anyars noted that these posters are rather from the 2016 campaign when the NDC kicked against the Candidature of Murtala Mohammed and called for the retention of then President Mahama but a change in the parliamentary polls. “My 2020 posters are out and…

Winner of TV3’s Ghana Strongest Ahmed Boakye from the Ashanti Region has expressed optimism of defending his title in the next edition of the competition. With a total of 96 points amassed in the final held at the Elli Beach Resort in Tegbi near Keta in the Volta Region on Sunday, August 16, Ahmed Boakye became the winner of this year’s Ghana’s Strongest reality show. The Kumasi-based athlete beat competition from Prosper Dakora, Mustapha Arhin and Godfred Akolbila to be champion, taking over from Victor Ampofo. He was awarded a car plus a cash of GH¢5,000. Ahmed, who has been…