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Over one hundred retail shops belonging to foreigners at Circle have been closed down in an exercise led by the Presidential Committee on retail trade. The exercise, which started peacefully later turned chaotic, TV3’s Joseph Armstrong, who covered the exercise, reported. The Presidential Committee in the company of the police arrived at Circle at about 11:00am Thursday, August 13. Public Relations Officer of Ministry of Trade and Industry Prince Boakye Boateng explained that the Committee was only enforcing Section 27, Clause 1 of the GIPC Act 2013 (Act 865). “We came here today to lock up shops, we did not…

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said that a lot of Ghanaians still do not understand what he meant by every Ghanaian will have a bank account. He said most people thought he was talking about traditional bank accounts but that was not the case. On Tuesday, August 11, the Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram Constituency, Samuel Nartey George, criticised the government for failing to honour its promises in ensuring that every Ghanaian obtains a bank account. It will be recalled that the Vice President, speaking at the official opening of the Innovation Week organised by the Ghana-India Kofi…

The running mate to flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Mahama in this year’s elections, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has promised that if their party wins the elections, the maternity leave period will be increased from three months to four months. The labour law grants women a maternity leave period of at least 12 weeks. But speaking at a gathering to mark International Youth Day on Wednesday, August 13, Prof Opoku-Agyemang said: “I sympathize with young mothers, but you will be happy to know when our manifesto is launched that we have increased the maternity leave [period]. “We…

The Executive Director of the National Board For Small Scale Industries (NBSSI), Mrs Kosi Yankey-Ayeh, has revealed government’s stimulus package has been distributed to 120,0000 businesses in the country so far. In an interview on 3FM 92.7 Thursday, August 13, she stated that the monies were given only to registered businesses that went through the application process. She stressed that “over 120,000 have received the stimulus package”. As part of efforts to ease the economic pressure on Ghanaian businesses posed by Covid-19, the government earmarked a GH¢600 million stimulus package to be distributed among small and medium scale enterprises. This…

Ghanaian artiste, Joint 77, who is a former member of the Shatta Movement (SM), has revealed that he has been able to buy cars for himself after his former boss Shatta Wale took his car from him when they parted ways. Joint 77 said on the 3FM Drive that he has since imported cars to support his music career. Shatta Wale recently sacked the famous SM militants from his camp. The members of the disbanded militant group are Natty Lee, Captan, Addi Self, and Joint 77. Joint 77 told Giovani Caleb on Wednesday August 12, that he returned all the…

The Member of Parliament for Tamale North, ‎Alhassan Sayibu Suhuyini, has applauded Media General for the quality work being done to promote journalism in the country and beyond. Speaking on the New Day on TV3 Thursday August 13 the lawmaker, who is also a former broadcaster highlighted on the quality news items and programmes being rolled out by the management of the station. He said “ I’m overwhelmed with the work wonderful production you people are putting into these outdoor programs, I was personally hit by the fact that you are actually generating your own power. “You had to transport…

The 2020 Afrobarometer report released by the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD), has stated that unemployment and education remain the topmost issues among the youth in Ghana. Afrobarometer is a pan-African, nonpartisan survey research network that provides reliable data on African experiences and evaluations of democracy, governance, and quality of life. The report which was released on Wednesday August 12, a day set aside to mark the International Youth Day stated some five key findings from a survey conducted in 2019. According to the report “in Ghana, where 57% of the population is less than 25 years old (Index…

Ghanaian Bernard Morrison, who signed a contract with Yanga FC in Tanzania and played for them for a while, has quit the club. He said Yanga wanted to keep him at the club but he decided to move on. This, he said, raised eyebrows among the management because they thought he was joining their rival club Simba FC. He told TV3 in an interview that: “Yanga was having a six-month contract with me which I signed somewhere in January so it ended some two weeks ago in July. “They really wanted to have me in the club but I wanted…

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has called for the soldiers who assaulted TV3 journalists to be dealt with for their actions. The GJA in a statement signed by its president Roland Affail Monney on Thursday August 13 said the association was not happen with the news of the incident. “[We] received with utter shock and intractable concern reports of brutalities meted out by a soldier to a TV3 cameraman, Stanley Nii Blewu, who had gone to Tema Station in Accra Central to do a story on the state of sanitation there”. This, according to the statement, was  followed the pronouncement…

Minister of Education, Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh, has said reopening of schools in Ghana will be dependent largely on how the coronavirus behaves in the country. Asked when schools will reopen while speaking in an interview with Berla Mundi on the COVID-19 360 on TV3 Thursday August 13, Dr Opoku Prempeh said, “we will go back to school if the virus allows us.” He explained that the decision will based on the available science and data on the Covid-19 situation in the country. “So depending on the science and data we will reopen schools. We reopened schools for final years…