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Two years ago, I wrote an article on the Free SHS policy titled “MOE AND GES ‘COOKING THE NUMBERS’ TO PUSH DOUBLE-TRACK SYSTEM?” That article sought to question the numbers put out as argument for the impact the Free SHS policy was having and how much of a difference it was making to the second cycle education system. The article, as the title suggested, also tried using the numbers to question if there was the need to subject students to the double track system especially when there was the opportunity to look at the same numbers and make innovative plans…

Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong has donated US$428, 650 to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration to support Government’s efforts to evacuate stranded Ghanaians in Lebanon. Sector minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, during the donation ceremony on Wednesday August 5 was grateful to the MP and other stakeholders for their kind gesture. “The Ministry is happy to receive on behalf of the Government, a generous donation of US$428, 650 from Hon. Kennedy to support the fourth and fifth Ghanaians from Lebanon scheduled for 11th and 13th August, 2020”, she said. She said the Ministry in collaboration…

Boss of the Shatta Movement Empire Shatta Wale took his turn to register for a voter ID card at the Ebenezer 2 and 3 JHS registration Centre at Korle-Gorno in Accra. The top musician who arrived in the company of his father and business manager, Shatta Capo, was taken through COVID-19 protocols before being registered by the EC officials. Amidst cheers from a thick crowd of SM loyalists, the “Gringo” hitmaker expressed excitement about the process, noting it’s smooth and simple. ” Well I think the process is great and I like the way my people embraced me here .…

The Public Health Directorate of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has buried ninety seven persons who succumbed to covid 19 so far, out of the nearly two hundred victims. At an event to bury six bodies Thursday afternoon, leader of the burial team Inspector Joseph Asitanga told 3news.com’s Komla Adom, there are many more bodies awaiting burial. He however laments resource constraints continue to demotivate his men as Ghana’s death toll from the infectious disease nears two hundred. “We have spoken about our challenges so many times and yet it appears those who matter are paying deaf ears to our…

The Governance Research Bureau has prescribed winning formulae for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the December 2020 elections based on analysis of EC certified results of the two parties since 1992. The Bureau stated that the NDC’s victory would depend on the party maintaining their average votes in NPP strongholds and swing regions as well as increasing their average votes in their own strongholds. For the NPP, the Bureau recommended that the party should maintain their average votes in their strongholds and NDC strongholds while increasing their average votes in the swing regions. The…

I live in Navrongo in the Upper East Region, approximately 814 km from Ghana’s capital, Accra. I am a postgraduate student studying Population Studies at the Regional Institute of Population Studies (RIPS), University of Ghana, Legon – Accra, and a trained youth advocate under the Youth Leaders for Health Program. Youth Leaders for Health is a joint program by WACI Health, RESULTS UK, Health Promotion Tanzania-HDT, Hope for Future Generation and CISMAT- Sierra Leone with support from Comic Relief, UK. I never imagined that in my lifetime, there would be a pandemic that would rock the world forcing us all…

NDC stalwart and former minister under Flight Lt. Jerry Rawlings, Professor Kwamena Ahwoi has come under severe criticisms from some party bigwigs following the release of his new book, “Working with Rawlings”. The book, which appeared to chronicle the working relationship between the former local government minister and his boss while he was president, is already getting some backlash. The former local government minister highlights what were the cause of some seeming friction between Rawlings and the late President Mills among others. But in a Facebook post, former president Rawlings has vowed to deal with elements he describes as “persons…

The leadership of the Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council (GPCC) has said it stands by the Presiding Bishop of Perez Chapel International, Bishop Charles Agyinasare who has been threatened over his comments on national issues. In a statement signed by the President of the GPCC, Rev Prof Paul Frimpong-Manso, the Council said, “The purpose of this statement is to declare our strong support for the Presiding Bishop, who is a long-standing member of the Council and who rose to occupy the very high position of First Vice-President of the Council”. GPCC said its leadership “has noted with concern, some of…