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Government has granted financial clearance for some 8,076 nurses to be posted to health facilities across the country. The appointment of the nurses who completed from various public health training institutions, is expected to take effect from November 1, a statement from the Ministry of Finance sighted by 3news.com stated. According to the statement signed by a Deputy Minister of Finance, Abena Osei-Asare, the emoluments of the personnel would be charged against the Compensation Employees vote of the Ministry of Health in the 2020 annual estimates. “The Ministry of Health is to ensure that the Nurse Assistant Clinical and Nurse…

Chairman of the Film Classification Committee, Socrate Safo, has rubbished perceptions that the career of some entertainment personalities was destroyed by politics. The career of some of the creative personalities in the country, he observed, took a nosedive not because of politics. Actors, producers and artistes such as Clement Bonney, popularly known as Mr Beautiful, Lenny Akpadie, Grace Omaabo and NaCee have received backlash for supporting the National Democratic Congress (NDC). Some of these personalities later claimed their support for the NDC had adverse effect on their career. But movie producer Socrate Safo, who is now the Chairman of the…

Pollster Ben Ephson is pushing for all Ghanaian members of parliament and the speaker, Prof. Mike Ocquaye, to be quarantined on the back of admission that some MPs and parliamentary staffers have contracted the deadly novel coronavirus. He argued that parliament is no different from other institutions where persons are quarantined once a covid-19 case is recorded among the people, hence the MPs must be subjected to the same covid-19 protocols to protect the larger society. Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu revealed Friday that some MPs and parliamentary staffers who tested positive for the virus and were supposed to be in…

Ghana has cut down on its testing for the novel coronavirus, Deputy General Secretary of the Ghana Medical Association Dr Titus Beyuo has claimed. He told Alfred Ocansey on Sunrise morning show on 3 92.7FM Monday that the situation is attributable to the reduction in the country’s enhanced surveillance which formed a chunk of the tests conducted in the early stages of the outbreak in the country. Dr Beyuo was reacting to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s address on the covid-19 situation in Ghana on Sunday June 14. President Akufo-Addo had said with a population of 31 million, the total…

Ghana’s highlife legend Nana Tuffour has died. The 66-year-old died Monday dawn in his home after a short illness, family sources told 3news.com. His body has since been deposited at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi. The ‘Abeiku’ hit maker early this year released a new song, Abasa Komu. Tributes have been flooding social media after news of the musician, popularly known as 9-9-2-4, broke Monday morning. “It’s sad to hear that the High Life musician 9924 (Nana Tuffour) has passed away,” Cobby Randy tweeted. R.I.P. Nana Tuffour You music will live on pic.twitter.com/dtDhbkwqa6 — RonnyTweets (@AaronEggley) June…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says despite the increase in the COVID-19 case count, the tracing, testing and treatment regime being pursued by government would eventually reduce the number of cases. In a televised address Sunday night to apprise the nation on measures being adopted to curb the spread of the disease, he said though there was public anxiety on the increasing case count, available data indicates that the country was managing the pandemic rather well.Explaining further, the President pointed out that the increase in numbers was as a result of the enhanced contact tracing and testing, which had in…

The president of Mali has said he is prepared to hold talks with the opposition coalition, as he continues to face calls from his critics to resign. Speaking on public television Ibrahim Boubacar Keita said his door was open, his hand was always extended and that he looked forward to meeting soon with members of the opposition movement. Mr Keita, who came to power seven years ago, has been losing support over his handling of ethnic violence in Mali as well as a jihadist uprising which has affected large areas of the country. Earlier this month, tens of thousands of…

The Ghana Immigration Service has seized 141 gallons of fuel at some unapproved routes along the Ghana-Togo border in the Ketu South District of the Volta Region. The fuel which was loaded in yellow jerry cans was being readied for smuggling when immigration officials intercepted it on Saturday in two separate operations. Persons behind the illegal activity however managed to escape, the Aflao Sector Command of the Ghana Immigration Service said in a statement. The Sector Commander, Chief Superintendent Frederick Baah Doudu, said intelligence led to the discovery and seizure of the fuel from an uncompleted structure close to unapproved…

Former coach of Elmina Sharks Football Club, Kobina Amissah, has expressed regrets for rejecting to take up a new role as the technical director for the Elmina Football Academy. Coach Amissah agreed to take up the new position after satisfying himself with what was said to be a juicy remuneration offered him by the owner and President of the club, Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom. He however refused later to sign the contract to seal the deal. That decision, Coach Amissah has explained, was influenced by someone within the camp of Dr. Nduom who phoned to chastise him for not demanding…

The National Sports College (NSC) at Winneba in the Central Region has set up an isolation centre to manage any suspected coronavirus case. Acting Director of the College, Mr Noah Bukari, explained it forms part of measures to prevent spread of the virus should any case be recorded. “Any suspected case of Covid-19 will be sent to the pavilion and the summer huts in the College which are going to be used as isolation centres to manage the situation,” he disclosed. He said this when Zoomlion Ghana Limited disinfected the College against the deadly coronavirus pandemic. He also added that…