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The Bono East region’s COVID-19 case count has seen a sharp rise from one to six cases. The Bono East Regional Director of Health Services, Dr. Fred Adomako Boateng who disclosed this in an interview said the five additional cases are as a result of targeted testing the health directorate has been conducting. He said contact tracing is ongoing and by the close of today, June  2, 2020, they would be able to come out with realistic measures to stop the spread. The Bono East Region on Thursday the 28th of May 2020 recorded its first case of COVID-19 through…

The country’s coronavirus related death toll now stands at 38, the Ghana Health Service has announced on Tuesday. According to the Service, two more persons have died of COVID-19 pandemic since the last update on Sunday. Meanwhile, the total number of cases has increased to 8, 297 while the recoveries stand at 2,986 leaving the active cases at 5, 273. Find Regional breakdown below: Greater Accra Region – 5,798 Ashanti Region – 1,263 Western Region – 436 Central Region – 410 Eastern Region – 117 Volta Region – 84 Western North Region – 68 Northern Region – 37 Oti Region – 26 Upper East Region – 26 Upper West Region…

There was high security presence around the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service Tuesday noon as the chairperson of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Bernard Mornah, honoured an invitation by the CID. More soon… By 3news.com|Ghana

There will be no religious activities and visitations would not be allowed as part of measures announced by Education Minister Matthew Opoku Prempeh as schools re-open for final year students after the interruption by COVID-19. Other measures for JHS  as announced by the Education Minister are: Not more than 30 students for in one class Classes will be organized from 9 am to 1 pm each day No breaks outside the classroom No sports or sporting events For SHS; Not more than 25 students in a class. Day students in boarding schools assimilated into the boarding house Day schools will…

Some persons who tried to participate in the ongoing pilot registration exercise of the Electoral Commission in Tamale are unable to go through the process. These are mostly persons who wanted others to vouch for their nationality as Ghanaians. EC officials explain the situation is as a result of difficulty in imputing the information of persons who vouch for others. The Northern Regional Director of the Commission, Lucas Yiryeli told journalists the situation has to do with difficulty in accessing the software which is supposed to process the information. “It is a technical challenge we are facing here and it…

The Ministry of Education has asked all boarding schools to make provisions for all final year day-students to be in a boarding house as one of the enhanced safety measures taken to mitigate the spread of Covid-19 as government eases restrictions on social gathering. Following the president’s Sunday announcement to gradually ease restrictions on social gatherings, the various stakeholders including the Ministry of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs and the Ministry of Education have given specific directives to this effect. Read:No waving of handkerchiefs, dancing in church – Minister directs Education Minister, Mattew Opoku Prempeh, addressing the press Tuesday indicated schools…

The Ghana Police Service has advised members of the public to disregard any “open call” on social media for a protest march against the United States on Tuesday, June 2, 2020. In a statement signed by Deputy Superintendent of Police Effia Tenge, the Head of the Public Affairs Unit, Accra Region, it explained that the attention of the Accra Regional Police Command was drawn to an intended demonstration against the US, trending on social media.The command, according to the statement, had not been notified of any demonstration in that regard.“Moreover, the restrictions on public gatherings, demonstrations and rallies among others…

President Donald Trump has threatened to send in the military to quell growing civil unrest in the US over the death of a black man in police custody. He said if cities and states failed to control the protests and “defend their residents” he would deploy the army and “quickly solve the problem for them”. Protests over the death of George Floyd have escalated over the past week. Four police meanwhile have been shot and injured in Missouri, and two people reported killed amid unrest in Chicago. The circumstances of both incidents are unclear. Meanwhile, dozens of major cities imposed…

Former Member of Parliament for Berekum, Captain Nkrabeah Effah-Dartey (retd), has noted that a lot of former Members of Parliament are wallowing in abject poverty after they left parliament. He said life at the moment is unbearable for some of the former MPs because they did not have a trade of their own before entering parliament. He told Alfred Ocansey on the Sunrise Show on  3FM 92.7 that being a lawmaker in Ghana is not lucrative as many perceive it to be. “The way I see them [ex-MPs] in town is not good especially those who are not professionals. “If…

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