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Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, Deputy Education Minister in charge of Basic and Secondary Education, says the Ghana Education Service (GES) is currently engaging stakeholders on a possible reopening of schools. Schools were closed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as part of the measures to curtail the spread of the coronavirus outbreak. The president placed a ban on all gatherings including political rallies, church service and large funerals over the pandemic. Regarding a possible reopening of schools, Dr Adutwum told Alfred Ocansey on the Sunrise Show on 3FM Wednesday May 20, that the decision, apart from the assessment and engagement…

Chief Executive Officer of Proud United, Ronald Joojo Duncan has disclosed to Onua 95.1fm Sports that the nationwide 18-club Division One League proposed by the Executive Council of the Ghana Football Association is not in the statutes. Speaking to Onua sports on Monday, Joojo Duncan said “If you look into the statutes I don’t think there is a specific instruction on that. All it says is that instead of 48 votes we will only have 18 votes in congress within two years; it doesn’t say a league of 18, so there are some contentious interpretations of the statutes.” The CEO…

A member of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Finance, Daniel Okyem Aboagye has chided members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for persistently criticizing government over what they term excessive borrowing. The Member of Parliament (MP) for Bantama in the Ashanti Region has described NDC’s criticisms on the economy as “irresponsible, illogical and dishonest”. Mr. Okyem Aboagye’s censure against the leading opposition party comes in the wake of recent comments by the ranking member of finance committee Cassiel Ato Forson on Ghana’s debt stock. He has asserted that Ato Forson who doubles as the MP for Ajumako-Enyan-Esiam in the Central…

Polling stations in Burundi opened at 06:00 local time (04:00GMT) on Wednesday with around five million voters expected to participate in the general elections. Voters will be electing their president, members of parliament and communal council members. Seven candidates are seeking to replace long-serving President Pierre Nkurunzinza, with the main contenders being Agathon Rwasa of the opposition CNL party and Evariste Ndayishimiye from the ruling CNDD-FDD party. Voters in the diaspora will not cast their ballot because of the coronavirus pandemic. Polling stations will close at 16:00 local time with preliminary results expected to be out on 25 May. The…

The Ghana Association of Bankers (GAB) has appointed the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Universal Merchant Bank (UMB), John Awuah as the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Association. Mr. Awuah is expected to later take over as the CEO of the Association from D. K. Mensah who retires later in the year. A statement jointly signed by the President of the Association, Alhassan Andani and the Chief Executive                Officer, D. K. Mensah which was copied to 3news.com said “the Ghana Association of Bankers has appointed Mr. John Awuah as the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Association…

The Ghana Health Service has confirmed  178 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the country’s total case count to 6,096. Data shared on the Service’s website Tuesday evening showed 19 more recoveries with total recovery standing at 1,773 while the death toll still stands at 31. The total number of tests administered as of May 19, 2020 was 184, 343. Regional breakdown: Greater Accra Region – 4,536 Ashanti Region – 888 Central Region – 256 Western Region – 111 Eastern Region – 100 Western North Region – 57 Volta Region – 41 Northern Region – 31 Oti Region – 26 Upper East Region – 26 Upper West Region – 21 North East Region…

Bishop Daniel Obinim, the founder of the International God’s Way church, was Tuesday arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service over the publication of false news and falsification of documents. Bishop Obinim was, however, arraigned at a Magistrate’s Court, in Accra, and granted a GH¢100,000.00 bail with three sureties – one to be justified.He is to make his next appearance on June 1, 2020.This was contained in a press release signed by Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Ms Juliana Obeng, Head of the Public Affairs of the CID in Accra.The statement said the arrest was…

A former member of the erstwhile AFRC, Major Boakye Gyan (retd) who was picked up by officials of the Criminal Investigative Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service on Tuesday has been granted bail. He was picked up in the morning at about 8am when he was preparing to go to his farm, and was sent to Drobo Divisional Police Station for questioning. Boakye Gyan sometime last week said if the Electoral Commission (EC) goes ahead to compile a new voter’s register for the 2020 elections, it could plunge the country into civil war. According to information gathered by 3news.com,…

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday, 19th May, 2020, launched the GH¢1 billion Coronavirus Alleviation Programme Business Support Scheme, which is being provided by Government and selected participating banks to micro, small and medium-scale businesses around the country. Launching the Scheme at Jubilee House, the seat of the nation’s presidency, President Akufo-Addo explained that the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic has had a devastating impact on all economies around the world, with reduced productivity, job losses, and steep decline in revenues for Government, businesses, households and individuals in Ghana. Amongst the hardest hit in Ghana, according to the…

Nelson Mandela once said: “It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor, the son of a mine worker can become the head of the mine, that child from farm workers can become the president of a great nation”. This conventional wisdom is too glaring to be ignored and therefore education cannot be over-emphasised. I believe the 2030 Agenda for the Sustainable Development Goals is to be applied universally and holistically, with a special imperative to leave no one behind. The achievement of SDG 4 – is also to promote, not just an inclusive but…