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Actress Jane Galloway Heitz, best known for portraying show choir head Lillian Adler in the high school musical series Glee, has died aged 78. She died of congestive heart failure in an Illinois hospital last week, her daughter Amie Richardson confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter. She also appeared in shows like ER, Grey’s Anatomy and The Big Bang Theory. Galloway Heitz helped launch the careers of actors such as Steve Carell via her own Chicago casting business. Fans of Fox’s comedy-drama series Glee will recognise the face of Galloway Heitz’s character Lillian Adler, the one-time choir director, from the commemorative…

The Amansie South District in the Ashanti Region can now boast of a District Police Command following the construction of a modern police headquarters at Manso-Adubia, the district capital. The project which was initiated by the Adubia Traditional Council in 2016 was completed by the assembly after it stalled at some point due to inadequate funding, paving the way for the elevation of the Adubia Police Station to a district headquarters. Hitherto, the Adubia Police Station was under the Amansie West District Command despite Amansie South becoming a district on its own in 2015. The Inspector General of Police (IGP)…

The Botswana National Men’s 15s Team, the Botswana Vultures, arrived in Ghana and was whisked off to Cape Coast for final preparations for a crucial Rugby Africa Cup (RAC) against the Ghana National Men’s 15s team, the Ghana Eagles. The match has been dubbed the “Battle Of The Birds Of Prey” due to the respective teams’ logos and names – the Ghana Eagles and Botswana Vultures. The President of Ghana Rugby, Herbert Mensah today announced the squad in Accra Ghana. Ghana Rugby Men’s 15s Eagles squad for the Ghana, Botswana clash Starting 15 1 – Amissah / Andrews Kwamena 2…

Member of Parliament for the Tamale North Constituency Alhassan Suhuyini Sayibu has described as “reckless” the banking sector clean-up carried out by the Bank of Ghana. “We would have done this banking sector clean-up in a different way to secure jobs,” he insisted. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) MP was speaking on TV3’s New Day on Friday, November 22 when he shared the sentiments. The banking sector underwent a two-year clean-up engineered by the Dr Ernest Addison-led Central Bank. The exercise led to the revocation of licenses of some major indigenous banks with some having their management ceded to others.…

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has clarified that mutual funds and unit trusts previously managed by investment firms whose licenses were recently revoked are still valid and must run. According to SEC, the revocation of the licenses on Friday, November 8 of 53 fund managers does not affect the licenses of nor terminate the mutual funds and unit trusts they managed. “Please note that the revocation of the licenses of the Fund Managers neither affects the valid licenses of, nor terminates the Mutual Funds and Unit Trusts that they used to manage,” SEC said in a statement dated Thursday,…

The 470MW Karadeniz Powership Osman Khan currently located in Sekondi in the Western Region has commenced power production utilizing Ghana’s indigenous Natural Gas, Karpowership Ghana Company Limited has announced. The powership relocated from the Tema Harbour to the Western Region in August in a government stratey to make use of natural gas from the western enclave. It was to ultimately save the country millions of dollars annually. The commissioning was completed on Friday, September 6. Ghana National Gas Company assured last month that there will be sufficient gas for consistent supply. Source: 3news.com|Ghana

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has debunked rumours that the University of Environment and Sustainable Development at Somanya would be relocated to Bunso. He observed that the rumours are being peddled by his opponents and they are unfounded. He promised supporting Italian construction firm Contracta 2 to complete the €45 million project by July next year. The president made this known on Thursday at the start of his three-day working visit of the Eastern Region. The University of Environment and Sustainable Development is still at its construction stages at Somanya. It is being constructed on a 312-acre land given out by…

Source: 3news.com | Ghana

Bernard Mornah[/caption] National Chairman of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Bernard Mornah’s declaration that the party is voting NO at the December 17 referendum was not sanctioned by the party, the Leader of the PNC has clarified. “The National Executive Committee(NEC) of the People’s National Convention wishes to inform the general public that it has not taken any stance on the impending referendum,” Dr. Edward Nasigrie Mahama, Leader of the PNC said in a statement on Thursday. Bernard Mornah had said the PNC decided to back the NO campaign claiming introducing partisan politics at the district assemblies and Unit committee…

File photo: Cape Coast town.[/caption] Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has today, 21st November, 2019 cut sod for the construction of 30km Inner City Roads in Cape Coast. The sod Cutting ceremony for the Cape Coast Inner City roads makes it the second time in this week that government is cutting sods for roads captured in the approved Lots under Phase 1 of the Ghana-Sinohydro Master Project Support Agreement. The first sod cutting ceremony for the week was done for the 88km Hohoe-Jasikan-Dodopepeso road in the Oti region. On Friday, 22nd November, similar sod cutting ceremony will be held at…