Bawumia justifies approach adopted for banking sector cleanup
General News of Friday, 27 August 2021Source: 3news.comThe Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has justified the decision to clean up the financial sector and also the approach adopted. He said the approach was apt because there was a huge problem in the financial sector that needed to be solved. The BoG between 2017 and 2019 swept through the financial sector of the economy. UniBank, The Sovereign Bank, The Beige Bank, Premium Bank, The Royal Bank, Heritage Bank, Construction Bank, UT Bank, Capital Bank all collapsed. You won’t spend GH¢9 billion to save the banks but you pay GH¢22 billion to pay back peoples deposits and you can’t even pay.
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August 26, 2021 22:18 UTC
The Thomas who sees, touches yet fails to believe and act
The refreshing news is that Thomas believed and acted appropriately after seeing and touching Jesus Christ. It is now certain that the doubting Thomas of our time has become an obstacle that we have to overcome to have an assured future where life becomes normal with new values and lessons inculcated in our practices. We all become the Thomas who hears, sees, and touches without believing and acting when we fail to comply with the protocols at any point in time when necessary. We hope that with constant admonishing they will become like the Thomas who doubted first but changed to believe and act in the right way. It is important that we do not only act right when we are affected personally but also act appropriately even when we have not been affected personally.
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August 26, 2021 20:47 UTC
Ghana’s Olympic medal has fulfilled my promise to Mahama – Nii Lante
Sports News of Thursday, 26 August 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• Nii Lante said he promised John Mahama Ghana would have an Olympic medalist if the Bukom Boxing Arena is constructed• The MP believes Samuel Takyi's bronze medal is a fulfilment of his promise• The MP hosted the Olympic Medalist in his office and told him to stay focusedThe former Youth and Sports Minister, Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye has revealed that Samuel Takyi’s success at the Tokyo Olympic Games is a fulfilment of his promise to former President John Dramani Mahama. The Member of Parliament for Odododiodio Constituency intimated in an interview with Ablade TV that he made a promise to John Mahama that an Olympic medalist will be born out of Bukom if the country’s first Boxing Arena is built. “We had a vision years ago and today, it’s a reality,” Nii Lante said in the interview monitored by GhanaWeb. He said, “You have opened the door for others to excel. The Bukom Boxing Arena was constructed and commissioned in December 2017, with the vision to nurture young boxers from the community which is known to be the hub for nurturing boxers for Ghana.
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August 26, 2021 18:33 UTC
Don’t be pressured into financing your girlfriend – Human rights activist advocates
General News of Friday, 27 August 2021Source: 3news.comAccording to human rights activist and lawyer Reno Omokri, a girlfriend’s financial burden remains the sole responsibility of her father and not her boyfriend. Taking to his Twitter page, Reno Omokri shared that it’s foolish for a man to allow himself to be pressured into financing a woman he’s not married to. So no one owes any sort of financial responsibility to the other. “Dear men, When a woman you date tells you she needs money, listen calmly without interrupting. Don’t be pressured into financing a woman you are romancing.
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August 26, 2021 18:33 UTC
Regularly donating blood makes you healthier, ignore false rumours – Health officers
Health News of Thursday, 26 August 2021Source: 3news.comA laboratory scientist at Raphael Health Center, Stephen Danso has debunked rumors surrounding blood donation which suggest the activity is bad. Even if you donate blood it also helps to rejuvenate the system to produce a very good amount of blood. The other health officer, Emmanuel Mensah also supports his colleague’s earlier submission and reaffirmed the need to regularly donate blood. But when as you continue donating, it rejuvenates your body cells and make you even stronger and healthier. Just as the mantra of Onua TV/Radio says “Ye Dwene Woho” which translates as caring for everyone.
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August 26, 2021 17:48 UTC
Prime suspect in Abesim murder charged, remanded
General News of Thursday, 26 August 2021Source: 3news.comThe prime suspect in the Abesim murder, Richard Appiah, has been charged with murder. He has since been remanded into police custody by the Kaneshie District Court on Thursday, August 26. The Police had announced in a statement on Wednesday, August 26 that they had exhumed the intestines of one of the murder victims in Abesim near Sunyani in the Bono. “Two sharp cutlasses with bloodstains used by the suspect to commit the crime were retrieved from the scene,” the statement added. The Police in the early hours of Saturday, August 22, arrested and placed in custody Richard Appiah, 28 years, in connection with the crime.
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August 26, 2021 17:26 UTC
Axim youth issue 7-day ultimatum to chief for ‘lies’ against Catherine Afeku
“Is the Axim Kundum Committee Chairman saying that that monies released within a particular date cannot be used to finance activities on a different date?” the group questioned. We are all witnesses to the recent bad press generated by the Nkosuohene of Lower Axim and chairman of the Axim Kundum Planning Committee, Nana Osei Nkwantabisa. It is important to note that the auditor general report did not accuse any chief of taking money, neither did it accuse any kundum committee chairman of receiving money from the Ministry. In any case, is the Axim Kundum committee chairman saying that monies released within a particular date cannot be used to finance activities on a different date? Strip the Nkosuohene title from him and remove him from the Chairmanship position of the Kundum planning committee.
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August 26, 2021 17:26 UTC
Delay breaks down in tears in an emotional interview
Entertainment of Thursday, 26 August 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• TV presenter Delay shed tears in her interview with singer Dhat Gyal• Delay noted that she can relate to the life struggles of the 22-year-old singer• She has advised the singer to stay away from drugs and bad companyIt was an emotional sight when television presenter, Deloris Frimpong Manso, well known as Delay couldn’t hold back her tears during an interview with young female musician, Dhat Gyal. The life story and struggles of the singer who has battled drug addiction in the past according to Delay is very touching. Delay who was touched by her story advised the singer against the use of hard drugs and also charged her to avoid bad company. Delay who couldn't hold back her tears towards the tail end of the interview, assured the singer that there was hope for the future. I am so glad you came," Delay told the singer, Dhat Gyal.
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August 26, 2021 16:41 UTC
Two Togolese soldiers beat a Ghanaian to death over a missing SIM card
The soldiers put in a search for the late Félix Bedi Gedzah when he failed to return their cell phones until evening. The Togolese soldiers arrested him and physically assaulted him until he passed out. They eventually found the young man, Bedi Gedzah Felix, and the phone but without the SIM card. The young Bedi Gedzah was later picked up by two of his relatives and evacuated to a Ghanian health center. The next day, the victim's parents informed the Togolese security services that the victim had died at about 3 am.
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August 26, 2021 16:30 UTC
Nima wedding turns bloody as 27-year-old woman dies from stray bullet
27-year-old Eunice Yeboah was on her way home on Sunday, August 22, in the company of her younger brother, Wisdom, when the mishap occurred. Some excited friends and family of the groom who had amassed in front of the reception grounds had been firing shots indiscriminately. Eunice’s mother, Janet, also told GhanaWeb that after stitching and joining her intestines, the doctor told them she had to be put in a machine that would cost them GH¢2,000. “...Doctor told me that they were done with the operation but she is unconscious and had been put on oxygen so we should pray. Family of Eunice Yeboah say the case is being investigated by the police although no arrests have been made yet.
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August 26, 2021 16:23 UTC
‘Our GH¢19 wage is very insulting’ – Takoradi PTC interchange workers announce strike
The aggrieved workers said they receive a daily wage of GH¢19. Spokesperson of the team, Philip Kogi Owoo, said GH¢19 for such a “tedious job” was not enough adding that the money does not cover their daily necessities. In an interview with Citi News, Owoo who doubles as the Warehouse Officer said, “Our wage is very insulting. There is even no water on site for the workers. The $2-billion SinoHydro-funded project, being executed by Messrs SinoHydro Corporation Limited, commenced in December 2020 and is expected to be completed in 30 months.
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August 26, 2021 15:56 UTC
NPP accuses Mahama of twisting facts
General News of Friday, 27 August 2021Source: 3news.comFormer President John Dramani Mahama has been twisting facts on his thank you tour, the General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu, has said. Mr Boadu accused Mr Mahama of twisting facts in his comments against the Akufo-Addo administration. Mr Mahama had called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to address the developmental needs of the newly created North East region. “He has no right to deceive the people of this country by twisting facts. He accuses president Akufo-Addo of creating in name only without development.
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August 26, 2021 15:45 UTC
Special Prosecutor petitioned to probe ECG’s US$36m electric metres purchase
The petition is requesting an investigation into the circumstances resulting in the procurement of some US$36 million worth of electricity metres by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) back in 2016. The energy think-tank in a statement signed by its Executive Director, Kwadwo Poku described the purchase as fraudulent hence their decision to submit the petition. “Key appointees within the NDC government in 2015/16 planned this transaction to defraud the State through the acquisition of Electric meters for ECG,” INSTEPR noted. The energy think-tank said the probe was necessary to avert the financial losses the energy sector often incurs. INTESPR also claims that the unused electric meters are currently locked in a warehouse belonging to the ECG because they did not meet the required product specifications and standards.
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August 26, 2021 15:22 UTC
Akwamu state offers 100-acre land for US$50m pharmaceutical plant
Worldwide for the construction of a US$50million pharmaceutical plant. At a ceremony to finalize the agreement, Dr Obeng said the first-class pharmaceutical plant would assist in curbing challenges and risks associated with counterfeit medications imported from other countries. “The Ghanaian pharmaceutical market is made up of approximately 30 per cent locally produced drugs and 70 per cent imported products. People from Akwamu state and its environs are going to gain a lot of employment to work. The Pharmaceutical Plant projectThe first-class pharmaceutical plant project officially commenced in 2018 when it broke ground in Kumasi, Ghana.
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August 26, 2021 15:11 UTC
Wildlife officials hunt for elephant that killed one in North East Region
General News of Thursday, 26 August 2021Source: 3news.comThe Wildlife Division of the Forestry Commission is hunting for an elephant that killed a 42-year-old farmer in Yankajia in the East Mamprusi District in the North East Region of Ghana. The escaped elephant is part of three other elephants that strayed into the community and attacked the community members. After the incident that occurred Wednesday, officials of the Wildlife Division arrived in the community searching for the animal. Joseph Binlinla confirmed that, although the animals are free-ranging animals, the Wildlife protects all animals in the forest areas. According to the Wildlife division, they use drones to monitor the animals' movement but have no control over them.
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August 26, 2021 15:11 UTC