Let Us Find A Way To Stop Borrowing
Let us find a way to stop borrowing Folks, did you all read this memo below from our new Finance Minister, Hon. Ken Ofori Atta dated 3rd April 2017. And this is supposed to be good news, right? We...
Day: May 9, 2017
Don Jazzy, Wizkid, Davido Make Forbes List of Richest African Musicians 2017
Forbes Africa has released its list of Richest African musicians. The list was put together using factors such as endorsement value, popularity, show rates, sales, awards, YouTube views, appearance...
‘Second Revival Is Coming To Komenda Sugar Factory’
The Akufo-Addo government has assured, it will revive the Komenda Sugar factory after it was shut down last year for reasons blamed on the former government's poor economic judgment. Deputy Trade...
Students Loan To Go Up By 50%
Government, will from the beginning of the next academic year –2017/2018, increase the amount of loans that tertiary students are eligible to take for a period of two semesters, by 50%. Currently,...
Financial Sector Needs An Ombudsman
Dr. Kobby Mensah, marketing lecturer at the University of Ghana Business School says Parliament should consider the setting up of a financial Ombudsman with the legal powers to mediate between...
Contractors Owed GHc1.3bn – Report
Contractors engaged by government for the execution of various projects across the country are owed GH¢1.3 billion as at December 2016, the Parliamentary Select Committee on Works and Housing report...
Ghana Marks 16th Anniversary of May 9 Accra Stadium Disaster
Ghana will be commemorating the 16th anniversary of the May 9 Accra Sports stadium disaster today. Over 126 soccer fans lost their lives in a stampede which occurred when Hearts of Oak clashed with...
Bukari Demands Apology From Naabu
Upper East Regional Minister Rockson Bukari has demanded an unqualified apology from the New Patriotic Party’s Northern Regional Chairman Daniel Bugri Naabu for alleging that he (Mr Bukari) had a...
Why Is Religious Intolerance On the Rise In Indonesia?
A guilty verdict and two-year jail sentence for Jakarta's Christian governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama on blasphemy charges have fuelled concerns about the erosion of religious freedoms in Indonesia....
Suspected Robbers Gun Down Businessman In Broad Daylight
A 45-year-old businessman was on Monday afternoon gunned downed by two suspected robbers near the Tema Oil Refinery Traffic Light. The two suspected robbers, who were riding an unregistered...
Qantas Chief Gets Pie In Face
Qantas Airways chief executive Alan Joyce had a cream pie planted in his face Tuesday at a business breakfast, with police detaining an elderly man over the incident. Joyce was at the podium...
Indian Kabaddi League Signs Multi-Million Dollar Deal
The Indian sport of kabaddi has received a major boost with Chinese mobile company VIVO signing a five-year deal worth $46.7 million to sponsor the game's popular league. Pro Kabaddi has held its own...
Taiwan Blames China For WHO Invite Snub
Taiwan said Tuesday it had been excluded from a major World Health Organisation meeting for the first time in eight years, blaming rival China for the snub as relations worsen. Delegates attending...
China Wants Its Anthem Sung, But Maybe Not At Parties
China is fine-tuning legislation on the proper way and place to sing its national anthem, tightening rules that already bar people from belting it out at parties, weddings and funerals. A draft bill...
Anti-IS Coalition Meets In Denmark To Assess Campaign
Key members of the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria meet in Copenhagen on Tuesday to assess the campaign's next steps as the jihadists' "caliphate" collapses....
Director of Budget At Finance Ministry Relieved of His Post
The Director of Budget at the Finance Ministry, Sampson Asare Fianko, has been relieved of his post, 3News can authoritatively confirm. It is unclear where he is likely to move next and also who will...
Australia Vows ‘practical’ Budget To Counter Voter Frustrations
Australia was set to unveil a "practical" budget Tuesday focused on infrastructure spending and housing affordability with the government "listening" to frustrated voters. Treasurer Scott Morrison...
Jakarta Governor Ahok Found Guilty of Blasphemy
The outgoing governor of Jakarta has been sentenced to two years in prison for blasphemy and inciting violence. Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, known as Ahok, was the first ethnic Chinese Christian to run...
Efua Dorkenoo’s Campaign Against Female Genital Mutilation, An Unfinished Business
Efua Dorkenoo’s campaign against female genital mutilation, an unfinished business A SPECIAL NOTE: In New York, this author sat in a class with a Guinean/Senegalese/Sierra Leonean young lady who...
Bugri Naabu, Otiko Summoned To Flagstaff House
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has summoned two of his party stalwarts to the Flagstaff House, the seat of government, to come and explain themselves over their conduct on Friday, May 5,...