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Emmanuel Kwame Amoh is an Online Editor with the current affairs team at Media General, operators of TV3 Ghana, editors.3news.com and more. Email: emmanuel.amoh@editors.3news.com
Three teenagers who are said to be behind the burning to death of a Navy officer at Bakado near Sekondi have been arrested. The victim, LS Okyere Boateng, died on Friday at the 37 Military Hospital, where he was receiving treatment from the severe burns he sustained in the attack on Wednesday, Decem
South Africa is holding a week of events to mark the passing of the anti-apartheid leader Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who died on Sunday aged 90. The plans include two days of lying in state before an official state funeral on 1 January in Cape Town. Tributes have been pouring in from leaders around th
Western Region-based women’s social group Veils of Women (Gye Nyame Clan) has supported three health facilities in the region as part of its Yuletide activities. The Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital in Takoradi, Apinto Hospital in Tarkwa and St. Martin's de Porres Hospital in Eikwe at the Ellembelle
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace prize laureate who helped end apartheid in South Africa, has died aged 90. President Cyril Ramaphosa said the churchman's death marked "another chapter of bereavement in our nation's farewell to a generation of outstanding South Africans". Archbishop Tutu had
Speaker of Parliament Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin has expressed gratitude to the people of Ghana for the interest shown in the Eighth Parliament since its inception on Thursday, January 7, 2021. He insists - in his Christmas message to Ghanaians - that "Parliament would not have made it this far,
The host of current affairs and political show GhanAkoma on Akoma FM, Aduanaba Kofi Asante Ennin, has been nominated to receive a Presidential Globe African Heroes honors by the Rectitude International Mission (RIM). The Presidential Globe African Heroes awards is in recognition of his enormous supp
Six rooms in Suhum in the Eastern Region was affected by a fire incident on Friday, December 24. The cause of fire is unknown, but some tenants suspect wee smokers who live in in near-by rooms. But for the intervention of filling station attendants and response from the Ghana National Fire Service,
Inspector-General of Police Dr George Akuffo Dampare has reiterated the resolve of his administration to transform the Ghana Police Service into a world-class institution and the most respected organisation in Ghana. To this end, he has assured personnel of his availability and that of leadership to
The US is to lift travel restrictions it imposed on eight southern African nations over a new coronavirus strain. The White House said the 29 November measure, affecting South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini and Malawi, would be lifted by New Year's Eve. The offici
U.S. Ambassador Stephanie Sullivan joined Ghana's Minister of Health Kwaku Agyeman Manu at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) Friday evening to share 1.7 million newly arrived doses of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine with Ghana on behalf of the American people. Since September, the United States has del
Over 5,000 widows in the Ashanti Region have received donations in cash and products to support them in celebrating Christmas. The items including bags of rice, oil, GTP cloth and others were provided by the Chief Executive Officer of Mmanab Company Limited, Emmanuel Akwasi Aboagye. The donation wor
A resident of Asasetre in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region, Michael Budu, suspected to be an illegal miner, has been set on fire by security operatives of mining company Adamus Resources Limited for allegedly prospecting for gold illegally on their concession. Speaking with a tad of dif
Western Region has recorded over fifty new Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours. "About a month ago, the cases were very low due to many stringent measures and unbridled sensitization including radio campaigns," said the Deputy Director of Public Health for the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Gif
The Parliamentary Service has descended on the Majority Leader and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, for his recent attacks on the Speaker over the impasse as regards the 2022 budget statement. A statement issued by the Public Affairs Directorate of Parliament on Friday not
Some residents of Buokrom B-Line, a suburb of Kumasi, did not start the holidays on a good note as fire razed down a house and killed two residents including a toddler. Reports Akoma FM has gathered explain that four persons have been rushed to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) as a result o
