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A Former Parliamentary Aspirant of the New Patriotic Party in Assin South Constituency, Joseph Kofi Damatse, has expressed willingness to go Independent in the 2020 elections due to some personal reasons. According to him, delegates failed him by voting for someone who appeared from nowhere after he spent so much money in the primaries. It will be recalled that this ...

Soft-spoken Ghanaian radio and television show host, Caroline Sampson, has opened up about her past relationship experiences. In an emotional interview with Andy Dosty on Hitz 103.9FM’s Daybreak Hitz recently, she said her experiences with men over the years have been very disappointing. According to Miss. Sampson, her relationships were from frying pan to fire. Describing how bad her love ...

The Coalition of Election Observers (CODEO) has raised concerns over the proposal by the electoral commission to cut down voting hours. The commission considering reducing the voting time from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., instead of the 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. The move is to allow for counting of ballots and collation of results before night falls and to ...

At least one person is reported dead in an accident at Okponglo near Legon in Accra. The vehicle was heading from Madina to Shiashi when the driver lost control and skidded onto the pavement knocking down a hawker. Eyewitnesses say shells of bullets were found in the four wheel drive. Police sources reveal the driver of the car is already ...

A former deputy Communications Minister Felix Kwakye Ofosu says he decided to contest the Abura Asebu Kwamankese primaries of the opposition National Democratic Congress after some chiefs and elders in the area called on him to do so. He said he gave deep consideration and thoughts to the appeal by the respected chiefs and people in the area before declaring ...

Switzerland’s ambassador to Cameroon says his government is trying to negotiate a peaceful end to the separatist crisis in which an estimated 2,000 have died. Ambassador Pietro Lazzeri said the negotiations are being guided by the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. “Over the last months we have been trying to create dialogue among the parties because we have the ...

Parliamment has passed the Vigilantism and Related Offenses Bill 2019 after a third reading. The Bill was laid amidst disagreement from the NDC and its minority in parliament who argued that a bi-partisan engagement initiated before the bill was introduced was the way to go, but this notwithstanding the Bill has been passed. The object of the Bill is to ...

The Ghana Education Service has directed that all senior high school teachers holding a degree earned through distance education or sandwich should be re-posted to basic schools. A letter to one of the headmasters, sighted by 3news.com, insisted that the directive should be considered “serious”. District Directors of Education have subsequently written to heads of schools who have also communicated ...

The Parliamentary Service Board says its decision to take the development of a new chamber block out of its present agenda was occasioned by its review of representations by well-meaning Ghanaians. The decision to put on hold the planned new and larger chamber project, according to a statement issued by the Public Affairs unit of Parliament, was taken at a ...

Excitement has been building in the Indian Ocean island nation of Madagascar as the team emerged on top of Group B after beating three-time tournament winners Nigeria 2-0. “Barea”, who take their nickname from a breed of local cattle, will play Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday for a place in the quarter-final. “After hearing the demands of supporters, President ...