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Media, MPs, ECG, others exempted from partial lockdown – Akufo-Addo
March 28, 2020
No CommentsPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced that effective Monday, March 30, 2020 at 1 am under the Imposition of Restrictions Act, 2020 (Act 1012), there will be restrictions on...
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Akufo-Addo sets up coronavirus fund to combat outbreak
March 28, 2020
No CommentsPresident Nana Akufo-Addo has announced the establishment of a special fund to combat the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Members of the public have been encouraged to donate to the...
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Ghana card registration suspended indefinitely
March 28, 2020
No CommentsThe National Identification Authority (NIA) has suspended the Ghana card registration exercise in the Eastern region indefinitely. The NIA through a statement noted that the indefinite suspension of the mass...
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EC withdraws Constitutional Instrument for new register over defects
March 28, 2020
No CommentsThe Electoral Commission (EC) has been compelled to withdraw a Constitutional Instrument (CI) it laid in parliament two weeks ago. The CI which was was expected to give legal backing...
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Don’t come to Takoradi – Residents to people in lockdown...
March 28, 2020
No CommentsResidents in the Western Region have expressed worry over the possible transfer of vertical infections in the region as they fear many could travel to other regions. Their fear stems...
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Accra goes agog! Mad rush for basic goods, services following...
March 28, 2020
No CommentsBarely hours after the official directive from the presidency, indicating restrictions in some parts of the country, many parts of the capital have seen massive human and vehicular traffic. The...
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Government to build 1 million housing units – Works and...
March 28, 2020
No CommentsMinister of Works and Housing, Samuel Atta-Akyea, has said the government is keen to deliver one million housing units towards addressing the acute housing shortage for the medium to long...
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We must protect our health workers from contracting coronavirus –...
March 28, 2020
No CommentsAs part of measures to protect all healthcare providers with Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs), the government has taken delivery of additional PPEs and more are being procured. Also, the distribution...
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200 ICU beds ready to contain critical Coronavirus cases –...
March 28, 2020
No CommentsMinister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has said up to 200 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds are ready across the country to admit patients who would be in critical condition...
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Humanity is on trial. Mankind is suffocating. A bubonic kind...
March 28, 2020
No CommentsHumanity is on trial. Mankind is suffocating. A bubonic kind of plague is tormenting us. Ghana is no island to the COVID-19 scourge. It is a pestilence that has shown...
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LET’S BLOCK ALL THE LOOPHOLES AT OUR BORDERS.
March 28, 2020
No CommentsLET'S BLOCK ALL THE LOOPHOLES AT OUR BORDERS. The exemplary leadership shown by President Akufo-Addo in these trying times will linger on for years to come. Though decisions taken by...
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Obour’s father dies while waiting for coronavirus results
March 28, 2020
No CommentsThe father of Ghanaian hiplife legend and former president of the Musician Union of Ghana (MUSIGHA), Bice Osei Kuffour, known in showbiz circles as Obour, has died in Accra after...
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Full text: Akufo-Addo’s speech on partial lockdown
March 28, 2020
No CommentsPresident Akufo-Addo's full statement on the partial lockdown announced on Friday, 27th March, 2020. Fellow Ghanaians, good evening. I have come to your homes, once again, as promised, on the...
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Coronavirus lockdown: Full list of who must stay home and...
March 28, 2020
No CommentsPresident Nana Akufo-Addo has imposed restrictions on movement in the Greater Accra and Ashanti regions of Ghana as part of measures to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus which has...
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Sometimes one wonders where these people are imported or recruited...
March 28, 2020
No CommentsSometimes one wonders where these people are imported or recruited from. When we are in such a crisis precipitating a partial lockdown of the country by the President of the...
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Summary of the Restrictions Imposed on Selected Areas in Ghana...
March 27, 2020
No CommentsSummary of the Restrictions Imposed on Selected Areas in Ghana by Government for 2weeks. 1.President Akufo-Addo has announced that effective Monday, 30th March, 2020 at 1 am under the Imposition...
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Coronavirus lockdown: Don’t stampede gov’t but shutdown public transport –...
March 27, 2020
No CommentsPastor Mensa Otabil has said Ghanaians should not “stampede” the government into making one decision or the other with regard to a lockdown, as part of moves to prevent the...
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Coronavirus: Akufo-Addo donates 3 months salary to fight outbreak
March 27, 2020
No CommentsPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has donated his three months salary as seed money to a yet to be established fund to help combat the spread of the coronavirus. "I...
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90% of hotels surveyed may close down – Chamber of...
March 27, 2020
No CommentsIf the Coronavirus pandemic does not slow down any time soon, about 90 per cent of hotels surveyed will be fully or partially closed down by next week, the Chamber...
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Accra, Tema, Kumasi, Obuasi face imminent lockdown over coronavirus
March 27, 2020
No CommentsDocuments available to 3news.com, prepared by the Ghana Police Service, point to a looming “partial to full lockdown” of four big cities in the country in the coming days. Cities...
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Coronavirus: Akufo-Addo announces strict lockdown measures
March 27, 2020
No Comments[caption id="attachment_19055" align="alignnone" width="628"] Image processed by CodeCarvings Piczard ### FREE Community Edition ### on 2018-04-05 22:20:52Z | http://piczard.com | http://codecarvings.com[/caption] The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has announced unprecedented...
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JOY NEWS/FM: THE MEDIA TYRANT IN A COUNTRY OF SYCOPHANTS
March 27, 2020
No CommentsJOY NEWS/FM: THE MEDIA TYRANT IN A COUNTRY OF SYCOPHANTS By Charles Opoku (Eastern Regional TESCON Coordinator & ER Communications Team Member) JoyNews and Joy Fm always find a reason,...
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Government Engages Political Parties To Combat Coronavirus
March 27, 2020
No CommentsGovernment, through the Risk Communications and Social Mobilisation Group of the Ghana Health Service, on Thursday organised a sensitisation workshop for political parties to rally them towards fighting the COVID-19...
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Coronavirus: No need for appointed ambassadors, i’m doing it free...
March 27, 2020
No CommentsJackie Appiah has added her two cents to the conversation as to whether gov’t should appoint celebrities as Coronavirus education ambassadors or not. Though someone like Shatta Wale said he...
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US Offers $15m Reward For Information Leading To Arrest Of...
March 27, 2020
No CommentsThe United States Government has offered a $15m reward for any information leading to the arrest of Venezuela’s President, Nicolás Maduro. The announcement came after the United States Department of Justice indicted...
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Obour’s father died n was tested positive for covid-19
March 27, 2020
No CommentsObour's father died n was tested positive for covid-19 With sadness and a heavy heart I announce the death of Nana Osei Boansi Kuffour my biological father. Nana returned from...
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China has in fact brought misery unto the world through...
March 27, 2020
No CommentsChina has in fact brought misery unto the world through this Coronavirus spread We should just be bold to call the virus it’s rightful name: Chinese virus, it is a...
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Coronavirus: Police to enforce lockdown to the latter
March 27, 2020
No CommentsThe Ghana Police Service is already anticipating a lockdown of some major cities in Ghana due to the increasing spate of the coronavirus pandemic. The Service has put in place...
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BREAKING NEWS : Obour’s father dies while waiting for coronavirus...
March 27, 2020
No CommentsThe father of Ghanaian hipelife legend and former president of the Musician Union of Ghana (MUSIGHA), Bice Osei Kuffour, known in showbiz circles as Obour, has died in Accra after...
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Davido’s lover, Chioma, tests positive for coronavirus
March 27, 2020
No CommentsPopular Nigerian singer, Davido has confirmed that his fiancée, Chioma, has tested positive for coronavirus. Davido disclosed this on his verified Twitter page on Friday. The Assurance crooner, however, said...
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