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Two persons accused of stealing the body of an old man from the Tarkwa Municipal Hospital’s mortuary have been granted bail. They were granted bail in the sum of 30,000 Ghana cedis with two sureties each by the Tarkwa circuit court. The accused persons are John Asante, 37, a mortuary attendant at the Tarkwa municipal hospital and Seth Owusu, 48, fridge mechanic at Atonsu-Bokro, a suburb of Kumasi. The third suspect Efo Kwesi is on the run. The two pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to commit crime and stealing. The Prosecutor, Chief Inspector Faustina Celestina Anaman, told the court, presided…

A fifth suspect has been arrested in a 7-member gang-rape scandal that rocked Bantama in the Ashanti region in December last year.   Seven male teenagers were caught on a widely circulated video sexually assaulting a girl. The five suspects arrested by the police are currently facing trial at a juvenile court in Kumasi. When the suspects appeared in court on Wednesday, 10th January 2018, they were remanded again in a juvenile cell. They will reappear in court on January 17, 2018. Lawyer for the juveniles, John Boamah, confirmed the arrest of the fifth person who arrived in court in…

French actress Catherine Deneuve has said that men should be “free to hit on” women. She is one of 100 well-known French women who wrote an open letter, warning about a new “puritanism” sparked by recent sexual harassment scandals. The letter deplores a wave of “denunciations” after claims that US movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has raped or sexually assaulted dozens of women. Mr Weinstein has denied all allegations of non-consensual sex. However, he has admitted that his behaviour has “caused a lot of pain”. What does the open letter say? The letter by French women writers, performers and academics was…

Some residents of Bulahagu, a suburb of Tamale opened fire on police officers who had gone on a rescue mission in the vicinity. According to the Northern Regional Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Yussif Tanko, the police received information of an attack on a supposed witch at about 7:30pm Sunday January 7, 2018 in Bulahagu. The command swiftly dispatched officers to the rescue of the said woman Meimunatu Niendow, 35. She was founded in a torched house with bruises all over her body with a mob surrounding her. In an attempt to rescue Meimunatu, the mob vented their anger on…

Ghanaians who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) suffer widespread discrimination and abuse both in public and in family settings, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Monday. While some Ghanaian officials have publicly called for an end to violence based on sexual orientation and gender identity, the government has yet to repeal a “colonial-era law” that criminalizes same-sex activity. The 72-page report, “’No Choice but to Deny Who I Am’: Violence and Discrimination against LGBT People in Ghana,” shows how retention of section 104(1)(b) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 prohibiting and punishing “unnatural carnal knowledge,” and failure to actively…

Donald Trump says a book containing damaging allegations about his administration is “full of lies”. The book cites former top aide Steve Bannon as describing a meeting with a group of Russians at which Mr Trump’s son was present as “treasonous”. It also portrays Mr Trump as being surprised by winning the presidency. Mr Trump’s lawyers had tried to block publication of Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House by Michael Wolff, which has now gone on sale early. What’s in the book? Mr Wolff’s book makes many claims, including that: The Trump team was shocked and horrified by…

A former Director General of Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, William Ampem-Darko has attacked the National Media Commission (NMC), calling it a “retrogressive” institution. The Commission was set up with the mandate of registering, regulating and monitoring the activities of media houses in Ghana. According to him, the NMC is not a progressive institution that can effectively run any public service system in the country, recalling that whilst he was at the helm of affairs at the state broadcaster, the NMC failed on several occasions to assist them when they needed help. Mr. William Ampem-Darko was speaking on a wide range of…

Twenty companies in the energy sector have expressed interest to invest in a waste-to-energy conversion project under the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA). Chief Executive of KMA, Osei Assibey Antwi, in an interview with 3news.com, said all prospective investors are expected to submit detailed plans of investment, including proof of funding as well as terms and conditions under which the project will be implemented and managed. A decade ago, former President Kufour cut sod to commence the construction of a $1.35million waste-to-energy plant for the KMA. The project was under a Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) agreement for the recycling of solid…

It’s been exactly three weeks after the gruesome murder of Rahinatu Alhassan at her residence in Bimbilla, but her children and husband are yet to recover from the shock. The family is in disarray and with the support of sympathizers wants justice for Rahinatu. The deceased had her life cut short by a yet to be identified gunman on Tuesday December 12, 2017 in front of her four children, one as young as 4 years with the oldest being 19. Rahinatu Alhassan, 40, and a native of Bimbilla was shot several times according to officials at the Bimbilla Government Hospital. Her…

One day he’s all over you Sending you messages. Calling you in the mornings to ask how your night was and asking if you dreamt about him. In the afternoon, he’ll call to ask what you had for lunch. Then in the night, after exchanging series of text messages, he’ll call to wish you sweet dreams and tell you to dream about him. He simply floods your life with love and attention. Then you begin to like him—you begin to fall for him. You begin to see him as that guy who deserves your attention. You begin to flow with…