In reaction to comments made by the British High Commissioner to Ghana in tweet on May 17, 2022 about the arrest and prosecution of Oliver Barker-Vormawor (the convener of “Fix the Country Movement”) over road traffic offences, a four-page letter addressed to the High Commissioner signed by the Inspector General of Police ((IGP), Dr. George...
The Volta Region is expected to plant an estimated 600,000 trees as the nation marks the second edition of the Government’s Green Ghana initiative. Launched last year to help replenish the nation’s vegetation cover, this targets the planting of 20 million trees this year, an estimated 500,000 of which would be in the Volta Region.The...
By Dr Akofa K. Segbefia That I was born Ewe, as others were born Asante, Akuapem, Fante, Ga-Dangbe, Nzema, Dagomba, Gonja etc etc, is no accident. It is a divine work of the Creator of the universe for the universality of humankind. No one, therefore, is born with a divine right to be superior to...
By Dr Akofa K. Segbefia I am from the Royal Akornu family of Anyako, which qualifies me to ascend the Aposa Stool. I am exceedingly proud to be Ewe as much as I feel proud to be a citizen of New Juaben. Many of my siblings and I were born in Koforidua and my younger...
ActionAid, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO). through its Young Urban Women Movement initiative has trained 26 young women in Ho on entrepreneurial empowerment and skills, in partnership with the National Board for Small-Scale Industries (NBSSI), which currently directs and implements the bulk of government’s skills empowerment, and micro industrial development initiatives. Beneficiaries received training in batik...
A new Magistrate Court building has been commissioned at Akatsi in the Akatsi South Municipality of the Volta Region to help bring justice to the doorstep of the people and for matters in controversy to be fully determined by the court. The new court building, which was commissioned in compliance with an approval from the...
Chief Director of the Volta Regional Coordinating Council (VRCC), Mr Prosper Afenyo, has urged the media to remain as good partners in the country’s pursuit of child protection, stating that the role of the media in unearthing emerging child protection issues and abuses against children in society could not be underestimated, and that it was...
A donation of Ghc2,000 has been made to the Cardiothoracic Center at the Ho Teaching Hospital by the Ho Central market members. The Ho Central Market Queen, Madam Rejoice Novixoxo said they have identified the importance of the cardiovascular centre. “We the market women are prone to heart disease because we mostly sit at one...
Grounds have been broken to commence the construction of a multi-facilitated hospital for the Agortime Ziope District of the Volta Region as part of initiative to construct over 100 hospitals across the country. Local Government authorities led by Madam Emelia Emefa Adzimah, District Chief Executive, traditional leaders, and political party executives, joined the project consultants...