Learners of the Adaklu Avelebe District Assembly Basic School in the Adaklu District of the Volta Region continue to bear the brunt of harsh weather conditions as they study under trees. Two out of three thatch structures constructed by the community folks to accommodate learners of the Junior High School department were destroyed by a...
A specialist pediatrician at the Volta Regional Hospital, Hohoe, Dr. Edem Sarbah, has said new-born jaundice cases in the Volta Region have been increasing tremendously in the past four years. For instance, he said, the cases rose from 720 in 2019 to 879 in 2020. In 2021, a total of 997 cases were reported and...
Ghanaian-British athlete and activist Yvette Tetteh has made history as the first person to swim across the Volta River. The agribusiness entrepreneur started her swimming journey from Buipe to Ada, a distance that stretched 450 kilometers. This marks the longest recorded swim in Ghanaian history, and it might take years to be overtaken by anyone....
Approximately 80 kilometres of the international boundary line between Ghana and the Republic of Togo is to be reaffirmed in a joint exercise beginning May 7, this year. Ghana and its immediate eastern neighbour are working together to reaffirm the frontier under the GIZ-African Union Border Programme. Major General Emmanuel Kotia, the National Coordinator of...
Chief Justice Kwasi Anin-Yeboah, has commissioned a newly built and fully equipped District Court in the Afadzato South District to enhance the delivery of justice in the district. He said the commissioning of the Court was in fulfillment of the Judiciary and Judicial Service of Ghana’s efforts to ensure access to justice for the people...
Dr Emmanuel Kona, the Keta Municipal Health Director in the Volta region has urged the public especially pregnant women and children under five years to get tested against malaria for early treatment. He told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that the increasing rate at which malaria was spreading within the Municipality called for urgent attention....
Staff of the Volta Regional Coordinating Council (VRCC) and other decentralised agencies and departments have received a one-day intensive training on sexual exploitation and abuse. The training was aimed at equipping the staff with the requisite knowledge and information on sexual exploitation and abuse, their effects on Individual and productivity and how to prevent them....
A task force of the Volta Regional Directorate of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would in May embark on an operation to enforce standards on noise pollution in accordance with its mandate. The Directorate has, thus, engaged with operators and owners of pubs, restaurants, and nightclubs in the Ho Municipality to dialogue with the stakeholders...
Mr. Stephen Asamoah Boateng, Minster for Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, has donated food items to the Muslim Community in the Volta Region to help break the religious fast of Ramadan. The month-long fast concludes with the sighting of the new moon, and all adepts of the Mohammedan faith feast after a general prayer. The items,...