By William N-lanjerborr Jalulah Since the inception of the Free Maternal Healthcare Policy in 2008 to help achieve the Millennium Development Goal 5 by 2015, access to ante-natal care and post natal care has been increased in the country. The introduction of the policy has also seen access to supervised and skilled deliveries enhanced. However, [...]
Though the leaderships of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) and the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) have directed their members to suspend their strike, following their meeting with President John Mahama, the Upper East Regional Chairman of the National Association of Graduate Teachers is not enthused about the outcome of the [...]
Four persons sustained gunshot wounds during a robbery attack on a Zebilla-Kumasi bound DAF bus at the Tilli Forest on the Bolga-Bawku road. In a report by DCOP Bright Oduro, outgoing Regional Police Commander, at 6:35 p.m. on March 25, 2013, the Nangode Police post received a distress call about a highway robbery attack [...]
It was all sorrow and wailing when the body of the final year Statistics student of the Bolgatanga Polytechnic, who got drowned at the Tono Recreational Pool, arrived at the school campus on Tuesday, before subsequently, being sent to Navrongo, his hometown, for burial. Jeremiah Kwaku Bayinwi, affectionately called Stone, was the only child [...]
Stories from William N-lanjerborr Jalulah Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) personnel at the Paga border in the Upper East Region have handed over 103 jerricans of petrol, 62 cartons of assorted pharmaceutical products, and three vehicles to the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) for appropriate action. All the three vehicles were Burkinabe registered. [...]
The Asongtaba Cottage Industry and Exchange Programme, a subsidiary of Rlg Communications Limited, has donated assorted items worth GH¢7,000 to God’s Love Orphanage Ministry at Soe, near Bolgatanga. The items, which are part of the company’s corporate social responsibility, included soft drinks, rice, sugar, biscuits, chalk, books, cooking oil, toiletries, and many more. The [...]
Recalcitrant motorbike riders in Bolgatanga who are arrested by the personnel of the Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU) of the Ghana Police Service are now being processed for court and fined instantly. Due to the economic situation of the people of the Upper East Region, motorbikes are the main means of transport for all [...]
By William N-lanjerborr Jalulah Bolgatanga West ‘B’ Circuit on Tuesday March 5, successfully organized its 4th edition of special pre-independence Anniversary in which 15 basic schools took part. The West ‘B’ circuit which comprises of schools within Sumbrungu area for some past years could not travel to the Bolgatanga where the Independence Day is observed [...]
By William N-lanjerborr Jalulah The Kassena-Nakana East Municipal Director of Education is worried over the level of failure in the Basic Education Certificate Examination in the municipality and has subsequently warned teachers he would not entertain any act of indiscipline, laziness, absenteeism and non-performance. Speaking at the 56th Independence Anniversary celebration at Navrongo on Wednesday, [...]
The Upper East Regional Library, since its establishment about 45 years ago, has never seen any renovation works, resulting in some parts of the roofing leaking badly whenever it rained. Some books and other learning material have also been damaged as a result. Some chairs in the library are so old and weak such that [...]