The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched a $ 1 million dollar ‘One Tree Planted’ programme to plant five million trees by 2024 to restore degraded areas in the Black Volta landscape. The programme was launched under the UNDP Global Environment Facility Small Grant Programme (GEF/SGP) at Maluwe in the Bole-Bamboi District of the … The post UNDP launches
Residents of Viepe-Tokor Electoral Area in Ketu South in the Volta Region are demanding Seven Seas Salt Limited, a mining company in the area, to stop construction of dykes for its operations. This followed the drowning of Madam Yawa Apenu, 41, with her two children aged 14 and 10 and a third child aged eight, … The post Viepe-Tokor residents
ABANTU for Development, a women empowerment non-governmental organization (NGO), has called for massive public support for female candidates in the upcoming 2023 local government elections. According to the NGO, emphasis on equal participation must be made central to the institutional arrangement of the country’s governance system, to promote accountability among all citizens. Making the call … The post ABANTU
The Upper East Regional Peace Council has expressed concerns about the recurrence of the conflict in Bawku. These concerns are well placed because like any other conflict, the Bawku dispute has been claiming lives, destroying property and undermining peace and tranquility in the area, and for that matter the country. The lack of peace and … The post Let the guns fall silent in Bawku! appeared
Three persons were killed and 32 others injured when a gas tanker collided with a VIP passenger bus, at Fumesua, in the Ejisu Municipality of Ashanti, in the early hours of Wednesday. By the time the Ghanaian Times arrived at the scene, both vehicles had been towed away from the scene. The Ejisu Municipal Chief Executive, … The post 3 killed, 32 injured in gas tanker-bus
The Circuit Court at Hohoe has sentenced a 25-year-old porter to one year imprisonment for dishonestly appropriating agro-chemicals valued at GH?719.00. Agbesi Attey pleaded guilty when he appeared before the court, presided over by Mr Michael Johnson Abbey, and was sentenced on his own plea. Chief Inspector Charles Aziati, prosecuting, said the complainant was a … The post Porter
Five people are feared dead in two separate fire outbreaks in Kumasi, Ashanti, and Dzodze, in Voltaregions between September 17 and 19 this year, respectively. The two domestic fires burnt a-nine bedroom self-contained house, in Kumasi, Ashanti Region,and a chamber and hall apartment at Dzodze, in the Volta Region, which served as residential accommodation for … The post 5 die in
A 25-year-old herdsman has been granted GH¢300,000 bail by the Circuit Court in Accra, for allegedly stealing 51 cows. Emmanuel Ntim is alleged to have injected the cows with overdose of Dexamethasone, Ivomec and Penstrep drugs before hitting their heads with hammer to kill the animals. Ntim allegedly sold the dead animals between GH¢800and GH¢c1,200, to customers, … The post Man
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