President Akufo-Addo appreciates excellent contribution of teachers
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appreciated the excellent contribution of teachers towards the achievement of the country’s educational transformational agenda. “We can never overlook the significant role of teachers in the development agenda of the nation. Your role of shaping the minds and hands of the future generation, imbibing our cultural heritage ideals that […]
Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang tours EC Voter Registration Centres in the Western Region
By: Celestine Avi The 2020 Running mate to former President John Mahama, Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang has visited some EC Voter Registration Centres in the Western Region. She was there on Monday October, 2, 2023 to monitor the registration exercise and also get first hand information on the process so far and the challenges being […]
Police arrest one person in connection with murder captured in viral video at Ayiem
The Police have arrested one suspect in connection with the killing of a 28-year-old man at Ayiem in the Western Region on 25th August 2023. According to the Police, “Preliminary investigation indicates that the suspect, Emmanuel Quayco, together with five other accomplices currently on the run, was in the process of exhibiting the potency of […]
Collapsed Princess Town Bridge: Council of State Member to the rescue
By Desmond Cudjoe A Member of the Council of State, Mrs Eunice Buah, has in the company of technical experts inspected the current state of the collapsed Princess Town bridge, which links the community to other towns and communities, including Agona Nkwanta, the Ahanta West capital. The bridge, which collapsed in June this year, has […]
ECG installs smart prepaid meters in Western Region
By Desmond Cudjoe The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), has begun the installation of 40,000 new prepaid meters in the Western Region. Leading the ECG management team to visit the various areas where the meters are being installed, the Regional General Manager of ECG, Emmanuel Justice Ofori, said aside from the deployment of the new […]
Cocoa farmers to enjoy tremendous pension opportunities – COCOBOD
Cocoa farmers at Anomawobidi and Wassa Manso in the Mpohor and Ahanta West Districts of the Western region, have welcomed a pension scheme project being piloted by the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD). Launched at New Edubiase in the Ashanti Region in August 2021, the scheme, when operational, would target about 800,000 registered cocoa farmers benefitting from […]
W/R: 4 arrested for attacking Police, case under investigation
According to the Ghana Police Service on 9th March 2023, the Axim Divisional Police patrol team reported an attack on the team by a gang that seized the magazine of a Service rifle together with some mobile phones belonging to the Police officers. An intelligence operation was immediately launched after the report to get the […]
Mahama takes campaign tour to Western Region
Aspiring National Democratic Congress (NDC) Presidential Candidate John Dramani Mahama begins a three-day campaign tour of the Western Region on Friday. He will be interacting with branch and constituency executives from all seventeen (17) constituencies of the region to sell his message of growing the party and its structures beyond its present state, mobilising resources […]
Western Region: Sexual exploitation in Mining Communities?
By: Barbara Dela The Western Region is one of Ghana’s resource-favored regions. The region is endowed with natural resources such as oil, minerals, and forest. Wassa Akropong, the capital of Wassa Amenfi East District in the Western Region, is home to minerals such as gold. Wassa Akropong has been in the news over the years […]
Western Region loses another Imam
By Marie Aziz Tunde The demise of the Western Regional Imam, Alhaji Sanni Abdullah Bawa, has been reported. The sad event occurred on Thursday, September 23, 2022, at the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital in Sekondi in the Western Region. He was 72. Imam Alhaji Sanni was turbaned substantive Regional Imam on May 21, 2022, after […]
