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News 02.08.2010
Upper East Region gets fourth FM Radio Station
*Source:GNA
Bolgatanga, August 2, GNA - The Upper East Region has now a fourth Frequency Modulation (FM) Radio Station to serve the increasing population in the Region.
The new FM radio station called "Word FM 88.3" at Zuarungu in the Bolgatanga Municipality has added to
"GBC URA Radio", "Style FM" and "Radio A One" in the region.
Launching the new FM Station at the weekend in Zuarungu, the Upper East Deputy Regional Minister, Mrs Lucy Awuni, commended the Management of the FM Station and said the increasing population and urbanization called for an urgent need to provide the state of the art communication gadgets through which the varied audience could be reached...
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Columbia Professor accused of research misconduct/fraud
* Source: GNA / 21.07.2010
Navrongo (UE), July 21, GNA - A Principal Research Investigator, Professor James Philip of the Columbia University, USA, currently working on a research project at the Navrongo Health Research Centre (NHRC) in the Upper East Region, has been accused of research misconduct and fraud...
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Bolgatanga: Minister justifies assemblies' purchase of Low Cost houses
* Source: GNA / 11.05.2010
Bolgatanga, April 11, GNA - Mr. Mark Woyongo, the Upper East Regional Minister, has said the decision of the Regional Coordinating Council and District Assemblies to purchase government low cost houses in the region was to ensure that workers posted to the region had accommodation.
He said since there was no private estate developer in the Region it was very difficult getting accommodation for workers posted to the Region resulting in many of them refusing postings to the area.
Last week occupants of government houses in the Region held a press conference in Bolgatanga to protest against ...
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Bolga wants DCEs to be elected by popular vote
* Source: GNA / 22.04.2010
Bolgatanga, April 21, GNA- Participants at a Constitutional Review forum held in Bolgatanga on Tuesday called for the popular election of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives.
They pointed out that people at the grassroots level should be allowed to elect their DCEs ...
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Unemployment increases alcohol consumption in Navrongo
* Source: GNA / 16.04.2010
Navrongo (U/E), April 15, GNA - The youth of Navrongo in the Kassena Nankana East District have been rated first in alcohol consumption among five districts in the region.
Builsa District followed second, the Bongo District third, Kassena-Nankana West, fourth, and the Talensi Nabdam District fifth.
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NPP asks Upper East Regional Minister to step aside
Bolgatanga, April 12, GNA - The New Patriotic Party(NPP) has called on the Executive, to ask the Upper East Regional Minister, to step aside to facilitate the work of the committee set up to investigate acts of malfeasance against him.
Government has set up a committee to investigate allegations that Mr. Mark Woyongo and the Regional Co-ordinating Council awarded contracts without following the due process.
A statement issued by the spokespersons of the Communications Group of the NPP in the region; Mr. Randy Agana and Mr. Bediako Ahmed, explained that the continuous stay in office of the Minister while the investigations are on-going may compromise the process. It said the case was a test case of government's resolve to fight against corruption in the public service.
The group also called for the immediate investigations into claims by the Regional Minister that one Clement Akapami, a contractor contributed GHc50, 000 to the National Democratic Congress campaign in 2008.
The statement said if the allegation was found to be true then it contravened section 20 of the Political Party Law, which forbids individuals from contributing such huge sums of money towards a political party. * Source: GNA / 12.04.2010
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Security forces in Bawku abate blood shed
Bolgatanga, April 6, GNA - The swift intervention of the security agencies in Bawku on Monday prevented a clash between some feuding young men in the Municipality that led to the partial destruction of a bus driven by one Mohammed Yushawu.
The Municipal Police Commander, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Mr. Godwin Cashman Blewushie told the Ghana News Agency in an interview that a misunderstanding between the young men at the Ghana Private Road Transport Station (GPRTU) nearly marred the peace and stability of the town.
He said there was no cause for alarm and advised the disputing parties to fulfil their promise of fixing the vandalised vehicle.
The Municipal Chief Executive, Mr. Musah Abudulai, confirmed that the local GPRTU had resolved to settle the matter and had therefore withdrawn it from the Police. Last week two murder related deaths were reported in the Municipality.
One was a nurse anaesthetist working with the Bawku Hospital, whilst the other victim was selling beverages in the town. The body of a woman who was also reported missing last month was found in a well with fracture. * Source: GNA / 06.04.2010
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28 people succumb to CSM in the Upper East Region
Bolgatanga, March 27, GNA- The Upper East Region has so far registered 228 cases of cerebrospinal meningitis of which 28 have died, Dr. James Akpablie, Upper East Regional Deputy Director of Health Services, has said. He indicated that the Region had received vaccines on Cerebrospinal meningitis which would be administered in Bongo District, the declared epidemic zone of Cerebrospinal meningitis.
Dr. James Akpablie, who was addressing a seminar organized by the Regional health directorate on disaster preparedness in the Region on Friday, explained that many disaster situations could be mitigated if effective strategies were put in place in advance. He therefore appealed to all stakeholders to be up and doing and to integrate disaster management issues into their development plans especially health related issues and to deal with them at the preventive stages before they become fully blown.
Dr. Akpablie appealed to heads of agencies and departments not to rely solely on government funds to carry out issues relating to disaster saying that the action plans just needed a bit of sacrifice and commitment. The Deputy Director said the Region had not yet recorded any HINI case and that the National Health Directorate would soon roll out a programme to vaccinate everybody in the country against the H1N1.
He advised people to avoid crowded places, use their handkerchiefs when yawning or sneezing or coughing and to drink a lot of water. Dr. Akpablie also advised people in the Region to be mindful of the outbreak of diseases such as cholera, malaria, typhoid as the rainy season drew closer.
Mr. Gaston Bozie, the Regional Health Promotion Officer, said during disaster periods, the nutritional status of children and women are compromised as they also fall prey to sexual and physical abuse. He cited the 2007 flood that hit the Region where majority of women and children suffered malnutrition and some women raped and girls defiled as they wondered for shelter and warmth.
He therefore stressed the need for stakeholders to consider women and children when planning towards disaster.
The Seminar was aimed at among others, to develop a frame work for emergency preparedness and response peculiar to Northern Ghana, reduce vulnerability of the population to the consequences of any possible disasters, develop emergency communication plan and to share experiences on Disaster.
It was attended by selected departments, agencies, and Non-Governmental Organizations including health staff from the three Northern Regions. Participants were taken through topics including causes, preventive and effects of diseases, risk, vulnerability assessment, mitigation, communicable diseases and Avian flue. * Source: GNA / 27.03.2010
Culture & Museum: visit the Upper East Regional Museum in Bolgatanga