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Monday, 8 August 2011 / Source: Daily Guide
15 Armed Robbers Busted
THE POLICE in Bolgatanga are holding 15 persons in their custody, in connection with a highway robbery on the Tumu-Navrongo road on Saturday.
The 15 suspects including four juveniles were picked up from a Fulani settlement in the Sissala East District, shortly after an armed robbery incident around the settlement.
On Saturday morning, armed robbers attacked a Metro Mass Transit bus on which students of St. Francis Girls Senior High School were on board, near the Sissile Bridge in the Sissala East district.
The robbers stole money and mobile phones and other belongings, and caned passengers who did not have anything substantial.
The girls, numbering about 50, were returning to the Upper East region from holidays in Jirapa in the Upper West region when the robbers attacked them.
According to them, the robbers, who were wielding deadly weapons, also assaulted the driver and conductor, after which they collected the money on the conductor.
Some of the girls who came to the police station to assist in the investigation, after they heard the about the arrest of the robbers, told DAILY GUIDE that it was a horrifying experience.
The girls were supposed to have left Jirapa for Bolgatanga on August 5, 2011 but they could not because their bus broke down.
The girls who spoke to DAILY GUIDE commended the Member of Parliament for Sissala West, Haruna Bayirga, for offering to accommodate all of them in his house on August 5.
They said he also arranged for a bus which enabled them to continue the journey on Saturday, August 6.
They confirmed that there were some juveniles among the armed robbers.
The 15 suspects are likely to be paraded today at the regional police headquarters for identification, after which the police will officially brief journalists on the arrest.
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Wednesday, 3 August 2011 / GNA
Bongo appeals for support for Ecotourism Centre
Bongo, (UE) Aug. 3, GNA - The Bongo Traditional Council in the Upper East Region on Wednesday appealed to the Ministry of Tourism to provide tourist facilities for an ecotourism centre at Bongo.
There is an ecotourism site with more than seven square miles (11.6 square kilometres) of different types of rocks, which attracts about 60 tourists monthly.
Speaking to the GNA at Bongo, the Paramount Chief of the Traditional Area, Naba Baba Salifu Alemyarum, explained that the ecotourism had very interesting sights of rocks with distinguished characteristics, some very high and wide in nature. Some primitive tools used by their forefathers were also found at the sites, he said.
He mentioned the “Azudo and Apusariga” sites as some of the ecotourism sites with large rocks that tourists like visiting, especially during holidays.
Various religious organizations also visit the site to pray, he said, adding it was the intention of the Traditional Council to initiate the construction of some of the facilities such as a road linking the sites.
The ecotourism site would also be designed to depict the culture of the people in the area. | 
Paramount Chief of the Traditional Area, Naba Baba Salifu Alemyarum (middle) |
Naba Alemyarum said: “A museum will be constructed to house the Cultural artefacts of various dynasties of the traditional area while indoor games would also be provided at the sites for tourists”.
He, however, stressed the need for the Government to support the Council to provide the needed facilities befitting the sites and said when the facilities were provided it would help generate a lot of revenue for development.
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Wednesday, 8 June 2011 Source: GNA
Bolgatanga Polytechnic inaugurates ICT centre and SRC bus
Bolgatanga, June 8, GNA - The Bolgatanga Polytechnic (B Poly) on Wednesday inaugurated Information and Communication Technology (ICT) centre and a students' bus. This was made possible through contributions from the students and staff of the institution.
Their efforts also fetched them 100 new sets of flat screen computers and 10 laptops for the lecturers, all at a cost of 128,000 Ghana cedis. Mr John Bosco Azigwe, Acting Rector of Bolgatanga Polytechnic, who inaugurated the facilities, said the ICT centre, computers and the bus would help ensure effective teaching, learning, free movement and research among students and lecturers.
It would also help to fulfil its vision to be a centre of academic and professional excellence, employing state of the art technology for teaching= , learning, research and community service.
He said in order to achieve its mission of providing career focused and skill-based education, training and research, they had to hold regular consultation with stakeholders to pool synergy in running the institution. Mr Azigwe called on the students and staff to continue with the good work and deliver to fulfil the vision and mission of the institution and avoid the social vices bedevilling other institutions. He appealed to the lecturers, staff and students to make good use of the facilities and ensure proper maintenance of the facilities.
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| News of Monday, 30 May 2011 Source: Joy Online Over 6,000 thousand houses destroyed by rainstorm in Upper East | Over six thousand buildings including schools have been destroyed by rainstorms this year in the Upper East Region.
That is according to officials of the National Disaster Management Organisation.
Nine districts and municipalities were said to have worse affected by the rainstorm, Joy News’ Upper East Region correspondent Joseph Osei reported.
High tension poles were also said to have been destroyed by the rains, disrupting electricity supplies in the process,
In a presentation to Regional Minister, Mark Woyongo, officials of NADMO said close to three million Ghana cedis will be required to rehabilitate the over a hundred schools affected.
The minister who paid a courtesy call on some schools in the region, advised student and heads of second cycle institutions to take the issue of afforestation very seriously. _____________________________________________________________ |
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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