By Philip Tengzu, GNA Wa, (UW/R), March 8, GNA – The Upper West Regional office of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), has engaged…
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Eighty-eight per cent of married women are employed – GDHS Report
By Bajin D. Pobia Wa, March 08, GNA – The 2022 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey report says 88 per cent of married women…
GDHS Report: Child neglect is reason for spousal beating
By Bajin D. Pobia Wa, March 8, GNA – The 2022 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey (GDHS) report reveals that about 13 per cent…
Democracies are founded on credible elections – Minister
By Philip Tengzu Lawra, (UW/R), March 6, GNA – Dr Hafiz Bin Salih, the Upper West Regional Minister, has observed that credible elections are…
Financial Literacy: NGO trains women, girls with disability to spur business growth
By Philip Tengzu Jirapa (UW/R), March 6, GNA – The Africa Centre for Human Rights and Sustainable Development (AfCHuRSD), a non-governmental organisation, has provided…
Tumu hospital X-ray machine outmoded
By Mohammed Balu, GNA Tumu, (U/W), March 5, GNA – Mr Clifford Vengkumwini, the Sissala East Municipal Director of Health, has decried the seemingly…
Wa East MP organises health screening and treatment for constituents
By Philip Tengzu, GNA Wa, (UW/R), March 5, GNA – Dr Godfred Seidu Jasaw, the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Wa East constituency,…
Run an open door administration – Minister to new DCE
By Philip Tengzu Wa, (UW/R), March 5, GNA – Dr. Hafiz Bin Salih, the Upper West Regional Minister, has advised the new District Chief…
Maize sellers in Sissala stranded, unable to find market
By Mohammed Balu, GNA Tumu (UW/R), March 4, GNA – Maize sellers in the Sissala area of the Upper West Region are crying for…
Sissala West Assembly confirms Mahamudu Forkah as DCE
By Mohammed Balu Gwollu (UWR), Feb. 29, GNA – The Sissala West District Assembly in the Upper West Region has confirmed Mr Mahamudu Forkah…
A total of 18 confirmed CSM cases with four deaths recorded in UWR
By Philip TengzuWa, (UW/R), Feb. 28, GNA – A total of 18 cases of Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM) have been recorded in the Upper West Region.…
Join GUTA to benefit from its facilities – traders told
By Philip Tengzu Wa, (UW/R), Feb. 27, GNA – Mr Clement Boateng, the Vice President of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA), has…
Sissala East Assembly fails to elect Presiding Member for the second time
By Mohammed Balu, GNA Tumu, (UWR), Feb. 26, GNA – The Sissala East Municipal Assembly has failed in its second attempt to get a…
Farmers count benefits of grasscutter farming in their lives
By Philip Tengzu, GNA Wa, (UW/R), Feb. 25, GNA – Some farmers in the Upper West Region say Grasscutter farming is one of the…
Support investigations into “Jirapa Dubai CEO’s” murder
By Philip Tengzu, GNA Wa, (UW/R), Feb. 23, GNA – The Jirapa Area Youth and Development Association (JAYDA) has called for public assistance for…