Tag: Sekondi
Let’s manage and preserve our lands for development- Gifty Kusi
Mrs Gifty Eugenia Kusi, the Deputy Western Regional Minister, has appealed to residents of the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis to properly use and preserve lands for...
FoN unveils accountability boards in STMA
Friends of the Nation (FoN) and its partners have unveiled six Accountability billboards in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis to signify the commitment by stakeholders to...
Western Naval Command launches “Exercise Sea Lion”
The Western Naval Command has held a ceremony to launch a three-day Ocean Navigation Exercise to the Equator dubbed: “Exercise Sea Lion”.
The exercise is...
STMA fails to meet revenue mobilization target
The Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly fails to meet its Revenue mobilization target for the first-half of 2020.
The Assembly mobilized more than GHC5.3 million as of...
Shortage of blood hits Effia-Nkwanta Blood Bank
The Blood Donor Organizer at the Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital Blood Bank Unit, Mr. Emmanuel Essien has appealed to churches, schools and other organizations to...
Sekondi Area of the Church of Pentecost launches “Agent of Peace”
The Sekondi Area of The Church of Pentecost (COP) in the Western Region has launched its National 2020 Peace Campaign dubbed, “Agent of Peace”...
Sixty-two Parliamentary candidates to contest in Western Region
Sixty-two parliamentary candidates would contest the December 7, polls in the Western Region.
Nine of the candidates are females and 53...
Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital gets eight-bed intensive care unit
The Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) has refurbished an eight -bed Intensive Care Unit for COVID-19 treatment at the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital in...
From Sekondi with love.
It is slightly past midday, we are in Sekondi and the weather is as hot as lava. All it takes is one drop of...
Pension scheme for cocoa farmers to commence in October – COCOBOD CEO
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Mr Joseph Aidoo, has announced that all is set to implement the Cocoa Farmers...
Use the mobile platform for membership renewal – NHIA
The Western Regional Directorate of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has urged the public to use its mobile platform to renew their membership...
Western Region registers 758,750 new voters at the close of phase four
The Electoral Commission (EC) in the Western Region has so far registered 758,750 out of the 1.2 million people expected to register with the...
Western Region excels in Malaria Control
Naa Dr. Jacob Mahama, Western Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service says the performance in the control of malaria, has seen consistent improvement...
Seventy-five students test positive for COVID-19 in Western Region
The Western Regional Director of Ghana Health Service (GHS), Naa Dr. Jacob Mahama has hinted that 75 students drawn from 13 educational institutions in...
Western Region improves on HIV/AIDS coverage
Despite the challenges presented by the novel coronavirus pandemic, HIVAIDS interventions have chalked modest increases in coverage in the Western Region.
By end of June...
Seven Health Centres receive PPE from COVID-19 National Trust Fund
Seven Treatment and Health Centres in the Western, Central, and the Western North Regions have received Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and other medical items...
Journalists must ensure peace, before, during and after the 2020 general elections
The Western Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Mr Felix Ofosu- Agyeman together with Members of the Regional Electoral Security Taskforce have...
Metro office of NCCE visits Churches in Takoradi with COVID-19 education
The Sekondi/Takoradi Metropolitan office of the National Commission for Civic Education(NCCE) on Sunday visited churches within the Metropolis to step up education on the...
Western Region EC begins a two-day test run on new Biometric equipment
The Western Regional Directorate of the Electoral Commission of Ghana has commenced a two-day test run on the Biometric Voter Registration kit (BVRK) to...
Ghana Gas provides classroom block for Aggrey Memorial Basic School
The Ghana Gas Company Limited is funding the construction of a six-unit classroom block at the Aggrey Memorial Basic School within the Sekondi/Takoradi Metropolis.
Mr...
Immigration Recruitment Fraudster arrested
The Western Regional Command of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has arrested one Kojo Sakyi, a 53-year old Ghanaian for fraudulently portraying to recruit...
Major markets in STMA to be closed down
The Leadership of the Sekondi Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA) have resolved to close all major markets within the Metropolis as a preventive measure to...
Traders and drivers at Sekondi lorry station unhappy with closure of urinal
The closure of a four room chamber serving as a urinal for traders, passengers and drivers at the Sekondi Lorry station has made it...
Ghana upstream Petroleum chamber assists Effia-Nkwanta Regional hospital with PPE
The Ghana Upstream Petroleum Chamber has donated Personal Protective Equipment worth hundreds of Ghana cedis to the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital in...
WR Hospital Personnel infected with COVID-19
Dr. Jacob Mahama, the Western Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service has confirmed the first case of COVID-19 with health personnel within...
Sekondi-Takoradi Landing Beach Committee donates nose masks to Fishers
The Sekondi-Takoradi Landing Beach Committee has presented 13, 500 nose masks to the Mayor of the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA) to be distributed...
MTN supports the celebration of this year’s Eid-ul-Fitr in the Western Region
The South/West office of the Mobile Telecommunication Network (MTN ) Ghana has donated towards the celebration of this year's Eid-ul-Fitr in the Western Region.
The...
Scholarship Secretariat calls for more application from WR and WNR
Despite the over 75,000 Electronic scholarship applications received by the Ghana Scholarship Secretariat for the 2020/2021 academic year, the representations from the Western...
WR Minister lauds efforts of workers in the region
Mr Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, the Western Regional Minister, has acknowledged the hard work of workers which has led to the growth and progress of...
Justmoh Construction donates to widows in Sekondi Methodist Church
The Chief Executive Officer (C.E.O) of Justmoh Construction Limited, Mr Justice Amoh, has donated items worth GH¢95,370.00 to 120 selected widows in the Sekondi...