Tag: Upper East Region
Eat local rice: processors urge Ghanaians
The BBN Rice Par-boilers Co-operative in the Upper East Region has called on the general public and Boarding schools to consume rice grown and...
Men & Boys clubs and Parent advocacy movements, save girls in UER
Thankfully, messages such as “girls must not drop out of school" or "Girls should not be forced into marriage because of pregnancy, or be...
COVID-19: GHS records 14 positive cases in 11 schools
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) in the Upper East Region has recorded 14 positive cases from 11 schools in the Region, Dr Emmanuel Kofi...
Two Paramount Chiefs contest Council of State election in Upper East Region
Two out of the five people contesting the position of Council of State in the Upper East Region are Paramount Chiefs with no female...
Vetting and Approval of Minister Nominees Should Not Be Business As Usual – Garu...
Member of Parliament (MP) for Garu Constituency in the Upper East Region, Mr Albert Akuka Alalzuuga is urging members of the Appointments Committee of...
National service personnel appeal for speedy payment of allowances
National Service Personnel in Garu district in the Upper East Region are appealing to the Government for speedy payment of their allowances to enable...
Binduri MP prioritizes development needs of the constituency
Mr Abdulai Abanga, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Binduri constituency in the Upper East Region said his main aim is to develop his...
COVID-19 increases unpaid care work on women and girls – Research
The emergence of the COVID-19 disease has increased unpaid care work on Ghanaians particularly, women and girls, a baseline survey conducted in two Districts...
Rice farmers attribute losses to lack of combine harvesters
Rice farmers at Fumbisi and Tono in the Builsa South District and the Kassena-Nankana Municipality of the Upper East Region have attributed heavy losses...
Two consecutive accidents occur on Nanjupiung-Chuchuliga road
The Nanjupiung community in the Builsa North Municipality of the Upper East Region has recorded two consecutive accidents in two days leading to the...
COVID-19: NGO installs Public Address Systems in markets
The Widows and Orphans Movement (WOM), a Non-Governmental Organization has procured and installed three Public Address Systems in three markets in the Upper East...
Prices of foodstuff increase at Garu market
Prices of foodstuffs at Garu market in the Upper East Region have increased after the Christmas and New Year celebrations, affecting incomes of traders...
COVID-19: Upper East Region records 89 active cases
The Upper East Region has recorded a total of 89 active cases of COVID-19 from three Municipalities and three Districts, a situation report on...
COVID-19: Nurse dies in Bolgatanga
A Nurse at the War Memorial Hospital in the Kassena-Nankana Municipality of the Upper East Region has died of COVID-19 at the Regional treatment...
The 2020 flood poses threat to food security in Upper East Region
Mr Francis Ennor, the Upper East Regional Director of the Department of Agriculture, says the 2020 flood could pose a serious threat to food...
Organisation appeals for support for school for the deaf
The Aide á la vulnèrabillitè, a charity-based group in Bolgatanga is appealing for support for the Gbeogo School for the Deaf in the Talensi...
1V1D: Farmers appeal for boreholes as dam dries up
Farmers at Megogo, a farming community in the Bawku Municipality of the Upper East Region are appealing to the Government and NGOs to provide...
Three communities benefit from free eye screening in Builsa South
More than 130 persons from three communities in the Builsa South District of the Upper East Region have undergone free eye screening for various...
Pelungu celebrates Kuure festival
The Chief and people of Pelungu in the Nabdam District of the Upper East Region have celebrated their annual ‘Yagle Kuure’ festival with a...
Female babies top New Year deliveries in Upper East Region
Five public health facilities in the Upper East Region recorded 11 female babies out of 19 deliveries across five Districts in the Upper East...
Bawku is of great interest to government – Veep
Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, says the Bawku Municipality in the Upper East Region is of great interest to government and commended residents for...
Bawku Naba calls on indigenes to study Kusaal language
The Zug-Raan, Naba Asigri Abugrago Azoka II, the Paramount Chief of the Bawku Traditional Area in the Upper East Region has called on qualified...
Pastor urges political leaders to embrace peace
Prophet Joseph Billa, Head Pastor of the Amazing Power Church International in the Upper East Region, has called on political leaders in the country...
MTN welcomes Christmas babies with gifts
MTN Ghana Foundation has welcomed 12 babies born on Christmas day with hampers at the Upper East Regional Hospital in Bolgatanga.
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CCR shows love to the needy in Bawku
The Catholic Charismatic Renewal (CCR) in the Bawku Municipality of the Upper East Region has presented food items to about 70 needy persons in...
KOICA CHPS+ Project in Upper East Region ends
Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) CHPS+ Project that seeks to strengthen the capacity of Ghana's health system in the Upper East Region to deliver...
Upper East Region wins Best GRNMA history project competition
The Upper East Region has won the history project contest organised by the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) as part of...
CSIR-SARI trains 64 farmers in Upper East Region
Sixty four farmers from the Binduri District and Bawku Municipal in the Upper East Region have been trained in the efficient application of fertilizer...
NRSA targets crash-free Yuletide in Upper East Region
Mr Dennis Yeribu, the Upper East Regional Director of the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA), has appealed to road users to help curb incidence...
Upper East elects two women for Parliament
Two Constituencies in the Upper East Region have elected ladies to represent them in Parliament in the just ended Presidential and Parliamentary elections on...