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Over 23,000 people are living with HIV/AIDS in Western Region

November 27, 2023 8:06 am Add a Comment

The Ghana AIDs Commission has revealed that there are currently 23,904 persons living with HIV in the Western Region alone. Also, 1,101 people got infected with HIV in the region in 2022. The Technical Coordinator for the Ghana Aids commission … Read more →

53.4% of residents in Western Region don’t use decent toilet facility

November 22, 2023 7:17 am Add a Comment

According to statistics, 53.4 per cent of residents in the Western Region are not using decent toilet facilities. This was revealed by Mr Oliver Cromwelll, Western Regional Director of the Environmental Health Department remarking that this percentage of residents use … Read more →

2024 Budget: Highlights of Western Region in relation to infrastructure

November 16, 2023 10:34 am Add a Comment

• Reconstruction of Agona Nkwanta-Tarkwa road – is 44 percent complete • Selected Roads in Sekondi and Takoradi Phase 1 – is 28 per cent completed; • PTC roundabout interchange project, Takoradi – 80 per cent complete. To this end, … Read more →

Western Region observes 78th Remembrance Day for Veterans

November 14, 2023 8:17 am Add a Comment

The security services in the Western Region have hosted the 78th Remembrance Day, a commemorative event celebrated in Commonwealth member nations for the troops who lost their lives in the First World War. The Ghana Police military, the National Fire … Read more →

Nana Kwesi Coomson is Western Region’s ‘Most Influential Young Person of the year’

November 13, 2023 12:00 pm Add a Comment

At the fifth edition of the Fontomfrom Amandze Awards on Saturday 11th November, 2023 at the Raybow Hotel in Takoradi, Nana Kwesi Coomson, a Corporate Communications and Corporate Social Responsibility Executive was adjudged the ‘Most Influential Young Person of the … Read more →

Western Region records low turn out at exhibition of voter register

November 9, 2023 7:23 am Add a Comment

The voter exhibition register has recorded low turnout, according to the Western Regional Director of the Electoral Commission, Madam Effeh Wilson. The exhibition of the voter register is being done for voters to double-check their information in the records of … Read more →

Western Region: 31 alleged prostitutes, human traffickers arrested by GIS (PHOTOS)

October 17, 2023 10:09 am Add a Comment

The Western Regional Command of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), through its Axim Sector Command, has rounded up 31 people for their alleged involvement in prostitution and Human trafficking within and around a notorious brothel known as Bafana Bafana Resort, … Read more →

Western Region: Alleged cable thief arrested at Inchaban water treatment plant

September 26, 2023 12:39 pm Add a Comment

An alleged cable thief has been arrested at the Ichaban water treatment plant in the Western region. According to a statement issued by the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) on Monday, 17-year-old Baba Salihu was caught at the station last … Read more →

EU Project commissions 5 sustainable businesses in the Western Region

May 29, 2023 7:19 am Add a Comment

On Thursday, 25th May 2023, the European Union in Ghana-funded, Boosting Green Employment and Enterprise Opportunities in Ghana (GrEEn) Project, implemented by SNV Netherlands Development Organisation in Ghana concluded its commissioning of five sustainable and eco-friendly businesses in the Western … Read more →

Western Region: 30 Passengers injured after truck rams into passenger vehicles (Disturbing PHOTOS)

May 22, 2023 2:12 pm Add a Comment

About 30 passengers were injured after a truck rammed into passenger vehicles at Beahu in the Ahanta West Municipality of the Western Region. The accident happened in the early hours of Friday morning, May 19, when the truck on top … Read more →