Easter celebration in the Akwamu area of the Eastern Region was this year taken to another level as Accra-based local radio station Onua FM joined hundreds of revelers in and around the area for a four-day jam-packed event. In a year that the overhyped Kwahu Easter festival saw a dip in patronage, the Onua FM … Read more
The NPA Staff Welfare Association on Tuesday, Boxing Day, donated food items and undisclosed amount of money, to inmates of Village of Hope, an orphanage at Gomoa Fetteh in the Central Region, as part of the festive season. The items including bags of rice, boxes of milk and detergents, are part of the workers contribution … Read more
Hundreds of passengers as well as vehicles were stranded at the Yeji ferry station in Brong Ahafo Region. There were no ferries at the station due to the ongoing civil works on the Bupei and Yapei bridges in the Northern Region. Four days ago, the Yapei bridge, which is the main link between the northern … Read more
The only survivor of the Binbinni canoe disaster, Abdullai Abuba, wants the National Disaster Management Organization (Nadmo) to support Binbinni and other communities along the river banks with life jackets. Though he accepts the adventure that surrounded the death of four others, three of whom his siblings, was bizarre, he believes they would all have survived if … Read more
The National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) has begun testing its boats for monitoring and rescue mission on the tributaries of the Volta Lake in the West Mamprusi district of the Northern Region under its Operation Thunderbolt project. It follows the declaration of the three northern regions as a highly disaster areas. NADMO has thus resolved … Read more
Black Stars captain Asamoah Gyan says he gets emotional anytime he hears the music of his friend Castro, who drowned in the Volta Lake at the Ada estuary whilst on holiday in July 2014. He said when all the friends of the G-Unit meet, and they have fun, they get emotional and miss Castro. And … Read more
Ghana stands the risk of losing the $500 million dollars grant from the Millennium Development Co-operation Challenge Account for failing to fight human trafficking, United States Ambassador to Ghana, Mr. Robert Porter Jackson, has disclosed. Ambassador Jackson said the Department of State’s 2016 Trafficking in Persons Report ranked Ghana as a Tier Two Watch List … Read more
The Director for Association of People for Practical Life Education (APPLE), Mr. Jack James Dawson, has revealed that a total of 10,000 children are still in bondage in fifty (50) fishing communities along the Volta Lake. Describing the phenomena as “regrettable and shameful,” Mr. Dawson called on Ghana Police Service to enforce country’s law against … Read more
The Ghana Meteorological Agency is warning of a heavy rainstorm across the middle and northern sectors of the country from Thursday evening through to the night. Jasikan, Kadjebi, Kete Krachi, Yendi, Garu, Bawku and environs are expected to experience the rainstorm between 5:00pm and 8:00pm, while those in Mampong, Kumasi, Kintampo, Tamale, Bolgatanga, Navrongo and … Read more
Children as young as three and six years have become favourites of female child traffickers as they will not be impregnated. This is part of highlights of a baseline study by the International Justice Mission (IJM) into the trafficking of people in impoverished fishing communities in Ghana. In a continuing series on child trafficking, an … Read more
The Founder of Global Rescue Project, Leah Stenzel, says Ghana’s achievement in the fight against child labour is unacceptably low. The leader of the American volunteer group told 3news.com that poverty, excessive lip service and lack of political will are to blame for the slow pace of progress in the global fight. Under target 8.7 … Read more
The Member of Parliament for Afram Plains North Constituency Mensah Bettey Nana Efuah Krosbi has emphasised the need for children to be allowed to have access to basic education. According to her, the provision of free, compulsory universal basic education is a right that must be enjoyed by all children. However, in many remote areas … Read more
The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Pru in the Brong Ahafo Region, Stephen Jalula, has said his vision for the area is to transform its economy to create jobs and also open it up for more private invest. He said, as a mixed farming and fishing area, he would facilitate the introduction of modern farming … Read more
The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Pru in the Brong Ahafo Region, Stephen Jalula, has said his vision for the area is to transform its economy to create jobs and also open it up for more private invest. He said, as a mixed farming and fishing area, he would facilitate the introduction of modern farming … Read more
The only pontoon that transports heavy loads and passengers across the Volta Lake from Yeji in Brong-Ahafo to Makango in the Northern regions has halted operations. This, according to authorities at the Volta Transport Company, was due to the lack of a standard landing site along the lake that would facilitate easy landing of the … Read more
The Police have rescued 31 children engaged in forced labour on the Volta Lake in the Volta Region. The police also arrested 11 persons in connection with the trafficking of the children. The suspects are currently on police enquiry bail and the police said they were assisting with investigations. The children, whose ages range between … Read more
Renowned music producer, Appietus after years of chalking successes in the Ghanaian music industry, had set his sights on becoming a full-blown musician. But the untimely disappearance of hiplife artiste Castro, shattered that dream. Castro and a female friend, Janet Bandu went missing on July 6, 2014, while cruising on a jet-ski on the Volta Lake at Ada. … Read more
Renowned music producer, Appietus after years of chalking successes in the Ghanaian music industry, had set his sights on becoming a full-blown musician. But the untimely disappearance of hiplife artiste Castro, shattered that dream. Castro and a female friend, Janet Bandu went missing on July 6, 2014, while cruising on a jet-ski on the Volta … Read more
A non-governmental organisation, Challenging Heights over the weekend rescued 17 trafficked children from the Volta Lake. The children, aged between five and seventeen, were made up of four girls, and 13 boys. This brings to 1,600 the total number of children the organization has rescued since it was established some 12 years ago. Some of … Read more
The Volta Region is undoubtedly one of Ghana’s prime tourism gold mines which has the potential to transform the economic fortunes of its people and the nation as a whole. The region holds untapped tourism potential of Ghana which when properly harnessed could put Ghana on the map as a ltourist destination in the world. A bird … Read more