SOCIAL workers in Ho have taken a nine-year-old girl into care after she was burnt with a hot-pressing iron by her aunt with whom she lived for two years at Ho New Housing. Over the period, the basic schoolgirl (name withheld) was allegedly asked to sell soya kebab on the street every morning before going […]
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ECG disconnects power to Ho Airport, GRA and KFC over debt
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has disconnected the Ho Airport in the Volta Region for owing the power distribution company GH¢63,000. The regional office of the Ghana Revenue Authority, Ho Technical University, KFC in Ho, and the Customs Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS) Training Academy in Kpetoe were disconnected for owing a combined sum […]
Security Council locks Ho Central Mosque to avert brewing tension over Regional Imam position
The Ho Municipal Security Council has locked the Ho Central Mosque for two weeks while a litigation over the Regional Imam position was being settled. The lockdown covers the area surrounding the building; a decision Mr Alexander Yeboah, Municipal Police Commander, said was to prevent clashes between the two factions. The site had been open while […]
VR: 4 persons rescued after floodwaters carried vehicle into storm drain in Ho
Some four people narrowly escaped death after a vehicle transporting them was washed away by floodwater into a storm drain at Ho, the Volta Regional capital. The four who were trapped in the hiring vehicle with registration number GM 4688-14 were swiftly evacuated by residents after the vehicle landed in the drains on its side. According […]
V/R: Bus full of students tumbles down 2-storey-deep valley
A bus transporting close to 40 students of the Amedzofe Technical School in the Ho West district of the Volta Region has been involved in an accident on the mountainous Amedzofe road leaving the driver in a critical condition with the students sustaining various injuries. The accident occurred on Tuesday, 12 June 2019 when the […]
V/R: Scholarship Secretariat interviews over 300 applicants for award of government scholarship
The Scholarship Secretariat has started interviewing applicants from tertiary institutions in the Volta Regional capital, Ho for the award of government scholarships. Madam Lydia Darko Acheampong, Deputy Registrar of the Secretariat said the initiative was to take the services of the Secretariat to the doorsteps of students who needed financial support to further their education. […]