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HO West GES provides stand by vehicle for pregnant BECE candidate
In the event of going into labour while writing this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), the Ho West District Directorate of Education in the Volta Region found it prudent to make a vehicle available for a 17-year-old candidate who was nine months pregnant and could possibly give birh within that time, in the exam hall.
“She is due to give birth so it is only a matter of time that she will go into labour.
“We admire the young girl’s courage to sit the exam and so we pray that she finishes the BECE on Friday before that happens”.
The District Director of Education, Madam celestine Korsi-Agordo said these when she toured some of the centres to assess the situation on the ground relative to conduct of the examination.
She said, that in all there were five pregnant teenagers sitting the BECE at the four centres in the district.
According to her, three of the pregnant girls were about 16y ears old.
She said that the oldest of them was 17 while the youngest was 14 years old.
Madam Korsi-Agordo appealed to the parents of the pregnant candidates to continue to see them through Senior High School (SHS) if they passed their BECE papers.
“With the Free SHS Policy, the financial burden is now less heavy,” she said.
No incident was recorded at the respective examination centres in the Ho West District where the candidates wrote the final paper last Friday.
FROM ALBERTO MARIO NORETTI, DZOLO-KPUITA
Four tricycle operators, popularly known as ‘Pragya’, have been prosecuted and fined GH¢600 each equivalent to 50 penalty units by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) Sanitation Court for obstructing public roads at the Agbogbloshie Market.
The offenders, who were arrested by Public Health Officers of the AMA during a routine enforcement exercise, pleaded guilty to the offence and were subsequently convicted by the court.
The four operators were among the 21 offenders recently arrested at the Agbogbloshie Market for various sanitation and public order violations, including selling on open drains, obstructing walkways, and trading at unauthorised locations.
Speaking after the court proceedings, the Head of Public Health at the AMA, Madam Florence Kuukyi, said the court was lenient with the offenders since it was their first appearance, hence the fine, and warned that subsequent offenders would face stiffer penalties, including imprisonment.
The Ghana Police Service has arrested a man believed to be behind a series of robberies and killings of taxi drivers in the Greater Accra Region.
According to a statement from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), the suspect, Peter Akakpo, also known as “Dompe,” was arrested on October 13, 2025, at Kasoa-Domeabra.
Police say he is an ex-convict and is believed to have worked with another suspect, Vincent Gbetorglo, who was arrested earlier on June 30, 2025.
The arrests follow investigations into the deaths of two taxi drivers at Sakaman Blue Lagoon on May 9 and June 15, 2025. Police say the suspects contacted the victims before the attacks.
The Anti-Armed Robbery Unit of the CID led the investigation, using intelligence and surveillance to track down the suspects.
Police say efforts are being made to recover the vehicles of the murdered drivers.
The CID assured the public that investigations are still ongoing and promised to provide updates as new information emerges.
By: Jacob Aggrey
