COMMUNITY WATCH

An appeal has gone to the government to adopt child care centers in the country, especially in the rural communities. Such a move, according to the Coalition of Maternal Health and Citizen Empowerment (CMCE), would offer mothers an appropriate environment to keep their children during working hours.   The Executive …

Torrential rains have left some parts of Accra flooded again. Tuesday morning’s downpour has been ongoing for about three hours now.     Current situation at Kwame Nkrumah Circle. People are reportedly stuck under the overpass due to the downpour. #AccraFloods #DaybreakHitz https://t.co/30Y7rh3axa — Hitz 103.9 FM (@Hitz1039FM) July 5, …

A 38-year-old bar operator Kwame Yeboah has been stabbed to death in a suspected chieftaincy dispute.   The incident happened in the early hours of Sunday, July 3 at Adum Afrancho in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti Region.   The town is currently, under heavy police patrol.   …

The Mayor of Kumasi, Sam Pyne, has ordered for the immediate demolition of an unapproved structure at Duase in Kumasi to obviate floods. The obstructing wall sits in a waterway having been constructed by an unknown developer, who is preparing to build a super structure in furtherance of a project. …

Greater Accra Regional Minister Henry Quartey has said: “On Wednesday, 22nd June 2022, I led members of the Regional Security Council (REGSEC) to undertake a demolition exercise on 200 acres of fenced land belonging to the State under the care of Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSRI)”.     …

Scores of residents within Obuasi in the Ashanti Region have embarked on a demonstration over what they described as worsening unemployment among the youth in the mining community.       The protestors want the management of Anglogold Ashanti to absorb them into the mining company. They wielded placards with …

Ghana has topped the list of countries with the cheapest cost of electricity for household use in West Africa. According to data from GLOBALPETROLPRICES.COM, a website that tracks the retail prices of motor fuel, electricity, and natural gas in over 150 countries, Ghana stood in 9th place as the country …

A private legal practitioner, Kwame Jantuah,  has suggested to the government to reintroduce the “operation feed yourself” concept to help alleviate the plight of Ghanaians. “Operation feed yourself” was an agricultural programme administered in Ghana under the late military general and head-of-state Ignatius Kutu Acheampong. The national programme sought to …

Some residents of Kpongunor in Lower Manya Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region on Thursday staged a demonstration against the installation of prepaid meters and the deployment of armed military personnel to the area as part of the exercise. The protestors mostly the youth clad in red armbands and traditional …

A survey conducted by the African Youth Survey 2022 has established that 56 per cent of the young people in Ghana believe Ghana is moving in the right direction. This comes on the backdrop of a sizable number of African youth losing confidence in their own countries and the continent …