COMMUNITY WATCH

A viral video of suspected illegal small-scale mining (galamsey) operators lying prostrate in dirty and muddy water surrounded by some officers in military uniform with guns. It has emerged that some personnel of the Ghana Armed Forces working to prevent illegal mining activities in the Ashanti region have been torturing …

Some artisans at the Suame Magazine in the Suame Municipality of the Ashanti region today, Monday, July 18, 2022, hooted and pelted their Member of Parliament Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu with sachets of water for allegedly denying them development.   Reports reaching MyGhanaMedia.com  indicate that the Member of Parliament for …

An Immigration Officer at Elubo identified as Francis Amankwa has met his untimely death as the building he lived in collapsed on him at Elubo in the Western region Saturday dawn.   Immigration Officer, Francis Amankwa     The incident happened in the wee hours of Saturday, July 16, 2022, …

Hive is a well-known blockchain technology with the goal of assisting and empowering communities all over the world. It is a collaborative platform that uses the hive ecosystem to improve people’s lives.   On July 15, 2022, Anwomaso in Ghana’s Ashanti Region received a well-finished borehole from Hive blockchain. The …

Over 50 shops and houses have been destroyed at Sakaman Blue Lagoon, a suburb of Dansoman in the Greater Accra Region. Residents say the land owners gave them an evacuation notice which ends in September, 2022. According to Adom News’ Kwame Anum, the victims have been left stranded. Many of …

The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) has explained that its ongoing demolition exercise is to get rid of encroachers occupying its Right of Way.   GRIDCo in a statement said the activities of encroachers “pose a threat to its transmission towers and a danger to the lives of encroachers.”   …

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. …