COMMUNITY WATCH

The first-ever model of unintended pregnancies and abortion rates for 150 countries has estimated that 266,000 abortions were done in Ghana between 2015 and 2019. The Guttmacher Institute, the World Health Organisation and the UN’s Human Reproduction Programme (HRP) released the model-based estimates of unintended pregnancy and abortion rates highlighting …

The accommodation has become expensive in the country’s capital, with rent charges accounting for larger proportions of the monthly earnings of average public and private sector workers. Despite the rapid growth in population and the high demand for accommodation, there also exist a limited supply of quality, secure and affordable …

A three-unit classroom block of the Kwabeng Anglican Senior High School in the Eastern Region was destroyed last Friday by a heavy rainstorm. Portions of the computer laboratory was also ripped off. Sources at the school say about 150 Form Two students occupying the three-unit classroom block have been displaced. …

At least 11 pupils of the Paga E/A primary school in the Kassena-Nankana West District in the Upper East Region have been left injured after the walls of two classrooms collapsed on them. A heavy rainstorm on Monday (21 March) swept through the town and ripped off roofs of buildings …

Residents of Tanokrom, Asuokor, Goka and other adjoining communities within the Jaman North district of the Bono region are appealing to the NPP-led Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo to as a matter of urgency fix their deplorable road network that leads through to Sampa the district capital of Jaman north. …

Drivers with the ride-hailing company, Bolt in the Koforidua Municipality of the Eastern Region, have declared a two-day strike.   The strike begins today, Sunday, March 6, 2022, to Monday, March 7, 2022.   The drivers say recent increases in fuel prices and the failure by the service operator to …

The chief executive officer for Abronoma Foundation, a non-profit making organization, Mrs. Linda Nyarko Yeboah and her cohorts have embark on Sim Card reregistration exercise for residents of Jaman north district. The foundation in collaboration with MTN Ghana visited about 7 communities within Jaman North district for the Biometric sim …

Academic work at the Dodo Fie D/A J.H.S. in the Kedjebi District of the Oti Region is pathetic.     The school was closed down in 2008 due to low performance of it 15 candidates who represent in the BECE Exams. As a result, enrollment has been low that led …

General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia appears to have endorsed the misunderstanding ongoing between the Majority and the Minority Members of Parliament over the passage of the controversial Electronic Levy as he has charged the NDC MPs to use all means including violence to …

ire has gutted a large house behind the East Cantonments Pharmacy, close to the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange in Accra. The fire started around 7am on Friday, prompting emergency response from some residents. At least two fire tenders have been deployed to help fight the fire. The cause of the fire …