COMMUNITY WATCH

The road linking Dakodwom to the offices of the Ashanti Region Department of Urban Roads, Regional Coordinating Council and the Electoral Commission (EC) has been blocked at the moment.       Motorists now have to use longer routes to access their destinations. The road, according to the private developer …

A fire outbreak on Saturday morning at the Tamale Aboabo market has destroyed about ten shops.     Goods including cereals, yams and shea nuts were also destroyed.   Personnel from the Ghana National Fire Service had a tough time dousing the fire, but succeeded in preventing the inferno from …

Youth of Kromoase in the Atwima Kwanwoma District have scolded the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, aka Chairman Wontumi for neglecting his duties as the contractor of an uncompleted six-unit classroom building.     They have further cautioned the incumbent government to take responsibility …

Residents of Kotokuom in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti region have expressed worry about the poor nature of the only bridge linking several communities in the area.     They are asking authorities to as a matter of urgency, reconstruct the only bridge that links the enclave to …

Traders in Akim Oda main lorry station in the Birim Central municipal are calling for the removal of a waste container situated in the middle of the station by the local government authorities which has encouraged people to litter trash around the area. According to them, the container was brought …

  Dozens of squatters at Kaase in the Ashanti Region have been displaced after fire swept through their makeshift structures on Friday afternoon.   According to officers from the Ghana National Fire Service, their preliminary investigations showed that a fuel tanker driver and a tricycle rider were syphoning fuel and …

The lives of Students and teachers of Akyem Adjobue R/C Junior High School at Akyem Adjobue, a farming community in the Akyemansa district of the Eastern region, are under serious threat as academic work is conducted in an dilapidated wooden building with visible cracks and parts of the roof of …

Eight farmers captured in the latest JoyNews Hotline documentary, using children as labourers on their farms have been arrested. A joint team of police and COCOBOD intelligence officials effected an arrest after an operation aimed at bringing all those involved to book. The documentary, titled ‘Children in Cocoa Labour’ reveals …

The chiefs and people of Nnweneso No1, a predominantly farming community in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti Region, have held a durbar to raise funds towards the completion of a clinic they were constructing through self-help.   The 10-bed facility, which comes with an Out Patients Department (OPD), …

Cocoa carriers at COCOBOD’s main warehouse at Kejebri, near Takoradi, from where it hauls cocoa for export through the Takoradi Harbour have embarked on an indefinite sit-down strike. The Headman for the Cocoa Carriers, Joseph Bordo, speaking to Citi News, said the indefinite strike is in demand for GH¢1.00 instead …