COMMUNITY WATCH

    Ghana Youth For Development (GYFD) has urged the Ghana Police Service to arrest people who are  selling pure water at 0.30 pesewas.     Read Their Full Statement Below Press Release 22ND MARCH, 2021 Don’t Buy 30 pesewas Pure Water – GYFD to Ghanaians Is it not enough …

  Cocoa Farmers in the Eastern Region are calling on government to release funds to the Local Buying Companies to enable them pay for their produce.   Shortage of money at cocoa buying companies is causing a lot of financial constraints to farmers as seek to settle their ward for …

    The government of Ghana has instituted a sanitation and pollution levy (SPL) to accrue revenue to keep the environment clean.       Caretaker Finance Minister Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu made the announcement on Friday, 12 March 2021 when he delivered the 2021 budget.   He said “notwithstanding the progress …

  Established since 1944 classroom block is in it dilapidated state at( Amakye Bare) a farming community in the Atwima Nwabiagya north district of the Ashanti region.     According to the Assembly member of the community, Hon Osei Tutu Collins, ever since Amakye Barekuma R/C primary school was established …

President Akufo-Addo’s declaration of 2021 as the “second year of roads” already raised expectations for the development of roads infrastructure. In his second term’s inaugural speech, the President said he will largely focus and prioritise road projects to improve infrastructure this year.   But Ghanaians can’t be faulted for feeling …

A 35-year-old bridge linking Wassa Afransie and adjourning communities in the Wassa Amenfi East District in the Western Region has collapsed killing one person. The bridge on the Mamie river, links Wassa Akropong the district capital to communities like Wassa Afransie, Jukwaa, Abrokyire Krobo among others. The accident happened when …

Some pupils of Gwira Ehyiam Methodist school in the Nzema East Municipality of the Western Region have called on the Ghana Education Service and other stakeholders in the sector to help them fix their school infrastructure. The school, established some 25 years ago has since not seen any major rehabilitation …

It’s Ghana Month and once again, in a series of features, GhanaWeb seeks to put into perspective the history behind many of the country’s places, towns, cities, tourist sites among others. We begin with the etymology of names of some popular places in the country. Today, we take a look …

Tension is mounting Kumasi New Kejetia Market as traders besieged the Kejetia Management office of Kumasi City Markets Limited over high electricity bills suspecting they are being shortchanged. The traders over the years have complained bitterly over high electricity bill and poor treatment received from the management of the facility. …

The Environmental Sanitation Taskforce of the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly, on Friday, 26th February 2021, arrested 14 people for defecating openly in drains and other public places. The arrest is the Assembly’s effort to reduce open defecation in the metropolis to ensure a clean and hygienic environment for its people. According …