COMMUNITY WATCH

Effective June 1, 2023, the cost of water services will see an upward adjustment for all consumer groups. This follows a review and approval by the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) for water tariffs to go up for the second quarter of 2023. “In taking this decision, the commission took …

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Val Charity Foundation, Janet Asibi, popularly known as “The Sewing Teacher” has appealed to government to reduce the tax on the importation of sanitary pads to make it affordable. She stated that “lack of sanitary pads has been identify as a major contributing factor …

On Sunday, May 14, Hive, a blockchain-based social media platform, launched its 8th borehole in Ghana’s Chichibon community. The inauguration was held on Mother’s Day, making it a special occasion for both the villagers and the entire Ghanaian nation. In addition to the borehole inauguration, Hive conducted a free health …

The committee constituted by the Minister of Local Government, Decentralization, and Rural Development (MLGDRD) Daniel Botwe, to investigate recent fire outbreak at the Kumasi Kejetia Market on 14th March 2024 has completed its work and submitted it’s findings report to the ministry in Accra 11th May 2023. The report includes …

Farmers working along the White Volta River in the Bawku West District of the Upper East Region, have been advised to cultivate early maturing crops to avoid their crops being submerged by floods. The Bawku West District Director of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), Daniel Atampuba Anania urged the …

A number of priests in the Western Region will on May 18, 2023, hit the streets of Sekondi and Takoradi to protest against LGBTQ rights in Ghana. According to the Executive Secretary of the Western Region Network of Ministers, Churches, and Council, Rt. Rev. Dr. Bright Daniel Karikari, the demonstration …

Seven construction workers have been injured after a church building collapsed on them at Old Bortianor in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region. The entire three-storey auditorium of the Word In Action Church collapsed Tuesday morning while construction work was ongoing. According to some eyewitnesses, seven persons …

The National Chairman for Bissa Development Association ( BDA), Alhaji Shaibu Musah Gutare has appealed to the President of Ghana, His Excellency, Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo to find lasting peace to Bawku and it’s surrounding communities. He added that  maintaining the military in Bawku to keep peace is a …

The Cedi Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of children in Ghana, has once again donated funds to the Children Cancer Unit at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi. The donation worth over Eight Thousand ($8000) US dollars. was presented to the hospital included expensive medical …

Due to persistent droughts, residents of Bomase Dorse, a farming community close to Sekesua in the upper Manya Korobo district of the eastern region, are experiencing acute water shortages. According to the locals, their only water source, a stream, frequently runs dry, and they only have access to dirty water …