Community
Communal Clashes Leave Tuobodom A Ghost Town
Monday March 08, 2010
Tuobodom, a farming community near Techiman in the Brong-Ahafo Region has virtually become a ghost town following two days of communal clashes that left three people dead and many other injured.
Able-bodied men, women and children have fled the town for fear of reprisals.
Fighting broke out in the community on Friday night following...read more
New Abbatoir For Boadua Community
Thursday March 04, 2010
An ultra-modern GH¢30,177 abattor built by the Kwaebibirem District Assembly at Boadua has been inaugurated. The slaughter house will be used by butchers of Boadua and Kade until the one at Kade had been rehabilitated. In his augural address, the district chief executive, Mr. George Agyemang Duah regretted that often government committed...read more
Youth In Nadowli Equipped With Tools After Training
Wednesday March 03, 2010
About 28 youth in the Nadowli District of the Upper West Region who have completed apprenticeship training in various fields have been provided with tools and equipment valued at GH¢10,000 to establish their own business. The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the African Development Bank (AFDB) provided...read more
Govt To Return Borteyman Lands To Nungua Stool
Tuesday February 23, 2010
Sixty per cent of State acquired land at Borteyman, near the University of Ghana School Farm, is to be returned to the Nungua Stool, owners of the land. Alhaji Collins Dauda, Minister of Lands and Natural Resources (MLNR), disclosed this on Friday when he inspected the land and explained that the decision was in fulfillment of the...read more
Work On Tarkwa – Bogosu – Anyanfuri Road Begins In March
Monday February 22, 2010
The reconstruction of the 95.2 Kilometer Tarkwa – Bogosu – Anyanfuri road begins in March, this year and is expected to be completed in March- April, 2013 Funding for the project is provided by the European Union to the time of 76 million Euros. The main features of the project include asphalt and concrete surfacing designed...read more
Bantama-Akyinim Landing Beach Committee Present Poles To Community
Monday February 22, 2010
The Bantama-Akyinim Landing Beach Committee in Elmina in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) municipality has presented 50 electricity poles worth GH¢16,000 to the community. The poles are to facilitate provision of light along the beaches and the Bantama Community to enhance security in the area. It was purchased from profit...read more
Basic Needs Support Metally Ill With Tools
Friday February 19, 2010
Basic Needs, an international non-governmental organisation has supported people suffering from mentally ill and epileptic patients in the Northern Region with tools and equipment to enable them to engage in business ventures. The equipment included sewing machines, carpentry tools, weaving machines, hairp-dryers, tie and die materials and...read more
Revoke Licence Of Newmont To Mine In Ajenua Bepo Forest Reserve
Thursday February 11, 2010
More than 500 members of the Youth for Action Ghana (YAG) at Ajenua Constituency, a suburb of Takoradi have threaten to embark on demonstration if nothing is done to revoke the licence given to Newmont Gold Ghana Limited to mine in Ajenua Bepo Forest Reserve.
At a press conference in Accra on Wednesday the Executive Director of YAG, Mr....read more
Make Available Fire Extinguishers At Home - Fire Officer
Wednesday February 10, 2010
The Greater Accra Regional Commander of the Ghana National Fire Service, ACFO Edwin Blankson has called on Ghanaians to make available fire extinguishers at home and learn the proper usage of it.
He stated this at an educational programme dubbed “Stand Firm” which was organised by the Ghana National Fire Service for drivers,...read more
Why Accra Has No Water
Monday February 08, 2010
Lawrence Markwei
SOME parts of Accra have been hit by acute water shortage following the breakdown of the control panel of the Weija Headworks last Thursday.
The control panel helps to pump water from the dam to the reservoirs for treatment.
Communities worst hit include Dansoman, Korle Gonno, Abeka Lapaz, Kwashieman and Adabraka.
At...read more
