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Gov’t urged to enforce laws on reclamation of lands in mining concessions
The government has been urged to strictly enforce laws that require mining companies to reclaim the land after mining on their concessions.
Stakeholders at a three-day summit on natural resources and the environment argued that reclamation…
Gov’t won’t shield DCEs, chiefs involved in illegal mining – Minister
The Western Regional Minister Mr. Ebenezer Kwodwo Teye Addo says the government would not shield any District Chief Executive or chief caught engaging in illegal small-scale mining popularly called galamsey.
He said government would not…
Asantehene wants illegal mining around Newmont’s Ahafo Mine stopped
The Asantehene Otumfour Osei Tutu, on Thursday directed traditional rulers around the Ahafo Mine of Newmont Ghana Gold Limited (NGGL), at Kenyasi in the Brong-Ahafo Region to stop the illegal mining activities in the area with immediate…
Top military men retire
The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) on Friday announced the retirement of the Forces Sergeant Major (FSM) Chief Warrant Officer (CWO) Daniel Yaw Adu, after 37 years of distinguished military service.
FSM CWO Adu was presented with a plaque for…
MDGs are achievable – Prof Binka
Professor Fred Binka, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) in Ho has observed that the seemingly daunting health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) could be achieved.
He said the example of the…
Fishmongers using dangerous chemical to preserve fish in Axim
Fish consumers in the country risk contracting various diseases, following revelation that formalin, a chemical used for embalming corpses is being used to preserve fish at Axim in the Western Region.
Mr Aquinas Tawiah Quansah, Deputy…
Court jails galamsey operator for defilement
Moses Mlano, 42, an illegal miner (galamsey operator), has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment in hard labour by the Tarkwa Circuit Court, for defiling his 12 year-old step daughter.
He was convicted on his own plea.
Prosecuting,…
Talensi-Nabdam records less children in school
Link Community Development (LCD), an NGO, has disclosed that there is a deficit of about 23.1 per cent of children of school going age in the Talensi and Nabdam Districts, who are not enrolled.
Dr Kennedy Quaigrain, Chief Executive Officer…
ISSER to research into women’s failure in running business in Africa
In effort to improve the chances of women succeeding in business in Africa, the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) has launched a research to that effect.
The research, which is being sponsored by the…
Ghana, Burkina Faso regulatory agencies to cooperate in mining sector
Ghana and Burkina Faso on Friday called for closer cooperation between regulatory agencies and mining companies in the two countries.
This would create opportunities for mining communities, as well as enabling government agencies to…