The relentless national campaign against illegal mining, otherwise called “galamsey,” is yielding some positive results, as the quality of some water bodies along certain mining communities is beginning to improve. The Anchor has observed that, some areas of the Ankobra River, which was heavily polluted some months ago as a result of the activities of […]Continue Reading
The KGL Group has been adjudged the “Business of the Year 2022” by the Millennium Excellence Foundation at a plush ceremony held at the Labadi Beach Hotel on the 12th of February, 2023. The Millennium Excellence Foundation was founded in 1998 and hosted its maiden prize ceremony on the eve of the Millennium 2000. Founded […]Continue Reading
It has emerged that Christian Atsu, the Ghanaian football international, wanted to leave Turkey for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to continue his career. According to a former spokesperson for the Ghana Football Association (GFA), weeks before the heart- wrenching incident, Atsu had messaged him about wanting to move to the Arab nation for greener […]Continue Reading
The Minerals Income Investment Fund (MIIF) of Ghana has announced that the fund has started negotiations on plans to invest up to $30million in Atlantic Lithium Ltd, an Australian exploration and mining firm, listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX). Atlantic Lithium has discovered lithium in commercial quantities in Ghana and is on track to […]Continue Reading
Some 600 local residents at Wenchike in Chereponi, North East Region, have been displaced by the communal skirmishes in the area that led to the death of four people. The police in Chereponi have arrested 10 people in connection with the clash. Some 25 houses were torched in last week’s deadly conflict. Schools have remained […]Continue Reading
The government, through the recently established National Alternative Employment and Livelihood Programme (NAELP), has reclaimed more than 1,000 hectares of land devastated through the activities of illegal miners in the Western North Region. The reclamation exercise, under the auspices of NAELP, is being carried out by Dredge Masters, a subsidiary of the Jospong Group of Continue Reading
A project consultancy firm seeing to the construction of some proposed school projects in the Builsa South District Assembly of the Upper East Region has rejected a unilateral directive to have the projects relocated to a different place. According to FASOTA Limited, it is unable to grant the request of the assembly because it has […]Continue Reading
A seven-member committee has been constituted by the assembly members of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) to probe into a litany of allegations against the chief executive, Madam Elizabeth Kwaatso Sackey, following a notice of resolution to pass a vote-of-no-confidence on the city mayor. The aggrieved assemblymembers allege thatthe AMA,which could not afford to pay Continue Reading
Former President John Dramani Mahama has picked nomination forms to contest in the flagbearer race of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), slated for May, this year. It is the third time in a row, Mr. Mahama, 64, will be seeking to lead the party in a general election, after he tried it the first […]Continue Reading
Some Oil Marketing Companies (OMC) have started reducing prices of petroleum products at the pumps from today, February 16, 2023. This is the second time fuel prices have been reduced this year. GOIL has reduced its prices. A litre of petrol is going for ¢14.50. This represents almost 5 percent reduction from the previous price. […]Continue Reading