George Mireku Duker, a Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources responsible for Mining, has been billed to address the 5th West African Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (WAIMM) conference today, January 17, as the main speaker. The annual industry conference and exhibition, WAIC 2023, which is expected to be attended by mining engineers, […]Continue Reading
Sergeant Asante Baafi Owusu, a 36-year-old Police Officer with the Anti-Robbery Squad of the Ashanti Regional Police, his wife, Millicent Abena Achaa, and their four-month-old child, Samuel Baafi Nyamedo, have been burnt to death in a fire outbreak. The tragic incident occurred at Apromasea, a suburb of Kumasi in the Ejisu Municipality in the Ashanti […]Continue Reading
The Precious Minerals Marketing Company (PMMC) has commenced processes to secure adequate quantities of gold in support of government’s “Gold 4 Oil” initiative. According to the national assayer, management has begun setting up offices in selected mining regions, first of which has already been established in Kumasi, in the Ashanti Region, to buy “all gold […]Continue Reading
Despite a fairly stable cedi, the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has announced increments in utility tariffs beginning February 1, 2023, in spite of rising economic hardships faced by the citizenry. The state-owned regulator, in a statement, said the end-user tariff for electricity has been increased by 29.96 percent, while that of water has also […]Continue Reading
The Anchor is picking up some interesting names for possible ministerial appointments to replace the old guards in President Akufo-Addo’syet-to-be announced major reshuffle of his government, barely two years to the end of his administration. Insiders told this paper that the shake-up will affect a number of long-standing appointees,in-charge of ministries, such as Health, Continue Reading
The National Lottery Authority (NLA) has warned that it will revoke the licences of private lotto operators who have not yet regularized their operations for the 2023 licensing year. In a statement released by the NLA, with a list of private lotto operators in good standing, the authority cautions that private lottery operators who still […]Continue Reading
Accusation that the Western Regional Treasurer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Horma Akaisi Miezah, was caught on tape saying that the 2020 election was manipulated to favour the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP),Mr. Joe Ghartey, has been rubbished. According to some members of the NPP in the Essikado-Ketan constituency, in the Western Region, there […]Continue Reading
The Minerals Commission has commenced the implementation of the fifth edition of the new procurement list, which now has 50 items for the provision of goods and services. This replaces the fourth edition of the procurement list, which was published by the commission early last year. According to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the […]Continue Reading
Some residents of Gwira Ampansie,Dominasie and adjoining communities in the Nzema East Municipality in the Western Region are accusing the anti-galamsey taskforce, operating in the area, of shirking its responsibility, resulting in the current pollution of the Ankobra River with impunity. According to them, the failure by the anti-illegal mining taskforce to ward off Continue Reading
Former Ghana international, Prince Tagoe, has been remanded in police custody until January 4, 2023, for defrauding Black Stars assistant coach, George Boateng, of $40,000 by an Accra Circuit Court on Wednesday, per a report by Accra-based radio station Starr FM. The former Hearts of Oak player pleaded not guilty to the charge of defrauding […]Continue Reading