…As Anaesthetists, Lab Technicians Also Threaten Strike Action Unless there is a last-minute intervention by the Ministry of Health, healthcare delivery across the country would seriously be disrupted in the coming days, following announcement by some critical service providers in the health sector to go on strike. The strike action, which has already begun, by […]Continue Reading
….To Flush Out Illegal Miners On The River The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources and the Minerals Commission, in collaboration with the Ghana Armed Forces, have begun an operation to flush out all illegal miners operating on the Black Volta to protect it from pollution. This operation, The Anchor is informed, is being led […]Continue Reading
– Minister Advocates A Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources in charge of mining has said that, mineral resource producing countries in Africa must come together and have a common voice in determining prices and trading of the world’s minerals. According to George Mireku Duker, conscious efforts should be made by these countries through […]Continue Reading
…Uses Armed Men, Police To Terrorize Residents A harmless quest by hundreds of unemployed youths of Tontokrom and its environs, a mining community in the Amansie South District in the Ashanti Region, to lay their hands on some jobs to keep body and soul together, is likely to lead to bloodshed, if concerned authorities fail […]Continue Reading
…Lands Minister Charges Stakeholders To Enhance Investment Across Value Chain This year’s edition of the Ghana Mining Expo has received massive patronage, with thousands of captains and players of the mining industry in Africa and beyond in attendance in the Western Regional capital, Takoradi. They include Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Ernest Addison, […]Continue Reading
The 4th edition of the 2023 Ghana Mining Expo is set to begin today, Thursday, July 13th and end on Saturday, July 15th, in the Western Regional capital, Takoradi. The three-day event, to be held at the Takoradi Club House, is expected to attract the captains and players of the extractive industry in Africa and […]Continue Reading
Scores of residents in the Gwira traditional area in the Nzema East municipality in the Western Region have been displaced, and several houses and other buildings collapsed, after an unusual flood that hit many communities in that area. The flooding occurred after series of heavy downpours recorded in that part of the region, leading to the […]Continue Reading
…As West African Gas Pipeline Exposes Officials Over Friday’s Power Outage The West African Gas Pipeline Company (WAPCo) Limited, has distanced itself from assertion that last Friday, July 7, major power outage, recorded in parts of Accra, was as a result of a technical issue from the company. The company insists the purported technical hitches […]Continue Reading
…After Secret Homosexual Advocates Go Silent Tempers flared up on the floor of Parliament yesterday, when two hot-headed Members of Parliament (MPs) from the Tamale Central and Ablekuma West constituencies, went berserk over the controversial anti-gay bill. The two clashed after the National Democratic Congress (NDC’s) Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed of Tamale Central in Continue Reading
…As Tontokrom Residents Begs Gov’t For Community Mining Scheme Hundreds of youths from Tontokrom and its surrounding communities in the Amansie South District in the Ashanti Region are up in arms, accusing mining firm Asanko Gold Mines, of denying them the opportunity to work and feed their families. According to them, several applications to government […]Continue Reading