…Accused of Collecting Money Without Receipt A US-based Ghanaian, David Boateng, has accused some Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) officials stationed at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) of taking money from him without receipts. The incident, allegedly occurred on Sunday, August 25, 2024, when he had arrived to board Turkish Airlines to the United States of […]Continue Reading
Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources and Coordinator of Mining Communities for Bawumia Campaign, George Mireku Duker, has launched a group to promote responsible small-scale mining and canvass votes for Dr Mahamudu Bawumia’s presidential campaign. The group, ‘Miners4Bawumia’ officially launched at Akwatia in the Eastern Region last Friday, September 20, 2024, Continue Reading
…As They Converge At Akwatia This Friday To Launch ‘Miners for Bawumia’ Hundreds of small scale miners, are set to converge at Akwatia in the Easten Region tomorrow Friday, September 20, to officially inaugurate a movement in support of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer’s campaign, following key mining policies Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, recently outlined […]Continue Reading
The Vice-Presidential Candidate of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has called on political parties, especially the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), to show their commitment to combating illegal mining menace, commonly referred to as galamsey in local circles, by signing a “binding national anti-Galamsey pact.” Continue Reading
–Minister Clarifies, As Gov’t Prepares for Massive Crackdown The Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources responsible for Mines, George Mireku Duker, has clarified that the government’s flagship Community Mining Scheme (CMS) is not a miniature of illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey. According to him, while Community Mining, involves the use of Continue Reading
The Campaign team of Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, flagbearer of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), has appointed Member of Parliament (MP) for Tarkwa-Nsuaem and Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, George Mireku Duker, as Campaign Coordinator for all mining communities across the country. He will be responsible for coordination of campaign activities by Continue Reading
…Defence Ministry, Interior, Sanitation Others Go Silent More questions continuous to pour in, regarding the whereabouts of some 300 rivers wardens purportedly trained by government to protect water bodies against pollution, due to the activities of illegal mining, also known as galamsey. What is more worrying, is the apparent loud silent by some key sector […]Continue Reading
The latest uproar, regarding the wanton destruction and pollution of water bodies across the country, due to activities of illegal mining, also known as galamsey, has left a section of the public, asking the whereabouts of river wardens recruited by the government sometime in 2022. The river wardens, were expected to protect the country’s river […]Continue Reading
…Initiative To Reduce Costs Of Electricity By 50 Percent The Vice president and Flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, is promising to transition Ghana from the use of fuel to solar energy by investing heavily in the solar sector. The initiative, he said, if implemented, could reduce drastically the costs of […]Continue Reading
…Husband Threatens Take Legal Action Against Hospital For Negligence A frustrated husband, Bismark Adom Haruna, is threatening to take legal action against a popular Teaching Hospital in Ghana, after a medical team that operated on his wife, mistakenly left gauze in her stomach during a Caesarean Section (CS). According to the husband, the family only […]Continue Reading