President Nana Akufo-Addo has tasked Chiefs, Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) in the country to rise up and rally behind government in the ongoing fight against illegal mining, otherwise called ‘galamsey.’ According to him, the traditional rulers, who are custodians of lands, have an obligation to protect the lands entrusted in their care, Continue Reading
The Micro Credit and Small Loans Center (MASLOC) has commenced a two-day training programme for its workers, as part of the nationwide digitalization technology being rolled out at the Accra Digital Center. The two-day training session, which began yesterday, October 5, in Accra, is intended to familiarize employees with a new software that will resource […]Continue Reading
The circumstances surrounding the current power purchase difficulties endured by customers of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) are getting murkier, with a threat by the minority in parliament to release some documents and escalate the matter. According to the minority, the whole issue has to do with an attempt by the management of the […]Continue Reading
The Minerals Commission has debunked a purported mining lease in circulation said to be a mining right given to Akonta Mining Limited to undertake mining operations in the besieged Tano Nimiri Forest Reserve in the Western Region. According to the commission, the embattled mining company has absolutely no lease to mine in the forest reserve. […]Continue Reading
Madam Hajia Abibata Shanni Mahama Zakariah, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), has assured that the centre, under her leadership, is committed to its core mandates of assisting the marginalized in society and advancing pro-poor policies. According to Hajia Zakariah, despite the ongoing economic challenges across the Continue Reading
Exactly a week after The Anchor’s publication revealing the sorry state of classroom structures at Nkwantapong D/A Primary School, in Bosome-Freho, a district in the Ashanti Region, authorities are yet to visit the school to assess the situation. Residents told this paper that since the publication, neither officials of the Ministry of Education and the […]Continue Reading
Details are emerging that last week’s system failure at the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), which resulted in challenges with the purchase of power by customers across the country, was allegedly orchestrated by a cabal within the company. Mr. Samuel Nartey George, the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Ningo-Prampram, in the Greater Accra Region, […]Continue Reading
Ms. Patricia Ofori-Atta, a Senior Communications Officer at Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL), a subsidiary of the Jospong Group of Companies (JGC), has received the top award in Environmental Communications. The award ceremony, which came off last Saturday, October 1, in Accra, was meant to recognise persons who have distinguished themselves in the environmental and sanitation Continue Reading
Some youth of Weija and its adjoining communities are warning persons demanding the closure of the Empire Cement Factory at Weija Junction, in Accra, to back off in order not to incur their wrath. According to them, the company is only aimed at creating job opportunities for the good people of the area and, therefore, […]Continue Reading
A delegation of 16 principals and registrars from leading schools in the United Kingdom (UK) – the largest group to visit Ghana in recent time – has arrived for the UK Boarding Schools Week Fair. The delegation is expected to have meetings with parents at the Kempinski Gold Coast City Hotel, Accra this Wednesday, October […]Continue Reading