Kweku Baako Media Limited, the publishers of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, has rendered an unqualified apology to Zonda Tec Limited, a topnotch Ghana-based automobile company,and itsmanaging director (MD), Yang Yang. The apology and retraction come on the heels of a damning publication against the company and its MD, earlier this month that turned out […]Continue Reading
Final works on the 97.6km Tema-Mpakadan railway project that passed through Akosombo,Senchi and New Akrade, under Asuogyaman District,in the Eastern Region, are set to suffer a needlessdelay, if immediate steps are not taken to avert the situation,The Anchor can report. This is because residents of New Akrade and Senchiwho have been affected by the railway […]Continue Reading
A 25-year-old trainee nurse, Georgina AsorBotchwey, has been gruesomely murdered at Mankessim in the Central Region. According to reports, Georgina had allegedly traveled to the region for an interview in Cape Coast, but failed to return toYejiin the Bono East Region, where she was said to have come from. Her whereabouts had been a subject […]Continue Reading
Mr. SammiAwuku, the director-general of the National Lottery Authority (NLA), is seeking partnership with some Caribbean countries as part of initiatives to diversify the revenue potentials of the authority,and also use opportunities to sell its products on international platforms. Thishas seen a lot of international and foreign collaboration by the NLA, since the Continue Reading
Mr. Samuel Abu Jinapor, Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, has indicated that government will not consider a suggestion from some quarters to ban small scale mining in the country at this time,in spite of the damaging effects of illegal mining, popularly known as galamey. He stated that, it will not be a novelty to […]Continue Reading
The Minerals Commission has refuted claim suggesting that the Tano River within Bibiani in the Western NorthRegion has been polluted as a result of illegal mining, otherwise called ‘galamsey.’ The commission explained that,as at last Saturday, September 17, the district officer of the Bibiani office of the commission had visited the area where the river […]Continue Reading
A staff of the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources who was arrested last Tuesday, September 13, for impersonation and extortion has been sentenced to 15 months in prison in hard labour. Gabriel Gyamerah Sarpong, an IT specialist at the ministry, was slapped with 15 months’ imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court, last Friday, after […]Continue Reading
The police last Friday, September 16, arrested the chief of Sefwi Elubo and his brother, in connection with illegal mining activities within the town. In a press release dated, September 17, 2022, the police said, the arrest was made on Friday, in the Sefwi Elubo township in the Western Region. The suspects, Nana Anini Baffour […]Continue Reading
The 164 suspected illegal foreign miners arrested last Thursday, September 15, at Anyinam and Mampong , in the Eastern Region, during a swoop, are set for prosecution, after they were handed over for processing. The suspects are expected to be arraigned in court this week, after successful screening and scrutiny of their traveling documents by […]Continue Reading
Gabriel Sarpong, an employee of the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, has landed himself in trouble after he allegedly extorted monies from illegal miners and other related activities. The suspect, an IT officer at the ministry,allegedly pocketed various sums from his victims in excess ofGH₵200, 000, using the name of the deputy minister, George […]Continue Reading