environment
Buipe Bridge Undergoes Emergency Maintenance
Maintenance works have begun on the Buipe Bridge, which crosses the Black Volta in the Central Gonja District of the...
Government To Offload Shares In Aveyime Rice — Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto
The government intends to offload its 60 percent shares in the struggling Aveyime rice project at Battor in the Volta...
China To Suspend All Imports of Coal From North Korea
The Ministry of Commerce said in a short statement that the ban would be effective until Dec. 31. China will suspend...
Five Arrested For Incessant Attacks On Forest Guards
A gang of five alleged to have been attacking forest guards at Nkawie in the Atwima Nwabiagya distric have been...
Man Taking Selfie Among Seven Dead In Iran Storms
A man taking a selfie after an Iranian dam burst was among at least seven people killed as floods, avalanches and dust...
Body of Tortoise ‘Lonesome George’ Returned To Galapagos Islands
The embalmed body of the giant tortoise known as Lonesome George -- the last known member of a species that was wiped...
Southern California Hit By Massive Storm
One of the strongest storms in years pounded California, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of people from their homes,...
Mampong Chiefs Hail Akufo-Addo Over Tetteh Quarshie Museum
The chiefs and elders of Akwapim Mampong in the Eastern Region are hailing the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo...
Trump’s Pick To Head Environment Agency Confirmed
The US Senate on Friday confirmed fossil-fuel ally and global warming skeptic Scott Pruitt to head the Environmental...
Ivorian Cocoa Farmers Call Off Strike
On Thursday striking growers brandished documents showing buyers have not paid them Ivorian cocoa farmers have agreed...
Keta Municipality Gets ECG Switching Station
A 33kV switching station has been commissioned at Anloga in the Volta Region by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG),...
Cyclone Dineo Batters Southern Mozambique, Killing 7
Cyclone Dineo killed seven people, injured 55 and affected hundreds of thousands across southern Mozambique, the...
Tillerson Urges China ‘to Help Rein In N. Korea’
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (left) and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi take their seats before a meeting at...
Minister of Transport Tours Port of Takoradi
The Minister of Transport, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah as part of his maiden visit to the Western region has visited the port...
195 Cassava Farmers Receive Improved Planting Materials
The Food and Agriculture Ministry has scaled up the effort to substantially increase cassava production in the Kwahu...
Teenage Pregnancy Still High In KEEA
Acting Municipal Health Director of Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA), Dr. John Ekow Otoo, has disclosed that teenage...
Environmental Lawyer Murdered In Philippines
A Philippine lawyer who specialised in investigating crimes against the environment has been ambushed and shot dead,...
N. Zealand Part of Sunken ‘lost Continent’
New Zealand sits atop a previously unknown continent -- mostly submerged beneath the South Pacific -- that should be...
Three People Found Dead In Water Tank In Australia
The three victims were found on a property in New South Wales Three people have been found dead in an empty water tank...