Let’s Protect Our Water Bodies To Save Life!
YESTERDAY (March 22) marked World Water Day. The day—an observance created by the United Nations in 1993—is aimed at tackling water crisis. WATER is a fundamental human need without which...
Tag: Illegal Mining
Ghana Water Company Wants Chiefs To Save Dying Water Bodies
The Ghana Water Company says chiefs hold the key to ending the destruction of critical water sources through illegal mining activities. As the world marked World Water Day on Wednesday, the...
Vetting of MPs and Non-MPs Are Not the Same
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale South and Minority Leader in Parliament, Haruna Iddrisu, has stated that the public should not expect the Appointments Committee to ask Members of Parliament...
‘Expedite Action On Chieftaincy Cases’
Western Regional Commander of the Ghana Police Service, DCOP Kwasi Mensah Duku has bemoaned that chieftaincy disputes continue to be sources of worry in the region, particularly chieftaincy...
Government To Review Operations At Komenda Sugar Factory
Government has given the latest indication that it will review operations of the Komenda Sugar Factory commissioned last year by former President Mahama to get that factory running optimally, Mr...
Fighting Galamsey With Drones Is Good; Regularise It
President of Friends of Rivers and Water Bodies, Nana Dwomoh Sarpong, has cast doubt on government’s preparedness to clamp down on illegal mining activities known as galamsey in the country. He...
Government Courts Investors To Sustain Komenda Sugar Factory
The CEO of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC), Reginald Yofi Grant has stated that the NPP government will pursue programs aimed at sustaining the operations of the Komenda Sugar Factory....
Gov’t Courts Investors To Sustain Komenda Sugar Factory
The CEO of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC), Reginald Yoofi Grant has stated that the NPP government will pursue programs aimed at sustaining the operations of the Komenda Sugar Factory....
Don’t Associate Us With ‘galamsey’
The Ghana National Association of Small- Scale Miners (GNASSM) has stated that its members are not engaged in illegal mining (galamsey) and can, therefore, not be blamed for the destruction caused to...
Sierra Leone Pastor Unearths Massive 706-Carat Diamond
A pastor working in the mines of eastern Sierra Leone has unearthed a 706-carat diamond, the government said Thursday, pledging to hold a transparent auction for the gem in a nation once tainted by...
Anas’ Expose On Galamsey Very Explosive; NDC, NPP Gurus Guilty – Kweku Baako
Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide Newspaper, Kwaku Baako Jnr has hinted that renowed undercover Journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas, will soon expose influential persons including chiefs,...
Banning Galamsey Will Spell Doom For Us – Odikro
The Odikro of Obuasi Tutkai in the Ashanti Region, Nana Kwame Kwarteng I says banning illegal mining (galamsey) will be a disaster for the people of the area. He wants the government to rather...
Four Deputy Regional Ministers Designate Vetted
Four deputy Regional Ministers designate have pledged their unflinching support to co-operate and desist from undermining their regional ministers in the discharge of their functions. The first batch...
Gov’t To Fight Menace Using Drones, Tracking Devices
The Minister of Lands, Forestry and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, has hinted that government would soon start using drones and other modern technology to fight illegal mining, popularly known...
My Galamsey Fight With Drones Was Shot Down – Inusah Fuseini
A former Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Inusah Fuseini has revealed that he did not get the necessary support from stakeholders when he tried use drones to wage a war on illegal mining in...
My Galamsey Fight With Drones Was Shot Down
A former Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Inusah Fuseini has revealed that he did not get the necessary support from stakeholders when he tried use drones to wage a war on illegal mining in...
Government To Combat Galamsey With Drones – Amewu
Lands and Forestry Minister, John Peter Amewu has disclosed that government will start using drones to augment its efforts to effectively combat illegal mining in the country. This, according to him,...
Gov’t To Tackle Galamsey With Drones
The Minister of Lands and Forestry, John Peter Amewu, has hinted that government would soon start using drones and other modern technology to fight illegal mining in Ghana to ensure the protection of...
Political Bigwigs Behind Illegal Miners Won’t Be Spared — Amewu
Lands and Natural Resources Minister John Peter Amewu says political bigwigs who allegedly front for prospective investors to engage in illegal mining and destroy water bodies will not be spared....
Kwame Takyi Appointed Ghana Immigration Boss
President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed Kwame Asuah Takyi as the Comptroller General of the Ghana Immigration Service. Starrfmonline.com can confirm that the former deputy director in-charge of legal...