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...
The Minister for Environment, Science, and Technology, Professor Frimpong-Boateng is advocating for stricter measures to address indiscriminate sand mining activities in Ghana. According to him, the...
The Ashanti Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP), Mr Ken Yeboah, has stated that though he is new to the region, he and his men are ready to face robbers to ensure security...
The Minister for Environment, Science, and Technology, Professor Frimpong-Boateng is advocating for stricter measures to address indiscriminate sand mining activities in Ghana. According to him, the...
Illegal mining activities along the Black Volta River is threatening potable water supply in Wa in the Upper West Region, the Community Water and Sanitation Agency has said. The continuous activities...
Former Deputy Ashanti Regional Minister has finally opened up on some of the reasons why some people demanded his removal as Deputy Minister in the region. According to Joseph Yammin, he least...
Ghana risks a boycott of its gold by major refineries across the globe if it fails to tackle illegal mining activities in the short term. This is the caution from industry players. According to them,...
Omanhene of Sunyani Tradtional Area in the Brong Ahafo Region, Nana Bosoma Asor Nkrawiri II, has urged the new Brong Ahafo Regional Minister, Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh, to fight illegal mining (galamsey)...
HEAD of Communications at Minerals Commission, Mr. Isaac Abraham, has revealed the reasons why illegal gold and diamond mining activities (otherwise known as galamsey or galamseying) by both...
A parade organised to mark the 60th anniversary of Ghana’s liberation from colonial control in 1957 has passed in the Upper East region with scores of schoolchildren resorting to what observers...
Mr John-Peter Amewu, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, said Ghana would continue to share the vision of the European Union (EU) to ensure socio-economic growth. He said this would make the...
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Ken Yeboah, the Ashanti Regional Commander, has warned against indiscipline and unethical conduct by personnel of the service. That, he said, was not going to be...
The Yendi Township in the Nothern Region could be in in the thick of a water crisis by the end of March if their water situation doesn’t change. Currently, residents are resorting to dams,...
PRESIDENT and Chairman of Groupe Nduom (GN), Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, has described activities of illegal mining as ‘wicked’ and has therefore kicked against its legalisation. Dr. Nduom’s...
Editor-in-chief of the New Crusading Guide Newspaper says chiefs, politicians and other public servants have been fingered in a documentary on illegal mining being prepared by his team. Kweku Baako...
Several communities across the country are faced with acute water shortage, a situation officials blame on destructive human activities. Residents in the Northern, Central, Western and Brong Ahafo...
Over the years, government has been making efforts by coming up with different policies to curb the practice of illegal gold mining, otherwise known as galamsey in Ghana. The love and desire for more...
ONE issue that continues to confront us as a country is the practice of illegal mining, which is popularly referred to as galamsey. It is basically a practice where, especially the youth of gold...
By: Badu K Truth be told, I cannot holdback my arousing disgust towards the ‘enemies of the state’-apologies to Anas Aremeyaw. Let us face it, though, the mass degradation of our countryside by...
News that some fishermen are using the cancer-causing agent, formalin, to preserve salted tilapia, popularly known as ‘Koobi’, is, indeed, disturbing, particularly since this is not the first...
