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The president, Nana Akufo-Addo has put his presidency on the line with a commitment to end the illegal small scale mining popularly called galamsey in Ghana. Rallying Ghana’s traditional leaders together the president, said if there is one right thing to be done, that thing is for all to fight …

The National House of Chiefs is calling for a restoration of their power to summon subjects if the government wants them to play any serious role in the fight against illegal mining. “How can a chief summon a ‘galamseyer’ [illegal miner] if he has no authority,” President of the House, …

An audiovisual recording device believed to have been secretly planted in the office of the Lands and Natural Resources Minister John Peter Amewu, has been discovered. Joy News understands National Security operatives retrieved the suspected bug after they embarked on a routine screening exercise at the Ministry late June. It …

A total of 2,170 National Service Personnel have been posted to serve under the government’s ‘Planting for Food and Jobs’ program expected to be rolled out this year. According to the acting Executive Director of the National Service Scheme (NSS), Ussif Mustapha, this was to promote the President Akufo-Addo’s vision of transforming …

The minister for Lands and Natural Resources John Peter Amewu will, in the coming days be hauled before Parliament to answer questions on the collapse of a mining pit at Prestea Nsuta in the Western Region. MP for Kumbungu Ras Mubarak is not happy with how government is handling the …

The Central Regional Technical Group on Family Planning has expressed worry about the low education and patronage of female condoms. At a meeting to discuss the progress of family planning activities in the region, the group noted that while many did not know how to use the female condoms others …

A jobless teenage mother is pregnant again two years after she gave birth to her first child. The man, Afia Nyarko claims impregnated her has denied responsibility and is now left to her fate. The only option left, she noted is to engage in prostitute to support herself and the …

The CEO of COCOBOD Joseph Boahen Aidoo is predicting a difficult year for cocoa farmers in 2018. He is projecting further drops in world price of the commodity. This he said will have adverse effects on the cocoa industry in particular and the economy as a whole. Speaking at a media …

Martyrs’ Day is June 30. At dawn of this day in 1982, some men with close connections to the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC), including Joachim Amartey Kwei, a member of government, abducted and burnt to death three judges and a retired military officer. It was reported that there would …

The workers of Zoom lion Ghana Limited in the eastern capital Koforidua have embarked on a sit down strike beginning from today Thursday till their demands are met. As a result of this the principal streets in the central business district of Koforidua are filled with pockets of rubbish. According …