ECG) has been criticised for supplying electricity to Chinese illegal miners in Tarkwa in the Western Region. Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Benito Owusu-Bio has vowed to report the officials of the ECG involved in the illegal connection to the Energy Ministry for the law to deal with …
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The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) has expressed worry over reports that subsidised fertilisers meant to support the ‘Planting for Food and Jobs’ are being smuggled to neighbouring Togo and Burkina Faso. Volta Region Minister, Dr Archibald Letsa, revealed recently that the fertilisers meant for distribution to farmers in …
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Neglected children are the most vulnerable to defilement, statistics from the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service has revealed. According to DOVVSU, a total of 31,480 children have been abandoned and neglected by their parents and guardians in the last six years. The National …
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The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has indicated its preparedness to tackle cross border crimes including human trafficking and other irregular migration activities at Ghana’s borders. This is being actualised through the provision of logistics and equipment, training and congenial working environment, amongst others under one of the deliverables of the …
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A Board member of the Cocoa Marketing Board (CMB) was on Thursday heckled by cocoa farmers for attempting to slander the immediate past Chief Executive of COCOBOD Dr. Stephen Opuni. The Board Member, Nana Obeng Akrofi, alleged in a speech at the 1st anniversary of Saviour Cocoa Farmers Association at …
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Ten Chinese suspected to be illegal miners have been arrested at Efuanta, a suburb in Tarkwa, in the Western region. The Tarkwa Police command made the arrests in collaboration with a taskforce of the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources. According to the leader of the anti-galamsey taskforce Richard Addo, …
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The Inspector General of Police, David Asante-Apeatu, has tasked his men to deal ruthlessly with any person who attacks a police officer or police post. Speaking at the graduation ceremony of new recruits in Accra, the IGP warned miscreants who plan to attack police officers in the country to review …
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The Parliamentary, Constitutional and Legal Committee of Parliament has rejected a request by government for the office of the Special Prosecutor’s Bill to be passed under a certificate of urgency. The committee has therefore recommended the bill be taken through all the normal processes. The minority raised issues of constitutional …
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The military will no more be employed in the crusade against illegal small-scale mining in the country, John Peter Amewu, Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, has disclosed.The Akufo-Addo administration, shortly after its induction, declared war on the practice, locally termed galamsey, to save the environment from degradation. Soldiers and …
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The Judicial Service has been ranked the most corrupt public institution in the Atwima-Nwabiagya District by the people in the area.Fifty-six (56) percent of respondents of a survey conducted by the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) Consortium, grouping the GII, Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC) and SEND Ghana, said the service was …
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