Environmental damage caused by galamsey THE MAJOR water bodies have been reduced to mud, the forest reserves have become desert, the ecosystem is on the cross-road and the esprit
We’ll Stop Galamsey-Nana
President Akufo-Addo in a handshake with Otumfuo Osei Tutu II President Akufo-Addo has stated that his government is ready to stamp out illegal mining activities, popularly known as galamsey,
NDC Galamsey Hypocrisy Exposed
Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Baba Jamal It has emerged that former NDC Member of Parliament (MP) for Akwatia, Baba Jamal, offered legal representations in court to five Chinese nationals, who
Military Takes Over Galamsey Sites
Samuel Abu Jinapor Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abdulai Jinapor, says the government has relaunched Operation Halt II to clamp down on illegal mining activities and its devastating
Sefwi Wiawso Omanhene Steps Up Galamsey Fight
Katakyie Kwasi Bumangama III THE PARAMOUNT Chief of the Sefwi Wiawso Traditional Council in the Western North Region has given his divisional chiefs two weeks ultimatum, to ensure that
‘Aisha Huang Not My Client’
Freddie Blay THE IMMEDIATE past National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Freddie W. Blay, says his law firm, Blay & Associates, is not offering any legal representation
Galamsey Threatens Ghana Water Company’s Operations
THE GHANA Water Company Limited (GWCL) has indicated that illegal mining in the country’s major rivers is dealing a hefty blow to its operations, and that if the turbidity
The Threat Of Galamsey To Ghana’s Gold Value Addition Efforts
ON WEDNESDAY, 5th October, 2022, I had the opportunity to participate in two meetings in Kumasi on the phenomenon of illegal artisanal (small-scale) mining, popularly known as galamsey. These
Arrest Galamsey Kingpins – Ogyeahoho
Ogyeahoho Yaw Gyebi THE NATIONAL House of Chiefs has tasked the IGP, Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, to arrest and prosecute all persons indulging in illegal mining in the country.
War Against Galamsey Caused Big Blow To NPP In 2020 Elections– Akufo-Addo
President Akufo Addo President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the fight against illegal small scale mining, commonly known as Galamsey cost him and his party, the New Patriotic Party
Put Galamsey Duel On War Footing
The fight against illegal mining or galamsey can no longer be ‘business as usual’ but one which must be put on a war footing with the military prosecuting, as
Lead Galamsey Fight – Govt Charges MMDCEs
THE MINISTER for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel A. Jinapor, has charged Regional Ministers as well as Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) from mining endemic areas to
Galamsey Pit Swallow 6 At Kyebi
Six persons are trapped in a galamsey pit at Akyem -Tweapiase near Kyebi in the Abuakwa South Municipality of the Eastern Region. The incident reportedly occurred on Wednesday evening