A Koforidua Circuit Court, in the Eastern Regional capital, has sentenced three paddies to five years imprisonment each with hard labor. The convicts; Alhassan Abass, 28, Ibrahim Mohammed, 45, and
Fake National Security Galamsey Boys In Court
Some eleven (11) persons who allegedly paraded themselves as operatives of the National Security and were undertaking illegal mining activities known in local parlance as galamsey in the Eastern Region
National Security Guys Grabbed Over Galamsey In Atewa Forest
THE Eastern Regional Police Command, in less than ten days, in separate operations, has arrested 65 persons, some alleged to be National Security operatives engaging in illegal mining, popularly known
Fighting Galamsey: What If The Guns Start To Boom?
To those who have not been reading this column, they can chose to refer to me as a sadist, satanic, inhuman, irreverent or simply wicked. Any regular reader of this
2 Chinese arrested, 9 excavators destroyed in Galamsey fight
Dominic Nitiwul Two Chinese illegal miners have been arrested in the fight against Galamsey. Minister for Defense, Dominic Nitiwul, made this known to the media at a press briefing on
200 Soldiers Fight Galamsey
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s determination to stamp out illegal mining, popularly called galamsey, received a major boost when he authorised the Ghana Armed Forces to commence an operation to
‘Don’t Blame Us For Galamsey’
Shi Ting Wang The Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, Shi Ting Wang, has asked Ghanaians not to blame his compatriots for the upsurge in illegal mining in the country, with its
You have critical role to play in fight against Galamsey – Lands Minister to MDCEs
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has called on Municipal and District Chief Executives (MDCEs) to actively involve themselves in the fight against illegal mining popularly
Anyone engaged in Galamsey is a criminal – Essikado Omanhene
Nana Kobina Nketiah IV The Omanhene of the Essikado Traditional Area, Nana Kobina Nketiah IV, has stated any person involved in illegal mining popularly known as Galamsey is a criminal
2 Chinese, Ghanaians Arrested For Galamsey
Four people, including two Chinese, have been arrested in connection with illegal mining operations inside a forest reserve in the Amansie Central District of Ashanti Region. The foreigners Huan
I’ll Uproot Galamsey – Nana Renews Pledge
President Akufo-Addo interacting with Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin (left) after the meeting. With them is Nana Adutwumwaa (seated right), Okyehemaa and the delegation. Picture by Gifty Ama Lawson President Akufo-Addo
Otumfuo Urges Govt To Intensify Fight Against Galamsey
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has appealed to the Government of Ghana to intensify its fight against illegal mining activities popularly known as Galamsey. He made the appeal when
iOna Reine Joins Fight Against Galamsey
iOna displaying a drinking water Songstress, iOna Reine, has added her voice to the fight against galamsey and illegal logging of trees. According to her, these activities have been depleting Ghana’s environmental cover and