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The Ghana Integrated Bauxite and Aluminium Authority has been advised to sign up to the Aluminum Stewardship Initiative (ASI) Performance Standards Certification Program to ensure responsible bauxite mining in the country. The director of Settle Ghana, a non-governmental organization, Mr Abu Karimu made the appeal in response to agitations by some …

Operators of eateries in Accra popularly known as Chop Bars have expressed mixed feelings amidst the ban on wildlife hunting announced by the Forestry Commission. The ban took effect on August 1, 2019, and expected to be lifted on December 1, 2019. Per the ban, during the period, only grasscutters …

A deadly, drug-resistant fungus called candida auris is spreading around the world at an alarming rate, reported Business Insider. Hundreds of thousands of people die annually from antibiotic-resistant superbugs – bacteria that evolve so quickly that existing treatments are useless against them. But it’s not just bacterial infections that are spreading, drug-resistant …

A woman who has been drinking her own urine and rubbing it on her face for over a decade claims it improves her skin and overall health, the Daily Mail has reported. Ruby Karyo, 30, from Glen Burnie, Maryland, has been gulping down urine and spritzing it on her face …

The Ministry of Lands and Resources has indefinitely closed down the Ghana Manganese Company Limited (GMCL) citing huge loses to the state for the period of 2010 – 2017. The decision, according to the sector Minister, Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh, follows the apparent lack of transparency in the operations of some mining …

The Minister of Finance, Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta, has bemoaned the rate at which Africa’s economies are growing, explaining that the pace is too weak to contain the bulgy unemployment situation on the continent. He has, therefore, pledged to work with finance ministers and governors of central banks in Africa to …

Sérgio Pimenta, IFC Vice President for the Middle East and Africa, says Ghana can be one of the fastest-growing economies in the world if the government maintains its prudent economic management system. He noted that looking at the financial performance of Ghana – the numbers, the macro framework and the …

The Ogun State Police Command on Saturday said it rescued one of the five Pastors abducted by suspected Fulani herdsmen. The Command, in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said one of the victims, Deaconess Ibelegbo Chidinma, was rescued unhurt. He assured that the remaining …

There have been some speculations on the composition and credibility of the Ghanaian local consortium holding 51 per cent of the shares in the Power Distribution Services (PDS) Ghana Limited with some suggesting that a group of barbers at Osu in Accra are the ones behind it.The government on Tuesday …

The killing of a policewoman, Corporal Agatha Nana Nabin, at a checkpoint on Tuesday, has set the rumour mill agog in the Northern Regional capital of Tamale, with various theories being propounded. An investigation The Chronicle is conducting has landed on two divergent speculations, and wonders if the policewoman was …