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    The Appiatse Reconstruction Implementation Team (ARIT) Chaired by the Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources responsible for Lands and Forestry, Hon. Benito Owusu-Bio has on Thursday, 26th October, 2023 met to review the phase one and phase two of the Appiatse Reconstruction project.   Discussing the first …

Victims of the Apiatse explosive are not yet over with their predicaments after 10 months since the disaster happened. As some have died months after the explosion, some are still having some metals in their bodies awaiting surgery while others are still living in aftershocks. At the Efua Nkwanta Regional …

Government through the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, has delivered on its promise to secure a safe haven for the displaced victims of Appiatse and save them from the torrents of the rain.  Mr Benito Owusu-Bio, Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources said five more structures have been …

Several tents housing residents of Appiatse at the Dumasi Resettlement Camp have been destroyed by a windstorm that swept through the area on Friday April 8. Several houses and trees in the area have also been affected. Prestea Huni Valley Municipal Director of the National Disdaster Management Organisation (NADMO) Francis …

The Appiatse Disaster Relief Committee has set March 11 for the mass burial of persons who lost their lives in the Bogoso-Appiate explosion in the Prestea-Huni-Valley Municipality of the Western Region. The explosion occurred on January 20, 2022, after a truck carrying explosives owned by Maxam Limited got involved in …

The trauma of commuting from the Appiatse-Relief Camp through the collapsed Appiatse community to school at Beppoh-Ehyireso in the Prestea Huni-Valley Municipality on a daily basis is troubling to many pupils and students at the camp. The earth-trembling vibrations in the wake of the explosion that suddenly scooped the soil, …

Three families in the Appiatse relief camp, established after the January 20 explosion, have welcomed three new babies. The babies, according to the Assemblymember of the area, Mr Thomas Yaw, were doing well and in healthy condition. He said the babies had become a side attraction to many well-wishers, who …

A post-mortem examination to provide useful information as to how 13 people who lost their lives in the Appiatse explosion has been completed at the VIP Mortuary at Ayensukrom No.1, near Bogoso in the Prestea-Huni Valley Municipality. Dr Paul Ossei Sampene, a Consultant Pathologist, from the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital …

Two males in their early 30s have been arrested by the security agencies at the Appiatse Relief Camp for allegedly stealing two mattresses. The suspects were arrested on Thursday at the security gate of the Camp when they made a brisk attempt to sneak out with the items. They have …

The government of Ghana has fined mining company, Maxam Company Limited has been punished for the recent explosion that occurred at Appiatse, a mining community in the Western Region. The company has fined cedi equivalent of US$6,000,000 at the prevailing commercial rate for regulatory breaches in respect to manufacture, storage …