Tag Archives: GALAMSAY

Members of the National Concerned Drivers Association has reiterated their call to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to order the release of their fellow drivers who were just hired to drive trucks at galamsey sites. The group is unhappy with the arrest and detention of their colleagues while, according to …

The Bono regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe aka Abronye DC claims that about 350 people died in Galamsey related activities under the leadership of former President John Dramani Mahama. According to him, the effect of galamsey related issues under the NDC regime was huge …

Illegal mining, popularly known as “galamsey” in Ghana is a practice by people who want to earn ‘quick money’ as factors such as poverty, limited employment opportunities and lack of job security in gold-rich communities continue to push scores of Ghanaian youth into the trade. Ghana’s new President Akufo-Addo, put …

The highly revered heart surgeon turned politician, Prof Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, is out to salvage his reputation from the fallout of the Galamsey saga with revelations that the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), its Constituency, regional and national executives, as well as its Members of Parliament (MPs), Ministers of state and …

The Assin Central Member of Parliament punctuates his statements with similes and metaphors, likening President Akufo-Addo to a tree without roots. The roots, he says, are rotten hence danger is imminent. Kennedy Agyapong, a leading member of the ruling New Patriotic Party is furious over how the fight against illegal …

Two workers of Shaanxi Mining Ghana Limited at Gbane in the Talensi District in the Upper East Region died in an underground mine accident last Monday. The miners, Jonathan Tengbil and Solomon Tohsongba, were said to be watering a working area described as “3346 Stope” to control dust and gases …

The Ministry of Lands and Natural resources has attributed the rise in mining-site accidents to the activities of illegal miners. Deputy lands and Natural Resources Minister, Benito Owusu Bio, in an interview on Eyewitness News, said Ghana was noted for safety until the rise in illegal mining brought several accidents. …

K1 — KOO, Have you heard? K2 — You’re no doubt talking about the PBS nonsense? — Koo, it isn’t “nonsense”! It was a typical ‘free market’ scam that inevitably got unravelled… — How do you mean? — Who constituted PBS? Had you ever heard of any industrialist/trader/entrepreneur/body corporate mentioned …

Editor-In-Chief of the New Crusading Guide Newspaper, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako has dropped a hint that bigwigs in both the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) have all been fingered in the second part of Anas Aremeyaw Anas’ investigative piece dubbed, galamsey fraud. Though …

Following the recent comments made by Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo-Marfo during a town hall meeting in the United States of America (USA) about galamsey queen Aisha Huang, Multimedia Journalist Erastus Asare Donkor has dropped more shocking details about the lady. According to the journalists who was at the front of …