GENERAL NEWS

A Military anti-galamsey taskforce , Operation Halt II, have arrested 164 suspected illegal Miners at Anyinam and Mampong in the Eastern Region. The 164 suspects, which comprises of of 159 males and 5 females, local and foreign nationals from Ghana, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Niger, Mali and Ivory Coast were rounded …

Prices of pig products are going up by almost 20 percent, effective September 20, 2022. The cost of a kilogram of pork will increase from 14 cedis to 18 cedis, according to the producer association. Ashanti Regional Chairman of the Pig Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG), Daniel Yaw Siaw, says …

  Serious Danger is said to be looming in a community called Elubo in the Sefwi Juaboso district of the Western North Region as  illegal mining activities (Galamsey) have been extended in various houses. Illegal mining operators now dig and Wash in the Elubo community where over 200 buildings have …

The Colleges of Education Teachers Association Ghana (CETAG) has called off its 28-day mandatory leave which started on September 1. All teachers in the 46 public Colleges of Education who are members of CETAG proceeded on leave from September 1 and were expected to return on October 10. Their decision …

The  Member of Parliament of  North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, says he will expose any NDC MP found to be engaging in illegal mining popularly known as galamsey in the country. Mr Ablakwa said if that is what will help salvage the canker, then he is all for it. However, …

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA), Kofi Agyepong, has said the absence of relevant skills will continue to create high rates of unemployment in the country, despite the availability of vacancies for employment.   Mr Agyepong who was speaking at the 2022 Job Fair in …

Management of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has for some time observed the negative, false and misleading misinformation relating to some administrative issues in the Service and also attacks on the personality of the Comptroller-General of Immigration, Mr Kwame Asuah Takyi. Management of the Ghana Immigration Service wishes to assure …

The Former President of Ghana,  John Dramani Mahama’s claim that he repatriated almost five thousand Chinese illegal miners during his tenure is false, The Chronicle’s fact-check has revealed. In an interview with TV3 on Tuesday, September 12, 2022 Mr. Mahama said, “When I was president, we valued the relations with …

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On 14th September, 2022,  Aisha Huang, a Chinese galamseyer with some other accused Chinese nationals appeared before an Accra Court. The accused are facing charges of engaging in the sale of minerals without license. The judge refused a bail attempt by the counsel for the defendant and remanded the accused …