GHANA yesterday marked World Water Day with a call on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to intervene in the illegal mining activities currently going on in the country. World Water Day is celebrated March 22 every year to focus on the importance of universal access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene in developing and developed countries. However, … Read more
The imminent threat of Ghana’s water resources running dry in a few years gets scarier by the day. Water treatment plants are being shut down one after the other almost every time, due to pollution, largely by activities of illegal gold miners. Head of Communications at the Ghana Water Company, Steve Mantey, on the Citi … Read more
The Ghana Water Company says chiefs hold the key to ending the destruction of critical water sources through illegal mining activities. As the world marked World Water Day on Wednesday, the destruction of Ghana’s water bodies due to pollution through illegal mining activities fell under the spotlight. The Ghana Water Company revealed that almost every … Read more
The imminent threat of Ghana’s water resources running dry in a few years gets scarier by the day. Water treatment plants are being shut down one after the other almost every time, due to pollution, largely by the activities of illegal gold miners. The Head of Communications at the Ghana Water Company, Steve Mantey on … Read more
Figures from the Ghana Water Company Limited has revealed that the Western Region is losing a total of 5.3 millions gallons of water daily due to the increased activities of illegal miners in the Pra River. This means over half of the company’s customer base of 31,327 are denied of portable drinking water on daily … Read more
The imminent threat of Ghana’s water resources running dry in a few years time gets scarier by the day. Water treatment plants are being shut down one after the other almost every time, due to pollution, largely by the activities of illegal gold miners. The Head of Communications at the Ghana Water Company, Steve Mantey … Read more
Figures from the Ghana Water Company Limited has revealed that the Western Region is losing a total of 5.3 millions gallons of water daily due to the increased activities of illegal miners in the Pra River. This means over half of the company’s customer base of 31,327 are denied of portable drinking water on daily … Read more
Figures from the Ghana Water Company Limited has revealed that the Western Region is losing a total of 5.3 millions gallons of water daily due to the increased activities of illegal miners in the Pra River. This means over half of the company’s customer base of 31,327 are denied of portable drinking water on daily … Read more
Farmers and women groups engaged in the shea butter and groundnut business in the Upper West Region say they have lost about GH¢5 million in revenue after their produce was downgraded on the international market for containing traces of a chemical called pirimiphos-Methyl. The chemical, they alleged, was being used by AngloGold Ashanti Malaria Control … Read more
Integrated waste management solution champions, Zoomlion Ghana Limited, has announced plans to partner newly created ministry—Inner-City and Zongo Development. The move, according to the waste management company, is aimed at supporting the new ministry to deal with sanitation and its associated problems in inner-cities and Zongo communities across the country. Communications Manager of Zoomlion, Robert … Read more
The Water Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is calling for a ban on what it calls “primitive recycling of e-wastes” due to the hazardous chemicals it produces. During an in-house review seminar by the institute on Wednesday, one of its Researchers, Dr Kwadwo Ansong Asante, revealed that carcinogenic compounds … Read more
A UN drugs body moved Thursday to crack down on the production of chemicals made to use illicit fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid killing thousands in the United States. Fentanyl is a potent prescription painkiller which is extremely addictive, leading people to seek out illegal copycat versions. Pop star Prince died from a Fentanyl overdose … Read more
US sporting-goods giant Nike has become the latest foreign brand to receive a high-profile rebuke from an influential Chinese consumer-affairs programme that has previously forced Apple and McDonald’s to squirm. The programme, broadcast Wednesday on World Consumer Rights Day by state-run China Central Television (CCTV), annually takes aim at alleged unethical behaviour by makers of … Read more
Quantum Power, the pan-African energy infrastructure investment platform, has cut sod for the construction of the Tema LNG Terminal, consisting of facilities for the import, storage and regasification of liquefied natural gas. The Tema LNG Terminal has been designed to help alleviate Ghana’s significant energy shortfall and support the Government’s efforts to put an end … Read more
We all know that wearing the same pair of pants two days in a row is a big no-no however, it seems that there are plenty of other mistakes you can make. We all know that wearing the same pair of pants two days in a row is a big no-no however, it seems that … Read more
Are you a ‘birthdays only’ girl or are you often keen to take a trip further south? Got to give to receive? Whatever your thoughts on oral sex, take a read of what the experts at LELO think are some very good reasons so get up close and personal. Orgasms Are Good For You ‘Orgasms … Read more
Scientists have developed a sensor that can monitor blood sugar levels by analysing sweaty skin. But rather than a gym-soaked t-shirt, it needs just one millionth of a litre of sweat to do the testing. The team – in South Korea – showed the sensor was accurate and think it could eventually help patients with … Read more
The Zhaoqing Municipal Government of Guangdong Province has indicated its commitment to support the “one district, one factory policy of the Government of Ghana. Vice Mayor to the Zhaoqing Municipal Government, Madam Xuanqun Chen in a meeting with Ghanaian representatives of the ruling Party, NPP on Monday, shared the Municipal Government willingness in the areas … Read more
Ongoing field tests on genetically modified cowpea (Bt cowpea) have produced successful results and will be ready for commercialisation and release onto the local market in 2018 This was revealed by Principal Investigator in charge of the research project Dr Mumuni Abdulai. According to Dr Abdulai, who is also Deputy Director at the Savannah Agricultural … Read more
President Nana Akufo-Addo has expressed regret at the level of degradation and pollution in Ghana’s environment. According to him, although citizens have the right to exploit the environment for present gains, it must be done without destroying it for the sake of posterity. Delivering an address at the 60 independence anniversary parade a the Black … Read more