Civil society organisation Forest Watch Ghana (FWG) has backed a move to legally contest the mining right given Exton Cubic Group Limited to prospect for bauxite in the Tano Offin Forest Reserve. Exton Cubic’s recent attempt to prospect in the forest reserve has met fierce resistance from the youth, who marched in Nyinahini in the … Read more
Some small scale illegal miners popularly referred to as galamseyers, have declared their operation areas within the some forest reserves in the Suaman District of the Western Region a ‘No Go Area’. The more than 2,000 illegal miners in March this year threatened to kill the chief in the area, residents and anyone who dared … Read more
Congo Mudslide -The Democratic Republic of Congo experienced a massive mudslide on Wednesday, August 16, an incident which has reportedly claimed up to 200 lives. The landslide which was triggered by heavy rains struck the fishing village of Tora of Ituri province village of Tora, on the shores of Lake Albert, a seismically active zone in … Read more
Some commercial taxi drivers in Accra have raised issues of illegality in the operations of Uber, a transportation network company which has been operating within the Accra metropolis for the past year. Using technology, Uber connects passengers to car drivers (private car drivers) with ease, something that has given the company popularity in Accra within … Read more
A global treaty that seeks to protect human health and the environment from the adverse effects of mercury has from today, August 16, come into force. Ghana’s environmental group, Abibiman Foundation, has welcomed Minamata Convention on Mercury, which is this first new multilateral environmental agreement in over a decade, as a turning point for the … Read more
Sierra Leone Mudslide -Not less than 300 people have been killed in a mudslide and heavy flooding in Sierra Leone. The Landside happened after Regent witnessed a chilling night of heavy rain which saw a hill side in the area collapsed, submerging buildings and destroying properties. Read: Kwabeng Galamseyers Mystery Death: What Operation Vanguard, Others Are Saying … Read more
Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, undersored the need to employ more staff for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to enable it to effectively perform its role. He has thus charged the soon to be inaugurated Board of the EPA to work with management within the earliest possible time, to employ … Read more
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has described the Atuabo Gas Plant as a critical piece of infrastructure that will aid in the transformation of the Ghanaian economy, because “so much of the future of our country is bound up with this plant”. According to President Akufo-Addo, “If, indeed, we are going to succeed in … Read more
Lightning killed 21 people in eastern India as large swathes of the country reel under the worst floods in years that have left hundreds dead and millions displaced, officials said Monday. Eighteen people were killed in Odisha state, authorities there said. Another three died in Jharkhand state further north. About 10 people were injured by … Read more
The US state of Florida braced Monday for a tropical storm as authorities declared an emergency in some areas and warned of heavy rainfall and possible flash floods. The storm, named Emily, formed in the Gulf of Mexico overnight Sunday and was expected to pass quickly overland for the Atlantic Ocean by Tuesday with maximum … Read more
Farmers in the Tamale North constituency in the Northern Region have been provided with knapsack sprayers and other farm inputs by their Member of Parliament, Alhaji Alahassan Suhuyini, to deal with a despairing nationwide situation of fall armyworms which continues to march into farmlands causing massive destruction to crops. According to latest figures, the insects … Read more
AS at yesterday, Sunday, July 30, 2017 we had been told that victims of the Tamale flood were yet to receive relief from the authorities. PATHETIC, isn’t it? How many days since the incident happened? BUT this is the reality and which is gaining currency and becoming more of a norm—that in emergency situations like floods and fire disasters—our authorities … Read more
The famous Eastern corridor stretch linking the north to the southern part of Ghana has been cut off as a result of heavy rains in the Northern Region. On Tuesday, July 25, 2017 a severe downpour hit many parts of the region, destroying millions of properties, livestock, farmlands as well as human lives. About five … Read more
Electric car maker Tesla has rolled out its new Model 3 vehicle – the company’s cheapest car to date. The first 30 customers – most of them employees of the company – received their cars on Friday. Chief executive Elon Musk said the Model 3 was the “best car for its cost, either electric or … Read more
Government plans to launch a program dubbed “Planting for Jobs and Investments” a subsidiary of its flagship “Planting for Food and Jobs Policy” geared at creating jobs for the youth and also boosting assemblies revenues. The programme is targeting about three to five million farmers in the cultivation of seven identified cash crops within the next … Read more
Tesla began delivering on a dream to make an electric car for the masses, rolling out its “Model 3,” aiming to disrupt a world accustomed to automobiles powered by pollution-spewing fossil fuel. An initial batch of the ‘Model 3’ cars that rolled out of the Tesla plant in Fremont, California late Friday were given to … Read more
Tesla began delivering on a dream to make an electric car for the masses, rolling out the first of its keenly-awaited “Model 3” cars, aiming to disrupt a world accustomed to automobiles powered by pollution-spewing fossil fuel. An initial batch of the ‘Model 3’ cars that rolled out of the Tesla plant in Fremont, California … Read more
Taiwan suspended trains and closed schools on Saturday as it braced for its first typhoon of the year. Typhoon Nesat — which strengthened into a moderate storm Friday — is already bringing crashing waves and strong winds to the east coast, where it is due to make landfall Saturday night. At 0215 GMT, Nesat was … Read more
US environmental regulators have approved the sale of 2017 diesel models of the Jeep Cherokee SUV and light-duty Ram 1500 pickup, auto giant Fiat Chrysler said Friday. The move allows the company to begin selling diesel versions of the popular vehicles that US officials had refused to allow on the road over concerns about the … Read more
A South African mine suspended dozens of women on Friday after they refused to strip as part of measures to stop workers delivering food to illegal miners, their union said. The women who refused the intimate inspection were “assaulted and handcuffed using cable ties as if they are criminals”, the National Union of Miners said … Read more