A well-connected and powerful Chinese woman who is into galamsey in the Ashanti Region has been invited for questioning by the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), Joy News has learnt. Asia Huang alias Aisha, who also identifies herself as Yaa Asantewaa, has been invited in connection with some four Chinese nationals who were arrested over the … Read more
The Obuasi Municipal Office of the Ghana Immigration Service has arrested four Chinese nationals on suspicion of engaging in illegal Mining at Bepotenteng in the Amansie Central District of the Ashanti Region. They were picked up at about 7pm on Friday in a make-shift wooden structure in the area noted for illegal mining by Chinese … Read more
Statistics from the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has revealed,1,968 Ghanaians who travelled abroad were either deported or refused entry after arriving at their destination. The breakdown of the figure shows that 1,245 Ghanaians were refused entry into various destinations abroad for failing to meet their respective entry conditions in 2016. This means the refusal of … Read more
Statistics from the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has revealed,1,968 Ghanaians who travelled abroad were either deported or refused entry after arriving at their destination. The breakdown of the figure shows that 1,245 Ghanaians were refused entry into various destinations abroad for failing to meet their respective entry conditions in 2016. This means the refusal of … Read more
Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, has embarked on two-day working visit to the various security installations in the region. This is his first after being nominated as the Regional minister. Simon Osei Mensah toured the 4bn Military Command, the Regional Police Headquarters, the Regional Fire Service, the Prisons Service, the Ghana Immigration Service and … Read more
Former President John Dramani Mahama is seething with anger over media reports suggesting that he is working behind the scenes to scuttle President Akufo-Addo’s free Senior High School (SHS) education policy. Mr. Mahama wondered how he could sabotage the free SHS policy expected to begin in September when he is not in control of the … Read more
One thing that has become clear since the Government began to take the galamsey problem seriously is that the actual scale of the woeful pestilence has been under-estimated by most people in Ghana. Some people think it’s “a few” water-bodies that have been “tampered with” by galamseyers. But that’s not true. The Atewa Forest Range … Read more
One thing that has become clear since the Government began to take the galamsey problem seriously is that the actual scale of the woeful pestilence has been under-estimated by most people in Ghana. Some people think it’s “a few” water-bodies that have been “tampered with” by galamseyers. But that’s not true. The Atewa Forest Range … Read more
The Interior Minister Ambrose Dery has described as unacceptable the absence of the country’s Chief Fire Officer at the scene of Saturday’s inferno at the Coconut Groove Regency Hotel. Mr. Derry who was at the scene of the conflagration moments after it began said he was not impressed about how the GNFS dealt with the … Read more
A former Deputy Minister for the Interior, James Agalga, has said the Ghana National Fire Service will need to be resourced to enable them fight fires more effectively. According to him, although the John Mahama administration provided several fire tenders as a way of resourcing the service, the current government will have to ensure that … Read more
Former President John Dramani Mahama is commiserating with the Nduoms – owners of the Coconut Grove Regency Hotel in Accra after some offices within the hotel’s compound were consumed by fire. Thousands of Ghana cedis have been lost when the Amansan Television Studios and four commercial offices of Groupe Nduom caught fire on Saturday. According … Read more
Management of Groupe Nduom, a multinational family holding business that owns Regency Grove Hotel, said the fire that engulfed several properties on same compound with the hotel was suspected to have been ignited by an air conditioner. The air conditioner was located in the studios of the Amansan Television (ATV) on Saturday evening. The inferno … Read more
play videoThe fire, according to staff of the two television stations, started from the BTA Fire has destroyed several properties forming part of Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom’s business conglomerate. The raging fire burnt down a branch of GN Bank, two television stations ( ATV and BTA) and parts of Coconut Grove Hotel, all located at … Read more
The GN Bank owned by businessman cum politician Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom has been caught up in fire as helpless fire personnel struggle to fight it. TV3’s Selorm Amenyah who is at the scene gathered that the fire started from the Business Television Africa (BTA) before spreading to the bank and part of the Three Star … Read more
Fire has destroyed part of the Coconut Grove Regency Hotel in Accra. The fire is said to have started at a part of the hotel that also serves as offices for GN bank, a bank owned by the management of the hotel. The fire started on Saturday evening. Thick smoke was seen billowing from the … Read more
The Media Coalition Against Galamsey and its partners say the “appreciable response” to the National Red Friday campaign demonstrate the seriousness of Ghanaians to the fight against galamsey. Yesterday, April 21, the Coalition and its partners took the #StopGamlamsey campaign a notch higher by rallying Ghanaians to be in red to demonstrate their anger at … Read more
The number of Ghanaians who travelled abroad last year hit 293,754, an increase of 25,606 over the 2015 figure of 268,149. According to statistics, the number of Ghanaians who travelled abroad in 2014 was 187,252, far less than the numbers for 2015 and 2016. Since 2010, the years 2012 and 2013 recorded the highest number … Read more
Executive Director for Social Impact Studies, Richard Kojo Elimah says we cannot have a one major solution or a one sided fixed solution in curbing illegal mining in Ghana. He said it will be proper for Ghana to look out for a basket of solutions in resolving galamsey since those involved have different reasons for … Read more
The new Comptroller General of the Ghana Immigration Service, Mr Kwame Asuah Takyi whose appointment by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo took effect from March 1, 2017 is a product of the University of Ghana, Legon and the Ghana School of Law where he obtained his LLB Honours Degree and his Bachelor of Laws respectively. … Read more
A facebook account purported to belong to the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolgatanga central constituency Isaac Adongo has been used to defraud some persons seeking to be recruited to the Ghana Immigration Service. The account which bears the image of the MP and his name takes between GH¢500 and GH¢1,000 which paid is through … Read more