A mass burial service was on Friday, July 7, 2017, held for the twenty-two (22) illegal miners who were trapped in a galamsey pit at Nsuta in the Prestea Huni-Valley District of the Western Region. The decision to perform the mass burial service for the 22 death persons, according to information available to Today, was … Read more
Prestea mine collapses… Up to 17 Galamsey operators are trapped underground in a mine which collapsed while they sought to mine there, contrary to government’s directive. The incident which took place in Prestea Nsuta Western region saw up to 14 people killed in the pit collapse. Five others, who managed to escape unhurt, are assisting the … Read more
Police in the Western Region have declared owners of a Galamsey pit believed to have killed about 14 people in Prestea Nsuta wanted. 17 people are believed to be trapped in the pit which collapsed on them when they sought to mine there contrary to government’s directive. Currently, rescue efforts are underway to retrieve the bodies. … Read more
Tragedy struck the New Generation Preparatory school at Prestea, in the Western Region on Thursday, when two of its pupils got drowned in river Asasere on their way home from school. Reports said the children held on to a wooden banister on the bridge for support but they fell because it was weak. The deceased … Read more