Residents at Kyebi in the Akim East Municipality of the Eastern Region queue at the only borehole in the area to access potable water. Their taps have stop running for months. The Ghana Water Company Limited has suspended the water treatment plant at Kyebi due to pollution and high turbidity levels. Residents from Kyebi, Nima, … Read more
The Minister of Lands, Forestry and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, has hinted that government would soon start using drones and other modern technology to fight illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey in Ghana, to ensure the protection of water bodies. Mr. John Peter Amewu made this disclosure during a visit to the AngloGold Ashanti … Read more
The 2017 budget statement read to Parliament by Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta on 02 March, 2017 was a very competent one. It was also quite transparent. It conveyed a clear balance of payments message. The minister said, “The balance of payments (BOP) turned surplus for the first time since 2011, due to [an] improved current account … Read more
The 2017 budget statement read to Parliament by Mr Ken Ofori Atta on 02 March 2017 was a very competent one. It was also quite transparent. It conveyed a clear balance of payments message. The minister said, QUOTE: “The balance of payments (BOP) turned surplus for the first time since 2011, due to [an] improved … Read more
Over the years, government has been making efforts by coming up with different policies to curb the practice of illegal gold mining, otherwise known as galamsey in Ghana. The love and desire for more gold by illegal miners might eventually lead to the fulfillment of a water scarcity prediction by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This … Read more
After a recent three-week visit to my hometown in the Atiwa District, I have spent sleepless nights agonising and grieving over the incalculable damage which the Chinese are inflicting on our country, particularly in the rural areas through illegal mining and galamsey, and the consequent massive degradation of our land and pollution of almost all … Read more
When I was attending middle school at Kyebi, in the Eastern Region, my task each morning was to go to the River Birem, where I would bathe and bring some water home. I wasn’t the only one – scores of my schoolmates from Kyebi Government School and the rival State Primary School, congregated on the … Read more