The first ever Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE) has indicated that bauxite deposits in the Nyinahin Block-B hills in the Ashanti Region are twice more than historically estimated. While previous studies showed 250 million tonnes of bauxite deposits in the three hills – hills four, five and six – the latest and first ever scientific appraisal […]
Four soldiers, an immigration officer, and a private security man arrested for their alleged involvement in a robbery at Akyem Akanteng in the Lower West Akim Municipality of the Eastern Region have been remanded in police custody by the Koforidua Circuit Court B. While two of the soldiers are reportedly stationed at the Jubilee House […]
The base pay on the Single Spine Salary Structure (SSSS) has been increased by 23 percent beginning January 2024. The 23 percent will apply across board from January 2024 to June 2024 after which it will go up to 25 percent from July 2024 to December 2024. It follows the completion of negotiations for the […]
Families are paying more in recent times for space to bury their dead. Visits by The Mirror to some cemeteries showed that over the past five years, prices for graves had increased at different rates. At the Osu Cemetery in Accra, a worker who only gave his name as Sammy said the office charged GH¢4,900 […]
The first-ever harmonised prospectus for senior high and technical schools in the country has been introduced by the Ghana Education Service (GES). The innovation, code-named: ‘National Prospectus’, is designed for all prospective first-year students to eliminate any ambiguity regarding the requirements of fresh students. Under the new arrangement, all schools are expected to adhere to […]
The President of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference, Rev. Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi says massive uncontrolled corruption is suffocating Ghana. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the 2023 plenary assembly in the Sunyani Diocese on Monday [November 13, 2023], Rev. Gyamfi expressed concern over the country’s persistent impoverishment despite its status as an oil producer. He […]
The National Media Commission (NMC) has issued a final warning to Onua Radio/TV and Captain Smart over inciteful broadcast. In a press statement dated Tuesday (November 14, 2023), signed and issued by the Executive Secretary, George Sarpong, the NMC said “last week, your station carried an inciteful broadcast in which Captain Smart directly insulted the […]
The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has shut down the operations of three cement manufacturing companies due to the use of inferior materials in their cement production. The companies are Xin An Safe Cement Ghana Ltd, located at Ejisu, Kumasi Cement Ghana Ltd, located at Offinso, and Uniceme Cement Ghana Ltd, located at Bekwai, all in […]
The Minerals Commission has clarified that no mineral rights has been given to any company to mine in the Kakum National Park in the Central Region. The commission in a press statement explained that an application submitted by High Street Ghana Limited for a license to mine in the park was rejected. The press statement was signed […]
A professor of Coastal Ecology at the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Prof. Denis Aheto, has called for a Blue Economy Authority to effectively coordinate activities relating to the blue economy to maximise its benefits to the country and the continent. He noted that the multifaceted sectors of the emerging blue economy and its associated […]
Cocoa farmers at Akyem Asafo and its adjoining villages and hamlets have vowed not to cede any part of their 860 cocoa farms on which they cultivate cocoa for the establishment of a military camp. The area forms part of the cocoa belt in the Abuakwa South Municipality in the Eastern Region. This came to […]
The Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park now generates GH¢1.1 million a month following its rehabilitation. Prior to the rehabilitation, the park was generating GH¢3,000 on the average a month. Aside from the increase in revenue, the workforce at the park has since increased by 50 workers. The Minister of Tourism and Creative Arts, Dr Ibrahim Awal, said […]
