The Minerals Commission has reshuffled regional heads following last Sunday’s explosion at a quarry site at Shama. Desmond Boahen, the Western Regional Head for the Minerals Commission has been transferred to the Eastern Region Samuel Gyabaah, the Head at the Ashanti Regional Office has been transferred from Kumasi to Takoradi to lead the Western Regional team. […]
Plans are afoot for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to return to the country’s ports for purposes of providing guidance and direction on the handling of hazardous and environmentally unfriendly goods. Executive Director of the EPA, Dr. Henry Kwabena Kokofu says an agreement has already been reached for office space to be allocated to the […]
The Ghana Port and Harbours Authority (GPHA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have stepped up collaborative efforts aimed at instituting measures that will help make the port environment safer for effective and efficient operations. To this end, Executive Director of the EPA, Dr. Henry Kwabena Kokofu has paid a familiarization visit to the Management […]
The Acting Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency of Ghana, John Pwamang has described the marine environment of Ghana as undesirable and called for Government to back the organization’s proposed policy to evolve the use of plastic products, because they are a major threat to marine life and public health. “We have a lot […]
The Environmental Protection Agency, in conjunction with the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority, has embarked on a thorough clean up exercise of the beach front within the Fishing Harbour enclave in Tema, to mark the World Ocean Day. World Ocean Day is a global celebration where hundreds of events around the world are organized to […]
The World Bank has approved a 35 million-dollar International Development Association (IDA) credit for Ghana’s Public Sector Reforms. The World Bank assistance is meant to improve efficiency and accountability in the delivery of public services for 16 selected Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDA’s) Chief Executive of Public Sector Reforms, Thomas Kusi Boafo, revealed this at […]
Contrary to popular belief that Ghana’s illegal mining debacle is being predominantly perpetrated by Chinese nationals, it has emerged that Citizens of neighbouring Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast are also deeply involved in the practice known in local parlance as galamsey. Secretary of the inter-ministerial committee on illegal mining, Charles Bissue has revealed that some […]
Secretary of the inter-ministerial committee on illegal mining Charles Bissue has indicated that the committee has been forced to run a shift system of day and night as a result of the enormous pressure that has been exerted on them as they begin the vetting of licenses of small scale miners in the country. According […]
