The celebrated heart surgeon and founder of the National Cardiothoracic Center, Professor Frimpong-Boateng has thrown his weight behind Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital’s decision to increase the price of dialysis which backfired after public uproar. According to him, the inputs needed for dialysis are very expensive and without any increase or subsidy, it cannot be sustained. Even […]
Hundreds of the missing excavators have miraculously found their way to the collection centre. Days after six people were picked up in connection with the disappeared excavators, the equipment began to show up. Police CID had begun investigations into the matter, but even before they conclude investigations into the bizarre disappearance, over 300 excavators have […]
A group calling itself The Concerned Citizens of the Save the Atewa Landscape has issued a strongly-worded statement in rebuttal of comments made by Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation Minister, Professor Kwabena Frimpong Boateng, regarding protestations against government’s plans to allow bauxite mining to be carried out in the Atewa Forest. On July 2, 2019, […]
Government will soon make it mandatory for all small scale miners to take insurance covers in order to insure their lives and those of their families. The move is part of government’s quest to streamline the mining sector and ensure only licensed and certified people are allowed to operate mining concessions in the country. Secretary […]
The inter-ministerial committee on small scale mining has disclosed the disappearance of some 900 small scale mining licenses. Secretary to the Committee, Charles Bissue says the total number small scale mining licenses in the books totals 1,350, adding that the committee that is currently vetting the small scale mining licenses have been able to access […]
