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Environment
Police know where illegal miners operate but refuse to act – Adomako-Mensah

Police know where illegal miners operate but refuse to act – Adomako-Mensah

Member of Parliament for Afigya Kwabre North, Collins Adomako-Mensah, has strongly criticized the police for their inaction against illegal mining. Speaking on Good Morning Ghana on Metro TV, he expressed frustration over the police's claims

Environment
How do police track down weed smokers in ghettos, yet ignore galamseyers in plain sight? – Randy Abbey wonders

How do police track down weed smokers in ghettos, yet ignore galamseyers in plain sight? – Randy Abbey wonders

Host of the Good Morning Ghana on Metro TV, Dr. Randy Abbey, has condemned the security forces and enforcers for their inaction in combating the scourge of illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey. The environmental

SPORTS
What the ‘heck’ will take Akufo-Addo to stop the galamsey menace? – Gary Al-Smith quizzes

What the ‘heck’ will take Akufo-Addo to stop the galamsey menace? – Gary Al-Smith quizzes

Ghanaian journalist Gary Al-Smith has praised President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for personally intervening to ensure the Accra Sports Stadium hosts the crucial match against Sudan and equally criticised him for his deafening silence on

Environment
Galamsey can be ‘defeated’ with collective effort – NPP’s Lawuratu Musah-Saaka

Galamsey can be ‘defeated’ with collective effort – NPP’s Lawuratu Musah-Saaka

Lawuratu Musah-Saaka, communications team member of the New Patriotic Party, has reaffirmed the government's commitment to combating galamsey in the country. On Good Morning Ghana on Metro TV, she emphasized that a collective effort is

Politics
AG has done nothing wrong prosecuting anti-galamsey protesters – Fuseini Issah

AG has done nothing wrong prosecuting anti-galamsey protesters – Fuseini Issah

Former Member of Parliament for Okaikwei North, Fuseini Issah, has jumped to the defence of the Attorney General Godfred Yeboah Dame's decision to prosecute anti-galamsey protesters. Speaking on Good Morning Ghana on Metro TV, the

Environment
Okyenhene fumes over political influence on galamsey and chemicals use on water bodies

Okyenhene fumes over political influence on galamsey and chemicals use on water bodies

His Royal Majesty, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin, the Okyenhene has expressed great worry on the sudden surge in illegal politicized mining activities ongoing across gold deposit communities in the country with rampant use of deadly

Politics
Stop playing politics with galamsey and put Ghana first – NAPO calls out Mahama

Stop playing politics with galamsey and put Ghana first – NAPO calls out Mahama

Vice presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has called out NDC Flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama to desist from playing politics with the issue of illegal mining popularly known in

Environment
More needed to combat galamsey – Fuseini Issah tells gov’t

More needed to combat galamsey – Fuseini Issah tells gov’t

Former Member of Parliament for Okaikwei North, Fuseini Issah, has praised the government's efforts in tackling illegal mining (galamsey), but stresses that more needs to be done to address the issue. During his submission on

Environment
Government’s handling of galamsey crisis a ‘national shame’ – Dr. Sharif Mahmud Khalid

Government’s handling of galamsey crisis a ‘national shame’ – Dr. Sharif Mahmud Khalid

A member of the National Democratic Congress' (NDC) Finance and Economic Committee, Dr. Sharif Mahmud Khalid, has expressed strong concerns over the President Nana Akufo-Addo government's approach to addressing the environmental destruction caused by illegal

News
Rev. Dr. Christy Doe Tetteh calls for action against illegal mining crisis in Ghana

Rev. Dr. Christy Doe Tetteh calls for action against illegal mining crisis in Ghana

The Founder and Leader of Solid Rock Chapel International Rev. Dr. Christy Doe Tetteh, has added her voice to the call to temporally place ban on small-scale mining. This, she said, will help the leaders