POLITICS

On Thursday, October 10, 2024, a combined squad sent by the government to combat the threat forced some illegal miners in the Atiwa East and West Districts to flee. Under the key name Operation Halt 2, the team started clearing out illegal miners who were destroying the water quality in …

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia restated his pledge to lead an open-door government if elected, guaranteeing that all faith-based organizations will have equal and unrestricted access to his office, during a courtesy call on Wednesday, October 9, with the Most Rev. Mathew Kwesi Gyamfi, the President of the Ghana Catholic …

Voting for Mr. John Dramani Mahama in the next general elections on December 7 would allow Ghanaians to prioritize their requirements for development, according to Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) vice presidential candidate. As Prof. Opoku-Agyemang began her two-day campaign tour of the Eastern Region on …

The Minister of Defense has been instructed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to send more military soldiers to support “Operation Halt,” the government’s effort to stop illicit mining, also known as galamsey, especially in regions close to water bodies and forest reserves. Organised Labour, which had called for an …

John Agyekum Kufuor, the former president, has demanded that justice be done for the #StopGalamsey protestors who are suspected of violating various laws during their most recent demonstration. He did, however, stress the need of finding a long-term solution to the problem of illicit mining, which has been a top …

The intended strike by the organized Labour on October 10 against the illegal mining popularly known as galamsey has been suspended. The Trade Union Congress’s (TUC) Secretary General, Joshua Ansah, made this announcement on Wednesday. The Congress made the announcement in Accra, stating that it had made the decision after …

John Dramani Mahama, the leader of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has reaffirmed the party’s pledge to vote in peaceful elections on December 7, 2024. In a meeting with a West African Elders Forum delegation led by former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday, October 7, 2024, Mr. …

On Tuesday, October 8, 2024, Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, the National Democratic Congress’s (NDC) vice presidential candidate, starts a two-day campaign tour to the Eastern Region. Prof. Opoku-Agyemang will tour important constituencies as part of the John Mahama for President 2024 campaign, including Akuapim South, Nsawam-Adoagyiri, Suhum, New Juaben South, …

Ahead of the general elections in 2024, some members of Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen’s Movement for Change in the Central have defected to the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP). At a press conference in Cape Coast, more than a hundred supporters announced their plans to leave the Movement for Change, citing …

Employees of GIHOC Distilleries Limited have been cautioned not to participate in Organized Labour’s planned strike against galamsey by Managing Director Maxwell Kofi Jumah. Mr. Jumha has threatened to fire any employee who chooses to participate in the countrywide protest. A strike by Organized Labour is scheduled to begin on …