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Three illegal miners have been arrested in the Anhwiaso East forest reserve in the Bibiani-Ahwiaso-Bekwai District of the Western North Region. They are among a syndicate destroying the forest reserve to mine gold in the area. The suspects, Adams Musa, Ibrahim Musa and Amidu Seidu, were arrested by forest guards while mining gold in the forest reserve and they have since been handed over to the police. Four excavators were also seized. Illegal mining is resurfacing strongly in parts of Bibiani following the government’s lifting of the ban on small scale mining. There is widespread destruction of the Anhwiaso East…

Santol Energy, one of the country’s rapidly growing oil marketing companies is set to organize a health screening exercise for all tanker drivers at the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR). The exercise which will take place at the OMC car park of the Tema Oil Refinery in September is to help provide quality health for tanker drivers who play an instrumental role in the petroleum downstream sector. “Most of the drivers do not normally have time to check up and some of them drive at night and over long distances. They are so absorbed in their job that their health becomes secondary to them. “As a…

Santol Energy, one of the country’s rapidly growing oil marketing companies is set to organize a health screening exercise for all tanker drivers at the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR). The exercise which will take place at the OMC car park of the Tema Oil Refinery in September is to help provide quality health for tanker drivers who play an instrumental role in the petroleum downstream sector. “Most of the drivers do not normally have time to check up and some of them drive at night and over long distances. They are so absorbed in their job that their health becomes secondary to them. “As a…

South Africa has initiated moves aimed at doubling the 21,000 Ghanaian tourists it receives every year. The country as part of that, has been rebranding and just two months ago, announced a visa free regime for Ghanaian travellers to the southern Africa nation. South Africa High Commissioner to Ghana, Lulu Xingwana, said plans are far advanced to eliminate the burden in acquiring South African visa. “We have already informed the Government of Ghana about the decision and it is our wish that the matter will be concluded as soon as possible to further strengthen relationship between the two countries,” she…

Director of Public Relations at the Ghana Armed Forces Colonel Eric Aggrey-Quashie has warned that musicians and individuals who use military uniforms as props and other things risk serving jail terms for doing so without proper authorization. Speaking in an interview with 3news.com’s Owusu Worae, Col. Aggrey-Quashie said punishment for the unauthorized use of military gear is a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or both. Section 4 of the ‘Restriction on the Use of Military Uniforms and Equipment Act 1967 (NLCD 177) states that “Any person who contravenes any provision of this decree commits an…

Director of Public Relations at the Ghana Armed Forces Colonel Eric Aggrey-Quashie has warned that musicians and individuals who use military uniforms as props and other things risk serving jail terms for doing so without proper authorization. Speaking in an interview with 3news.com’s Owusu Worae, Col. Aggrey-Quashie said punishment for the unauthorized use of military gear is a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or both. Section 4 of the ‘Restriction on the Use of Military Uniforms and Equipment Act 1967 (NLCD 177) states that “Any person who contravenes any provision of this decree commits an…

The Bank of Ghana has taken exception to an interview granted by a former Deputy Governor, Dr Johnson Asiama, on the recent revocation of licenses of 23 savings and loans companies. In the said interview on Accra-based Joy FM, Dr Asiama is said to have questioned the decision to hand over the assets and liabilities of two indigenous banks – UT Bank and Capital Bank – to GCB Bank in 2017, describing the approach as cause of the crisis in the savings and loans and microfinance sectors. “The claim that the approach to resolving the two banks resulted in the…

All is set for the grande finale of this year’s ‘Ghana’s Strongest’ competition. It is scheduled to take place at the Jubilee Park in Kumasi come Saturday, August 24. It will be a level-playing field for all four athletes gunning for the ultimate this year. For the first time in four years, there is no Damien Smith in the final. He won it twice in the three appearances and this 2019 edition has four challengers who have all contested in past finals though having never won. Ahmed Boakye, Godfred Akobila, Mustapha Arhin, and Victor Ampofo have all come close in…

The Board of Directors of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) has expressed readiness to cooperate with appropriate authorities in investigations as regards the alleged involvement of the Authority’s Chief Executive Officer, Adjenim Boateng Adjei, in contract selling. Mr. Adjei was captured in a documentary by award-winning journalist, Manasseh Azuri, owning a company through which government contracts are sold without proper background check on buyers of these contracts. Exposé: PPA boss complicit in selling gov’t contracts Following the airing of the documentary, Presidnet Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo suspended Mr. Adjei and tasked the Commission of Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ)…

Popular television and radio personality, Nathan Kwabena Anokye Adisi, known in the showbiz circle as Bola Ray, has publicly opened up about how his group of companies are struggling to survive, leading to en masse resignation. Financial difficulties, coupled with other challenges, caused the EIB Network to default in paying staff salaries for seven consecutive months, a situation he said, became unbearable for some of the staff at a point. Sharing his life story at the 2019 IYES conference in Accra, Bola Ray, said he has since the challenges, lost over 100 staff with whom he had planned the future…