Browsing all posts in September, 2009.
Aboadze thermal plant undertakes major maintenance works
The Takoradi International Company, operators of the Aboadze thermal plant has completed a major technical inspection of its single cycle combustion turbine and generators to maintain a high level performance of the facility and mitigate the impact of the plant on the environment. The General Manager of TICO Mr. Osafo Adjei who disclosed this said [...]
MP advises mining companies to include road safety in their safety programmes
By Nana Ofori Amanfo The Member of Parliament for Prestea hunivally constituency, Francis Kwasi Blay has appealed to the management of Golden Star resources, Bogoso prestea to come to the aid of the people in their catchment area by constructing the road linking Bogoso to Tarkwa. The honorable Member of Parliament made the appeal at [...]
Ghana`s forest reserves will deplete in the next 23 years if…
Julius Caesar anadem The chairman of the parliamentary select committee on Lands and Natural Resources, Gershon Gbediame, is calling on government agencies and local community collaborations to help fight the chainsaw menace that is depleting Ghana’s forest reserves. In an exclusive interview, Gershon Gbediame who is also an MP for Nkwanta South warned that if care was not taken to halt [...]
WASSA AKROPONG HOSPITAL GETS MORGUE
By Naomi Asamoahbea Nyarko The Wassa Akropong Municipal Area has inaugurated a newly built mortuary and a laboratory at the Wassa Akropong Government Hospital. The Medical Doctor in charge, Dr. Fredrick Yaw Sarpong said since his 10 years of work with the hospital, the hospital only had a maternity and OPD services that initially only 20 patients [...]
GOVERNMENT ASKED TO INTEGRATE GALAMSEY OPERATORS INTO SMALL SCALE MINING
By NANA ESI BREW MONNNEY Government has been asked to integrate galamsey operators into small scale mining to effectively regulate their activities. The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Mines, Ms. Joyce Aryee, made this known in a speech read for her at the Zone three Safety and First Aid Competition, at Bogoso .According [...]
EPA assures Ghanaians of environmentally friendly oil production
By Kweku Owusu Peprah The Environmental Protection Agency has assured Ghanaians that it would play its legitimate regulatory role to ensure that the production of oil on the jubilee fields does not destroy Ghana’s marine environment. Western Regional Director of the agency Ms Irene Heathcoat, gave this assurance as part of the Public Hearings on the draft Environmental Impact [...]
“PORK” INTAKE INCREASES IN TARKWA DESPITE SWINE FLU INCREASE IN THE COUNTRY
By Naomi Asamoahbea Nyarko Though there has been an increase in reported cases of the H1N1 Flu otherwise known as Swine Flu , in the country, the patronage of “pork” (pig meat) in the Tarkwa- Nsuaem Municipality seems not to have been affected. The Animal Product Officer of the Veterinary Officer in Tarkwa , Jessica Roberts [...]
Tourism Celebrating Diversity
“Brighten the Corner where you are.” This was the slogan of some Christian student groups and it sought to encourage them to do their best wherever they found themselves. However, Yaa, a student, one day remarked that it would have been much easier for her to brighten her corner if she had the power to [...]
Ghana Can Do Better
By Kofi Bentil, Franklin Cudjoe, Bright Simmons Ghana sadly slipped five places from (the 87th position to 92nd, losing 5 places) in the World Bank’s 2010 doing business index. The index has become a much respected measure of which countries are making progress towards making their countries business friendly Except in three areas, we went [...]
G20: Bonus for the poor?
G20: Bonus for the poor? by the Trade Out of Poverty founders (John Battle MP, Sir Menzies Campbell MP, Lord Hastings, Peter Lilley MP and Clare Short MP) All the focus at the G20’s meeting in Pittsburgh this week will be on bankers’ bonuses. But there are other credit-crunch issues that affect millions of people, [...]
