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The Health and Safety Committee, which was established to study Ghana’s mining sector’s health and safety regime, is urging the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources to empower the Minerals Commission to punish mining corporations that break the law. Speaking at a handing over ceremony at the Ministry of Lands, Committee Chair, Professor Richard Amankwa said this follows the Committee’s discovery that many mining companies invited to provide their health and safety plans failed to do so. The Committee was formed in the aftermath of the explosion at Appiatse, which killed 13 people and injured several others. According to Committee…

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor has on Monday, March 14, 2022, received the findings and recommendations of the Prof. Amankwah-led 5-member Committee tasked to review the health and safety regime for the mining industry. Having received the report, Mr. Jinapor said government will thoroughly study the report and pursue the findings and recommendations provided by the team. “Government is going to take the findings and recommendations of this report very seriously and we are going to pursue them to the letter. Of course, we will study the report and make our own conclusions and views…

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Prestea Huni-Valley, Isaac Dasmani, says the reconstruction of the Appiatse community is progressing steadily. According to him, geological works and assessments are currently ongoing to ensure some buildings are completed to provide shelter for the residents. He made this known on Friday, March 11 after a burial service was held for six of the residents who died in the tragic explosion. “We’ve put all of them to rest and a number of people came around to support. The reconstruction committee has been constituted and they have started all the geological works. All those who…

A Magistrate Court at Wamfie in the Dormaa East District of the Bono Region has sentenced two male students and a jobless young man to sign a bond of good behaviour for 12 months. In default, they would serve six months imprisonment for criminal conduct and unlawfully assaulting three male students of Wamanafo Senior High School over a girl. The accused are Stephen Peprah and Felix Ankamah, both students aged 21 and 17 respectively and Eric Akoligo 21 years. They pleaded guilty to the two charges preferred against them. The Court considered their ages and, therefore, exercised a prerogative of…

The Jospong Group of Companies has donated relief items worth thousands of Ghana cedis to victims of Appiatse community explosion. The donation comes as an act of benevolence from the group to commiserate with the families of victims and the entire community of Appiate. The items presented included 100 bags of rice, 50 bags of 100kg gari, 50 bags of 100kg beans, 2,000 exercise books for school children, 100 pieces of buckets and 9 gallons of liquid soaps as well as 50 bottles of hand sanitisers. Appiate which is a mining community between Bogoso and Bawdie in the Western Region…

Five persons have been confirmed dead in a gory accident at Nkawkaw-Oframase in the Eastern Region. According to the District Police Commander, DSP Foster Asante, a sprinter bus with registration number, GC 6521-21 crashed into a stationary truck on Sunday dawn. He said the commercial vehicle driver took a wrongful overtaking leading to the incident. The five people died instantly whereas, five others sustained various degrees of injuries. For the injured, DSP Asante said they are receiving treatment at Holy Family hospital and Kenop Care Hospital at Nkawkaw. According to the commander, the driver was a spare driver. He finally…

Social media users have commiserated with bereaved families of students of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) who were involved in an accident at Asuboi on Sunday. Nine UEW students have been confirmed dead while several others are injured after a Hyundai Universe commercial bus crashed into a stationary articulated truck while they were travelling from Sunyani to Accra. A 40-footer truck loaded with wood fell onto the road due to the impact of the accident, killing eight persons instantly. The driver of the bus with registration number AK324-22 is reported to have failed to observe traffic regulations because he…

The driver of the Hyundai bus who was allegedly sleeping while driving failed to observe traffic and in the process crashed into the forty footer container Nine students of the University of Education, Winneba have been confirmed dead while several others are injured after they were involved in an accident on Sunday. The accident which occurred at Asuboi, a suburb of Suhum on the Accra-Kumasi highway, involved a Hyundai Universe commercial bus. The incident happened after the bus they were travelling on from Sunyani to Accra crashed into a stationery articulated truck. The driver of the bus with registration number…

An Accra Circuit Court 11 has denied bail application for the four Police officers allegedly involved in recent bullion van robbery attacks. The officers will remain in police custody until they reappear before the court on March 25. They were proffered with the charges of conspiracy to commit crime and abetment. According to the Court, bail application cannot be granted due to the gravity of the crime after the lawyer for the suspects had prayed to the court to accept a bail application. Constable Affisu Yaro Ibrahim, Constable Richard Boadu, Constable Rabiu Jambedu, Constable Albert Ofosu and suspect, Razak Alhassan,…

The National Safety Council encourages every vehicle owner to check their vehicle’s recall status during the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Vehicle Safety Recalls Week March 7-11. According to NHTSA data, nearly 53 million vehicles on the road today have unrepaired safety recalls. This is roughly one out of every five vehicles. Many recalls involve defective parts that can pose life-threatening risks to drivers or passengers. Led by NSC, the Check To Protect campaign encourages all vehicle owners to proactively check their recall status and, if necessary, schedule a free repair as soon as possible. Owners are encouraged to check…