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Government to present new Legislative Instrument to limit mining in Forest Reserves

Government is to present a new Legislative Instrument (LI) to Parliament aimed at revoking previous regulations that permitted mining activities in these sensitive areas. The Environmental Protection (Mining in Forest Reserves) Revocation Instrument, 2024 seeks to overturn LI 2462, which had previously allowed mining in certain forest reserves, signalling government’s intensified commitment to conserving the

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Chieftaincy Ministry inaugurates six traditional councils in the Volta region

The Volta Regional House of Chiefs under the auspices of the Ministry of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs has inaugurated six new traditional councils in its jurisdiction. The inauguration of the Agotime, Ave-Dakpa, Sokpoe, Agave, Anfoeta, and Klefe traditional councils is aimed at deepening decentralisation and streamlining the administrative powers of traditional authorities. It marks a

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Air condition installer handed 20 years for defilement

A 40-year-old air condition installer, Joshua Arhin, has been handed 20 years imprisonment in hard labour by the Tarkwa Circuit Court, for defiling a 13-year-old girl at Booboobo in the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality. He pleaded guilty and begged the court for forgiveness, promised not to repeat such a shameful act. Superintendent Juliana Essel-Dadzie, who led

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21 new High Court Justices appointed, sworn-in

Twenty-one(21) new Justices of the High Court have been appointed and sworn in by the President. The new Justices are made up of sixteen(16) Circuit Court Judges and five(5) Private legal practitioners. They are; Justices Abigail Animah Asare, Dorinda Smith-Arthur, Veronique Praba Tetteh, Charles Kwasi Acheampong, Arit Nsemoh, Abdul-Razak Musah, Samuel Djanie Kotey, and Stephen

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Robbers kill policeman in Upper Denkyira East, wound 2 officers

A police officer has been killed by armed robbers in Kwame Peprakrom in the Upper Denkyira East Municipality. The incident occurred on September 28, 2024, when his patrol team was ambushed in the Central Regional town. According to Adom News, the deceased officer, identified as Evans, was attached to the Dunkwa Divisional Police Headquarters Armory.

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