Sixteen drivers who allegedly undertook sand winning operations at Agbazu, near Amasaman without license, have been remanded by an Accra Circuit Court. They are Gariba Ali, Ekow Quansah aka Big Joe, Christopher Semebia, Ahmed Abdul Asit, Ahmed Abdul Basit, Sampson Asum, Kwame Appiah, Samuel Gaisie, Stephen Owusu Sekyere, Adam Issah. Kwaku Afful, Eric Fiagbedzi, Mohammed […]
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The Hohoe Magistrate’s Court has granted a GHC10,000 bail to Korkuvi Atiga, a farmer, with one surety over allowing his domestic animals to stray into neighbours’ farms, causing damage to their crops, among other things. Atiga pleaded not guilty to the charge and will reappear on March 14, 2024. Mr Frank Azila-Gbettor, prosecuting, told the
Parliament has passed the Environmental Protection Bill 2023, which seeks to establish the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) to regulate, protect, and exercise general oversight and coordination over all matters relating to the environment and climate change. The Bill seeks to re-enact the Environmental Protection Agency Act, 1994 (Act 490) and introduce a Pesticide Management Fund.
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