Articles from the ‘Environment’ category
Posted by Contributor on June 12, 2009 at 9:46 am in Environment
The Ministry of Environment Science and Technology (MEST) has directed all communication network operators in the country to obtain environmental permits for all proposed mast sites before installation. A statement signed by Miss Sherry Aryittey, Minister for Environment Science and Technology said each investor must complete an environmental assessment registration form and submit to [...]
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Posted by Chronicle on June 11, 2009 at 10:08 am in Environment, News From Other Newspapers
Naa Norley The Member of Parliament (MP) for Ablekuma South, Frederick Fritz Baffour, has taken a giant step towards ensuring a healthy environment for his constituents, by embarking on a weekly clean-up exercise that will run throughout the year, in all the eight electoral areas under his jurisdiction. The clean-up exercise, according to Fritz Baffour, [...]
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Posted by Contributor on June 10, 2009 at 8:27 pm in Environment
Zoomlion Ghana Limited would carry out a quarterly spraying exercise for one year in the New Juaben Municipality in Koforidua in the Eastern Region. The spraying exercise would cover 40 communities including Asokore, Effiduase, Old Estate, Galloway, Mile 50, Adaa Zongo, Korley Nkwqanta, Jumapo, Suhyen, Oyoko, Akwadum and Anlo Town. Mr Johannes Danso Obeng, Eastern [...]
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Posted by Contributor on June 6, 2009 at 5:12 pm in Environment
The Perfector Sentiments Foundation, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), on Saturday embarked on clean-up and tree planting exercise in the Krowor municipality to mark this year’s World Environmental Day. The day commemorated annually on June 5, is used to stimulate worldwide awareness on the environment to enhance political attention and action. The Zoomlion, [...]
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Posted by Contributor on June 4, 2009 at 9:46 pm in Environment, Local News
The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources is calling a national forum to seek appropriate compensation for farmers whose crops are destroyed by mining activities, the sector Minister, Alhaji Collins Dauda, has said. Alhaji Dauda bemoaned the current payment of less than GH¢10 by the mines to cocoa farmers for each matured cocoa tree [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 9:45 pm in Environment, Local News
Professor Christopher Ameyaw-Akumfi, Member of Parliament for Techiman North on Thursday urged the government to seriously tackle the problem of the environmental challenges, which he said has reached an “explosive level.†He said all types of waste from domestic to industrial have engulfed residential areas, choked water-ways and has also taken over arable lands [...]
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Posted by Contributor on June 3, 2009 at 3:56 pm in Environment, Local News
A concept to hype issues of sanitation, health, including adolescent reproduction and malaria through drama, music, poetry, comedy and street jams was launched in Ho on Wednesday. It is dubbed Festival of Theatre for Environmental Sanitation (FESTHENSA) under the auspices of the Youth Freelance Association for the Advancement of Education and Tourism (YOFAAET), [...]
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Posted by Contributor on June 2, 2009 at 11:40 am in Environment, Other Top Stories
BY ATO KEELSON Hawkers and petty traders who ply their trade on road pavements, streets and intersections have been given a two-week ultimatum by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) to relocate to the hawkers market at the Odawna and other traditional markets by 15th of this end. Speaking at the launch of a two-week [...]
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