A crunch meeting was called by the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, which involved all the 16 Regional Ministers to discuss the revived fight against illegal mining, known as galamsey.
Held yesterday at Jubilee House, the crucial meeting was a follow up to the recently held maiden national consultative dialogue on small-scale mining.
The meeting, which took place behind closed doors, is believed to have discussed key measures the Regional Ministers could adopt to ensure they won the fight in their respective regions.
This paper can report that all the 16 regional ministers were present at the meeting. Also present were the Ministers for Lands and Natural Resources, Interior, Defence and National Security.
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The Minister of Information, Mr Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah has charged the Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL) to pursue an aggressive digital transformation which will make it best-placed to take advantage of future opportunities in the media industry.
Applauding Graphic for the strides it had already made in the digital space with its website - www.graphic.com.gh - and the Graphic News App, Graphic NewsPlus, Mr Oppong-Nkrumah said more efforts must be made to boost its digital growth.
The Minister said this when he paid a working visit to the GCGL and interacted with the Board of Directors, Management and Staff.
April 28, 2021
Journalists gather at an event in Moldova, in eastern Europe. courtesy UNICEF Moldova
Lyon, France, March 19, lockdown day 3. Anne-Lise, journalist, teleworking for TV channel Euronews with 3-year-old daughter Violette keeping close. courtesy UNICEF/Bruno Amsellem/Divergence
GENEVA The financial decline of many public interest media organizations worldwide has been among the dangerous side-effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Secretary General António Guterres said on Wednesday in remarks to a UN-backed event to boost support for the sector.
With newspapers alone losing an estimated $30 billion last year, “some fear that the pandemic could become a ‘media extinction event’,” he warned.
The United Nations
The financial decline of many public interest media organizations worldwide has been among the dangerous side-effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Secretary-General António Guterres said on Wednesday in remarks to a UN-backed event to boost support for the sector.
With newspapers alone losing an estimated $30 billion last year, “some fear that the pandemic could become a ‘media extinction event ”, he warned.
“We cannot afford to let this happen”, the UN chief said in pre-recorded message. “Maintaining independent, fact-based reporting is an essential global public good, critical to building a safer, healthier and greener future.”
The ‘infodemic’ threat
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