CSOs condemn police, military brutalities in Prestea

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Harry/ 10 years ago

this useless mining company and the EPA must pay for this...
is sad leaders are sitting down watching foreign companies kill rural poor and ripe them off millions of dollars...
NDC government is simply a curse to our breath ...
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this useless mining company and the EPA must pay for this...
is sad leaders are sitting down watching foreign companies kill rural poor and ripe them off millions of dollars...
NDC government is simply a curse to our breath....just useless..
BIN 1 10 years ago

This is absolute propaganda for Galamseyers. All the write is rubbish and there is no truth in this. I was in Bondaye when some group of galamseyers working along the road fell big trees to block the road to prevent the milit ...
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This is absolute propaganda for Galamseyers. All the write is rubbish and there is no truth in this. I was in Bondaye when some group of galamseyers working along the road fell big trees to block the road to prevent the military guys who were going to ensure the safety of the minister to pass and what do expect the military arrested those guys. The MP who is on the payroll of the Galamseyers is very idiot and disgraced
OSBON 10 years ago

BIN 1. do you know that all mining start with a type of Galamseyers and developed into mining companies over 100 years ago. We seems to say that every thing local is Galamseye, we can improve and develop our own mining indust ...
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BIN 1. do you know that all mining start with a type of Galamseyers and developed into mining companies over 100 years ago. We seems to say that every thing local is Galamseye, we can improve and develop our own mining industries, Rome was not build in a Day. we shouldn't condemn anything Africa.
Maxx 10 years ago

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CRUSADER 10 years ago

If it's politics you see a lot of ppl commenting,but for the most important issue they wont.

If it's politics you see a lot of ppl commenting,but for the most important issue they wont.
YAFFA YAFFA UK 10 years ago

TTHIS SORT OF ACT BY THE POLICE AND THE MILITARY IS PURELY BABARIC IN THE THIS CURRENT CIVILISED WORLD. THE SURFACE MINNING IN GHANA THESE DAYS IS NOT HELPFUL. RENDERING THE ENTIRE LANDSCAPE UNPRODUCTIVE.DESTRUCTION OF INFRAS ...
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TTHIS SORT OF ACT BY THE POLICE AND THE MILITARY IS PURELY BABARIC IN THE THIS CURRENT CIVILISED WORLD. THE SURFACE MINNING IN GHANA THESE DAYS IS NOT HELPFUL. RENDERING THE ENTIRE LANDSCAPE UNPRODUCTIVE.DESTRUCTION OF INFRASRUCTURE, AIR AND WATER POLLUTION ETC
THE GOVT TOGETHER WITH THE CITIZENRY MUST SIT DOWN TO FIND A SUITABLE WAY FORWARD. THE INHABITANTS LIVES ARE AT RISK.ATTENTION OF THE CHIEFS AND GOVT MUST BE DRAWN.
MAJOR 10 years ago

It is so pathetic to see a foreign company involved in surface mining, damaging lives and properties. As I speak, Prestea Gold Fields Basic School is going to be pulled down for surface mining and who are you to talk. Also, O ...
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It is so pathetic to see a foreign company involved in surface mining, damaging lives and properties. As I speak, Prestea Gold Fields Basic School is going to be pulled down for surface mining and who are you to talk. Also, Odumase community is going to be pulled down for surface mining
Godfrey 10 years ago

I wonder why the writer is not reporting that the place has been under exploitation for the past 10 years by groups of Galamasey operators who are not putting in any evironmental measures in place but totally destryoing the ...
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I wonder why the writer is not reporting that the place has been under exploitation for the past 10 years by groups of Galamasey operators who are not putting in any evironmental measures in place but totally destryoing the land and leaving the place unattended to. GSR for for it men, its been long over due!!!
BOAKYE 10 years ago

IS CHAMBER OF MINES GOING BACK TO ITS OLD BAD WAYS? THE CHAMBER HAVE DECIEVED GHANAIANS INTO THINKING THAT IT IS A GOVERNMENT BODY BUT IT IS A CARTEL OF MINING COMPANIES. WE KNOW THEY WILL SOON ORGANISE PEOPLE TO PUT NEGATIV ...
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IS CHAMBER OF MINES GOING BACK TO ITS OLD BAD WAYS? THE CHAMBER HAVE DECIEVED GHANAIANS INTO THINKING THAT IT IS A GOVERNMENT BODY BUT IT IS A CARTEL OF MINING COMPANIES. WE KNOW THEY WILL SOON ORGANISE PEOPLE TO PUT NEGATIVE COMMENTS ON THIS STORY. LET THEM BE REMINDED THAT JESUS IS COMING SOON. THEY WILL HAVE TO ANSWER FOR THEIR DEEDS. JOYCE ARYEE HAS ALREADY ABANDONED THE BOAT. I AM ASHAMED OF OUR MILITARY & POLICE COMMANDERS. WHAT DIRECTIVES DO THEY GIVE TO THEIR BOYS BEFORE SENDING THEM OUT?
Sedick mohammed 10 years ago

Am happy this exisice is going but same NDC use this galamsay to campaign against NPP doing election 2012 we should all enjoy it.

Am happy this exisice is going but same NDC use this galamsay to campaign against NPP doing election 2012 we should all enjoy it.
Owusu 10 years ago

"Four community members - Sumaila Fuseni; Kwame Amankwa; Nyamoah (Okele) Douglas Kofi and Dominic Nyame, all of Concern Citizens Association of Prestea, a local non-governmental organization fighting to protect community righ ...
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"Four community members - Sumaila Fuseni; Kwame Amankwa; Nyamoah (Okele) Douglas Kofi and Dominic Nyame, all of Concern Citizens Association of Prestea, a local non-governmental organization fighting to protect community rights, were injured, arrested and put before court for daring to protest the extension of mining activities to their backyard."

If organised gangs block roads to prevent public hearing are arrested and put before court by the Police, does this constitute "brutality"???

"In the course of the exercise the four community members from Bondaye were brutalised by the Police and the Military without any provocation claiming that they were “galamsey” operators opposed to the mining operations."

Are you sure they were arrested WITHOUT PROVOCATION? What happened to objectivity and honesty in journalism? Who will arrest someone WITHOUT PROVOCATION?

Simply, the galamseyers didn't want the public hearing to take place so they could continue with their activities. Nothing is farther from the truth!
Kwesi Mensah 10 years ago

Go to Prestea and see for yourself. the illegal miners have destroyed all water bodies in the area with impunity. This they are happy with. The Pretea mine used to be government owned until 2002 so what did the government do ...
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Go to Prestea and see for yourself. the illegal miners have destroyed all water bodies in the area with impunity. This they are happy with. The Pretea mine used to be government owned until 2002 so what did the government do to develop the town all these years as well as Obuasi? Is the country in the hands of the so called lawless people when there were more that 90 meetings on the project where the so call persons sat in?
What is happening to the royalities paid to the government? The 2012 royalties that should come to the district has nott been releasd. This is what so called CSO should fight for to used to develop the area. The royalities for 2010 was the one used to build the Prestea Huni-Valley District Assembly Block.
Nyame and his cohorts should strife for government to release the paltry allocation to teh assembly so that Prestea and its environs would see development. Johannesburg was not developed by the mining companies but the taxes they paid was used to develop it.
We have to hold our leaders accountable.
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