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  • Somali refugees join the war on plastic waste
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    Somali refugees join the war on plastic waste

    By on 2018 ,June, 05

      Somali refugee Adow Sheikh Aden was mocked when he started gathering empty plastic water bottles, broken buckets and old jerry cans around one of the world’s largest refugee camps. “Everyone used to laugh and say I am mad because I am collecting rubbish. Here it is not normal to do such things,” said Aden at the Dadaab refugee camp in...[READ MORE]

  • Road contractors ‘cry’ over GH¢1.6 b government debt
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    Road contractors ‘cry’ over GH¢1.6 b government debt

    By on 2018 ,May, 07

      Government is said to be owing road contractors about 1.6 billion Ghana cedis in funds for road maintenance alone. Chairman of Association of Road Contractors (ASROC), Daniel Attoh Agroh who revealed this said, the debt is due to the award of enhanced projects by government in 2016 which run into billions of cedis. He also added that, there is still an...[READ MORE]

  • South Africa miners reach $400m settlement for lung disease
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    South Africa miners reach $400m settlement for lung disease

    By on 2018 ,May, 04

      Gold producers reach a settlement with lawyers representing thousands of miners who contracted fatal lung disease. Officials said the six mining companies involved agreed to pay nearly $400m to miners who contracted lung diseas South African gold producers have reached a settlement with lawyers representing thousands of miners who contracted fatal lung...[READ MORE]

  • China's non-manufacturing sector expands faster in April
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    China's non-manufacturing sector expands faster in April

    By on 2018 ,April, 30

        China's non-manufacturing sector expanded at a faster pace for a second consecutive month in April, official data showed Monday. The sector's purchasing managers' index (PMI) rose from 54.6 in March to 54.8 this month, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said in a statement. A reading above 50 indicates expansion, while a reading...[READ MORE]

  • Women, Youth Protest Against Oil Firm Over Surveillance Contract
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    Women, Youth Protest Against Oil Firm Over Surveillance Contract

    By on 2018 ,April, 30

        Women and youth from Urhobo extraction, under the Oil Mining and Lease (OML) 30, Sunday staged a peaceful protest against Salvic Oil Company, over what they termed poor community relations especially as it affects pipeline surveillance contract. They are calling for the total relocation of Salvic Oil Company out of Urhobo Land, the...[READ MORE]

  • US$2.7 million bribe stalls 500-bed Kumasi Military Hospital project
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    US$2.7 million bribe stalls 500-bed Kumasi Military Hospital project

    By on 2018 ,April, 27

      Work on the 500-bed Kumasi Military Hospital in the Ashanti Region, has stalled over US$2,700 million bribe demanded by the main contractor on the US$180 million project; Euroget De invest S. A. of Egypt from Hanisa Forefront Limited; a sub-contractor. Strangely, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Euroget De invest S. A. of Egypt; Dr. Said Deraz,...[READ MORE]

  • 100MW ocean power plant to be constructed at Ada
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    100MW ocean power plant to be constructed at Ada

    By on 2018 ,April, 26

        A Ghanaian renewable energy company, TC Energy, has signed a $200-million agreement with Seabased, a Swedish technology developer, for the construction of a 100-MW ocean wave power plant off the coast of Ada in the Greater Accra Region.   The project, the first of its kind in the country, will utilise ocean wave resources in Ghana to...[READ MORE]

  • BRE REPORT CATALOGUES GRENFELL REFURB ERRORS CONSTRUCTION.
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    BRE REPORT CATALOGUES GRENFELL REFURB ERRORS CONSTRUCTION.

    By on 2018 ,April, 23

        A report into the causes of last year’s Grenfell Tower fire by the Building Research Establishment (BRE) has alleged substantial and significant shortcomings in the building’s 2016 refurbishment.   Not only was the cladding chosen badly, the design and installation of windows and cavity barriers was also flawed, turning...[READ MORE]

  • MORE THAN 500 TOWERS PLANNED FOR LONDON CONSTRUCTION.
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    MORE THAN 500 TOWERS PLANNED FOR LONDON CONSTRUCTION.

    By on 2018 ,April, 23

        London has 510 tall buildings over 20-storeys in the planning pipeline. Latest research from New London Architecture (NLA) and GL Hearn also revealed a record 115 towers are under construction in the capital.   More than 90% (458) of the tall buildings coming forward are residential and have the potential to deliver 106,000 new...[READ MORE]

  • ONE IN SIX MPS SUPPORT AN END TO CURRENT RETENTIONS SYSTEM
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    ONE IN SIX MPS SUPPORT AN END TO CURRENT RETENTIONS SYSTEM

    By on 2018 ,April, 23

        Political support for holding cash retentions in trust has soared over recent weeks, with over 100 MPs now in favour of ring-fencing of retention monies, according to the Building Engineering Services Association.   Cross-party support for retentions reform includes Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats, SNP, DUP, Plaid Cymru and...[READ MORE]

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