 District economy in the area of housing construction and provision of ancillary services such as catering services among others.
It is also expected that a lot of revenue will come to the District Assembly by way of royalties estimated to be GH¢900,000.00 per annum to the District Assembly. This expected revenue will assist the Assembly in its development efforts by way of the provision of social infrastructure such as schools, water and sanitation facilities, health, roads among others.
Another major advantage which the mining activities will bring to the District is its potential employment avenue. It is expected that both skilled and unskilled labour will be employed in the mining industry in the District thereby offering the youth employment opportunities.
One major challenge anticipated to be associated with the mining activities is the expected influx of people from all walks of life. It expected that a lot of people will migrate into the District to look for employment opportunities in the mining company. In order to minimize pressure on the existing social facilities by the influx, the Birim North District Assembly in collaboration with Newmont Akyem Project has come up with the Influx Management Plan. It is expected that some specific activities will be put in place in the plan so that the social facilities such as water, sanitation and health facilities will be expanded and equipped in order to cater for the expected increasing population. Also, measures will be put in place to minimize the social vices such as prostitution, armed robbery among others associated with mining communities.
The Agricultural Sector
Agriculture is the mainstay of the economy of the Birim North District. As indicated, about 85.5 percent of the labour force in the District is engaged in one form of agricultural enterprise or the other. The major crops cultivated in the District include cocoa, oil palm, citrus, rice, maize, plantain, cassava, cocoyam and vegetables. The average monthly income for the agricultural sector in the District is about GH¢115.90. The following areas are considered under the Agricultural sector; Land tenure – availability and acquisition, farm sizes and holdings, Farming systems, Farm labour, Area under cultivation and Types of crops cultivated as well as their estimated yields, Sources of finance to the Agricultural sector, Extension services, Farm tools and equipment, Storage and marketing systems.Unknown operational issues are causing a surprise water shortage for many Hudson Valley residents.
On Monday, supervisor Frank DenDanto III alerted residents in the Town of Wallkill's consolidated water district of an issue that requires immediate conservation. The use of water for car washing and watering of lawns is now banned. In addition, residents are being asked to refrain from using water for the following activities.
No filling or topping off of pools.
No refilling of fountains or decorative ponds.
No water use for irrigation, lawn watering, or other outdoor use unless via a handheld watering can.
No vehicle washing, no driveway washing.
The Town of Walkill is also asking residents to limit their water use inside their homes. According to a press release, there is no issue with the quality of the water. Instead, a supply problem is causing a shortage in the water district.
No further details were given as to why the water emergency was announced, but residents are being told to check the town's website for more information and updates as they become available.Lost star Matthew Fox's TV return gets first look in first trailer
Last Light also stars Downton Abbey's Joanne Froggatt.
Former Lost star Matthew Fox is making his TV return in a new streaming series called Last Light – and the first trailer for it has just dropped.
As the trailer – which you can check out for yourself above – shows, there's something wrong with the world's oil, and it leads to societal collapse. Everything people depend on oil for stops working, people start rioting and all around chaos ensues.
Fox's character Andy is an expert in the field, and, as he starts to investigate, he begins thinking that the problems with the oil is part of a conspiracy. He might be onto something too, as people start coming after him. In amongst all that, he wants to be there for his son's operation, while his daughter is separated from everyone while the world is going crazy.
Basically, there's a lot going on. And as a limited series of only five episode, we expect the pacing to be pretty snappy.
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Jack Ryan director Dennie Gordon called the shots on this one, whilst you might have noticed Downton Abbey's Joanne Froggatt in the trailer as well.
The president of MGM International TV Productions, Rola Bauer, previously said of the show: "This is a timely thriller about society's dependency on oil and its devastating effects on our planet.
"Dennie is a multi-genre talented female director and her vision with Patrick and John, has shaped an urgent message for our audiences."
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He added: "We started this journey with Sydney [Gallonde] and now with all our platform partners involved, we are poised to have this message heard in every corner of the globe."
Last Light drops every episode on September 8 on Peacock in the US. The service is available through Sky and NOW in the UK.
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This session includes releases more personal picks from Pachyman, Blood Sisters and Night Owls, new music from Stick Figure & Prince Fatty and Human Rights alongside old school gems from The Untouchables and Jacob Miller.Film Review - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is the kind of film we rely on the British to make, since Hollywood often seems incapable of producing movies that don’t constantly explain themselves to the viewer, like we are six-year-old children. Indeed, at the screening I attended, I heard more than a few whispered conversations as people tried to follow what was going on. You might call that poor storytelling, but I call it a lack of patience brought on by years of Hollywood coddling. This is a film that definitely rewards the patient viewer.
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I also read that UK public workers may be facing pay freeze. Many teachers, doctors, nurses, civil servants, local government workers face pay caps, higher pension costs and increases in National Insurance payments. (thanks very much to my mother-in-law for regularly sending out a selection of UK Sunday supplements!).
Whilst cuts can possibly be made within Britain in the civil service etc. from my point of view, as a Brit living in Kenya, I might suggest cutting overseas aid budgets to bolster some of the UK’s national debt? I do not profess to be an expert but I do have had some limited experience within DFID and other international aid organisations so feel it’s OK to get on my soap box today.
What people in UK may not know is that right here, in East Africa and Nairobi, within the lucrative world of ‘aid to Africa’, given shape by huge organisations such as the UN, the World Bank, USAID, DFID etc. the world has gone officially crazy for the past ten years. Well staffed aid organisations with numerous highly qualified and trained staff running hundreds of programs routinely farm out work to external consultants, who then hire more consultants to organise their conferences, write reports, run their workshops and roll out their aid programs and schemes. It is what is known as the gravy train.
I was around to watch first hand when the overseas aid machine got gigantic. DFID (UK Department for International Development) started growing like crazy in 2000 and as a local hire admin staff in the office, it was a sight to behold. Back offices systems and accounts struggled to keep pace.
In the 2005 Gleneagles G8 summit Blair reinforced this commitment to growth in aid to Africa. He set the agenda to focus on global climate change and lack of economic development in Africa – which was then endorsed by rock stars, concerts, Bono, Bob Geldof etc. It was all so RIGHT-ON with talk of cancelling African debt and lots of protesters etc. As a result, a central promise made by EU G8 countries attending Gleneagles in 2005 was to raise their aid budgets by £25 billion by 2010. Of this new money £12.5 bn would go to Africa. This equates to committing 0.56% of national GDP to go to foreign aid by 2010, 0.7% by 2015. Goes without saying, that’s a lot of money.
These pledges are all well and good and it would be fantastic to see economies