In the wake of the recent deaths of two miners following a pit collapse in Region Eight, the
Alliance For Change (AFC) has called on the government to focus on attending to the needs of the people in the mining and hinterland communities, who cry out for help and attention to their basic needs.
Expressing condolences to the relatives of Sherwayne Joseph, a 26-year-old miner, and Imran Blake, a 19-year-old miner of Kuru Kuru village, Soesdyke-Linden Highway, the party pointed out that mining deaths are preventable should there be better training, monitoring and enforcement of mining camp operations.