by Sebastian R. Freiku, THE 7,000-CAPACITY Abinkyi Market, facilitated by the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) to absorb displaced traders from the race Course, is ready for occupation. Mr. Thomas Kwabena Braimah, Managing Director of T&K Enterprise, contractors undertaking the project on a Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) basis, says the facility would become the second [...]
by Sebastian R. Freiku, FIRSTNEWS MEDIA Foundation, a Non Governmental Organization whose benchmark is to identity enterprising public officials and encourage them to give off their best, has honoured the Mayor of Kumasi, Hon. Samuel Sarpong. The NGO last Friday gave a citation to the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly’s Chief Executive at a ceremony in [...]
From Ernest Best Anane THE MEMBER of Parliament for Kwabre Constituency in the Kwabre East District of Ashanti, Hon. Kofi Frimpong has commissioned a three-unit classrooms office and store project, estimated at GH¢62000.00 for Kwakye Tannor Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Primary and Junior High Schools at Adanwomase. He said the project, funded through [...]
Albert Nana Asante THE Human Resource and Administrative Manager of Sandvik Mining and Construction, Ghana, Mr. Nuhu Salifu says his outfit is committed to its corporate social responsibility. Mr. Salifu made this known when he presented five laptops worth GH¢4,000 to ‘Lend–A-Book Club’ at Obuasi. Sandvick, according to him, has over [...]
THE OBUASI Municipality on Tuesday witnessed its first fire disaster for the year 2012, when fire gutted one of the most patronized mechanical shops in the area, ‘Nkunim Spraying’ at Bogobiri, destroying valuable items worth thousands of Ghana cedis in the process. It took fire fighters from the Obuasi Fire Service and AGA Fire Service [...]
from Albert Nana Asante THE OBUASI Municipal Chief Executive, Mr. John Alexander Ackon has reiterated the assembly’s commitment towards ending the shift system in basic schools within the Municipality. Speaking at the official inauguration of the St. Thomas Primary school block at Obuasi on Tuesday, the MCE stressed that “My administration is determined to end [...]
The Regional Co-ordinating Council (RCC) in the Ashanti Region has secured funds for the continuation and redevelopment of GH¢15 million New Tafo (Krofofrom) Market project in Kumasi. The Regional Minister, Dr. Kwaku Agyemang-Mensah, who announced this in Kumasi last week Wednesday, said Central Government had provided funding for the completion of the project. Dr. Agyemang-Mensah [...]
The problem of pupils in the Buokrom community having to attend school on the morning/afternoon shift system has ended, following the completion of a six-unit classroom block for the Buokrom M/A Primary School.
A non-governmental organisation (NGO), the Rosemond Girl Child Foundation, which is committed to providing assistance to girls of school-going age, has been officially inaugurated at Tafo in the Kumasi Metropolis.
The Omanhene of the Bekwai Traditional Area, Nana Karikari Appau II, has treated about 900 Kindergarten pupils, drawn from selected schools in the Bekwai Municipality and the Amansie Central district of the Ashanti Region, to an end of year party.