Krachi Nchumuru District intensifies development
From Samuel Agbewode The Krachi-Nchumuru District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr. Solomon Kuyon, has called on the people to cooperate with the District Assembly and support its efforts to bring...
View ArticleGov’t moves to raise youth interest in skills training
By Bernice Bessey (bbessey@yahoo.com) Hon. Samuel Okudjeto AblakwaDespite the opportunities available in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), statistics show that there is a general...
View ArticlePOTECH strike hampered conversion of polytechnics into universities
By Bernice Bessey (bbessey@yahoo.com)The-Educatio-Minister-Prof.-Naane-Jane-Agyemang-addressing-the-congregantsThe process initiated by the government to convert polytechnics into universities by 2016...
View ArticleMfantseman Council in Ashanti gets new Chief, Queenmother
From Sebastian R. FreikuDaasebre Kwebu Ewusi VII-President Centreal Region House of ChiefsThe President of the Central Regional House of Chiefs, Daasebre Kwebu Ewusi, last week Thursday introduced Nana...
View ArticleTepa storm drain project stalls
From Richard Owusu-Akyawthe stalled hanging Storm drain projectThe two contractors working on the storm drain project at Tepa, Messrs Mubary Company Limited and Joblenlo Company Limited, have jointly...
View ArticleChronicle nudges police into action …as Kofi Boakye storms Kejetia
From Ernest Best AnaneThe Ashanti Regional Police Commander, DCOP Kofi Boakye, was prompted into action by a Chronicle publication to visit the Kejetia Lorry terminal last Thursday to assess the...
View ArticleGlobal African Investment Summit opens in London —President Mahama calls for...
President John Mahamaby Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh (mk68008@gmail.com)Over 500 of the city’s pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, private equity firms, and asset managers representing over $265 billion...
View ArticleNGO donates books to two schools
from Richard Owusu-AkyawA non-governmental organisation, Cornerstonage Dwellings (CSD), has donated a quantity of books to two senior high schools in the Region to help inculcate the habit of reading...
View ArticleKumawu sensitised on family planning, cholera, ebola
from Richard Owusu-AkyawThe Sekyere Kumawu District Directorate of the Ghana Health Service has organised a durbar on family planning to sensitise residents about its benefits.The benefits of family...
View ArticleBATTOR LAUNCHES HOGBEZA FESTIVAL
SANYO DIGITAL CAMERAThe chiefs and people of Battor Traditional Area in the North Tongu District of the Volta Region, under the leadership of their paramount chief, Torgbega Patamia Dzekley VII, have...
View ArticleSamartex goes to aid of fringe communities
by Alfred AdamsCommunities, within a distance of 5 kilometres in the operational areas of Samartex Ghana Limited, a timber processing company, are to benefit from the company’s social responsibility to...
View ArticleSekondi-Takoradi drivers damaging street light poles
by Alfred AdamsWhen was the last time you walked on the Takoradi Kwesimintsim stretch of the dual carriageway at night. What about Tanokrom? Well, if you have been using these two roads, you may have...
View ArticleFree eye screening at Afful Nkwanta
Over 400 constituents of Afful Nkwanta, a suburb of Kumasi, have benefitted from a free eye screening exercise undertaken by the Charity Eye Foundation, a n0n-governmental organisation (NGO).It was...
View ArticleBekwai observes 15yrs of Omanhene’s enstoolment
From Sebastian R. FreikuThe Bekwai Traditional Council has drawn a programme of activities to celebrate the 15th Anniversary of the enstoolment of Nana Karikari Appau II as Omanhene of the traditional...
View ArticleStop fronting, interfering in award of contracts … Regional Minister warns...
Compiled by Richard AttenkahJoseph Nii Laryea Afotey Agbo, Greater Accra Regional Minister, has said that more often than not, technocrats and other functionaries within the various assemblies express...
View ArticleAsebu Omanhen launches Apayemkese Festival
From Ishaque AggyeiThe Omanhen of the Asebu Traditional Area, Okatakyie Dr. Nana Amenfi VII, over the weekend launched the 2014 Apayemkese Festival, which is celebrated annually.This year’s Apayemkese...
View ArticleChinese Ambassador meets Otumfuo
From Ernest Best AnaneHer Excellency Sun Baohong, the newly appointed Chinese Ambassador in Ghana has visited Kumasi during which she called on the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.She also called on...
View ArticleTweneboa Kodua reincarnated
From Richard Owusu-AkyawKumawu has a new chief in the person of Dr. Emmanuel Yaw Kantanka Sarfo-Asante, following his nomination by the Queen, Nana Serwaa Amponsah.He swore the oath of allegiance to...
View ArticleGlobal Shippers Hub donates sanitary pads to school girls
From Richard Owusu-AkyawGlobal Shippers Hub (GSH), a shipping firm, has donated 50 sanitary pads to pupils of Okyerekrom Kokobra in the Ejisu Municipality.The Ashanti Regional Head of GSH, Ms. Rosalin...
View ArticlePerseus Mines doles out GH¢33,750 …to cover fees of 50 students
From Issah AlhassanPerseus Mining Company Limited, based at Ayanfuri in the Central Region, has presented a cheque for GH¢33,750 to authorities of the Kumasi Technical Institute (KTI) to cover the...
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