The Eastern regional Police Command has arrested eighteen suspected prostitutes in the New Juaben Municipality. Confirming the arrest to Starr News, the Public Relations Officer of the Regional Police Command, ASP Ebenezer Tetteh said the suspects were arrested at about 1:30am Thursday dawn by the Police Patrol Team led by DSP/Mr. Sewornu. He said the … Read more
The New Juaben Traditional Council has called on the leadership of the Ewe Community in the Municipality to curb the disturbing rate of invocation of deity. According to the Paramount Queenmother of New Juaben, Nana Yaa Dani II, the traditional council has been receiving too many complaints about Ewes invoking their hometown deities; at the … Read more
Scores of farmers at the communities within the Ejisu-Juaben municipality in the Ashanti Region have mounted a strong protest against the sale of their farmlands by the paramount chief of Ejisu, Nana Afrane Okese IV. The farmers from Abenase, Ampabame, Edwinase, Onwe, and Asarpong say the chief has sold lands on which they have their … Read more
Major parts of roads in Koforidua in the New Juaben Municipality of the Eastern Region, have developed deep potholes in less than 6 months after construction. The Koforidua roads were asphalted in December 2016 at the peak of the electioneering campaign. At the time, many believed it was to woo them to vote for the … Read more
Apromase Methodist Primary School in the Ejisu-Juaben Municipality in the Ashanti Region, has been shut down by the Municipal Education Directorate. This has become necessary due to the incessant spraying of human excreta in the classrooms by some faceless residents of the community, thereby making teaching and learning very uncomfortable. A visit by the TV3 … Read more
The Ghana Education Service is suspecting spiritual attack following the sudden collapse of female students at New Juaben Senior High School in the Eastern region. Several female students of the school in Koforidua have been rushed to different hospitals over suspected food contamination. According to Starr News’ Kojo Ansah, some of the students were rushed … Read more
Some of the students were rushed to the hospital after the incident Several female students of the Juaben Senior High School in Koforidua in the Eastern region have been admitted to different hospitals in Koforidua following what is believed to be a food contamination incident. According to Starr News’ Kojo Ansah, some of the students … Read more
Mustapha’s friends raised an alarm when they saw him struggling Mustapha Sherif, a 12-year-old pupil of Sarkodie M/A Primary School in the New Juaben Municipality in the Eastern Region died through drowning. The deceased who had gone to swim at a local river at the Daasebre Estate junction near Dadi’s bar together with three of … Read more
The youth took to the street to express their displeasure The indigenous concern youth of Ejisu – Akyawkrom in Ejisu- Juabeng municipality in Ashanti region has stage a massive demonstration against traditional authorities in the community for not showing much commitment in addressing their developmental challenges. The demonstration is dubbed ”We want equity)” to express … Read more
Assembly members in the Ejisu-Juaben Municipality in the Ashanti Region have rejected the President’s nominee, Madam Beatrice Serwaa Derkyi. At a voting exercise last Friday at the municipal capital, Ejisu, Madam Derkyi failed to secure two-thirds majority of the votes. She, therefore, became one of those to have been rejected by assembly members in the … Read more
The ‘spirit’ of the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is what is sustaining the party now, a former appointee of President Mahama has said. Former Ejisu Juaben Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Afrifa Yamoah Ponkoh speaking on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen programme on Tuesday commended the NDC scribe for having the party at … Read more
Maverick politician and former Municipal Chief Executive of Ejisu Juaben Yamoah Ponkoh has dared anyone who believes he committed a crime by paying Gh¢300,000 bribe to assembly members in his bid to be MCE a second time, to come and arrest him. According to him, he’s ready to submit himself before the law for his … Read more
A former Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Ejisu-Juaben in the Ashanti Region, Afrifa Yamoah Ponkoh has called on the leadership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to sack the National Organiser from the party for good. According to the active member of the party in the Ashanti Region, Kofi Adams does not deserve to remain … Read more
Former Ashanti Regional Minister in the immediate past National Democratic Congress (NDC), Alexander John Ackon and Regional chairman of New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Bosiako have been accused of working against the second term bid of a former Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Ejuisu/Juaben. The outspoken former MCE, Afrifa Yamoah Ponko has given accounts … Read more
Civil servants with the Ejisu/Juaben Municipal Assembly in the Ashanti Region cannot be trusted in discharging their duties fairly, a former Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) there, Hon. Yaw Afrifa Yamoah Ponko has alleged. According to him, they have developed interest in the local politics and reneged on their duties pulling strings of Assembly members to … Read more
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Juaben, Ama Pomaa Boateng, has refuted allegations that she refused to attend the thanksgiving service of the Paramount Chief of the Juaben Traditional Area, Daasebre Otuo Serebour II, on Sunday April 30, 2017. A group calling itself the Concerned Youth of Juaben Constituency had earlier issued a statement to … Read more
A twenty-one-year-old man met his untimely death when he slipped and fell into an abandoned galamsey pit at Peminase near Bomfa in the Ejisu-Juaben Municipality in the Ashanti Region. The remains of Yaw Boakye, have since been deposited at the morgue of the Konongo-Odumase Government Hospital for autopsy. The assembly member for the area, Mr … Read more
A twenty-one-year-old man met his untimely death when he slipped and fell into an abandoned galamsey pit at Peminase near Bomfa in the Ejisu-Juaben Municipality in the Ashanti Region. The remains of Yaw Boakye, have since been deposited at the morgue of the Konongo-Odumase Government Hospital for autopsy. The assembly member for the area, Mr … Read more
An abandoned galamsey site at Peminase in the Ejisu-Juaben in the Ashanti Region, has claimed the life of a 21 year old boy, Yaw Boakye. A cousin of the deceased who is the Assembly Member for the area, Owusu Asante Ahmed, said the deceased and his colleagues were working at a construction firm close to … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged members of the Council of State not to be sycophants but speak truth to authority. “The constitution mandates the government to select some people to counsel the president. The regions also elect persons to the Council. You are here to speak truth to the president and not to … Read more