United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Ghana Mission Director Andrew Karas last week inspected programmes and activities of the Agency in the areas of economic growth, governance, and health. The objective of the visit is to strengthen USAID’s partnerships in Ghana’s Ashanti Region to achieve positive development results. While in the Ashanti Region, Mr. … Read more
Ejisu Juaben MP, Ama Pomaa Boateng, has charged parliament to pass laws aimed at protecting victims of sex tape leaks. According to her, this will help deter men from filming sexual acts with their female partners with which they later blackmail them. Speaking to Class News’ parliamentary correspondent, Ekow Annan, Ms Boateng also encouraged ladies … Read more
The newly inaugurated Council of State has elected Omanhene of Asante Juaben, Nana Otuo Siriboe II as its Chairman. He was chosen unanimously at the maiden meeting of the Council after the President swore in members on Monday. A communiqué announcing the decision of the Council indicated that “the newly inaugurated seventh Council of State … Read more
Businessman and traditional ruler Nana Otuo Siriboe II, Omanhene of Juaben in the Ashanti region, has been elected the Chairman of the seventh Council of State of the Fourth Republic. His election follows the inauguration of the Council by President Akufo-Addo on Monday, February 27. A statement signed and issued in Accra by the acting … Read more
Seven police officers on Thursday, 16 February have sustained gun wounds at Kumawu Bodomase in the Ashanti Region in connection with a resurgent chieftaincy conflict. The police got caught up in clashes between two rival royal clans each claiming title to the throne following the death and burial of late Kumawu Akyempimhene Nana Okyere Krampah … Read more
The Ejisu Juaben Municipality branch of the Ghana Federation of the Physically Disabled (GFPD) have called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to appoint one of its members, Mr Kwaku Ntim Twumasi, as the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Ejisu Juaben. According to the federation, his appointment will enable members of the GFPD to also … Read more
Five sub-chiefs in New Juaben in the Eastern Region who broke away from the Traditional Council six years ago, have performed traditional rites to make amends with their paramount chief, Daasebre Prof. Oti Boateng. A sheep was slaughtered Wednesday morning and libation poured by the five sub chiefs to signify an end to their ban … Read more
The New Juaben Assembly has sworn in new government appointees at the 7th Assembly today [Tuesday]. The 22 new government appointees, made up of 8 women and 14 men, will complement the work of the 54 elected assembly members. A High Court Judge, His Lordship Richard Marc Kogyapwah, who led the new appointees to take their … Read more
Football fans in the New Juaben Municipality are growing in confidence about the chances of the Black Stars, lifting the African Cup of Nations after 35 years. The last time Ghana won the prestigious trophy was in 1982 in Libya. Many in Koforidua say they are upbeat and are boldly predicting that the Black Stars … Read more
The former Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Ejisu- Juaben municipal assembly Afrifa Yamoah Ponkoh has commended the creation of Water and Sanitation Ministry by the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. A section of Ghanaians have criticised the President’s idea of decoupling water and sanitation from works and housing. But the former MCE who is vest … Read more
The bicycles are believed to be for the Youth Employment Agency Officials of the Youth Employment Authority, (YEA) in the Eastern region were on Friday evening blocked by the New Juaben South Constituency executives of the ruling New Patriotic Party from allegedly transporting some bicycles of the agency. Some officials of the YEA reportedly led … Read more
Thousands of pupils at Offinso North in the Ashanti region are starving following confusion over who has the right to serve them meals under the school feeding program. Some caterers, believed to be members of the ruling New Patriotic Party, on Tuesday stormed over ten schools in the area to prevent the current caterers, who … Read more
The Duampompo township in the Ejisu-Juaben Municipality has been thrown into mourning after a truck ran into a building killing two people instantly. The Accra-bound truck ran into the residential building killing a woman, Ramatu Sali and her teenage son, Lateef Sali, on the spot. A son of the deceased woman, Sumaila Sali, told Nhyira … Read more
The Duampompo township in the Ejisu-Juaben Municipality has been thrown into mourning after a truck ran into a building killing two people instantly. The Accra-bound truck ran into the residential building killing a woman, Ramatu Sali and her teenage son, Lateef Sali, on the spot. A son of the deceased woman, Sumaila Sali, told Nhyira FM the incident … Read more
Instead of facilely calling on President-Elect Akufo-Addo to unite the country at large, the Oyokohene of New Juaben, Nana Kodua Kesse, II, must first take stock of the sort of morally unbecoming conduct that he illegally indulged in, during most of the tenure of the Mahama-led National Democratic Congress’ government that allegedly nearly landed the … Read more
Eighty -Six year old man has committed suicide at Anlo Town, a suburb of the New Juaben Municipality in the Eastern region. The deceased hanged himself in his chamber and hall room on Saturday when most Ghanaian were busily trooping to the inaugural ceremony of the then President-elect Nana Akufo Addo. Speaking to Ultimate News’ … Read more
A leading member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kweku Afrifa Yamoah Ponkoh has invoked curses on party whom he claimed failed President John Mahama. “Any NDC member who was appointed by President Mahama to ensure victory for the NDC but failed to do so, will be struck down by lightening and it will land … Read more
The Ashanti Regional Minister, Alexander Ackon has urged the public especially supporters of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) to turn a deaf ear to the rantings by ex MCE for Ejisu-Juaben, Yamoah Ponkoh following the party’s defeat in the December 7 election. According to him, Mr Ponkoh has unjustifiably found fault with virtually every … Read more
Some party bigwigs cut the link between President John Mahama and party members such that they had no access to him. I’ve restrained from saying this publicly but I’m being pushed…look, Madam Lordina likes me very much, but could you believe that when I was voted against and I was home after losing my position … Read more
Manu supporters have been involved in risky activities in their jubilant mood New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for New Juaben South Constituency in the Eastern region, Dr. Mark Asibey Yeboah has called party supporters to reduce the alcohol intake while celebrating their victory. According to him, reports in some constituency across the country … Read more