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21 Feb

4,000 Ghana Flags To Adorn Koforidua Ahead Of 67Th Independence Day Celebration

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Koforidua, the Eastern Regional capital, is set to be adorned with the majestic sight of about 4,000 Ghana flags in preparation for the 67th Independence Day anniversary celebration. This initiative aims to enhance the host city’s aesthetic appeal and foster a sense of national pride leading up to the commemoration on 6th March. “In this municipality of New Juaben South we will be hoisting 4000 national flags starting from this week. It is not just that, the communications committee is preparing giant billboards to also stress on the message for people to know what is happening” said Seth Kwame Acheampong,…

10 Oct

Three Technicians Drown In Fuel Reservoir At Koforidua

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The Koforidua Effiduase District Police Command has initiated an investigation into a tragic incident that claimed the lives of three technicians who suffocated inside a reservoir located at the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) office at Koforidua in the Eastern region. The Monday incident has left the community in shock and mourning. The three individuals involved in the incident were only identified as Ashie, Octopus, and Jonathan. They were part of a team of five technical experts who had been contracted by the PBC workshop to carry out maintenance work on the fuel reservoir at the COCOBOD office. The circumstances leading…

28 Jul

Man Found dead On Street In Koforidua

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A man has been found dead on the street of the Abogri, a suburb of Koforidua in the Eastern Region. Unconfirmed report suggest he might have been lynched. He was found naked with a piece of cloth covering his private part and leg chained to a sign post. A tricycle suspected to be his was found burnt meters away from the body. The Assemblyman for the Area narrated he was called to assist in getting the police to retrieve the body. He is unable to tell who lynched him. “I was called early morning to come and see the body…

25 Oct

‘I Will Use Public Transport Until The Economy Gets Better’- MP For New Juaben South

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The Member of Parliament(MP) for New Juaben South, Hon Micheal Okyere Baafi, has stated he will use public transport for his official duties until the economy gets better. According to the MP who is also the deputy Minister for Trade, the whole world is in crises, and President Akufo-Addo is working assiduously to get the economy back on track. Speaking with Kwaku Dawuro on Movement In The Morning Show, Hon. Okyere Baafi said that ‘’the current global hardship has pressured a UK prime minister to resign after 45 days in office, is no joke. Every government official in Ghana has…

03 Oct

Flooding: Human Activities Coupled With Engineering Works Must Be Blamed-NADMO Mun. Dir.

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The Municipal Operations Director for NADMO in New Juaben North, Twumasi Kankam, has said that human activities coupled with engineering works should be blamed for the perennial flooding. This comes after one hundred residents of Amanase in Ayensuano District were on Saturday, October 1, 2022, displaced as river Ayensu also over flooded its banks following days of torrential rainfall. The floods entered homes, shops and almost submerged significant part of the community. Speaking to Kwaku Dawuro on Movement in the morning show on Wontumi Radio/Movement TV on Monday, the municipal Director disclosed that a life was lost following the torrential…