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Stakeholders unhappy about pre-marital sex, surge in teenage pregnancy in Sunyani    
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Stakeholders unhappy about pre-marital sex, surge in teenage pregnancy in Sunyani    

Stakeholders at an adolescent community forum have expressed concern about uncontrolled pre-marital sexual practices among teenagers in the Sunyani Municipality, calling for collective approach to bring the situation under control.  They said that was contributing to increasing teenage pregnancies and affecting girl-child education, as well as increasing adolescent single parenting in the municipality.  That situation is affecting the holistic growth and development of girls and making more of them a liability and increasing the vulnerabilities of children.  The ‘Sunyani Adolescent Parliament’ set up by the Global Media Foundation (GloMeF), a media advocacy non-government organisation (NGO) under the Resilient City for Adolescents (RC4A) project it is implementing in the...
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A total of 124 applicants vie for MMDCE in Bono Region
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A total of 124 applicants vie for MMDCE in Bono Region

A total of 124 people are vying for the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executive (MMDCE) positions in the 12 politically administrative areas in the Bono Region,    Mr Dennis Yeboah Twumasi, the Bono Regional Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) said on Monday.  In a breakdown, he said 10 applicants had applied for the position as the Sunyani mayor, 21 applicants for Sunyani West MCE, seven applicants for the Dormaa West DCE and eight applicants for the Dormaa Central MCE.  In an interview with the GNA in Sunyani, Mr Twumasi said seven people had also applied for the Dormaa East DCE position, nine for the Berekum East MCE, and 10 applicants for the Berekum West DCE positions.  He said 15 applicants had also submitted their details for the Ja...
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Scores in Sunyani view live-telecast of President-elect Mahama’s inauguration
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Scores in Sunyani view live-telecast of President-elect Mahama’s inauguration

Jubilant supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) thronged the Bono Regional Office of the party to observe the live-telecast of the swearing-in of the President-elect John Dramani Mahama and his Vice Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang amid sporadic sparking of firecrackers. The Regional executives of the party had earlier mounted a television set at the premises of the party office in Sunyani to enable the party supporters and members and a section of the public to watch the live telecast from the Black Star Square in Accra. It was joy and happiness, as the highly excited viewers, mostly clad in NDC customised ‘T shirt’ and party paraphernalia and glued to the television set and sparked firecrackers intermittently, the Ghana News Agency (GNA) noticed during a visit. ...
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Police arrest eight suspects for attacking Metro Mass Transit workshop 
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Police arrest eight suspects for attacking Metro Mass Transit workshop 

The Police have arrested eight suspects in connection with an attack on the Metro Mass Transit workshop in Sunyani, Bono Region. The suspects, identified as Issakah Taugfic, Abudu Isaiah, Abdul Latif Mohammed, Mohammad Azandoro, Alhassan Issah, Amadu Mohammad, Abdulai Adams, and Abdulai Ibrahim, reportedly unlawfully entered the workshop premises on Monday, attacked and threatened workers, forcing them to leave their offices. In a media briefing on Tuesday, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Grace Ansah-Akrofi, Director of Public Affairs at the Ghana Police Service, stated that rapid response teams quickly acted on a distress call, leading to the arrest of the suspects. This brings the total number of arrests made by the Police in connection with attacks, looting, and property...
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