Palm wine tapper cautioned colleges against bush fire By thefourlens.com Sunyani, March 30, 2023 Mr. Victor Akoligya, a palm wine tapper and Akpeteshi (local hard liquor) manufacturer has cautioned his colleague tappers to ensure their activities and business does not cause bush fire. The tapper made the caution statement when speaking to thefourlens.com during a visitContinue Reading

Former High Commissioner to Nigeria prioritises Skills training & TVET for economic transformation By thefourlens.com Sunyani, March 30, 2023 A former Ambassador to Libya in the John Agyekum Kufuor’s Administration, H.E George Kumi is advocating for national priority for handicraft skills training as well as Technical and Vocational Education and TrainingContinue Reading

No Teacher Syndrome Hits Daadom Basic School, Pupils and Students Stranded By thefourlens.com Sunyani, March 29, 2023 Pupils of Daadom Basic School are stranded and in a state of shock and no hope to decide their fate in school, as there is no teacher to take them through academic works. TheContinue Reading

AFRICA STREET MBA training workshop for young entrepreneurs in Sunyani By thefourlens.com Sunyani, March 20,2023 – An entrepreneural skills development Services organization, AFRICA STREET MBA over the weekend held a capacity building workshop for young people with entrepreneural interest in Sunyani. The training program seeks to impact the youthful group,Continue Reading

TVET is a significant driver in achieving SDGs By thefourlens.com Sunyani, March 21, GNA – Ing. Dr. Kwame Agyeman Boakye, the  Chairman of the Governing Council, Sunyani Technical University (STU) said Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is a vital part of human resource development and a critical tool for socio-economic development. AccordingContinue Reading

250 children trained on adolescent healthBy thefourlens.com Sunyani, March 20, 2023 A non governmental organization (NGO), Apex Community Aid (ACAiD) together with Compassion International has trained more than 250 children below the ages of 15 on adolescent health. The NGOs are into building the capacity of communities to promote their totalContinue Reading

Take key decision-making positions. By thefourlens.com March 15, 2023 Women and girls have been encouraged to always endeavor to take key decision-making positions in society to help promote equal representation of women and men in decision-making. Mrs Safura Mohammed Suraj, a Chartered Professional Administrator and Management Consultant gave the encouragementContinue Reading

HIV prevalence and infections rate in Bono Region is alarming – Minister By thefourlens.com Sunyani, March 13, 2023 Madam Justina Owusu-Banahene, the Bono Regional Minister has advised Junior and Senior High School students to eschew sexual promiscuity and other behaviors likely to endanger their lives. She urged the general public to desistContinue Reading

Eschew behaviors like LGBTQI+ – Minister to students By thefourlens.com Sunyani, March 13, 2023Madam Justina Owusu-Banahene, the Bono Regional Minister has advised Junior and Senior High School students to desist from behaviors likely to endanger their lives. She worried recent statistics and projections indicates that the Bono region has 2.64 per centContinue Reading

Secondary, Basic Schools Provides Possible Solutions To Sanitation Problems By thefourlens.com  March 11, 2023 Some Junior and Senior High Schools in Bono region have develop interest and demonstrated high level skills possible to solve sanitation problems in Ghana and Africa. They used plastic waste materials such as bottles and sachet waterContinue Reading

Tailor/Seamstress apprentices laments over high cost of learning materials. By thefourlens.com  Sunyani, March 9, 2023 A section of tailor/seamstress apprentices in Sunyani are lamenting that the cost of learning materials is unbearable to them in recent times. They told thefourlens.com in an interview on Wednesday and pleaded with government and forContinue Reading

Pack Death Trap School Buses By thefourlens.com March 06, 2023 Mr. Edward Opoku Antwi, the Bono, Bono East and Ahafo regions Manager, Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Education Unit has called on the Ghana Education Service (GES) to ensure all ‘death trap’ school buses are packed to prevent any tragedy that mightContinue Reading

Oboa-Aman Boa-Amponsem II to take STC to Court By thefourlens.com  Sunyani, March 05, 2023 Oboa-Aman Bofotia Boa-Amponsem II, the Sunyani Krontihene (on suspension) has threatened Court actions against the Sunyani Traditional Council (STC). According to him, he remains the substantive Kontirehene of Sunyani, therefore the STC’s request, acceptance and introduction ofContinue Reading

Strong Institutional Collaboration Needed To Achieve SDG 11. By thefourlens.com Odumase, February 25, 2023 There is a critical need for a strong collaboration between Physical Planners and Surveyors to facilitate achievement of goal 11 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Ms Gifty Nyarko, the Director in charge of PhysicalContinue Reading

SYDA Preparing Second Batch Trainees For NVTI Examination.  By thefourlens.com  Sunyani, Wednesday, February 22, 2023 The Sunyani Youth Development Association (SYDA) is preparing its second batch trainees for the National Vocational Training Institute (NVTI) grade (1) examination in March this year.   They are seven (7) candidates, a male from theContinue Reading

City Planning – shared responsibility proof – GIP  By thefourlens.com Sunyani, February 08, 2023 The Sunyani Zone of the Ghana Institute of Planners (GIP) has called for collective actions and activities to protect wetlands and the entire environment.  “City planning is a shared responsibility, let all get involve in activities toContinue Reading

Practical-base learning in and out of school – G2 Foundation By thefourlens.com Odumase (Bono region), Friday, February 03, 2023 There is critical need for Ghana to prioritize a practical-base learning both in and out of school, Ms Gifty Nyarko, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of G2 Foundation has stated. She notedContinue Reading

By thefourlens.com Wednesday, February 01, 2023 The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) announced on Monday, January 16, 2023 to increase utility tariffs. The increment take effect today, Wednesday, February 01, 2023  despite admitting the present economic challenges. While electricity has been increased by 29.96 percent, water has also seen an upward adjustmentContinue Reading

Suncity Group of Companies = Free Eye Screening/ Surgeries = Kwatire PolyClinic By thefourlens.com Friday, January 28, 2023 The Suncity Group of Companies together with its partners, Friends Eye Centre in Kumasi and United For Sight in the United States of America (USA) have set to  organize free Eye screening andContinue Reading

Assist The Widow, Widowhood is not a Curse – G2 Foundation Admonishes Families Of Deceased By thefourlens.com Aburaso (Ashanti Region), January 18, 2023. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of G2 Foundation, Ms Gifty Nyarko has expressed the need for families of deceased to assist the windows, their children as wellContinue Reading

Women Farmers Gets Alternative Livelihoods Improvement Support By thefourlens.com  Daadom, Thursday, January 12, 2023 Forty-Five (45) women at Daadom, a farming community in the Sunyani Municipality are undergoing Eight-days capacity building and skills training for their livelihoods improvement. The Switzerland Embassy in Ghana is supporting the women farmers in smallerContinue Reading

HIV Cases in Bono Region Chapter 6 (Modes Of Transmission) Sexual Relationships Contributes 80% HIV Transmission By thefourlens.com January 05, 2023 The Ghana AIDS Commission has revealed that sexual relationship contributes 80 per cent of HIV transmission. This is according to the Commission’s 2020 HIV data report gathered in 2021, andContinue Reading

HIV Cases In Bono Region Chapter 5 (Cases In Ahafo region) Ahafo region has 7,038 people living with HIV – Ghana AIDS Commission  By thefourlens.com January 1, 2023 A total of 7,038 people in the Ahafo region are living with HIV, the Ghana AIDS Commission’s data available to thefourlens.com has disclosed. The Asutifi SouthContinue Reading

Loyalty, a pivotal factor to see God’s glory. By thefourlens.com December 26, 2022 To see the glory of God and experience his mercies, one must live by loyal principles, Pastor Charles Sarkodie, a Pastor of Faith Foundation Ministries International in Europe has said. He stated being loyalty to one another isContinue Reading

Goaso SDA Basic school lack computers By thefourlens.com Goaso, December 23, 2022 The Seventh Day Adventist basic school in Goaso, the Ahafo regional capital needs computers for the academic progress of the school. From a monitoring visit by thefourlens.com, the school with more than 1500 population can not boast of even oneContinue Reading

Reduce Prices of medicine – Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana By thefourlens.com December 22, 2022  The Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana (PSGH) has appealed to its members to reduce prices of medicines after a gradual appreciation of the Ghana cedi against the major trading currencies. “The PSGH has taken note of high prices ofContinue Reading

HIV Cases In Bono Region CHAPTER 4 Gays have 18% HIV Prevalence –  Ghana AIDS Commission By thefourlens.com December 21, 2022  HIV prevalence among gays’ thus men who have sex with men (MSM) is 18 per cent, the Ghana AIDS Commission has revealed. Mr. Ahmed Ibrahim Bambilla, the Bono, Bono EastContinue Reading

NIA Honours Mr. Ransford Antwi, a philanthropist By thefourlens.com  Wednesday, December 21, 2022 The Sunyani West Municipal Office of the National Identification Authority (NIA) has honored Mr. Ransford Antwi, the CEO of a Sunyani-based Suncity Radio for continues and selfless contribution to towards holistic national development. Mr. Antwi is aContinue Reading

Transport Fares Reduced by 15.3%  By thefourlens.com December 17, 2022 The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) of TUC has announced reduction in transportation fares by 15.3%. A Press Release sighted by thefourlens.com stated the new fares would take effect from Monday, December 19th 2022.The release was signed by Mr. Godfred Abulbire, the General Secretary,Continue Reading

Informal sector activities are not urban nuisance: Integrate them into mainstream of land use planning. By thefourlens.com Odumase, December 16, 2022 Ms Gifty Nyarko, the Sunyani West Municipal Physical Planning Director has reiterated that integrating the informal sector activities into the mainstream of land use planning is vital in achieving the GoalContinue Reading