Report: 691 pregnant girls return to school in Eastern Region
Statistics from Eastern Regional Directorate of the Ghana Education Service (GES) indicate that a total of 691 teenage girls returned to school either pregnant or after given birth as at May this year. The report, representing 27 Municipal and District assemblies, showed that whiles 477 girls went back to school pregnant, 214 had given birth. […]
Ghana Red Cross begins house-to-house sensitisation on floods
The Community Disaster Preparedness and Response Teams of the Ghana Red Cross Society have begun house-to-house education to sensitise communities along river banks in the Northern, North East and Savannah Regions. The education is tailored to encourage community members farming along river banks, especially the Black and White Volta rivers to move to higher grounds, […]
Let’s use psychological assessment tools to measure motives of serial killers
Dr Charlotte O. Kwakye-Nuako, Clinical Psychologist and Lawyer, Department of Forensic Sciences, University of Cape Coast, has called for the use of psychological assessment tools to measure and understand the motives and behaviours of persons who commit heinous crimes. She said interrogations and investigations on the causes of the acts of violent offenders such as […]
Community surveillance key to forestalling violent extremism- Security Operative
A National Security Operative, Mr Mike Danquah, has emphasised the importance of community surveillance and neighbourhood watch in dealing with violent extremism and terrorist activities. He said though the security personnel were doing their best in patrolling the country to ensure safety and security, communities must have watch committees to augment efforts of the security […]
