Daily Graphic Editorials

It has been 70 years since the UN General Assembly unanimously adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) on December 10, 1948.

Hitherto, the impression many people in our part of the world had about stroke was that it affected old people and/or the rich. But the number and categories of people who suffer from stroke these days do not confirm the age-old belief of the disease exclusively affecting the aged or the wealthy.

The degeneration of morality in Senior High Schools (SHS) in recent times is disturbing.

Journalist in Ghana had their day last Saturday when some members of the inky fraternity were rewarded for their exceptional work in the past year.

I want to propose a vote of commendation this week to certain corporate bodies whose conduct in the Asutsuare mass tilapia fish ‘poisoning’ affair has restored trust (at least mine) in the ability of some public service institutions to rise to the occasion.

Mental health encompasses our cognitive, behavioural and emotional wellbeing and it can affect daily life, relationships, physical health, as well as anyone at any age.

Barely a week ago, beneficiaries of the Nation Builders Corps (NaBCo) were declared ready for work by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo after they had successfully passed out at a ceremony held for that purpose at the Independence Square in Accra.

There is overwhelming agreement globally that it makes a lot of sense to prevent dangerous people from having access to deadly weapons, since many lives can be saved from gun violence such as robbery.

In our front page story yesterday, we reported about more than 30 primary school pupils and junior high school students who had abandoned their homes, families and education to “seek salvation” at a certain Synagogue of Mercy at Nambeg in the Jirapa municipality in the Upper West Region.

Last year, Ghana spent some US$2 billion to import 3.46 million tonnes  of refined petroleum products for domestic consumption.

The issue of begging on our streets is an age-old problem that many governments have lived through.

Poor or non-existent addressing system has, over the years, conspired with other activities to derail the development of the country.

Employment generation has become a challenge across the globe, with both developed and developing countries caught in the web.

Under Economic Objectives in the 1992 Constitution of the Republic of Ghana, it is stated that the state shall, among others, take all necessary st

balanced development

eps to undertake even and of all regions and every part of each region of Ghana, and, in particular, improve the conditions of life in the rural areas and generally redress any imbalance in development between the rural and the urban areas.

Having been in the education system in the UK for more than 24 years (22 of which was a teacher in various roles), I was used to working with certain expectations of professional behaviours; which no one ever even questioned.

Although landfills are naturally ugly sights because of the waste they contain, their role in ensuring sustainable waste management practices cannot be  overemphasised.

Ghana suffered its worst cholera nightmare in 2014, recording 28,975 cases, with 243 deaths in 130 out of the 216 districts in all 10 regions.

The advertisement of sex parties and other related sexual activities in hotels, nightclubs, movie houses, pubs and other tourism establishments in the country is gradually gaining ground.

Societies consciously or otherwise seek to improve on the way they do things by learning from past experiences, both negative and positive.

 
The Daily Graphic has learnt with pain that the country risks losing some of its vital historical documents at the Public Records and Archives Administration Department (PRAAD) and in the few research libraries nationwide.

There is a thin line between sanity and insanity.