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By Isaac Ato MENSAH Accra- 5 November, 2018.   Last Thursday, Pre-Vas Royal Kids School in Teshie organised an emergency teacher counselling session. The theme was caning and corporal punishment. The previous day, some parents had caused the proprietors and the headmaster a sleepless night on account of some other parents’ children having been caned. ‘I haven’t slept at all,’ groaned Webster Afotey Marshall, the headmaster, as he announced the emergency counselling session. “Masha Marshall”, as the students prefer to call him, had previously warned against the practice. The concerned parents had informed the proprietors and headmaster that where the cane could not be used,Read More →

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THE 23RD GJA AWARDS; QUOTATIONS #2. By Isaac Ato MENSAH Accra- 2 November, 2018. The 23rd Ghana Journalists Awards held last weekend in Accra has lost its key message. The thrust has been submerged by the celebrations of the award winners. So let us quickly recap. The theme chosen was, ‘State of Investigative Journalism: Boundaries of Privacy and Borders of the Public Interest’. Her Ladyship Justice Sophia Akufo, the chief justice (CJ), who was the keynote speaker, delivered a forthright message on the theme. ‘You cannot break into somebody’s house and install cameras claiming you are conducting an investigation in the interest of the public.’Read More →