Daily Graphic

"10 drown in Accra", says a banner headline of the Daily Graphic. The paper reports that the last Easter beach festivities recorded a number of fatalities with as many as 10 people drowning at various beaches within the Accra metropolis. The beaches, it says, include Dansoman, La Pleasure, Korle Gonno and Osu. The Graphic quotes police sources as saying that five of the bodies have so far been washed ashore while the other five are still missing. The Dansoman Police recorded four deaths, one female and three males, our of which three bodies have been washed ashore. The remaining one is still missing. The paper says the three bodies have been deposited at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital mortuary for autopsy. The names of those who drowned at the Dansoman beach have been given as Gabriel Issah, 14, Kojo, 16, Ebenezer Mavin Nortey, 12 and Joris Avorgbedor, 19. The Graphic says at the Korle Gonno beach, Kojo Ayariga, 20, drowned and the body which was washed ashore yesterday afternoon, has also been deposited at the Korle-Bu mortuary. The paper reports that the La Police has also received a complaint from some life guards working at the La Pleasure beach that two persons drowned and one of the bodies has been washed ashore. The body which is yet to be identified, has been deposited at the 37 Military Hospital mortuary. The Osu Police also recorded three deaths through drowning but the bodies are still missing. Meanwhile police personnel are combing the beaches and an appeal has been made to the public to report any body found ashore.

In another front page story headlined: "Inflation rate drops to 15%", the Graphic reports that the rate of inflation in the country is now 15 per cent, adding that inflation at the end of last year was 15.7 per cent. It says the current figure, according to the Bank of Ghana, gives a lot of hope for the rest of the year. The Graphic quotes Dr Kofi Wampah, Head of the Research Department of the bank as saying that based on the results of the first three months of the year, the prospects for the rest of the year look promising and that "all the financial targets appear to be attainable". Dr Wampah was speaking at the opening of a three-day seminar on banking and finance for financial and economic journalists in Accra yesterday. Dr Wampah is reported as saying that depending on the continuous tightening of monetary policy as well as achievements of budgetary targets, the 9.5 per cent target set for inflation this year