DAILY GRAPHIC

The Graphic in a front page story reports that a Sunyani housewife, Rosemary Frimpong Quartey who allegedly clubbed her five-year-old step-son to death wwith a carpenter's hammer, was yesterday remanded in prison custody for two weeks by a Sunyani Circuit Court. The paper says Mrs Quartey whose plea was not taken, will re-appear on November 24. This is to allow the police enough time to complete their injvestigations for proceedings to start. The Graphic says news of Mrs Quartey' appearance in court drew a large crowd to both the Sunyani Police Station and the precincts of the court. Rosemary allegedly committed the offence in the morning of last Thursday, November 6, while her husband Police Constable Kwamina Quartey, who is the father of the deceased, was away from home. The Graphic says on the day of the incident, the deceased was heard by neighbours pleading for mercy as her step-mother pounded him in her room with a hammer. GRi

In a centre spread story the Graphic reports that the Minister of Employment and Social Welfare, Alhaji Muhamad Mumuni has said that the government is not against trade union pluralism. He said what the government does not want is the pursuance of pluralism in union organisation for the sake of it. The Graphic says the Minister who was opening a two-day trade union symposium in Accra, said the government does not presume to dictate the pace or direction of trade union development but will ensure that workers' organisations are nurtured to serve the interest of their members, social partners and society as a whole.

"Proper pricing of electricity needed", is the headline of a back page story in the Graphic which says a research fellow at the Institute of Industrial Research, has called for proper pricing of electricity to help attract private investment in the sector. The Graphic says Dr Kwame Ampofo said private investment is needed to develop alternative sources to meet the country's energy demand which is expected to increase from the present generating capacity of 1,000 megawatts to 14,000 megawatts by the year 2020. Dr Ampofo was delivwering a lecture on "Energy Implications and Challenges of Ghana's Vision 2020", at a seminar in Accra. GRI