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Mrs Bernice Ofosuhene Peasah
Mrs Bernice Ofosuhene Peasah, Lincensed Counselling Psychologist at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Counselling Centre, Kumasi, in the Ashanti Region has advised women diagnosed with breast cancer and breast cancer survivors to seek psychosocial counselling after treatment.
Psychosocial counselling is a service provided by a skilled professional counsellor to an individual, family, or group for the purpose of improving their well-being, alleviating distress, and enhancing coping skills.
According to her, “even though counselling is voluntary, it enables patients and survivors of breast cancer to face the future and rebrand themselves but empowers survivors to develop and cope with everyday life as cancer patients”.
Mrs. Peasah who gave this advice in an interview with The Spectator stated that counselling session was a major session most patients took for granted yet it was beneficial to them.
“Both newly diagnosed patients and survivors need counselling. Specifically for new patients, pre-counselling is necessary before disclosure of positive results. And post counselling follows which involves managing the effect such as shock, fear and emotional distress” she explained.
Mrs Bernice Peasah, a Volunteer Counsellor of Breast Care International and Peace and Love Hospitals further explained that breast cancer survivors benefitted from continuous psychosocial counselling because they were likely to have been through and survived intense emotional and psychosocial disorientation.
She disclosed that some patients combined other substances and practices with their medication and such noncompliance delayed their recovery process.
“Some people also pay attention to what society says coupled with unfounded beliefs thrown out there through social media regarding breast cancer which add to their frustrations and these affect clients’ response to counselling” MrsPeasah added.
She said that fear and insecurity about death and the inability to be a total woman again after surgery and other superstitious beliefs, however, limited the positive effects of counselling.
“Counselling is highly recommended for survivors, and through counselling survivors are able to programme their mindsets regarding their condition to live more fulfilling lives full of hope and thankfulness” she emphasised.
She appealed to women to take advantage of the free health screening in this October for early detection of the disease.
By Linda Abrefi Wadie
Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Dr. Dominic Ayine, has announced that the government has accepted the recommendation to abolish the death penalty and replace it with life imprisonment as part of the constitutional review process.
He said the proposed amendment would affect Articles 3, 13, 19 and 72 of the 1992 Constitution, with offences that previously attracted the death penalty instead carrying life imprisonment.
Dr. Ayine made the announcement on July 30, 2026, at the Jubilee House in Accra during the Government Accountability Series while outlining the government’s position on the final recommendations of the Constitution Review Committee.
According to him, the government believes the death penalty is inconsistent with the constitutional right to life and Ghana’s international human rights obligations.
He explained that the recommendation forms part of broader proposals aimed at strengthening the protection of fundamental human rights under the Constitution.
Dr. Ayine said the government had also accepted the spirit of several recommendations to expand rights relating to women, children, persons with disabilities, older persons and the youth.
He added that a comprehensive Human Rights Act would be introduced to protect these rights and provide detailed enforcement mechanisms instead of amending the entrenched provisions of the Constitution through a national referendum.
By: Jacob Aggrey
Minister for Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Abla Dzifa Gomashie, has called on both local and international investors to tap into opportunities in Ghana’s tourism, hospitality and creative industries.
Speaking in an interview yesterday with World Media USA Today, the Minister said government is committed to creating a conducive investment environment to support growth in the sector.
She highlighted key investment areas including hotels, fashion, music, film production, and tourism infrastructure.
Dzifa Gomashie also encouraged Ghanaians to invest in domestic tourism to help boost the local economy.
According to her, strategic investment in tourism and the creative economy will drive economic transformation, create jobs, and position Ghana as Africa’s gateway for heritage, culture, business and investment.
“Ghana has vast opportunities across tourism, hospitality and the creative industries. We are ready and open for business,” she stated.
The Minister’s remarks come as government intensifies efforts to leverage culture and tourism as drivers of economic growth and job creation.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
