The banner headline of the Ghanaian Times is on the tragedy that occurred at Kasoa, claiming four lives.  According to the paper, the accident occurred, when a driver of a Benz bus, loaded with alcoholic beverages, tried to avoid heavy traffic by moving off his lane, and crushed into another.  Unfortunately, those who died are all hawkers.  The Times also carries a story on the opening of the Bagre dam.  It says the National Disaster Management Organization, NADMO, has budgeted GH¢seven million towards any possible disaster.  The amount will among other things cover the purchase and transportation of relief items. Elsewhere in the Times is a story carried by the paper of a father who is in court for defiling his daughters.  Jonathan Rashid Adotey 38, a Gardener, was on Wednesday arraigned before an Accra Magistrate’s court for defiling his two daughters.  He is reported to have sexually assaulted his daughters aged eighteen and seventeen years at their home at Maamobi.  Mr. Adotey however pleaded not guilty to the charge and was granted bail in a sum of GH¢five thousand  with two sureties to be justified on September 10.

UN-ECOWAS to probe killing of 44 Ghanaians is the lead story of the Public Agenda.  The paper says the Commonwealth Human Rights initiative has welcomed news that a joint UN-ECOWAS team has been formed to investigate the cold blooded murder of 44 Ghanaians in the Gambia in July 2005.  The paper believes this action will bring the much desired outcome of a comprehensive Independent investigation that will unearth the facts.

THE EDITORIALS
The Ghanaian Times expresses concern about the poor performance of the Ghanaian athletes at the just ended Olympics games in China .  It says the poor performance of the Ghanaian team comes as no surprise to anybody because apart from ill-preparation, the athletes were also poorly motivated.  The country also persists in its over concentration on football to the neglect of other sports.  To the paper if the country wants to make a mark in athletics, then sports authorities and government should offer special incentives to teams to ensure that they go all out to win.

Empowering women to Promote Peace is how the Public Agenda captions its editorial.  The paper says the pro activeness of woman in the search for a peaceful general election in December needs to be commended by all stakeholders.  According to the Public Agenda, the recent organization of prayer and thanks giving sessions by women Aglow International across the country to sensitize Ghanaians to promote peace is an indication of women becoming politically awakened.  In the papers view, if women had the opportunity and the capacity to play leading roles in the political and economic endeavours, Ghana will be more peaceful today.  The Public Agenda urges women to get increasingly involved in brokering peace and prevail on their husbands, brothers and sons not to beat war drums especially before, during and after the December polls.

The Daily Graphic describes as worrying, the traditional farming methods still being used by farmers for cultivation of crops in the country in this age of technology.  It says, before the country can attain self-sufficiency in food production, especially in a global economic environment where market forces can be very erratic and unpredictable, it must employ scientific methods of farming.  To the paper it is worrying that after 50 years of independence the country still depends on the mercy of the weather to nourish its plants.  The paper urges the Ministry of Food and Agriculture and non-governmental organizations in the country to devote more resources to popularize scientific methods of farming such as irrigation farming and agriculture mechanization in the country.

                                    
The Ghanaian Observer is disturbed about the fallen standards of education in the country.  It says the concerns that BECE and WASCCE examination results are getting worse over the years is something that should move the country to take steps to improve the quality of teaching in the various schools.  The paper calls for commitment on the part of teachers to help improve the quality of education.  In the view of the paper, teaching techniques and methods ought to be redesigned.  It says, half-baked students, graduates and pupils cannot adequately provide the quality of human resource required by the country.