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  • Body parts discovered in three different bags by police in Florida

    Body parts discovered in three different bags by police in Florida

    After an unidentified woman’s body was discovered in three different suitcases and thrown in a canal, police in Florida are looking for answers.

    The victim was discovered last week in the Intracoastal Waterway in Delray Beach, a network of canals that extends parallel to the town’s coastline.

    Last Friday, when a resident saw a suitcase floating in the canal with what appeared to be a body part hanging out, they called the police.

    Delray Beach Police Chief Russ Mager stated at a press conference that “within a few hours of this particular call, we received two other calls regarding other suitcases that were floating just south of this location.”

    Investigators found human remains in the other two luggage as well, and they quickly realised that all three belonged to the same person.

    The victim’s identity is still unknown. She was about 5’4″ tall and had brown hair. Detectives think she was either Caucasian or Latin American, and between the ages of 35 and 55.

    We suspect the victim was placed in the water between Monday, July 17 and the early hours of Thursday, July 20, based on her condition. stated Sgt. Casey Kelly.

    The luggage also held some of her apparel, including a floral top, a black shirt, and some black shorts. Her top’s manufacturer was identified as Betzabe, which investigators suspect to be a Brazilian company.

    Police refused to disclose how they thought the person was killed because it was “sensitive case information.”

    In order to identify the suspect and find out more details about the incident, investigators are seeking for the public’s assistance. Locals are currently being asked to search the video from their own security cameras.

    “We request that you look out for any unusual vehicles or people, especially anyone moving or carrying luggage,” Added Sgt. Kelly.

    Chief Mager continued, “No information is too small.”

    Police published photos of two of the suitcases the victim was found in on Thursday.

    While the other is green with white polka dots, one suitcase was purple. Pink ribbon seems to be tying the two together.

    A photorealistic recreation of the victim’s face and attire was included in the artist’s depiction of the victim that was also made public.

    According to the Delray Police, “These reconstructed images are not an exact likeness of the victim or her clothing and are simply the artist’s interpretation.”

  • ‘Blanket’ Free SHS unsustainable – Prof. Addae-Mensah

    Emeritus Professor Ivan Addae-Mensah, a Former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, has called for a review of the Free Senior High School Programme, saying the current financing regime is not sustainable.

    He said the cost of the Programme should be shared between the Government and “better-endowed members of society” to ensure equity.

    Delivering the 2022 “Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Lecture” of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences (GAAS) in Accra, Prof. Addae-Mensah, who is also a Fellow of the Academy, appealed to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to heed to calls for a relook at the policy.

    He said a review of the policy “is not the same as abolishment” but would ensure quality education and improve standards.

    “I advocate that we rather go the Caribbean and Latin American way where those who can afford to pay for all or part of their education do so; proceeds from, which can then be used to support those who really are needy.

    “At least those who can afford it ought to pay for the feeding of their wards in boarding schools. Blanket free-feeding of all children is more likely to result in malnutrition,” Prof. Addae-Mensah said.

    The Free SHS policy is Government’s flagship education policy, which commenced in 2017 as a policy intervention to ensure that every Ghanaian irrespective of their background have access to free secondary education.

    Under the Programme, beneficiaries are provided with free tuition, accommodation, and feeding.

    Prof. Addae-Mensah stressed that the “blanket” provision of Free SHS could lead to large enrolment, adding that if adequate resources and facilities were not provided, standards could drop to the detriment of those who could not afford to enrol their wards in private schools.

    He said Ghana’s first President, Dr Kwame Nkrumah preferred free education up to the secondary level but “he was pragmatic enough not to introduce it at the time that he was in power.”

    “…If there is blanket provision of free education for everybody, and there is resultant increase in enrolment, there is the likelihood of population explosion, which not properly handled can result in significant lowering of standards due to inadequate facilities, teaching, and poor teacher motivation,” Prof. Addae-Mensah said.

    Founded in November 1959, the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences is Ghana’s premiere learned society.

    Its aim is to bring together the highest level of intellectuals, experts, professionals in the country to constitute a “Think tank” in the Arts and Sciences.

    The Academy also advises the Government and other relevant bodies on issues of importance to national development.