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Criminal gang attacks Rastafarians

Eleven suspected members of a criminal gang that had been terrorizing residents in parts of the Kumasi Metropolis have been arrested by the police. A locally made gun and four cartridges, three machetes, knives, pair of pliers and a screw…

CHRAJ records 1050 cases in Western Region

The Western Regional Office of the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), recorded 1050 cases at the close of last year 2011. The commission resolved 990 cases out of the figure, with 60 of the cases still pending.…

Ghana reclaims full ownership of Tema Shipyard

The Government of Ghana has resumed full ownership of the Tema Shipyard by reclaiming the 60 per cent share that it sold to Penang Ship Building Company of Malaysia. The Tema Shipyard is a very strategic national asset, and the reclamation…

Ghana commissions new military aircraft

Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Monday commissioned a CASA C-295, a new multi-purpose military aircraft, and four buses into the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF). The twin-turboprop transport aircraft, manufactured by Air Bus Military of…

Red Cross trains 72 teachers in first aid

The Western Regional Office of the Ghana Red Cross Society, in collaboration with the Department of Social Welfare, has trained 72 teachers in basic first aid to enable them to give early assistance to school children in an emergency. Mr.…