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General News of Sunday, 23 August 2015

Source: www.ghanaweb.com

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Dr Frank Serebour, GMA's General Secretary, finally called off the strike on Friday Dr Frank Serebour, GMA's General Secretary, finally called off the strike on Friday

MONDAY

Call off strike or resign – Tarzan tells doctors

Dr Charles Wereko-Brobby, the Chief Policy Analyst of the Ghana Institute for Public Policy Options (GIPPO), a public policy think tank, has called on Ghanaian doctors to end their strike and return to work.

TUESDAY

Doctors not resigning Friday

No member of the Ghana Medical Association will resign on Friday as the body heads for an emergency general meeting to decide on their next line of action in the ongoing impasse between them and the state.

WEDNESDAY

Israel refuses Ghanaian 'lesbian' seeking asylum

An asylum request by a female citizen of Ghana who claimed to have been persecuted there for being a lesbian was rejected by an advisory committee on refugees reporting to the Interior Ministry, after determining that she had conducted a long-term relationship with a man and had not had any relationship with a woman in Israel.

THURSDAY

Anas to release another 'explosive' piece

Ace investigative Journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas will next month release what he calls his biggest investigative story ever.

FRIDAY

Doctors end strike, go back to work on Monday

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has called off its strike. A statement issued by the association said the National Executive Council considered the appeals from members of general public, the clergy, and the National Council of Chiefs.

SATURDAY

Open Osu Castle to tourists — Ex coup plotter

On April 17, 1967, when Second-Lieutenant Ebenezer Osei Poku found himself at the Osu Castle for the first time, he had only one thought on his mind – to arrest Lieutenant-General Joseph Ankrah.