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The Malaysian national said officers of Liberia’s Immigration Services want to illegally deport him back to his country MONROVIA – A Malaysian national, Edward Chan Ming Haut, has sued the Ministry of Justice and the Liberia Immigration Service (LIS) including the Director of Security at the LIS for allegedly wrongfully detaining, humiliating and extorting US$1000 from him (Ming Haut) at the headquarters of the LIS. Report by Edwin G. Genoway, Jr 00231886458910 [email protected] Haut lawsuit was also prompted by his alleged illegal deportation and repatriation by the Director of Security at the Liberia Immigration Service Patrick Dolo who has been…

Monrovia- Coalition of Liberia will on Friday, December 14, 2018 recognize several individuals and institutions for their outstanding performance and contributions to forest governance and leadership in Liberia. The award categories include, Best Human Rights Award, Leadership Award, Forest & Environmental Media Award, Gender Award, International Advocacy award and Governance & Reform Award. The Forest Governance Awards Ceremony will be held at 6:30pm at the Ballroom of Corina Hotel in Sinkor. The December 14, award program is the first of its kind since the establishment of the NGO Coalition 15 years ago. The NGO Coalitions of Liberia is the premier…

Monrovia- United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Director, Anthony Chan, has pledged his organization’s financial and technical support to the President’s Young Professionals Program (PYPP), indicating that Liberia continues to benefit from the program. The PYPP is a public service leadership organization empowering high-achieving young Liberian university graduates to provide transformative solutions to pressing policy issues and service delivery. Dr. Chan made the assertion on Wednesday during the annual partners meeting of the PYPP held at a resort in Monrovia, when he indicated that with the small investments, it is producing huge dividends for those it trains and…

AUGUSTINE KPEHE NGAFUANFormer Minister of Foreign Affairs/Former Minister of Finance of LiberiaFebruary 21, 2017 1 INTRODUCTION To be frank, “The Challenges of Power Transfer in Africa”, is a loaded topic that will require a more exhaustive treatment than this article can explore. However, I will endeavor, within the limits of the article, to share my two cents’ worth on this very interesting and topical issue as honestly and forthrightly as possible. On last week Wednesday, the VOA and other news outlets reported that the Budget Director of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) had cast doubt on the holding of…

Monrovia – Members of the Sports Writers Association of Liberia (SWAL) will cast their ballots on Saturday December 15, 2018 to elect new officials that will lead the affairs of the association for the next two years. Report by Christopher C. Walker 00231777898224 / 00231886723075 [email protected] The election will replace the outgoing president Roland Mulbah led administration, which will expired at the end of December 2018. Mublah served two terms as president of the pen pushers According to the Election Committee headed by veteran Sports journalist Ernest McCay, Hassan Kiawu as Co-chair, Vincent Yelegar and Eddie Harmon as Secretary and…

SWAL aggrieved member Sally H. Gray Monrovia – An opposition group calling itself Sports Writers Association of Liberia Integrity team has accused the president of SWAL Roland Mulbah of infusing names of unqualified voters on the voters’ roll ahead of the media body election on Saturday, December 15, 2018. Report by Jaheim T. Tumu [email protected] The spokesperson of the group, Sally H. Gaye alleges that the current regime headed by Mr. Mulbah has a history of election irregularities.Report by Jaheim T. Tumu [email protected] The spokesperson of the group, Sally H. Gaye alleges that the current regime headed by Mr. Mulbah…

Monrovia – The Liberia Telecommunication Authority’s (LTA) decision to cancel the three-day free call promotion that is being offered by the country’s two GSM service providers – Lonestar Cell MTN and Orange – seems not to be going down well with many consumers. Report by Gerald C. Koinyeneh, [email protected] Recently, the LTA posted on its website a proposal for new floor pricing for both voice calls and data. The proposal sets the floor price for voice call at US$0.156 per minute and data at US$0.218 per megabyte. If the new price takes effect a dollar call card that once served…

Photo credit Nicolas Braguinsky / Civitas Maxima NETHERLANDS – From the 5th to the 12th of December, the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) – the oversight and legislative body of the International Criminal Court (ICC) – held its yearly meeting in The Hague, the Netherlands. During the ASP, Civitas Maxima together with the Center of Justice and Accountability co-hosted the event “Closing the impunity Gap: A Pragmatic Approach to Universal Jurisdiction”. It featured, Carmen Cheung, Legal Director of the Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA), Karim Ahman Khan QC, Head of the Investigative Team for ISIL in Iraq, and Alain…

MONROVIA – One of China’s representative ‘technical training’ Units—Companies—in Liberia, under the China-Liberia Friendship, has absorbed dozens of young Liberians into its fold. Its name is China-Aided Liberia Bamboo & Rattan Weaving and Vegetable Planting Technical Assistance Project.  Report by Samuel G. Dwweh, Contributor The Company is housed in the squared of connected white concrete buildings, located in the ‘SKD Community’, named after Liberia’s 18th President—Samuel Kanyon Doe, and less than twenty yards away from the fence Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex. One of the intakes is Rebecca Flomo, born in 1999. “I’m enjoying this work,” Rebecca told this reporter…

MONROVIA – Walking out of the walls of an institution should be joyous. I mean after a very hard and successful work, who doesn’t enjoy the rewards? Sadly, that was not the case with the 99th graduating commencement exercises of the University of Liberia, at least some batches. I wish I could say that I had a joyous experience. By Mae Azango, [email protected]  Initially, I didn’t wish to write this story but the persistence of others and the sad realities of what we experienced were more than enough to convince me otherwise. Particularly when I consider that in just nine to…