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Bong County – Serious tension is brewing in Sayeh town, Boisen District Bong County hours after a tragic motor accident resulted to the death of four persons. Report by Clarence Jackson, Contributor Although the exact cause of the accident remains unknown eyewitnesses said it involved a Toyota Hilux Pickup that belongs to a Chinese firm contracted by MNG Gold, A Turkish Mining Company operating in the area. According to report, the incident occurred on the evening of Monday November 5, 2018 when the vehicle collided with a motorcycle, killing the rider, a passenger and two pedestrians. Few minutes later, angry…

Lofa County – Liberia’s Minister of Agriculture Dr. Mogana Flomo, Jr has urged Liberians to take farming seriously if Liberia is to become self-sufficient. Minister Flomo was speaking in Foya Friday, November 2, 2018 at programs marking the official harvest launch of the Agriculture and Infrastructure Investment Company (AIIC). Since Minister took over the helm of the ministry, he has toured all of Liberia’s 15 counties motivating farmers and Liberians to invest in the soil. The 200 acres of upland is meant to foster government’s efforts in Public Private Partnership to make Liberia self sufficient in food production and also…

Walker Town, Careysburg – The Nimba Association of Massachusetts (NAM) has broken ground for the construction of a center for students hailing from the county. Located in Walker Town, Careysburg, outside Monrovia, the project when completed will host Nimba County students, who are attending classes on the University of Liberia Fendell campus, which is adjacent Careysburg District. According to NAM, the center, which will contain two dormitories for both males and females and a library, is expected to accommodate up to 144 students at a time. Speaking during the ground-breaking and fund-raising program over the weekend, NAM president Paul D.…

Monrovia – President George Weah recently submitted a bill to the Legislature asking for the cancellation of all tenured positions. But this request, has sparked a major debate in the country with some supporting the President’s decision while others are against. Liberians, including petit traders, students, youth and political pundits are all voicing their own concerns about what impacts they think the President’s request would have on the country. According to the bill, the National Elections Commission and the General Auditing Commission (GAC) remain the only institutions that will maintain their tenured statuses. In a conversation with FrontPageAfrica Monday, November…

Ganta, Nimba County – Stakeholders at the just ended National Dialogue on Health Financing Reform in Liberia have adopted a resolution calling for the reintroduction of the Revolving Drugs Fund (RDF) at all public health facilities. Report by Gerald C. Koinyeneh, [email protected] According to the stakeholders including county health officers, superintendents, legislators, civil society organizations and faith-based institutions, the RDF, when reintroduced will ease the problems of drug shortage and increasing threat of drug resistance as they ensure the availability of quality and essential medicines and medical supplies in public health facilities. The RDF was one of the mechanisms introduced…

Monrovia – The aid agency, Mercy Corps, has corroborated a FrontPage Africa report indicating that it is among institutions that provided funding for the charity agency, More Than Me (MTM) ‘humanitarian’ activities in Liberia. Report by Bettie K. Johnson-Mbayo, [email protected] A few weeks ago, this paper reported that US government was reviewing documents that enable MTM to be eligible to receive a grant from Mercy Corps through funding from USAID, the American government’s main development agency. “USAID is currently reviewing documentation related to the award to Mercy Corps and has additionally notified the USAID Office of Inspector General regarding the…

Monrovia – Cllr. Zeor Daylue Bernard, Advisor of Association of Female Lawyers in Liberia (AFELL) said persistent non-support cases have overwhelmed courts’ docket, adding that if not tackle this would lead to many women and children abandonment. Cllr. Bernard was speaking at the first launch of Young Women’s Leadership forum, an event for young women and girls organized by Girls Education and Empowerment Initiative (GEEI)and partners. She said men abandoning their spouse should interest respective institutions in the country so that measures will be put in place to reduce the increase of persistent non-support cases at the Ministry of Gender,…

Monrovia – The Civil Law Court “B” has become the new venue of the case involving the suspended president of the Liberia Marketing Association Alice Yeeban and Vice President Jewel Howard Taylor, this paper has reliably learned. Report by Kennedy L. Yangian, [email protected] Efforts on Monday, November 5, to verify with Presiding Judge Yussiff Kaba by seeking comment about the transfer of the case were not possible. The reporter was told that Judge Kaba had gone out to sympathize with the family members of a fallen staff of the court. However, a staff of the Civil Law Court “B” who…

Monrovia – Liberia’s Human Rights’ Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in collaboration with Finn Church Aid (FCA) and the Center for Civil and Political Rights (CCPR) with support from the European Union (EU) are convening a one day national stakeholder’s conference on November 7, 2018 in Monrovia to increase awareness on the recommendations from the Concluding Observations adopted by the United Nations Human Rights Committee (HRC) on Liberia and to explore opportunities for the Liberian State to implement the recommendations. The UN Human Rights Committee is the body of independent experts that monitors implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and…

Monrovia – The Office of the Vice President of the Republic of Liberia notes with utter dismay, attempts by the host of a local Radio Talk Show, Mr. Henry Costa, to denigrate the character of the Vice President by making totally untrue assertions about her activities. On the Monday, November 5th Edition of the Show, in spurious assertions, the Vice President was accused of having a meeting with Companies in the Gaming Sector sometime in early October, 2018, with an agenda to coerce them into making donations to the Jewel Starfish Foundation. Cognizant of the Office’s responsibility to remain engaged…