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The Editor, The Concerned Citizens United to Bring Our Money Back (COCUBOMB), a coalition of over 26 civil society organizations, vehemently frowns on latest statement from Speaker Bhofal Chambers suggesting non-compliance with foreign investigators, including FBI, who are in Liberia to forensically probe this missing L$16 billion mystery. In his press statement, which in our opinion was overloaded with subterfuge and blatant blame-shifting on ex-President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Chambers said that Lawmakers would never be subjected to any form of probe by foreign investigators. COCUBOMB considers such statement as an unwarranted display of arrogance, crudity and scare tactic only intended to…

In recent decades, the vast majority of armed engagements in the world occur within single states, rather than between states. Apart from perpetrating great human suffering in the immediate area of conflict, civil wars have major impacts on stability and prosperity throughout the regions where they occurred, with no exception to the years of bloodbaths in Liberia and neighboring Sierra Leone which finally came to an end about 14 years ago following the intervention of the global body United Nations and Liberia’s development partners. Credit first to the former President of America, George W. Bush who as I collect said:…

FT. MEYERS, Fla. – As interracial marriages become more commonplace and accepted but still face scrutiny from bigoted groups, author Anita Katherine Dennis shares her own story of how God helped her sustain her own interracial and intercultural marriage, especially as she served as the chief’s wife in a remote Liberian village. Her memoir, “Beyond Myself: The Farm Girl and the African Chief,” details the extremes of her life with her husband. As a chief’s wife, she slept in mud huts but dined with the Liberian president in mansions. She was carried on a chief’s hammock through the forest then…

Monrovia – Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), on Tuesday, October 30, 2018 named Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf to one of its two external advisory groups consisting of economic, financial, and public policy experts to inform the IMF’s 2020 Comprehensive Surveillance Review (CSR). The periodic review seeks to explore the IMF’s effectiveness in monitoring global economic developments and delivering policy advice to its 189 member countries. It will be forward-looking in nature and framed by the global macro-financial environment and other secular trends, including digital technology. The review will guide the IMF’s operational priorities through 2025. “To accomplish…

It was an incident I remember all too well! A decade ago, during the heat of the rainy season, members of the notorious marauding armed gang, ISSAKABA, attacked the home of Sackie J. V Sackie’s guardians on Perry Street. Sackie was then an eighth grader of the Don Bosco Technical High School in Sinkor. His father, Cyrus, wrestled with the men and when they realized they were no match for his strength, they splashed the interior of his home with acid, raw one, which touched the face of Sackie and disfigured him for life. The splashed acid also scarred his guardians…

Monrovia – President George Manneh Weah has submitted before the 54th Legislature a bill calling for the cancellation of tenure positions within the Executive Branch of Government. Report by Gerald C. Koinyeneh, [email protected] The bill entitled “An Act Prohibiting the Tenure of Public Officials Within the Executive Branch of Government” was captured on the agenda read by the Deputy Chief Clerk, J. Sayfah Geeplay, of the House of Representatives during the first day sitting of the Legislature’s re-called session on Tuesday, October 30. Immediately after the adoption of the agenda, the Members of the House voted to go in Executive…

Monrovia – The African Group of the International Association of Judges has described the retirement benefit of The National Association of Trial Judges of Liberia as “Affront to judicial independence” in the country. Report by Kennedy L. Yangian, [email protected] The African Group of the IAJ said it was informed of the appalling retirement benefit of judges and magistrates in country by the four-man delegation representing The National Association of Trial Judges of Liberia at its 61st Meeting in Marrakech, Morocco. In a resolution to the Government of Liberia, the group said the retirement benefit is grossly insufficient for judges and…

Monrovia – On Tuesday, October 30, members of the Legislature boycotted their annual recess, which should have taken them to January 2019, and returned to offices early. It is, however, unclear to some of them why they were being asked to reconvene when there are no emergency situations facing the nation, according to some. Report by Henry Karmo, [email protected]  There are speculations, however, in the public on why the lawmakers were asked to hastily return on Capitol Hill to go into extraordinary sessions. On Tuesday Senators spent hours behind closed door. One of them told this newspaper that they spent…

New Castle, Delaware – The Association of Liberian Journalists in the Americas (ALJA) says while it welcomes Liberia’s President, George Weah, manifested interest in the education of the country’s youths, it is urging the administration to quickly identify the source of funding for the recently announced tuition free policy for undergraduate students across public universities and colleges. The Association in a press release issued on Monday, October 29, 2018, said in these dire economic times, the President has a responsibility to clearly articulate the financial implications and long-term sustainability of a policy that affects thousands of undergraduate students in the…

Monrovia – At least 15 law enforcement officers of the Liberian National Police and the Judiciary sustained wounds over the weekend while trying to effect a court’s judgment. Report by Bettie K. Johnson-Mbayo, [email protected] They had tried to enforce an ejectment action titled, “The Intestate Estate of the late Joseph Jartu Abu by and thru George E.S. Freeman of Monrovia versus Stephen Zeon, Koko Jimmy, Abraham Z. Kai and Jimmy K. Putu of Monrovia.” The case, according to the court’s staff, had spent over a decade at the court due to the judge’s delay in handing down judgment. The case…