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The judiciary branch says unwarranted attacks from Liberia’s Representative at the International Maritime Organization, Mr. Isaac Jackson published in FrontPageAfrica Monday is worrying and dangerous for the administration of justice and could sent the wrong signals to the reading public and put the safety of the Justices and Judges at risk. Monrovia -The Judiciary Branch of Government has termed as unacceptable and unwarranted, the increasing wave of media attacks on the individual persons of the Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of Liberia as well as Judges of subordinate courts, which if not checked could put the…

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USA – Liberia’s Finance and Development Planning Minister Samuel D. Tweah has urged Africa’s development partners to redirect their assistance toward investment in infrastructure and agriculture. Serving as one of the panelists at the African Development Bank (AfDB) forum on Investing in Africa’s Resilience: Creating Jobs and Wealth through Regional Markets, Minister Tweah noted the need for the new structural thinking on the design of Overseas Development Assistance (ODA). According to the Ministry of Finance, for more than five decades, the share of ODA that goes to social service has been far greater than what goes to infrastructure development. “Social…

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The newly asphalt paved Fish Town to Harper road in Southeastern Liberia Harper, Maryland – On April 7, 2019, China Railway No 5 completed 66 kilometers of the Fish Town-Harper Road, marking the end of phase one of the landmark road project in the southeast of Liberia. The completion of the asphaltic binder course of the project by the Chinese engineering company signals the firm’s commitment to the development of Liberia’s road network, which is considered the first priority of President George Weah. A ceremony to commemorate the completion of the road was attended by county superintendents, district superintendents, police…

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Saints Friskies Alumni Association – USA (SFAA-USA), the organization that represents graduates and former students of St. Teresa’s Convent (STC) and St. Patrick’s High School (SPHS), continues to demonstrate what it means to give back to one’s alma mater.  On Tuesday, April 2, 2019, SFAA-USA remitted the amount of $16,994.05 USD to STC as second semester payment for tuition and supplies for 62 girls benefitting from their Alumni-To-Student Sponsorship Program (A2S). This brings the total remittance for Academic Year 2018-2019 to $47,324.10 USD for 101 girls. Since launching the A2S Program in August 2017, SFAA-USA has remitted a total of…

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AFL soldiers in a drill on Armed Forces Day The day was Wednesday, August 20, 2014 and soldiers of the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) had been deployed in West Point to enforce an Ebola quarantine imposed by the government a previous day. Residents were angered after the commissioner of the seaside township was evacuated on a day the epidemic reached more than 1,300 cases. The soldiers flogged people and the people threw stones at the soldiers. Then there were gunshots and afterwards 15-year-old Shaki Kamara lay on the sidewalk in agony and pain. His right leg shattered by bullet.…

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