Author: Alaskai Moore Johnson

BUCHANAN,GRAND BASSA – At least 49 volunteers have been trained under the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Project in Buchanan, Grand Bassa County, in an attempt to tackle the effect of climate change along that county’s coastal line. The training was conducted by the Society for the Conservation of Nature of Liberia (SCNL) during a two-day community-based adaptation workshop funded by the Green Climate Fund through the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The training, amongst other things, was focused on how to adapt to climate change and take action necessary to thwart the risk and…

MONROVIA – The Dominion Christian Fellowship Church’s head, Archbishop Isaac Winker, may get more condemnations this time from the ‘entire body of Christ’ under the Liberia Council of Churches, which is expected to meet to issue an official statement in response to his prophetic declaration, this newspaper has learned.

The late Dr. Frederick S. Gbegbe Monrovia – The remains of Dr. Frederick Saryon Gbegbe, former member of the National Transitional Legislative Assembly (NTLA), are expected to be interred in his home city of Bolahun, Lofa County on January 26, 2019. Dr. Gbegbe, who also served as a former President of the University of Liberia (UL), sadly passed on December 31, 2018, at the Eternal Love Winning Africa (ELWA) Hospital following a brief illness, his nephew, former Foreign Minister Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan said. Before the Prof’s remains are buried, his body will be removed from the Samuel Stryker Funeral Parlors…

MONROVIA – Montserrado County District #10 Representative Yekeh Yarkpawolo Kolubah Sunday, January 20, went rambling with President George Manneh Weah, accusing the Liberian leader of being “a tyrant and a dictator.”

Monrovia – The FrontPageAfrica has very reliably been told that Senator Prince Y. Johnson of Nimba County has reportedly proposed a constitutional amendment to give President George Weah a lifetime Presidency.

MONROVIA – Professor Alaric Tokpa, a prominent former student leader has condemned the suspension of student political activities on the campuses of the University of Liberia. Report by Alaskai Moore Johnson, [email protected] Responding to request by journalists to comment on the recent ban on student political activities at the university, Prof. Tokpa, who is also former head of the Political Science Department at the University of Liberia, said that the interference of University authorities with the legitimate and constitutional rights of students to associate, speak freely, and take actions in their own interest and the interest of the larger Liberian…

Madam Mawine G. Diggs, Director-General, National Commission on Higher Education breaking grounds for the construction of 24-classroom building and 6-room facility on the African Methodist Episcopal Zion University campus in Vincent Town, Lower Bomi County MONROVIA – The National Commission on Higher Education Director-General, Madam Mawine G. Diggs, is calling on authorities of higher institutions of learning, which are providing tertiary education, to develop curriculums that are tailored for present day job market. Report by Alaskai Moore Johnson, [email protected] Speaking at a groundbreaking ceremony over the weekend, Director-General Diggs emphasized that it was unfortunate for students to graduate from university…

MONROVIA – If members of the ruling party had thought that Mr. Alexander B. Cummings, the political leader of the opposition Alternative National Congress (ANC), who is very noted to be cool, cozy and a diplomat when dealing with issues of national concerns will remain that way come what may, they might have mistaken. Report by Alaskai Moore Johnson, [email protected] He is probably no longer that Cummings at least as his appearance and tune on inarguably the nation’s biggest and widely listened to radio talk-show showed on Thursday, January 10, morning. “The stealing has got to stop. You cannot have…

Professor Ambassador Dr Al-hassan Conteh said he was glad to be honored by ULFA MONROVIA – The University of Liberia Faculty Association (ULFA) today, December 15, presented certificate of honor to Dr. Al-Hassan Conteh, who now serves as Liberia’s Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Report by Alaskai Moore Johnson, [email protected] Before Dr. Conteh was appointed Liberia’s Ambassador to that West African superpower nation by former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, he served four years as President of the University of Liberia (UL)– beginning 2004 to 2008. In this position, Dr. Conteh had to work with the faculty daily. He…

The Triplets: Patience, Cecelia and Jonathan MONROVIA – The makeshift room where the triplets’ shelter is partially dark at day and depends only on a blazing sun-light flashing from a window. By Nathan P. Charles, Contributor Beautiful dress up, the kids were seeing laid on their back gazing into the room ceiling as a team of humanitarian workers arrived to meet them. Three beautiful triplets, two girls and a boy named Patience, Cecelia and Jonathan came into the world on November 26, 2018 to their struggling parents Jonathan Hills and Zoe Jallah. The parents of the triplets a residents of…