Author: Alaskai Moore Johnson

Monrovia – President George Manneh Weah has heeded the advice of FrontPageAfrica and has written Senate Protemp Albert Chea informing the Senate that he (Weah) is withdrawing the nomination of the National Elections Commission (NEC) Chair-designate, Cllr. A. Ndubusi Nwabudike. In this newspaper’s April 1, 2020 Editorial titled: ‘To Avoid The Many Backlashes, Just Withdraw His Nomination, Mr. President’, we advise the President to do just what he did today. In President Weah’s withdrawal letter he stated: “Dear Mr. President Pro-Tempore: I do hereby withdraw nominations for Cllr. A. Ndubusi Nwabudike, Chairman-designate, National Elections Commission and Cllr. Edwin K. Martin,…

Monrovia – Liberian Free Masons from the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Masons in partnership with the General Grand Chapter of Order of the Eastern Star, Republic of Liberia Wednesday, April 1, made a donation of assorted items to the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL).

Monrovia – The Kingsley Lington Academy High School in collaboration with Professional Outreach Incorporated (POI), a group of Liberian staffs, who worked with the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) Monday, March 30, made a donation of personal protective equipment (PPE) valued at US$9000 to the Ministry of Health. Presently, Liberia has joined the rest of the world combating Covid-19, the disease associated with the 2019 Novel Coronavirus. 

Monrovia – Qualifications issues, including experience, competence and academics are some of the obstacles that might likely hamper the chances of all or some of President George Manneh Weah’s latest nominees on the Board of the National Elections Commission (NEC).

Monrovia – The National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL), with support from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS), has begun the training of at least 100 Liberians, who are going to serve as “Contact Tracers” for anyone who may have come in some form of contact with a suspected or confirmed Covid-19 case. According to Liberian health authorities, presently the country has three confirmed cases of those who have come down with the virus. Of these three, at least 400 contacts have been identified. These include “low and high-risk…

Kakata,  Margibi – The management of Salala Rubber Corporation (SRC) in Gibi District, Upper Margibi County, has put into place several preventative measures within its plantation as Liberia fight to defeat Covid-19. Speaking to the Liberia News Agency (LINA), SRC’s Medical Superintendent, Mr. McCarthy Weljay, said the company’s medical team will continue working with the Margibi County Health Team to ensure that every preventive measure is instituted so none of the company’s employees, or nearby community dwellers will be infected with the present global pandemic. According to Weljay, they are not taking the situation lightly as they have begun putting hand…

Monrovia – The situation that led to tension between Mr. Alexander Benedict Cummings’ Alternative National Congress (ANC) and the Liberian National Police (LNP) is said to now be a water under the bridge. In a press release, ANC informed all of its partisans, sympathizers, well-wishers and the general public that it and the Liberian Government reached a resolution on the issue of their Political Leader’s security. This incident had begun on Monday night when the Deputy Police Inspector General for Operations, Officer Marvin Sackor, ordered Mr. Cummings’ security detail to immediately vacate the Palm Spring Resort, where he (Cummings) is…

Monrovia – Tension was said to be brewing on Tuesday, March 24, between officers of the Liberian National Police (LNP) and the private security detail of Mr. Alexander Benedict Cummings, the Political Leader of the opposition, Alternative National Congress (ANC). This incident began on Monday night when the Deputy Police Inspector General for Operations, Officer Marvin Sackor, ordered Mr. Cummings’ security detail to immediately vacate the Palm Spring Resort, where he (Cummings) is being held in quarantine after his return from Accra, Ghana.  

Monrovia – The Liberia Medical and Dental Association (LMDA) has, with immediate effect postponed its proposed regular national retreat slated to have taken place in Ganta, Nimba County.

Monrovia – UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, has handed over four pickup trucks, five motorbikes and 60 pieces of mobile phone to the National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL) to support surveillance and contact tracing during the 2019 Novel Coronavirus disease outbreak in Liberia.