Author: Alaskai Moore Johnson

President Weah has withdrawn the nomination for the NEC Chair-designate post of Cllr. A. Ndubusi Nwabudike (pictured) 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…

The donated from the Grand Lodge of Masons in Liberia items included bags of 25-kg rice, sacks of bottled mineral water, gallons of vegetable oil, beans, cartons of juices, etc 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).

Sabato Neufville (with jacket) handed over an assortment of anti-covid-19 materials valued at US$9000 to Health Minister Dr. Welhimina Jallah on his immediate right 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).

The Contact Tracers had to be placed 6 feet apart for the training 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…

Mr. McCarthy Weljay, SRC Medical Superintendent providing education to community & clusters heads and camp masters on COVID-19 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…

The Political Leader of the opposition Alternative National Congress (ANC), Mr. Alexander Benedict Cummings is being quarantined at the Palm Spring Resort 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…

Mr. Alexander 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.

The 5 motorbikes and two of the four pickup trucks that were handed to NPHIL by UNFPA and LISGIS for contact tracing during this Covid-19 outbreak 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.