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The author Jerry Tarbolo, Jr. In his speech posted April 15, 2002, Cllr. Tiawan S. Gongloe, indicated the role of civil society in promoting peace and development in the MRU space, (http://www.theperspective.org/gongloemruspeech.html).  The astute lawyer, who also was a civil society activist, reminded civil society groups that… “The only guide to getting involved in political activities is that the objectives of those activities should be lawful and the manner of achieving them must be lawful”.  I should hasten to state that the lawyer was inclined to know that civil society groups as part of the body politics of the region…

The Editor, Who is and who  is not a “First Clsss Citizen” of Liberia? Once you are not a First Class Citizen then what are the other categories of citizenship and what determines how you belong to the other classes?  How does one become a “First Class Citizen?” How does one lose his/her First Class citizenship status if one is no longer in government?  Or, is it for life? Do you have to be elected or appointed to a government position to enjoy “First Class Citizenship” status? I didnt know there are three lanes roads in Liberia where the third…

The Editor, Associate Justice Nagbe is our respected Justice of the Supreme Court. He should be interpreting the laws of the Nation. He should be telling Police Officers who set him up to break the law that they are wrong.

The Editor, Misprint, Misprint, it can’t be true?? Rodney Sieh and FPA, are you sure? I beg to differ. Or, call it “steal from steal makes God laugh.” Or, a case of John’s palm oil waste on John’s rice. Or, the kukujumuku and the merry go round. Now you know how don’t-give-a-darn regime is run. Wipe your tears and tell Gbekugbeh thank you that his hired killers of former rebel generals did not “Harry-Greaves” you or “Matthew-Innis” you….because of your mom. When things begin to fall apart in Liberia in the current Pro-Poor CDC regime, anything goes and the poor…

Amos Tweh, [email protected], Contributing Writer  It has been gathered from the grapevine that President Weah submitted the draft Recast Budget, as required by the Resolution approving the State of the Emergency, to the National Legislature on Sunday, May 17, 2020. The process has proceeded surreptitiously because contrary to the requirements of transparency set out in the Public Financial Management (PFM) Law and public policy formulation, the public was never informed about the submission of the Recast Budget. To date, not a single press release on the submission of the Recast Budget was issued by the Executive Mansion, MICAT, the MFDP, or…

The author, Jerry Tarbolo, Jr. Many academics that I spoke with had limited faith in the possibility of an “Africa Unity”, in fact to many; African Unity is an illusion that may never be realized. One of the simple reasons for such an extreme disbelief is because of “Mis-education”. The African Union may change its objectives as many times as possible, it may even change it nomenclature as it did from the Organization of African Unity-OAU to the African Unity-AU, the problem shall continue to persist. Changing nomenclatures and objectives are just mere attempt to treat the symptoms of an…

The Editor, Let me run my mouth small-small on this failed and fake democracy we have in Liberia.

In Liberia, people are not used to doing due diligence. When an individual or institute sets out to conduct due diligence it is usually misconstrued as being based on distrust and creates unnecessary despondence. This is why so many things go wrong and GOL is usually embarrassed. The GOL has not been conducting due diligence therefore it has produced platforms for being bamboozled.  Simply Thinking Thoughts Mwalimu-Koh Blonkanjay Jackson (MsEd, EdM) In my thinking thoughts, I pondered the current morass of the COVID-19 and the social, political and economic occurrences which could not wait but are unfolding.

These rapid initiatives caused a good deal of chagrin among Americo-Liberians who accused you of “letting the peasants into the kitchen.” Indeed, it lacked support within your own administration. While the indigenous majority felt the change was occurring too slowly, many Americo-Liberians felt it was too rapid.  William Richard Tolbert, Jr. born May 13, 1913 in Bensonville, Montserrado County, attended the Bensonville Elementary School, Crummell Hall Episcopalian High School, and graduated summa cum laude from the University of Liberia in 1934. 

The Liberian National Police has gone through some very difficult times over the years before and after the civil war. I wish to address policing in general in our Liberia. I would also address policing in the rest of Africa but first, let’s take care of our home. What about policing in Liberia? How do we change the narrative? We cry out for justice – we call upon the police to help us solve crimes committed against us. We cry and call out for the police to come in and settle disputes. We expect the police to perform at their…