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Monrovia – To keep marketers safe during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, the Liberia Marketing Association, Inc. (LMA) in partnership with the First Responders Emergency Medical Services Association Inc. organized a workshop on preventing the spread of the virus.   Thousands of marketers working in congested markets are at serious risk of contracting and spreading COVID-19.

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MONROVIA – Several traditional elders, including paramount chiefs of the Konobo Administrative District, Grand Gedeh County have reiterated that they will not honor or allow any governance structure that may be created as a result of what they called the so-called Konobo Community Forest Elections of January 23, 2019, and the supposed February 23, 2020 Elections respectively.

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Introduction I extend thanks and appreciation to the Institute for Policy Studies and Research at the University of Liberia and the other partners who organized this two-day “Dialogue on National Reconciliation and Social Cohesion in Liberia” for inviting me to speak on the topic “Ensuring Macroeconomic Stability and Sustained Growth: One Critical Pathway to National Reconciliation and Social Inclusion in Liberia.” Given our history of violent and deadly social and political convulsions, the criticality of national reconciliation and social inclusion to the achievement of peace and progress in Liberia cannot be gainsaid. The creation of a platform by the organizers…

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Normally, a legitimate public interest in a subject matter or the people involved will outweigh any embarrassment to the one named. FrontPage Africa’s March 18, 2020 Editorial, titled: Calling the Names of Those Coming Down with COVID-19 Is Wrong; Stop the Stigma, Mr. President, Min. Nagbe & NPHIL, for most part, indicated that President Weah made a “fatal mistake” to have named Mr. Nathaniel Blama, Head of Liberia’s Environmental Protection Agency, and Liberia’s index case of COVID-19.

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Suacoco, Bong County – The Varney Taylor Foundation (VTF), a humanitarian organization, has donated a drum of diesel and a check of L$50,000 to the Phebe Hospital in Bong County. The hospital is presently in serious need of some of the basic items so that its doors can remain open. It has been dark because of the lack of fuel to power its generator. Most of the foundation’s donations have been carried out in Bomi County, the home of Cllr. Varney Blamo Taylor, the foundation’s chief financier, who currently resides in the US. However, being touched by the ugly experiences…

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It is often said that the true test of leadership does not come when everything is smooth sailing, but rather when everything seems challenging and the road ahead is very rough and dark. The manner in which leaders conduct themselves, including the level of honesty, integrity, and confidence in the midst of national crisis will reflect on the overall direction of a nation in troubling times. While there is no one blanket solution to every problem, we know that every problem, especially national crisis, should be met with steadiness, preparedness, and integrity. In the Liberian context, the issue that have…

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MONROVIA – The children of Mr. Johnson Koyeah, 60, have expressed disdained over the continuous search of their father by the Liberia National Police (LNP). Mr. Koyeah- a businessman, reportedly when missing since 2018 and is yet to be found. Speaking to reporters in a joint news conference in Monrovia recently, the six children of the missing businessman in separate remarks said, prior to their father going missing, he was the only source of income for them. According to them, their father is a businessman who travels a lot within the 15 subdivisions of Liberia, failed to show-up since his…

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