Author: Contributing Writer

Government of Liberia planned food distribution exercise to be executed via the World Food Programme (WFP) continues to rally headlines, particularly with regard to the amount of more than US$9 million allocated for operational and administrative costs.

Tubmanburg – The National Bomi Citizens Association in the Americas, a conglomeration of a cross-section of citizens hailing from the county currently residing in the Americas, has pledged its unflinching support and commitment to galvanizing financial and material resources to urgently intervene in providing hope to the most vulnerable population in the county.

Monrovia  – As part of efforts to support the fight against the novel Coronavirus, the Library for Africa – a non-governmental organization – is providing hot meals to disadvantaged youths and elders in some parts of Montserrado County.

Boston  – For 40 years, Yves Lewis, owner and producer of the WildCubby Music record has worked successfully in the music business. He released a new single, I Can’t Breathe, featuring Seychelle Elise.

The Committee to Protect Journalists joined nine other human rights and press freedom groups yesterday in a statement calling on the Cameroonian government to allow for an independent probe into the death of journalist Samuel Wazizi. The statement calls for U.N. Security Council members to take advantage of a June 12 meeting with the U.N. Office of Central Africa to urge Cameroonian authorities to allow an independent, effective, thorough, and impartial investigation into the circumstances around the journalist’s death. Police arrested Wazizi, whose legal name was Samuel Ajiekah Abwue, on August 2, 2019, and transferred him to military custody on August 7,…

Since the second Republic of Liberia was ushered in 1980, we have now seen the emergence of a personality to a position of trust, intentionally determined to break with the past. The “Dillon Effect” on politics in Liberia should be seen by all Liberians as an opportunity to rewrite the values we ascribed to the true meaning of leadership, which are defined by character and principles such as integrity, discipline, humility, self-control, respect, maturity, faithfulness, etc.

The stories of nepotism and economic crimes in Liberia go back many generations, but for the purpose of this piece, I will focus on the recent decades of institutional corruption and economic crimes that have prevented the Liberian nation from achieving its best potentials.

Monrovia, Liberia:  The President of the Republic, Dr. George Manneh Weah has said that the state of emergency which is due to expire on June 9, 2020 will not be renewed.

New York — In response to a statement issued by the Cameroonian Ministry of Defense today that journalist Samuel Wazizi died in government custody in August 2019, the Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following statement:

Amos Tweh, [email protected], Contributing Writer An Executive Mansion backed-letter apparently under the supervision of Senate Protempore Albert Chie, purportedly written by Lofa County Senator George Tengbeh, requesting the Liberian Senate to investigate Montserrado county Senator Abraham Darius Dillon for “acts unbecoming of a Senator of this Republic”, is a pile of baseless claims. The letter refers to Senator Dillon’s frequent, persistent and pointed public advocacies against blatant legislative compromises and palpable collusion with the Executive against the interest of the suffering masses as “a smear campaign aimed at denigrating the Liberian Senate both wholly and individuallyand have caused massive injury to the characters of Senators of this noble institution”, Tengbeh noted.