Author: Alpha Daffae Senkpeni

Monrovia – Residents in Sayewheh Town in Bong County are concern that the presence of a Tilling Storage Facility or TSF belonging to Turkish mining company MNG Gold within the vicinity of a local school is allegedly posing health hazard to the students. Protest on Monday, 22 October by mostly mothers of pupils of the school called for the remover of the TSF after over 20 children had fallen ill. They were showing several symptoms of illness like vomiting with blood, stomach pain and fever. The community, located in Suokoko District in the central Liberian county, hosts the largest mining…

Monrovia – The scarcity of petroleum products on the Liberian market is becoming a cause for concern, as major importers and the Liberian government remain in a deadlock over a new price. Report by Alpha Daffae Senkpeni, [email protected] Several major service stations across Monrovia and Paynesville are short on product, and some retailers have hiked the price while others are creating artificial scarcity. On Monday, consumers, including drivers, were seen moving from one station to another and where gasoline was available, vehicles were seen in long queues. Stations that have limited supplies were rationing to customers. At one gas station…

Monrovia – Former Sinoe County Senator now Associate Justice Joseph Nagbe has contested calls for him to recuse himself from the Supreme Court Bench during the hearing of the impeachment proceeding against Associate Justice Kabineh Ja’neh. Report By: Kennedy L.Yangian [email protected] Associate Justice Nagbe, the newest Supreme Court Associate Justice, reaction was made at the Supreme Court Thursday, October 19, when lawyers representing the legal interest of the embattled Associate Justice Ja’neh, called for his recusal during the resumption of the proceeding at the Supreme Court. Cllr. Arthur Johnson, who spoke on behalf of the team of lawyers representing Associate…

Monrovia – President George Manneh Weah Thursday, October 18, 2018 signed the Book of Condolence for fallen Commissioner of the Liberia Immigration Service (LIS), Col. Lemuel E. A. Reeves. Commissioner Reeves died September 30, 2018 at the Fidelity Hospital on 20th Street in Monrovia, following a brief illness. Col. Reeves was one of Liberia’s best security experts who served the nation for more than 30 years. He also worked with the Liberia National Police as a criminal investigator in the Criminal Investigation Division (CID), instructor at the Liberian National Police Training Academy and chief legal officer of the LNP. President Weah…

Monrovia – The National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA) has begun preparations for the establishment of Collaborative Management Associations (CMAs) in coastal counties across the Country, beginning with Montserrado County.  The effort is aimed at building stronger partnership with fishing communities, thereby increasing revenue generation in the fisheries sector. Appearing on a local Talk show Thursday October 18, 2018 in Monrovia, the Director General of the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority, Madam Emma Metieh-Glassco said the CMA establishment would, among other things, seek to properly organize and coordinate fishing communities with the ultimate goal of empowering local fishermen across the…

Bomi County – Four years ago, James E. Cooper embarked on revolutionizing Liberia’s lucrative rubber sector – moving away from selling to foreign concessions to processing cup-lump cultivated from his farm for export to Asia and the United States. Report By: Alpha Daffae Senkpeni / [email protected] Now, his sight is set on value addition despite the insistent distractions spurting from political and economic uncertainties in the country. As the Chief Executive Officer of the Cooper Rubber Farm in Bomi County, many industry observers perceive him as a tenacious game changer – the kind that is making several international rubber companies in the…

Monrovia – When President George Manneh Weah mounted the podium on January 22, 2018 in a crowded SKD Sports Stadium, he promised the world a business-friendly Liberia. Reported by Alpha Daffae Senkpeni [email protected] Said Weah: “To the private sector, I say to you that Liberia is open for business. We want to be known as a business-friendly government. We will do all that is within our power to provide an environment that will be conducive for the conduct of honest and transparent business. We will remove unnecessary regulatory constraints that tend to impede the establishment and operation of business in…

Buchanan, Grand Bassa County – The limited dissemination of proper facts and information about mental illness to the public is one major factor impeding mental health services to people with mental infirmity in Grand Bassa County, according to two mental health clinicians at the Liberian Government Hospital (LGH) in Buchanan.