Author: FPA Staff Reporter

On January 17, 1980, a British ship The Trident rescued Captain Aimitrios Georoulis, Chief Engineer Antonios Kalomiropoulos – both of Greece nationality – and 24 crewmen (Tunisians and Greeks) in the Atlantic Ocean, off the Senegalese coast.

Monrovia – Liberia’s Ministry of National Defense has reacted sharply to contention by the Senate Committee Chair on Defense, Security, Intelligence and Veteran Affairs Steven H. Zargo, that wrongly-placed managers are placed at the head of some security institutions; describing them as ‘square pegs in round holes’.

Monrovia – The Liberian National Police says it is in the process of weeding bad apples from the force. With the dismissal Wednesday of two of its officers, Patrolman Samuel Y. Wesseh (Badge #:  5421) and Thomas C. Clark (Badge #: 5412) for what it terms as criminal conspiracy and forgery.

THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT of noise lately surrounding the Global Witness Report which has unravelled a high-stakes bribery scandal that is spinning heads and drawn senior-level government officials into the fire.

Monrovia – About 25 former officials of the National Oil Company of Liberia (NOCAL) appear likely to face a long wait for severance benefits they are owed after NOCAL missed a deadline to pay their latest agreed quarterly payment at the end of last month.

Monrovia – President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on Tuesday, May 17, 2016 received a six-man high-powered delegation from the World Lebanese Cultural Union (WLCU) at her Foreign Ministry Office in Monrovia where they presented a check of US$100,000 towards the implementation of the multi-purpose Student Service Center at Tubman University in Harper, Maryland County.

Monrovia – Augustine Ngafuan has never hidden his ambitions. Some say his unhidden desire for the highest office in the land is a slap in the face and in the views of many equivalents to biting the hands that has fed him over the past ten years.

Monrovia – Despite some resistance against the scope of its work and lack of trust issues raised by some of those named, the Special Task Force set up by President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf to probe allegations of bribery in a report by the London-based watchdog group, Global Witness, alleging that over $950,000 in bribes and other suspicious payments were made to top Liberian officials by the United Kingdom-based Sable Mining company and its Liberian lawyer, Varney Sherman; is pressing ahead.

Monrovia – Dr. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs says the American government has a very strong monitoring system in place that keeps track of funds and resources are utilized.