Author: Lennart Dodoo

JMichael Kumeh, Out-Going Country Representatives, 4Kids International MONROVIA – 4Kids International, a local US Based organization, based in Miami Florida, described the allegation by the International Justice Group (IJG), headed by Commissioner Jerome Verdier as false and misleading to the people of Liberia, regarding Jefferson T Koijee involvement into Liberia Civil crisis.

As men and women in arms observe the 63rd Armed Forces Day, President George M. Weah has for the third time toured the 14th Military Hospital even though it is yet to be fully completed and equipped with medical facilities and the requisite manpower. The hospital which sits on 5 of 75 acres was inspected again by the Commander-in-Chief on Monday, February 10, 2020. This project appears to be the biggest achievement of the CDC-led government after 2 years in power.

Exporters, nongovernmental organizations and some farmers are against the amendment of the LACRA law. The protesting stakeholders said that they were not engaged, consulted nor given an opportunity to share their insights and expertise with the lawmakers before the bill was drafted. Monrovia – A bill seeking to grant the Liberian Agricultural Commodity Regulatory Authority (LACRA) the exclusive right to export cocoa and coffee from Liberia is now the topmost debate among major agricultural actors and stakeholders.

MARGIBI COUNTY – The Resident Judge of the 13th Judicial Circuit Court of Margibi County, Mardea Tarr-Chenoweth, has decried that the government’s salary harmonization program is depressing Judges and magistrates and undermining the effectiveness of the Judiciary.

Former Senatorial and Presidential candidate McDella Cooper believes the Weah-led administration must focus on diversifying the economy to ease the economic hardship rather than concentrating all its energy on the building of roads MONROVIA – Former Presidential Candidate in the 2017 General and Presidential Elections MacDella Cooper has heavily criticized the George Weah-led government’s plans to squarely concentrate on the construction of roads and not giving much priority to improving the livelihoods of Liberians.

MONROVIA – Things are reportedly going amiss at the Ministry of Justice as the struggle for power between the Minister of Justice and the Solicitor General is leaving many junior staffers confused as to whose instructions to take.

FPA has gathered from viewing of port records that the port was dredged in 2017 by Nordsee Dredging International, a subsidiary of Dredging Environment Marine International (DEME Group). Four years earlier, in 2012, another company, Van Oord dredged the port.  Monrovia – A new wrangle has surfaced amid lingering questions over what is really responsible for the shortage of gasoline in Liberia. 

Pres. Weah urges members of his party to vent their anger by voting for the CDC, but Montserrado County Senator Darius Dillon says Pres. Weah’s poor performance and disgraceful levels of corruption made CDC unattractive to voters Monrovia – The loss of Montserrado County’s senatorial seat and that of the Electoral District #6 is not being taken lightly by the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) which regards the county as their stronghold. 

President of the World Lebanese Cultural Union of Liberia Ahmed Wazni Monrovia – The president of the World Lebanese Cultural Union of Liberia Ahmed Wazni is optimistic that the forthcoming referendum – especially the provision on dual citizenship – will come to a reality.

Mr. Al Varney Rogers said, despite the economic challenge facing the country, his leadership will do its best to achieve by working to make the only Law school in the country “the greatest in the country’s history” Monrovia – The newly inducted president of the Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law Student Association (LAWSA) of the University of Liberia, Al-Varney Rogers says his leadership will work frantically with the Liberia National Bar Association to enable students to develop their skills while, at the same time, naming several projects he will lead the students to implement.