Author: Selma Lomax

Suakoko, Bong County – The Ministry of Health has withdrawn all of its assigned doctors from Phebe Hospital in reaction to the hospital’s board decision to reject the transfer of Dr. Jefferson Sibley, the hospital’s medical director.

Gbarnga, Bong County – Prince Garlawolo, a notorious criminal in Gbarnga, Tuesday admitted to police investigators that he and the deceased Radio Paraclete journalist Chris David had gone to steal a goat on the night of October 29 on Tucker Farm before he (David) was shot in the stomach by the owner of the farm.

Gbartala & Gbarnga, Bong County – Former fighters of Charles Taylor’s National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) in Bong County have endorsed the candidacy of Menikpakei Dumoe, the only candidate in the Bong County Senate election contesting with an agenda tied to the release of the former Liberian president. Taylor is still a household name in Bong politics since he was sentenced to 50 years in prison for crimes committed in neighboring Sierra Leone. Dumoe said Taylor should be released to ensure peace and stability in West Africa. In Bong, Taylor formed an unofficial government in 1991. Residents in the…

Gbarnga, Bong County – Following examinations Saturday of the corpse of murdered Bong journalist Chris David, a senior police officer who was part of the forensic police team that examined the body confirmed to FrontPage Africa that a weapon was used to murder the journalist. However, the police didn’t disclose which weapon was used. “From our examination of the body I can confirm that bullet was used to kill the journalist,” the police officer told our reporter.

Gbarnga – Chris David, a reporter working for Radio Paraclete, has been found dead in Gbarnga with gunshots wounds.

Gbarnga, Bong County – Advocacy for women land ownership rights and call to empower women in Liberia were some of the topics that dominated a three-day workshop on the first Rural Women Land Rights Conference in Gbarnga.

Kokoyah District, Bong County – A delegation from the Ministry of Mines and Energy on Thursday, October 22, 2020 held a stakeholders’ dialogue in David Dean’s Town, Boinsen District on the operations of MNG Gold Liberia.

Gbarnga, Bong County – Two inmates were found dead last week in their cells at the Gbarnga Central Prison, prison officials said. Prince Zennah and Stephen Flomo were found unresponsive at Unit 6, prison officials told FrontPageAfrica Tuesday. The deaths are believed to be unrelated, prison officials said. Zennah, 29, was pronounced dead at 6:17 am on Tuesday, October 20 , while Flomo, 32, was pronounced dead at 1 PM on Friday, October 23. Flomo had been in prison since February 23, 2015, serving a 40-year sentence for murder. Zennah, for his part, had just completed his four months detention…

Gbarnga, Bong County – Former Bong County lawmaker George Mulbah has rejected the role offered him by the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change to serve as co-chairman of the party’s campaign team in Bong county. On October 23, the Coalition for Democratic announced Mulbah as co-chair of its campaign team in the county. But Mulbah, who had earlier announced his support for Deputy Speaker Prince Moye, rejected his appointment, terming it as “political and unrealistic”. In a Facebook podcast, Mulbah said: “My support to Rep. Prince Moye for the Senate was far given before Senator Henry Yallah joined the CDC,…

Gbarnga, Bong County – Election season is in full swing in Bong County. The race for the Senate seat is becoming interesting, even more intriguing, considering the level of ongoing alignment and realignment of forces among the contenders.  As at now, it is difficult to predict where the pendulum will swing.