Author: Selma Lomax

Jorquelleh District Two, Bong County – Two persons have been confirmed dead and six others are still missing after a locally-made ferry capsized.

Selma Lomax, [email protected] Gbarnga, Bong County – The daughter of former Liberian president Charles Taylor has endorsed the candidacy of Senator Henry Yallah, days after Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor announced that she won’t support the senator’s re-election bid.

Gbarnga – Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor has made it clear that she will not support the re-election of Bong County Senator Henry Yallah, President George Weah’s candidate for the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC).

Gbarney, District Three, Bong County – Richard Farkia leans on the side of his cart as he prepares to leave his sugarcane field, bewildered by the formidable new pest that has ambushed his crops this month. An armyworm, which usually comes out at night, is seen on sugar cane crop around dusk at the Moseslon Village in electoral District Three in Bong County.

Gbarnga, Bong County – The Senate ambition of Deputy House Speaker Prince Moye continues to face scrutiny from residents of Bong County with many describing his bid as “unnecessary and greedy”.

Gbarnga, Bong County – A flurry of resignations has emerged within the Alternative National Congress (ANC) Bong County chapter following the resignation of the party’s former vice standard bearer, Jeremiah Sulunteh.

Gbarnga – Bong County Senator Henrique Tokpa has written a communication inviting the acting Officer-in-Charge of the Central Agricultural Research Institute (CARI), Paulette Findley, and the Board Chair of the entity to appear before the joint committees on Autonomous Commissions, Agencies and Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on Wednesday, July 22 at 11:00am in the Chambers of the Liberian Senate.

Gbarnga, Bong County – Jeremiah Sulunteh, former vice standard bearer of the Alternative National Congress (ANC) in the 2017 presidential elections, has resigned from the party in protest against the party’s decision not to support his bid for the Senate in December.

Monrovia-Ganta Highway – Seven days, three crashes, nine dead. This week has been a bad one on the Monrovia-Ganta highway. Tuesday, July 14, 2020 was the deadliest, adding six lives to Monriva-Ganta highway’s road toll – now 27 for 2020 alone.

Gbarnga, Bong County – With less than six months away, the ruling Coalition of Democratic Change (CDC) could split on a choice of candidate for the December 8 Special Senatorial election in Bong County. From the look of things in the county both President George Weah and his Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor could support different candidates.