Author: Selma Lomax

Gbarnga – On Friday, August 23 it was a dream-come-true for many when Forum Syd Liberia, a non-governmental organization, signed grants agreement to provide the first direct support to nine Civil Society Organizations (CSOs).

Gbarnga – Twenty-eight-year old Amos Molon is within the grips of the Bong County Police Detachment after a DNA test from the Forensic Laboratory in Virginia, United States of America, linked him to the death of Sata Binda, who lived in Gbartala prior to her death.

Tiangay right with some parents and girls during the launch of the “Send Your Girl Child to School” campaign Gbarnga, Bong County – Girls will do better than boys if they are given the chance, said Zenabia Tiangeh Taylor, executive director, Impact Girls Liberia, a non-governmental organization, at the launch last week of the ‘Send Your Girl Child to School’ campaign in Gbarnga, Bong County.

Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor told Bong County’s residents that she will support any credible candidate they put forward for the 2020 Senatorial Election Sanoyea District – Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor on Friday, August 2, said she would support any credible candidate produced by the people of Lower Bong for the senatorial election in 2020. Speaking at the first graduation ceremony of the Kerkula Giddings Senior High School when she served as guest speaker, VP Howard-Taylor said she would support any credible candidate of Lower Bong due to the fact that the two senators should not come from the same region…

VP Taylor to Rebecca Heilman: ‘Thank you very much, Rebecca. By your graduation today you have shown that you can move mountains and can face any obstacle that will come your way. I am very proud of you’ Sanoyea District, Bong County – Rebecca Heilman says it is never too late to finish what you have started, even if it takes more than a decade to do so. The 60-year-old mother of seven children and grandmother celebrated receiving her high school diploma Friday, August 2, from the Kerkulah Giddings Senior High School in Sanoyea District. She graduated with an enviable…

Dr. Henrique Tokpa was elected in 2018 during the by-election to replace now Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor Gbarnga, Bong County – Citizens of Bong County have been expressing anger over recent comments made by Senator Henrique Tokpa, who said he didn’t promise the people of Bong County any development and didn’t promise to send any citizen of the county to school. He further added: “I only came to tell you thank you for voting me in the 2018 senatorial by-election.” Bong citizens see this as an inflammatory comment that has earned Senator Tokpa ire and unfriendly attention from his fellow…

Wayzohn, Grand Bassa County – A charity organization has honored over 100 old folks from across District #3, Grand Bassa County for being positive mentors for the young generation.

Monrovia – Sports betting has a relatively long history in Liberia. However, winning jackpot of over one million Liberian dollars is somehow uncommon. But history was made last week when a classroom teacher of the Phebe Community Lutheran School in Suakoko District, Bong County, won the amount of L$1,438,280 (US$7,016) with just L$90 (US$0.45) from two tickets.

Graduating class of the Sanoyea Elementary School Sanoyea, Bong County – The Ministry of Education on Friday, July 19, extolled the education focused international NGO, Bridge International Academy, of being supportive to the educational sector of Liberia over the years. The assertion was made at the K-2 and 6-grade graduation exercises of the Sanoyea Elementary Public School, one of the Bridge’s sponsored schools in Sanoyea District in Bong County.                                                    MOE’s Communications Director and Public Relations, J. Maxim Bleetan, who proxy for Bong County Education Officer Rev. Armah Varfee as guest speaker of the occasion, said over the years the…

Gbarnga, Bong County – A group under the banner, United Bong County Association in the Americas (UBCAA), is calling on the Attorney General of Liberia to speed up trials of former and current lawmakers of Bong County indicted by the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court in Gbarnga, Bong County for corruption.