Author: Selma Lomax

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 85 percent average. Heilman said education has no limit and it is from birth to death. “Why I came back to school is to help the society and encourage others that feel they can’t have education due to…

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 Bongese. Some citizens are not happy with Senator Tokpa’s comments. They are calling for the Senator to…

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.

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 Bridge International Academy has contributed immensely toward…

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.

Gbarnga, Bong County – Bong County Representative Josiah Marvin Cole has taunted Dr. Mogana Flomo saying that dismissed former Minister of Agriculture deserved to be removed from his post by President George Weah because he lacks the academic credential to warrant an appointment. Rep. Cole said the former Agriculture Minister lied about his academic credential during his confirmation by the Liberian Senate. “I strongly believed that Mogana Flomo doesn’t have a doctorate degree. He lied to the Senate during his confirmation,” Rep. Cole said. The lawmaker was addressing allegations linking him to influencing the dismissal of the former minister. Asked…

Gbarnga – The Liberia Petroleum Regulatory Authority (LPRA) Tuesday, July 9, 2019, refuted and denied media publications of major oil discovery in Gbarnga, specifically along the Jor River. 

Monrovia – Child Rights advocate, Abraham Keita, wants the President of Interpol, Kim Jong Yang, intervene in the recent Kingsville shooting incident that led to the death of a minor. 

Gbarnga, Bong County – As the race to challenge Senator Henry Yallah in the 2020 midterm election kicks off in Bong County, former Agriculture Minister Dr. Mogana Flomo Sunday addressed speculations that he would Mount a run for the Senate in 2020.