Monrovia – Young Liberian midfielder, Divine Teah says he wants his loan deal to be extended at Barrack Young Controller when the season ends. Teah is on loan from Massa Football Academy to BYC FC until the end of the current Orange Second Division League campaign. Teah looks to have impressed so far in his loan period commanding a regular spot in the team that sits at second place on the Orange Second Division League log with 48 points. Speaking to Liberian Sports International, Teah said he wants both clubs to work things out as soon as possible to have the loan deal extended for at least an extra season. “I love BYC and my dream is to play in the Orange first division league with the club next season,” he added.

Monrovia – Liberia football Association Second division club Stages FC has appointed Canada-based Liberian entrepreneur and former player, Chris Geeply Weah as president of the club. Weah now replaced Eric Glassco who previously occupied the position as president but it is believed that Eric has been busy and has no time to function well as president of the club. He will serve in the position as president for the next two years and based on his performance his time could be extended according to the board of Directors of Stages FC. Weah wrote on Facebook “Today I was appointed as President for Stages FC. Speaking about his new appointment Weah said he is delighted to serve the club as president after two months as vice president.

As Chief Administrative Officer, he consolidated oversight of key global corporate functions including Legal, People, Strategic Planning, Information Technology, Strategic Security, Sustainability and Technical. Where does Boakai and Cummings Standing regarding the 3 stages of selecting the head of the CPP? Consensus Building & VPSIn this process, between Cummings and Boakai, the outcome with this stage will favor former Vice president Boakai over Cummings, and for the VPS again, Boakai will emerged victorious. Liberty Party now has split with Musa Bility building his block while Nyonbleh and others on their lane. Bility is a business man and he goes for anything that he will gain profit of and not necessarily following party doctrine or mandate.

I write to enquire about the status of my COVID-19 result, of which my sample was taken on 10th May 2021 upon arrival at the Roberts International Airport. I had asked how I could access my result and health authorities at RIA told me that I will access the result online after 72 hours using this ID Number: 179296. Am really concerned about this, because this is my second time doing Covid-19 test upon arrival without result, since the introduction of the on arrival testing. Am kindly requesting to receive my result as it’s very important for myself and health authorities as well. This is a passionate appeal to our health authorities to take concrete measures to close any seepage with effective release of the on arrival results.

The four judge panel, prosecution and defense lawyers wrapped up their work in Freetown on Tuesday after hearing from 19 defense witnesses here. And were there other combatants using the alias “Angel Gabriel” who could have committed the alleged war crimes? Indeed Mr. Massaquoi testified in Finland at the start of the trial that “no one was allowed to leave for months”. However, at least three of the defense witnesses said they visited Mr. Massaquoi inside and outside the safe house without any challenges from security guards. “Soldier 43” told the judges he knew of two fighters who went by the aliases “Angel Gabriel” in Sierra Leone.

The U.S. Embassy strongly condemns the election yesterday of notorious warlord Prince Y. Johnson as Chair of the Liberian Senate Committee on Defense and Intelligence. Senator Johnson’s gross human rights violations during Liberia’s civil wars are well-documented; his continued efforts to protect himself from accountability, enrich his own coffers and sow division are also well known. That the Liberian Senate would see fit to elevate him to a leadership role – particularly in the area in which he has done this country the most harm — creates doubts as to the seriousness of the Senate as a steward of Liberia’s defense and security. The U.S. government is proud of our longstanding partnership with the Ministry of National Defense and Armed Forces of Liberia which will continue — but we can have no relationship with Senator Johnson. By giving Senators Johnson and Sherman these leadership roles, the Senate is effectively ensuring that corruption and lack of accountability flourish.

Monrovia – The U.S. Government hosted the 2021 Government of Liberia-United States Agency for International Development (USAID) portfolio review, which brought together representatives from 12 Liberian ministries and 12 associated Liberian organizations to discuss current and future foreign assistance programming for Liberia. USAID and Government of Liberia staff provided updates about key program milestones, challenges to implementation, and plans for future activities. In Liberia, USAID programming is focused on four technical areas: 1) Democracy, Rights and Governance, 2) Economic Growth, 3) Education, and 4) Health. The USAID portfolio currently includes active projects valued at more than $500 million in total. The annual Government of Liberia-USAID Portfolio Review provided an opportunity for both governments to discuss the assistance programs funded by USAID, identify mutual goals in each sector, and decide upon action items needed in the coming months.

BUCHANAN ̶ Nearly 1,700 workers and associates of ArcelorMittal Liberia have been voluntarily vaccinated through a collaborative effort between the AML and the Ministry of Health of Liberia. Dr. Kateh encouraged Liberians to get vaccinated, stressing that the Astrazeneca COVID-19 vaccine is safe and was approved by the World Health Organization (WHO). To date hundreds of workers and some family members have received their first shot of the COVID-19 vaccine without any major medical issue. ArcelorMittal Liberia Medical Director Dr. Garfee Williams said the goal is to ensure that everyone is vaccinated against COVID-19, so that everyone can be safe. Anderson thanked the management of ArcelorMittal Liberia and the Government of Liberia for the collaboration to make the vaccines accessible to staff of the company and others.

In his argument, Dillion said the War and Economic Crimes Court would be the only remedy to put in measures for people who manage public funds. “If we sincerely want to bring to check public officials who mismanage public funds we need to establish a war and economic crimes court,” Sen. Dillion said. “If you want bring war crimes court, bring your damn war crimes court. They always think war crimes court is about Prince Johnson. There are legal processes to bring a war and economic crimes court,” he said.

The House on Tuesday voted to suspend Rep. Kolubah for 16-session days (two months) and to withhold his salary and all other benefits during the time of suspension. The House’s decision was based on a complaint filed Rep. Thomas Fallah of the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC). But Rep. Kolubah, through his lawyers filed a writ of prohibition to the Supreme Court, terming the House’s decision as illegal. At a conference hearing on April 22, 2021, Justice-in-Chambers Joseph Nagbe said the House did not accord Rep. Kolubah due process as outlined in Rule 48.4 of the House of Representatives. Prior to the vote, it appeared that Rep. Kolubah was on his way to be exonerated, judging from the trend of the discussion.

He termed as “cherry-picking” the efforts being applied by the Weah led-administration in the fight against corruption. “President Weah promised in his inaugural speech when he took office to end corruption, but the reality speaks completely different and that’s what we are concerned about. Arthur Johnson tendered in his resignation to Solicitor General Sayma Syrenius Cephus, citing lack of political will to fight corruption in Liberia. “When I was Chairman of the Unity Party, I challenged this administration to audit the previous administration just as was done by President Weah predecessor. The PLP was founded in direct respond to fight corruption”.

Gibril Massaquoi in detention in Finland consults with Paula Sallinen, one of his defense lawyers, during his trial Leslie Lumeh/New NarrativesFREETOWN, Sierra Leone – Paula Sallinen, one of Gibril Massaquoi’s Defense lawyers is now in Freetown, Sierra Leone, leading the defense case for Mr. Massaquoi. Nineteen witnesses will appear in the Sierra Leone sessions of the trial – all of them defense witnesses. Mr. Massaquoi contends that he was not in Liberia when the atrocities Liberian witnesses alleged he committed in Lofa and Monrovia took place. More than a dozen witnesses have testified that they knew Mr. Massaquoi to be under protection during that time. The team had the same process when the court was in Liberia and Ms. Sallinen stayed with Mr. Massaquoi and Mr. Gunmerus was in Liberia.

Renowned Geologist Dr. Stephen Haggerty Doing A Presentation As CEO Roger Youssef And Chief Consultant Ernest B. Jones Look OnMONROVIA – A Liberian-owned diamond mining company; Youssef Diamond Mining Company (YDMC) has announced the discovery of what could turn out to be the largest diamond field in the world. “Evidence from our data shows that Liberia may one day be the largest kimberlite field in the World. Despite the major discovery by the Liberian-owned company, Roger reckoned that its challenges have been the stalling of support. Among other things, Youssef disclosed that the company is right now doing everything possible to reach the point of signing a Mineral Development Agreement with government. The company is currently carrying out a bulk sampling program as the previous sampling had developed grade ‘A’ type diamonds.

The REALISE Project succeeds the Youth Opportunity Project (YOP), which has finally come to an end. As they await the new (REALISE) project document for possible rectification, they urged the technical team managers to provide all (YOP’s ) necessary documentation and or relevant information to them to ensure they move forward in said regard. The project, according to Minister Wilson is implemented under three basic components namely: Pre- Employment Social Support, Small Business Support (SBS) and Community Livelihood and Agriculture Support(CLAS)The Youth Opportunities Project aims to increase access to income generation opportunities for young people in Liberia. Minister Wilson recounted that 2,880 youths aged 18-35 living in urban areas, provided business skills training, mentorship and startup grants to establish and operate 1,645 small businesses under Small Business Support (SBS). Like the YOP Project, Minister Wilson explained that the REALISE Project is also worth US$10M with US$5M being a grant and US$5M being credit from the World Bank (WB).

The conference would be held in collaboration with the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning with support from partners of the EPA. This, he said, makes Liberia not only a global hotspot for biodiversity but the relevant ecosystem to fight the impact of climate change in the sub-region. This advantage Liberia has, however, comes in the midst of challenged sustainable resource management and impact of climate are increasing on a daily basis. These impacts range from coastal erosion and mangroves management, sustainable forest management, chainsaw activities industrial and artisanal and small-scale mining, and pollution control and plastic waste management. “It is against this that the National Conference on Environment and Climate Change will present a moment for reinforcing Liberia’s commitment to sustainable development, including the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) in addressing climate change from a Mitigation and Adaptation Standpoint as well as strengthening compliance and enforcement of the Environmental Protection & Management Law of Liberia,” Mr. Tarpeh said.