Monrovia – The Accountability Lab Liberia, a non-profit organization working in the field of active citizenship and good governance has selected five persons from the education, security, health, anti-corruption, and infrastructure development sector as Integrity Icons for 2020. This year’s event which took place at the Accountability Lab Liberia office on Carey Street was under the theme: “Integrity and Accountability: tools for strategic nation-building”. This year marks the sixth edition of the Integrity Icon since it was established in 2015. Adding up, the General Auditing Commission Boss Yusador Gaye praised the winners of the Integrity Icon for their role play in society. Mr. Lawrence Yealue is the Country Director of Accountability Lab.

Monrovia – Organizers of Big Brabee Liberia (BBL), the country’s first ever reality TV show, has announced new dates for the commencement of the second edition of the competition. In addition, the team announced it is also introducing a new and permanent logo for the Big Brabee Liberia franchise. Events’ DatesAccording to Team BBL, the event starts 2021 beginning with the sales of forms commencing February 12 to April 30, 2020; followed by the online auditions on April 24, 2021. Even though it was the maiden edition, but thank God,” he said. He continues: “Even some international social media influencers/blogs rated BBL as the second most well organized and presented in Africa after Big Brother Naija.

A dozen cases of bullying and death threats against journalists have been recorded in Liberia since October. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the authorities to actively investigate these infringements of freedom of the press. In the past two months, at least nine journalists have received death threats. RSF has recorded three physical assaults and six cases of intimidation and death threats against journalists since the beginning of October. “Assaults, intimidation and death threats: such violations of press freedom have been growing to general indifference since George Weah took office in 2018,” said Assane Diagne, the director of RSF’s West Africa office.

MONROVIA – The United States Government, through its Embassy near Monrovia, has donated a brand new GeneXpert Machine worth more than US$170,000 to the Armed Forces of Liberia to be used by AFL Health Services. The GeneXpert Machine is multiple diagnoser of various infectious diseases such as SARS Covid-2 and Covid-19. He said the donation of the GeneXpert Machine to the Armed Forces of Liberia is a clear manifestation of the warmed relationship between the two countries, stressing that his government is pleased with the professional growth of the new Liberian Army. For his part, Deputy Health Minister for Policy, Planning and Research, A. Vaifee Tulay, thanked the US Government for such donation. He said the donation of the machine has increased the level of healthcare delivery for the military.

The group rescued Madam Kanneh and took her to a safe location. Madam Kanneh, one of nine contestants in Gbarpolu’s senatorial race, is leading by 449 votes (4722/25.68 percent); followed by Rep. Alfred Gayflor Koiwood of the ruling party, the Coalition of Democratic Change (4,273/23.24 percent). During the visit, the team learned that Madam Kanneh was beaten and harassed along with several members of her campaign team. We would like to thank the women of Gbarpolu who worked tirelessly to bring the assault on Madam Kanneh and her supporters to the public. It is a violation of women’s rights, and Liberia as a signatory to the various human rights laws, must comply.

MONROVIA – The Holiday season is upon us and Liberia’s leading Sports Betting Company has started its tradition of identifying with hundreds of disadvantaged Liberians, sharing food and non-food items as the nation embraces the Christmas season. For Winners Inc., putting smiles on the faces of disadvantaged children, youth and adults is part of the company’s way of giving back. Says Mr. Yacob Batshon, Winners Inc. must contribute to help make not only the season joyous for some people, but must support the Liberian economy by the creation and provision of jobs for the Liberian people. According to the president, Winners Inc. is the only Sports Betting Company that has operations in most of the counties in Liberia and giving back to the communities across Liberia in a socially responsible way is a key attitude of the company. The season’s gifts include several hundred nags of rice, several gallons of vegetable oil, several bale of used clothing among many others with the recipients expressing thanks and appreciation to Winners Inc.

But, we don’t accept the final outcome and have raised issues with NEC,” Henries told FrontPageAfrica on Tuesday after the pronouncement of the final results. The NEC announced that Foko accumulated 33.92% of the total votes in the District while Henries got 33.50%. This means, Foko won the district representative seat with 0.42% of the total valid votes cast in the district. We also noticed Pre-marked Ballot Papers given to voters at the Don Bosco Youth Center (Precinct Code 30406). Rerun at DON BOSCO Youth Center, Precinct Code 30406.

Monrovia – The release of President George Weah’s latest song has sparked mixed reaction from the public, with some calling on him to resign and pursue his musical career instead. FrontPage Africa went out to talk to some Liberians and this was what they had to say:Eric Myers- Resident of Monrovia“For me, I am very disappointed in President Weah. If our President wants to do music, I think it will be better that he resign from the Presidency and pursue his musical career. The masses have hope in President Weah. I think President Weah needs to decide whether he wants to be a musician or a President.

Anyone who has followed Grand Cape Mount County election will know that it was the most competitive for the 2020 senatorial election. But the Constitution and the electoral laws are clear on votes irregularities. In Rivercess County, former Superintendent Wellington Geevon Smith was declared the winner of the senatorial election over his closest rival, Steve Tequah. The complaintOn December 11, Tequah filed a complaint against the conduct of the senatorial election in Rivercess. Days after the conduct of the senatorial election, the Liberian Chief Executive called on everyone to accept the outcome of the elections.

MONROVIA – Police Spokesperson Moses Carter has confirmed that the police have arrested 30 Sierra Leoneans with Liberian voter registration cards in the troubled town of Nomodatahum Town, Gbarpolu County. Prior to Carter’s confirmation, it was alleged that the Sierra Leoneans were behind the arm bush and seizure of the ballot boxes on Sunday. Voting in the town, located in District #3, Gbarpolu County, was suspended on Election Day and rescheduled for December 15, 2020. Some of Madam Kanneh supporters including her relatives were allegedly beaten by members of the traditional society, with their whereabouts unknown. Also, the Elections Coordinating Committee (ECC), in a statement issued in Monrovia strongly condemned the wave of electoral violence that is escalating in Gbarpolu County.

MONROVIA – Provisional results from five counties announced by the National Elections Commission (NEC) on the referendum has placed the ‘YES’ votes for the eight prepositions ahead of the ‘NO’ votes. However, the invalid votes accounts for huge percentage of votes counted so far. According to the NEC, the ‘YES’ votes dominate in counties like Bong, Grand Cape Mount, Maryland, Rivergee and Rivercess. “The NEC declares Sampson Weah of CDC winner of the Sinoe District #2 Sinoe County winner,” the Chairperson stated. Also in Sinoe County, incumbent Senator Augustine Chea of the CDC was announced winner.

Monrovia – A three Day Anti-fraud Conference opens in Monrovia Wednesday with more than 100 fraud professionals, investigators, internal and external auditors, compliance officers, security, bankers and other professionals from different backgrounds are expected to attend. The training conference is being organized under the auspices of the Liberia Chapter- Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. According to a release from the Association, the Conference will allow participants to deal with issues of ethical transgression for Professionals, Data analytics and general fraud prevention techniques. The Liberia Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (Chapter 198) is a member of an international body the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) with global headquarters in Austin, Texas, USA. Fraud is one of the contributing factors to the collapse of flourishing institutions and nations.

MONROVIA – The Liberia Elections Observation Network strongly condemns the electoral violence in Gbarpulo, which again has prevented elections from taking place in Nomodatanau, Kongba district. Security forces have surrounded the town and LEON observers were not allowed to enter to observe last night. Voting got underway this morning in 3 polling places in Nimba and in Grand Gedeh, under the watchful eyes of LEON observers and party agents. LEON observers have reported that all four polling places opened on time today and that everything is proceeding correctly. LEON observers rated the process as very good or good in all tally centers, often commended the magistrates for the transparency of the process.

In the wake of these challenges facing the teaching profession in the country, the president of the Liberian National Bar Association (LNBA) Cllr. Tiawan Gongloe is calling on the government for support that could dignify the teaching profession in the country. LNBA President made the clarion call when he served as guest speaker at the induction ceremony of officers of the Monrovia Consolidated School System Teachers Association (MCSSTA) over the weekend at the G.W. “Pay teachers well so that the children of Liberia can get better education,” he emphasized. The inducted officials of MCSSTA were: Augustine Nyormui President, John Argbsson Vice President, Rufus Bryant, Vice President for Operations, Emmanuel Dickson Secretary.

If not, then, all state-controlled ventures and entities (including Lone Star Air) should be allowed to form their own independent boards of directors, unappointed by the presidency. Henceforth, selecting which aviation partner should manage Lone Star Air should not be the business of the president, Liberia’s politically motivated legislators. How to Successfully Launch Lone Star AirYou cannot hire a losing coach to win a competitive tournament or an inadequate CEO to run a competitive company. Today, they are the sole beneficiaries of Lone Star Cell MTN enterprise that have made themselves fabulously rich at the expense of the Liberian public. After some research, it was cleared that Mr. Eric Bannerman and Goldstar Air should not have been selected by President Weah as Lone Star Air’s strategic partner (effectively manager and co-owner of Lone Star Air).