George Manneh Weah, the President of the Republic of Liberia, the President of the ECOWAS Commission H.E. Jean-Claude Kassi Brou approved the deployment of a team of Election and IT experts to assist the National Elections Commission (NEC) of Liberia in the cleaning of the voter roll in preparation for the Senatorial Elections, Constitutional Referendum and Bye Elections scheduled to hold on 8th December 2020, the former Chairperson of Ghana Elections Commission Madam Charlotte Osei arrives Monrovia on 15th November 2020 to join the technical team that has been on ground. Amongst others, she was the immediate past Executive, and the first female, Chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana where she conducted the 2016 Ghana Presidential and Parliamentary Elections acclaimed by the international and domestic observers as one of the best elections in Africa and beyond. She was also a UN International Non-Voting Commissioner at the Electoral Complaints Commission, Afghanistan. She will also work closely with the ECOWAS office of the Special Representative in Liberia and the UNDP.

Pabie, has expressed satisfaction over the ongoing COVID-19 Household Food Support Program (COHFSP) distribution to community residents of Todee District in Montserrado County. He then thanked the Government of Liberia, World Food Program and partners for the food package. The World Food Program (WFP) and partners have distributed food rations in rural Montserrado targeting over 19,600 households in 36 communities in 8 clans of Todee District. Both women said the food rations would be a great enabler in enhancing their family livelihoods and family bond. At the same time, Hon Mamie Barking, Town Chief of Kollie Town, said the distribution process was peaceful, well organized, and going fine.

The re-arraignment is the second setback the case has suffered since Cole was forwarded to the Monrovia City Court to be prosecuted. Cheeseman Cole is an ex-soldier of the Armed Forces of Liberia who has been behind the alleged brutalization of 27 gay men as well as the disappearance of Winston Toe and Dominic Renner. Using social media accounts of survivors of his alleged barbarity, the ex-soldier lured the men to his residence where they were tortured. “I am a servant of God and God spoke to me to get rid of all the gays in Liberia, especially Monrovia,” he said. Interestingly, Cole was not charged for the disappearance of Winston Toe and Dominic Renner who has been missing since October 4 and September 24.

The Auditors obtained annual bank statements from commercial banks for the years 2017, 2018 and 2019 and CBL swift confirmation reports for all remittances made by commercial banks to the Central Bank of Liberia for the same period. The Auditors analyzed and reviewed all the bank statements for deposits received from taxpayers and remittances made to the Central Bank of Liberia. Swift confirmation report is a confirmation report prepared by the beneficiary bank (CBL in this case) that funds have reached the beneficiary account. Commercial bank may delay in sweeping collected revenue to the General Revenue Account which the CBL would later transfer to the Consolidated General Revenue Account. For electronic transfers, all transfer related charges shall be on account of the commercial banks.

Funeral rites for the final journey of both Mr. Nyeswa and Mr. Peters were held at the St. Peter’s Lutheran Church and the St. Augustine Episcopal Church located in Sinkor, Monrovia and on the Somalia Drive respectively on Saturday, November 14. Their remains were buried at the Kaiser Lawn Memorial Cemetery and the Dixsville cemetery in Brewerville and Caldwell respectively. Isaac A. Dowah, pointed out that the death of the fallen Liberian statesman raises lot of questions that remain unanswered. “We the members of the St. Peter’s Lutheran Church-we are grieved and we demand answers to these questions through the investigation that is being conducted by government”. Dowah indicated that though individuals who bear responsibility for “killing” Mr. Nyeswa have accomplished their mission, they will not succeed to kill his dream and spirit.

Ms. Jalieba of the Catholic-run all-girls school, came first among three best-performing students for the 2020 WASSCE, including Alicia A. Wright, also of St. Theresa Convent High School (TSC) and Lela P. Wapoe of the Light International School System in Monrovia. Monrovia – Seventeen-year-old Andyietta Blessing Jalieba of St. Theresa Convent High School was in total disbelief when news broke that she dux this year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), a type of standardized test in West Africa administered for students before completing secondary school. Ms. Jalieba of the Catholic-run all-girls school, came first among three best performing students for the 2020 WASSCE, including Alicia A. Wright, also of St. Theresa Convent High School (TSC) and Lela P. Wapoe of the Light International School System in Monrovia. I believe that I am not the smartest person who sat WASSCE, but it was just by the grace of God. The exams this year in Liberia was postponed due the COVID-19 global pandemic that interrupted school activities in Liberia and other parts of the region.

A BILL IMPEACHMENT drawn up by an Ad-hoc committee ordered Justice Ja’neh among other things, to be suspended from his job but giving all benefits and salaries pending the duration of the proceedings. THIS WAS CLEARLY evident last week when Senator Armah Jallah(NPP, Gparbolu), former Pro Temp of the Senate, in a quarter back play, acknowledged that the Senate was wrong to impeach Justice Ja’neh. Like Ja’neh impeachment is still hunting us. THE QUEST TO reign control over a kangaroo Supreme Court has brought the government to its knees and the country facing yet another international embarrassment amid threats of sanctions from the ECOWAS Court. THE WEAH administration must do all it can to follow through its end of the bargain regarding the ECOWAS ruling or risk falling further down the road of obscurity and international condemnation.

This is the result of the US$55.4 million Fish Town Harper Road Project, 66 kilometers of road that runs from Karloken to Harper City and Harper to the Cavalla Customs, funded by the African Development Bank. Fifty kilometers run from Karloken to Harper, and 16 km from Harper to the Cavalla Customs, where Liberia borders Cote d’Ivoire. Tubman University, established in 1978, boasts six colleges in a beautiful and serene setting along the Harper Road. According to the University’s President, Dr. Wreh Wilson, they are a direct beneficiary of the new road, socially and economically. Cecelia Smith a Harper resident and seafood vendor located in Baroken market along the road summed it up best saying “it’s super…no mistakes on this road.”

Monrovia – A law group, Public Interest Law Advocacy Center (PILAC), has formally written the US Ambassador, Mr. Michel A. McCathy, informing him of an alleged training of 150 ruling party’s thugs at the Liberia National Police Training Academy in Paynesville. We’ve been informed that the Inspector General (IG) of the Liberia National Police (LNP), Patrick Sudue, in cahoots with ruling party officials, clandestinely and unlawfully recruited 150 able-bodied men for enlistment in the LNP, in violation of the laws governing recruitment. We understand the action of the IG was unilateral, and did not involve the leadership of the LNP, nor approved by the Policy Management Board, as required by law. Our information is that they were recruited from three militia groups—‘Sabu Unit’, ‘Kuba Unit’, and ‘Moscow Empire’; groups noted for carrying out bloody attacks against opposition figures and innocent civilians to instill fear and cause death. None of the three individuals linked to this alleged training has confirmed such nor deny this information.

Minister Nyenpan died in Accra, Ghana recently after he suffered a massive stroke in Monrovia and was flown out of the country for advanced treatment. However, his death has been marred by speculations and tons of conspiracy theories, with some claiming that he was poisoned. Rep. Zarzar comments come just a week after the family of the late Public Works Minister and former sinoe County Senator issued a statement, debunked attributions of his death to cyanide poisoning. The family warned the public from using the death of Mr. Nyenpan to achieve parochial interest or objectives. I am appealing to the public and the media as a whole that his death should not be politicized.

Marshall, Margibi County – One of Liberia’s leading conservation reporters’ group, the Wildlife Conservation Reporters Network of Liberia (WCRNL) has named the Liberia Chimpanzee Rescue Protection (LCRP) as its outstanding wildlife conservation organization of the year 2020. The Desmonds founded LCRP with the mission of providing lifelong care for chimpanzees who are victims of Liberia’s bushmeat and live pet trades. Currently the LCRP is Liberia’s only sanctuary for more than 60 chimpanzees in Marshall, Margibi County. In 2016, they founded LCRP to serve as sanctuary for these captured chimps. She stressed the need to work together to change the way everybody sees wildlife in Liberia.

THE EDITOR:Urban Guerrilla Warfare is or has returned to Liberia, and the self-anointed leader is the popular, fearless, outspoken, insults-spewing PROPHET-KEY whose podcast is a top-rated Liberian-run talk show competing with another popular Radio Talk Show host, Henry Costa. On his popular Thursday, November 12, 2020 show, Prophet Key said he had recruited former rebel fighters for his new urban warfare. He has openly called for former rebel fighters to join his crusade aimed at toppling the George Weah-led CDC regime. Prophet Key alleged that Mr. McGill, Mr. Tweah and Mayor Koijee were responsible for the alleged food-poisoning death last month of Public Works Minister Mobutu Nyenpan who died later in Ghana. Meanwhile, Mobutu’s younger brother Ojuku Nyenpan issued a “Family Statement” last Sunday in which he denied that his brother was poisoned.

This matter was heard and adjudged at the Ecowas court. The Ecowas court ordered the Liberian government to pay in damages the amount of (US$ 726,982) to Dr. George Boley. Since the rendition of the court’s ruling, the Liberian government has not paid a dime to him. Judging from the past and looking at the way in which the previous government overlooked or ignored the Ecowas court’s ruling, I am thinking if this current government would abide by the court’s ruling regarding the judgement of the court, ordering the government to pay ( US$ 200,000) to Cllr. Assuming that the government of Liberia does not adhere to the Ecowas court’s ruling, what is or are the legal ramifications thereof?

During a guided inspection tour over the weekend to Yekepa, Buchanan, and Mount Coffee CLSG Substations, Mines and Energy Minister Gesler E. Murray gathered that contractors have made tremendous progress in getting the transmission facilities ready for full utilization. According to Minister Murray, the completion level of the project is at 97 percent. The Substations are located in Yekepa, Nimba County, Botota, Bong County, Buchanan, Grand Bassa County, Mano, Cape Mount County, and Mount Coffee in Montserrado. According to CLSG Country Manager, Jerry Taylor, four of the five stations are nearly complete and will be ready for the President’s commissioning and dedication in mid-December. The African Development Bank (AfDB), World Bank and other Donor partners of the Liberian Government are working collaboratively to achieve implementation of the CLSG Project by providing grants and loans.

The event which took place outside of Monrovia in the city of Paynesville was graced by a conglomeration of private sector actors under the banner Liberia Private Sector Climate Action Alliance (LIFSCAA), students, officials of government and the donor community. The dialogue was held under the theme “Private Sector – a Catalyst in Boosting NDC Implementation for a Resilient Economy.”However, the objective of the event was to provide and encourage the participation and contribution of the private sector in the revision process of the NDC. “All these interventions, as much as they are critical, need to be given substantive action and that can only come about with involvement of the private sector; why because the private sector has always been at the heart and soul of driving the economy,” stressed Prof. Tarpeh. “One of the misconceptions in the past is that things like climate change should be supported by donor funds, NGO activity and other means doing climate change projects,” stated LIPSCAA acting chairman. Private sector stakeholders at the Dialogue have set up a private sector working group on climate adaptation to remain engaged with the EPA, National Investment Commission, the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning and other actors in fostering access to private sector financing and public private partnerships to fund climate change adaptation initiatives in Liberia.