The 19-year-old single mother of a set of male twins now survives on food handouts from a community church. Report by Selma Lomax, [email protected]“Right now, the biggest worry for me and my children is hunger,” she says. Pauline Howard, 19, is another single mother of one. I could not walk every single day to work. “They should ensure that appropriate livelihood social support mechanisms are in place to protect vulnerable children and link them to service providers who can support them,” he adds.

According to him, the MPC has Liberia as its first agenda unlike other opposition parties. Freeman is concerned about the “hypocrisy and criticism” being carried out by some members of the opposition that were “extremely mute” during the Johnson-Sirleaf’s regime. Freeman said all of what was being said about the printing of the money happened during the past regime. He wonders why members of political parties that were “in bed” with the former regime have now turned to spokespersons for the people of Liberia. “The comment made by Simeon Freeman that the ANC is a hypocrite is quite unfortunate and the ANC has in no time being in bed with the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf regime,” Toe said.

Gibson and scores of residents of the Jacob Town Community were arrested by Police when they were protesting in demanding the restoration of electricity in their community. About 100 protesters led by the visually impaired Gibson blocked Somalia Drive for most of the morning hours, making it difficult for motorists and pedestrians to use the route. At the start of the protest, Gibson began a live stream on the social media informing the public about the community protest. He added that the leadership of Jacob Town Community has met with the management of LEC to address the issue but to no avail. The police agreed to release only Gibson but the visually impaired, who led the protest, rejected the offer and demanded that all the protesters should be released.

Report by Henry Karmo, [email protected]According to him, the 2013 Insurance Act calls for the setting up of an Insurance Commission as an autonomous commission five years after the passage of the Insurance Act. This law would separate the insurance sector from the Central Bank of Liberia, he said. This would cancel the current deputy director position, but to do so, according to Mr. Gbalazeh, would create unnecessary bureaucracy. “Like other countries in the region and other practices in the world, the insurance commission should be an autonomous commission headed by a commissioner. “Like other countries in the region and other practices in the world, the insurance commission should be an autonomous commission headed by a commissioner.

The donation was made possible through funding from the government of Sweden, one of the donors of the Elections Basket Fund Project. She added that Sweden was pleased to be part of supporting national development, especially its support for the electoral processes implemented through UNDP. “Sweden will continue to support national development and seeks continuous support for the National Elections Commission (NEC),’’ Harleman noted. Ms. Harleman called on the Government of Liberia through its institutions especially the National Elections Commission, to take concrete steps toward women empowerment and increase their participation in electoral processes. Receiving the items on behalf of the Commission, the acting chair, Commissioner Davidetta Brown- Lansanah, thanked UNDP and donors for their intervention.

The project, which is headed by former University of Liberia Student Union President, Joe Wilson is dubbed: Bomi Diaspora Special Taskforce on COVID-19. It was through the instrumentality of Mr. Wilson and his committee that funds were mobilized from diaspora Bomi citizens for the implementation of the project back in the county. The Association President, Murphy Gibson, said he was delighted that the National Bomi Citizens Association in the Americas COVID-19 Taskforce would implement such a timely job. Several hard-to-reach towns and villages with public health facility in Bomi County benefited from the rice donation as the consignment of food supplies were transported on motorbikes to the beneficiaries. Others are Suehn Town, Mobah Town, Mecca, Sass Town, Beajolo, Fefeh Town, Zordee and Bonjeh among others.

Monrovia – As part of efforts to support the fight against the novel Coronavirus, the Library for Africa – a non-governmental organization – is providing hot meals to disadvantaged youths and elders in some parts of Montserrado County. Library for Africa has begun the distribution of hot meals to less fortunate in Montserrado County as part of efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19. “Due to the pandemic, our organization’s plan to build the library has been temporarily put on hold,” the statement from the Library for Africa reads. The organization has now begun the distribution of cooked food to some disadvantaged youths and elders every weekday at different communities in Montserrado County. During the food distribution, Library for Africa also carried out sanitization messages about the prevention of COVID-19 to residents.

Union of Liberians in Norway To Provide Better Crutches, Wheelchairs for Group of 77Physically challenged at the Group of 77 appeals to the Union of Liberian Association in Norway for Crutches and WheelchairsMonrovia – Ellen Payne Koroma, a Liberian based in Norway who is caught up in Liberia due to COVID-19 outbreak. As part of efforts to strengthen the fight against the novel Coronavirus, ULAN has provided bags of rice to the Group of 77 and the SOS Children Village. She promised to present the plight of people living with disabilities in Liberia back to her organization in Norway. Right now, SOS Children Village does not have money to support these children, and local support is very small. We are depending on people like you to keep our institution going,” Nehmah Yahnay, SOS Village Director, said.

Rennie Hospital. Rennie Hospital, Damaro was informed about the hospital’s problems – the lack of electricity. Damaro said his continuous support to the people of Margibi County is squarely based on humanitarian purposes and none-political like many would think. “George Weah came from nowhere and he is the President today, we too came from nowhere and we are his aide today. Since President Weah became President, all of my activities have been right here in Margibi County,” he said.

Monrovia – A group of Chinese companies in Liberia has donated a consignment of assorted and non-assorted items as way of identifying with the government and people of Liberia in the fight against the deadly COVID-19 in the country. Making the presentation in Monrovia recently, Sun Yongbo, President of China Enterprises Chamber of Commerce in Liberia, expressed thanks and gratitude to the Government of Liberia over the level of progress being achieved in the COVID-19 fight. Sun also indicated that the group’s main objective is to work in Liberia through the expansion of economic and trade cooperation between Chinese enterprises and the Government of Liberia as well as the business community. Now, Sun said, the group is working to strengthen communication and cooperation between Chinese in Liberia to exchange experiences and share resources through websites, lectures, and seminars to provide advisory services for members’ entities. He named areas, including construction, mining, fisheries and agriculture which Chinese owned companies have made financial investment, thereby creating employment for scores of Liberians.

They further urged the government to ensure that the program remains suspended until their arrears are settled. He pointed out that the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning can only pay four months of the 21months salary arrears owed the workers. Minister Wilson claimed that thousands of persons were clandestinely included on the program by the two suspended Coordinators, Edwin Kanneh and George Young respectively. Minister Wilson disclosed that preliminary findings have revealed that there were duplication of names and identifications numbers of some of those placed on the payroll. Minister Wilson disclosed that about 2,982 names were added on the payroll by the suspended coordinators.

Boston – For 40 years, Yves Lewis, owner and producer of the WildCubby Music record has worked successfully in the music business. The single comes after the release of his debut 14-track album, Dreams are for Living, on January 2020. Lewis is passionate when explaining what led him to releasing the song, I Can’t Breathe. I had to stand up and add my voice to the chorus and say ‘enough is enough : Black lives matter!’”Yves’ first album, “Dreams are for living”, honors many black musical traditions. Other tracks honor both his father and his love of reggae music as well as the Caribbean-based zouk musical tradition.

GBARNGA, Bong – As Bong County records it second COVID-19 death, a member of Motivate A Girl, Linda Mulbah, has called on residents of the county to provide material and financial support to the county’s health team. Mulbah stated that citizens’ support to the county health team is vital to curtailing the further spread of the coronavirus in Bong. Bong’s health officer, Adolphus Yeiah, says the local county health team needs beddings, furniture, food items, and disinfectants and other materials to operate an isolation center for COVID-19 cases in the county. Please take this and use it for the purpose intended as we join the fight to get rid of this virus,” Mulbah said. Two administrators of the hospital and the orphanage home appreciated Motivate A Girl, particularly joining the county health team to create awareness in communities in Bong about COVID-19.

Like every other business in the provision of service, customers must be king even for policing service. Unfortunately, this is becoming false unarguably, at different levels in most parts of the world. The real and ultimate power to protect oneself is the one resident within. Sir Robert Peel, the father of modern policing, must be turning around in his grave with the ongoing stark contradiction of his modern policing principles and total disregard for its core value in many places around the world. If this doesn’t wake up the powers that be, then I do not know what will.

The workbook is designed to keep students learning while they are out of school. Students will be asked to complete the lessons and turn in the workbooks when school reopens. Dr. Orr noted the foundation believes where and how students learn is just as important as what they learn. As part of its work with Matilda Newport Jr. High, ETM has already made improvements to the school’s infrastructure by renovating the library and creating space for a computer lab. In addition, the foundation has also planned to expand their model for improving teaching and learning conditions to school districts across the country.