TOTOTA, Bong County – As the death toll of victims from the fuel tanker explosion in Totota, Bong County, continues to rise, Liberians from all walks of life are streaming into the county to pay tribute to the deceased, express sympathy to the families, and, at times, provide donations to the victims’ relatives. As victims are being treated in various hospitals, humanitarian groups and ordinary citizens are contributing to the families of the victims. He made a donation of essential items and food to the family members of the victims in the tanker explosion in Bong County. It is against this backdrop that, as the head of Camp for Peace, I am making this small donation to sympathize with the people of Bong County and Liberia at large. The Bong County Disaster Management Team received the items on behalf of the victims in the county.
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January 16, 2024 13:13 UTC
MONROVIA – President George Weah has hinted that he would quit politics at age 65 and would not be re-contesting the Presidency in 2029 at which time he would be 63 years old. “Right now I’m 57, and our retirement age is 65. Six years from now, I will be 63, and I cannot work for two years. So, the best thing we can do now is to promote peace and prosperity for this country, and nobody is going to drag me into politics until I reach 90 years,” President Weah said. Right now, I’m 57, and our retirement age is 65.
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January 15, 2024 20:46 UTC
FARMINGTON, Margibi County – Ahead of the much-anticipated speakership election today, Deputy Speaker Fonati Koffa has expressed confidence that he is on track to win. He was speaking to report that the Unity Party is gearing up to challenge the citizenship of Deputy Speaker Cllr. J. Fonati Koffa on the eve of the Speaker election. Johnny Momo have been retained by the Unity Party to file a writ against the deputy speaker, alleging issues with his citizenship. His rival, Rep. Richard Koon is backed by the Unity Party.
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January 15, 2024 17:47 UTC
Others also claim that US$10,000 was also allegedly dished out to members of the ruling party bloc backing Senator Gbehzonga Milton Findley for the Pro Temp position. Some Senators confided in FPA that they were threatened with seats on key committees if they did not go along with the signing of the resolution supporting Karnga-Lawrence’s candidacy for Pro Temp. Pro Temp Albert Chie reportedly boycotted the meeting after telling the President that his bloc did not have the votes to challenge the consensus candidate, Senator Nyonblee Karnga-Lawrence. Background Chatters Over Concessionaires’ InterestsThe President reportedly agreed to put up US$750,000 for the bloc but the refused and demanded US$1 million instead. When contacted Sunday, Pro Temp Chie, one of those already on sanction by the US, dismissed reports of money changing hands, saying: “I did not see such thing taking place.
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January 15, 2024 03:38 UTC
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January 14, 2024 15:21 UTC
MONROVIA – As the Unity Party, the incoming government, gears up to challenge the citizenship of Deputy Speaker Cllr. The Secretary General of the Unity Party confirmed to FrontPageAfrica on Friday that challenging Cllr. Koffa’s citizenship is one of the options they are considering as a strategy to secure the Speaker post for Rep. Koon. He obtained US citizenship and has maintained residency there, posing a significant challenge to the legal debate surrounding his Liberian citizenship. FPA tried reaching Rep. Koon to authenticate whether he has a Nigerian passport but could not get him neither did he return our call.
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January 13, 2024 19:59 UTC
Reuters Taipei (Taiwan)Lai Ching-te, the presidential candidate for Taiwan’s ruling party, won an election on Saturday that China had framed as a choice between war and peace. The candidate for Taiwan’s main opposition party the Kuomintang (KMT), Hou Yu-ih, conceded defeat in the election. Lai’s Democratic Progressive Party, which champions Taiwan’s separate identity and rejects China’s territorial claims, was seeking a third term, unprecedented under Taiwan’s current electoral system. In the run-up to the election, China repeatedly denounced Lai as a dangerous separatist and rebuffed his repeated calls for talks. Lai says he is committed to preserving peace across the Taiwan Strait and boosting the island’s defences.
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January 13, 2024 15:12 UTC
The Los Angeles police chief is retiring, he announced Friday, in an unexpected departure as the head of one of the nation’s largest law enforcement agencies. Chief Michel Moore’s tenure will end in February. “During my tenure, I know I’ve made mistakes and missteps,” Mr Moore said. Moore oversaw a police department struggling, like most others nationally, to recruit new officers in recent years. The Los Angeles Police Protective League, the union that represents rank-and-file officers, did not immediately have a comment on Moore’s retirement.
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January 13, 2024 15:12 UTC
Monrovia – President-elect Joseph Nyumah Boakai has reportedly extended a gesture of support to lawmakers, proposing a US$25,000 development fund for each representative’s district. He stated that, the President-elect only encouraged newly minted representatives to support the candidate of his choice for Speaker of the 55th Legislature. So, where is the money coming from?”Another lawmaker who asked for anonymity said, “The President-elect is only acting smart. In the House of Representatives, the CDC has 25 lawmakers, independent candidates are 18, while the Unity Party has 10 lawmakers. Rep. Koon of President-elect Joseph Boakai’s Unity Party says some of that money can be used to meet the needs of members and their constituents.
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January 13, 2024 04:24 UTC
In the letter, Representative Yekeh Y. Kolubah acknowledged the credibility of President-Elect Boakai but stressed the need for transparency and adherence to the rule of law, especially given the influential position of the presidency in the investment sector. President-elect Boakai has yet to respond to the concerns raised by Representative Yekeh Y. Kolubah. Section 1.3.2 focuses on bribery, defining it as any reward or inducement paid to a public official or government employee for performing or abstaining from performing any duty within the scope of their official responsibilities. It emphasizes the prohibition of anything promised, offered, given, accepted, or received by a public official for favors related to their official duties. However, this provision excludes gifts given during cultural and customary celebrations.
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January 12, 2024 22:14 UTC
By Lawrence Richard Fox News |A U.S. Navy helicopter crashed in Southern California on Thursday night, according to a military spokesperson. A MH-60R Seahawk crashed in the waters of San Diego Bay shortly after 6:30 p.m., as the aircraft was participating in a training exercise, according to Cmdr. Helicopter on a ship’s deckThe MH-60R Seahawk is the Navy’s main helicopter for anti-submarine warfare. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chris Krucke)The MH-60R Seahawk is the Navy’s main helicopter for anti-submarine warfare. It can also perform a wide variety of missions, including reconnaissance and search-and-rescue operations, per a Navy website.
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January 12, 2024 15:31 UTC
It is therefore crucial for President-elect Boakai and Vice President-elect Koung to declare their assets, demonstrating transparency and accountability to the Liberian people. He warned that failure on the part of the President-elect and Vice President-elect to disclose their assets before the inauguration could cast a dark cloud over the ceremony. Harold M. Aidoo, Sr, Executive Director of Integrity Watch Liberia, emphasized the need for Boakai and Kpan-Koung to declare their assets and make them public. Anderson Miamen, Executive Director of the Center for Transparency and Accountability in Liberia (CENTAL), expressed his support for the call to declare assets by the President-elect and Vice President-elect. “It’s the right of the Liberian people to tell the President-elect and his vice president-elect to declare their assets.
Source:Daily Observer
January 12, 2024 13:45 UTC
The Temple of Justice in Monrovia, which houses the Supreme Court and various other courtrooms, is traditionally a symbol of fairness and justice. Reports emerged on December 14, 2023, that over US$100,000 had gone missing from a vault in the courtroom of the Civil Law Court ‘B’. The investigation into this matter came to light after Sheriff Wea was reported missing for a week, coinciding with the day he was supposed to hand over the funds to a litigant following a judgment. Judge Sammy, president of the National Trial Judges Association of Liberia, also acknowledged the prevalence of corruption within the judiciary. It is, therefore, no secret that these recent incidents of alleged fraud and corruption further underscore the urgent need to address the systemic issues within the Judiciary.
Source:Daily Observer
January 12, 2024 06:55 UTC
Associated Press|DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — Iran’s navy seized an oil tanker on Thursday in the Gulf of Oman that once was at the center of a major crisis between Tehran and Washington, officials said. The vessel was once known as the Suez Rajan and was involved in a yearlong dispute that ultimately saw the U.S. Justice Department seize 1 million barrels of Iranian crude oil on it. Iran’s state-run television acknowledged the seizure late Thursday afternoon, hours after armed men boarded it. “The violating oil tanker Suez Rajan … stole Iranian oil by leading it to the Americans and delivered it to the Americans,” state TV said. It said Iran’s navy, rather than its paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, conducted the seizure.
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January 12, 2024 00:40 UTC
Michael Gabriel Hernandez |WASHINGTON – The Defense Department’s independent inspector general announced Thursday that it will investigate the Pentagon’s handling of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s hospitalization for prostate cancer. Austin and the Pentagon have faced increasing scrutiny for his secretive hospitalization, which even the White House was unaware of until last week. The Pentagon did not disclose the cause of Austin’s hospitalization until Tuesday when his doctors acknowledged he was being treated for an infection after undergoing surgery for prostate cancer. The White House said it was not informed that Austin was hospitalized until the afternoon of Jan. 4. US President Joe Biden was subsequently informed by his chief of staff Jeff Zients that evening.
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January 12, 2024 00:34 UTC