Liberia: Supreme Court Confirms Edwin Snowe’s Victory in Bomi County Senatorial Election
MONROVIA – The Supreme Court of Liberia on Friday affirmed the ruling of the National Elections Commission that declared Representative Edwin Melvin Snowe winner of the December 8, 2020 senatorial elections in Bomi County. “Wherefore and in view of the foregoing, the final ruling of the Broad of Commissioners of the NEC which declared Edwin Melvin Snowe Jr. as winner of the December 8, 2020 mid-term election in Bomi County is hereby affirmed. Amongst the issues raised in the petition, the CDC alleged that several tally sheets bearing Grand Gedeh County instead of Bomi County were discovered in the county (Bomi). “How possible would senatorial candidates from Grand Gedeh County become part of senate record of the count for senatorial candidates for Bomi County which constitutes gross irregularities and fraud,” the CDC said in the complaint. According to the ruling party, they also discovered that several Senate record of count exceeded the total distribution of ballot papers per polling place.
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February 22, 2021 06:00 UTC
LISGIS to Organize 16 Days Training for Field Mapping Assistants and Cartographers for the Upcoming Population and Housing
LISGIS to Organize 16 Days Training for Field Mapping Assistants and Cartographers for the Upcoming Population and HousingMONROVIA – The Government of Liberia through the Liberian Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS) on February 22 will commence a 16-day training for Field Mapping Assistants and Cartographers. The release from LISGIS states that the training workshop is part of the process leading to the conduct of the population and housing census. According to the release, field staff will be deployed on March 10, 2021, in all the 15 counties of Liberia. As part of the processes leading to the conduct of the Census, a training workshop has been organized for Field Mapping Assistants and Cartographers. The Field Mapping Assistants and Cartographers will delineate the country into enumeration areas for the subsequent enumeration of the population.
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February 22, 2021 06:00 UTC
Liberia: Solicitor General Syrennius Cephus Instructs the National Elections Commission to Nullify Brownie Samukai’s Victory in the Senatorial Election
MONROVIA – Solicitor General Syrenius Cephus has written the Chairperson of the National Elections Commission (NEC) instructing her not to certificate Lofa County Senator-elect J. Brownie Samukai whose conviction by the lower court was recently affirmed by the Supreme Court. But his instruction to the NEC comes ahead of a Supreme Court ruling on the electoral dispute between the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change and Mr. Samukai. Samukai’s conviction has no relation to the December 8 Special Senatorial Elections. Cephus’ letter to the Elections Commission Chairperson states, “You will recall that prior to the 8 December 2020 election, Mr. Samukai was found guilty by the lower court along with his co-conspirators for the same crimes. Mr. Samukai is yet to comment on the Supreme Court’s ruling.
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February 22, 2021 06:00 UTC
First Responders App “My Watchman” Launched to Curb Crime, Offer Emergency Services in Liberia
MONROVIA — A new mobile app with 24 hours secured monitoring and emergency dispatch command center has been launched to help curb crime and offer other emergency services. My Watchman, as it’s called, is a full-service, personal security, and property monitoring app, with a 24 hours emergency response network and command center. It is a reliable, easy to use SOS / 911 Mobile App with 24/7 secured monitoring and emergency dispatch command center. The My Watch team will immediately call the person to assess the situation, and promptly dispatch the emergency responders. “From the moment you signaled us, the call goes to the dispatch center and the dispatch center gets the respondent next to you.
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February 22, 2021 05:48 UTC
Why Should Liberians Invest their Money In the $1B Challenge?
All of this will be managed and run by the proposed Liberian Diaspora Corporation headquartered and regulated here in the United States. Conversely, why should you invest your hard-earned money in a venture to bring our beloved Liberia into the 21st Century? This One Billion Dollar Challenge aims to raise one billion dollars from Liberians from around the world including those back home. This private sector infusion will be controlled by Diaspora Liberians with an oversight, professional guidance from our host countries such as the ECOWAS, United States, Sweden, Australia, etc. This option will work both for the government and Diaspora Liberians because it has the potential to bring in over a $100 million dollars in overseas taxes, voting registration fees each year.
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February 22, 2021 04:41 UTC
Liberia: Labour Minister Warns of Punitive Measures Against Child Abusers
Monrovia — The Chairman of the National Anti-Human Trafficking Taskforce, Labour Minister, Cllr. Charles H. Gibson says the taskforce is working on regulations that will ensure punitive measures for people who are engaged in human trafficking and child labor. Minister Gibson made these assertions at the official signing ceremony of a Memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the National Anti-Human Taskforce through the Ministry of Labour and five local NGOs in Liberia. As part of the training, a section on human trafficking and child labour will be made. According to her, fighting human trafficking and child labor is a huge task, but with the combine efforts of the Government of Liberia, local and international partners, Liberia can eliminate child labor and human trafficking.
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February 22, 2021 04:41 UTC
Day Na Break, Mouth Open – Hard Time Too Much In Liberia
Day na Break Mouth Open is the name of a popular junction near the Bardnersville entrance to Johnsonville, Montserrado County. “The hard time is too much and we are suffering”, as the people continue to say. This continuous suffering means that it is not correct to blame the President for the suffering. Being money-driven, the voters elect persons with bad records of attending to the problems of the voters, especially the poor voters. The money-driven voters do not try to stop the appointments of bad Commissioners of the National Election Commission (NEC).
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February 22, 2021 04:41 UTC
Liberia: Finnish Court Visits Alleged Massaquoi War Crime Sites
Judges, prosecutors and the defense lawyer hear witnesses’ testimonies in Northern Liberia. Massquoi was arrested in Finland in March last year after Swiss victims’ advocates Civitas Maxima working with Global Justice Research Project, alerted prosecutors to Massaquoi’s alleged crimes in Liberia. Lennart Dodoo/New NarrativesThought other trials of perpetrators of war crimes in Liberia have taken place in Philadelphia and Switzerland, this is the first court to come to Liberia. “It is important to realize that this is all a Finnish Court which is we’re doing things according to the Finnish Legislation and our own legal tradition. The Finnish judges are expected to begin hearing witnesses on Monday with over 60 witnesses, some of who are ex-fighters would be providing testimonies to the court.
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February 21, 2021 13:52 UTC
Liberia: Executive Protection Agent Reportedly Shoots Himself in the Head
MONROVIA – Melvin Alex Early, an agent of the elite Executive Protection Service (EPS) responsible for the protection of the President of Liberia and all VIPS, on Friday morning reportedly shot himself three times in the head in Tappita, Nimba County while on duty on the President’s county tour. The incident reportedly occurred in front of the Jackson F. Doe Memorial Hospital at about 6:30 am. A source from the EPS said Mr. Earley began informing some of his colleagues that: “I am just here in Zwedru, but I am not to myself”. Meanwhile, the Executive Protection Service (EPS) said it regrets the sudden death of one of its agent. Agent Earley has been with EPS since the restructuring of the service after the Liberian Civil crisis.
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February 20, 2021 19:52 UTC
Liberia: President Weah becomes First sitting President to visit Gbi & Duro
Liberia: President Weah becomes First sitting President to visit Gbi & DuroGbi, Nimba County- As part of President George Weah’s ongoing National County tour, the President took a ten-hour historic drive from Tappita to Gbi & Duro, an administrative district in Nimba County. Since 1847, when Liberia was founded, no sitting President has ever visited the two of the remotest parts of the vote-rich county. Citizens of Gbi & Duro were seen wearing extra smiles upon the arrival of H.E. In appreciation of President Weah’s visit, he was offered an initial one thousand five hundred (1,500) acres of land for farming by the residents of Gbi & Duro. In his quest to improve the Country’s economy through the Agriculture sector, President Weah immediately set up a team to start cultivating said parcel of land.
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February 20, 2021 19:04 UTC
Liberia: Kosiah Sat Near a Bucket with Human Hearts, Court Hears
The Swiss Federal Court in Bellinzona, Switzerland where Alieu Kosiah, center, is being prosecuted for war crimes and crimes against humanity. New Narratives/Leslie LumehBELLINZONA, Switzerland – Alieu Kosiah sat near a bucket filled with human hearts in Foya, Lofa County in the mid-1990s, a man told the Swiss Federal Criminal Court prosecuting the former rebel commander on Friday. “Kosiah said, ‘If you can’t carry the load to Kolahun, you will die right here,’” the plaintiff told the three-judge panel. Now we return as lions.”The rebels sang the song with Morlu Kpandeh was killed, the plaintiff told the court. It is Switzerland’s first war crimes trial to be heard in a civilian court.
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February 20, 2021 18:22 UTC
Italian NGO, AIFO, Enters Liberian Disabled People’s “Work Issues”
The PWD issues are being aired on ECOWAS Radio (91.5)In recent times, AIFO has joined the Liberia Labour Congress on a brainstorming session about employment/work-related issues facing Liberians living with disabilities. During the session a 46-page illustrations-decorated book, entitled “Sensitization Manual: Decent Work, Inclusion and Accessibility. The Liberia Labour Congress produced the Manual, with financial support from the International Labour Organization (ILO) of the United Nations. “The ILO’s support to the production of the Decent Work Manual presented at this Workshop shows its commitment to a decent work for disabled persons, as well as workers with no disability,” he added. The first presentation—“Myths, Truths, and Realities”—was done by Madam Mongana May-Cole, Disable Desk Officer, Liberia Labour Congress.
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February 20, 2021 17:43 UTC
Liberia: “Take Advantage of 2021 Census” – Sen. Chie Pleads with Grand Kru Citizens
GRAND KRU COUNTY — Grand Kru County Senior Senator and President Pro Tempore of the Liberian Senate-Senator Albert Tugbeh Chie has called on the Citizens of Grand Kru County to make themselves available to be counted in the County during the pending 2021 national census. He said, there has been major population growth in the County, but that can only be captured in the national data when citizens and residents of the county take advantage of the upcoming numeration exercise. Grand Kru and River Cess are the two Counties in Liberia with only two Political Districts due to low population. Liberia’s next round of National Population and Housing Census which is likely to reveal the country’s constantly growing population, is set for March 2021 and it is expected to be the fifth in Liberia’s 173–year history. The current census, which was postponed, is in violation of the Constitution, which mandates in Article 39: “The Legislature shall cause a census of the Republic to be undertaken every ten years,”.
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February 20, 2021 17:26 UTC
Liberia: Citizens in Lofa County Express Fear over Ebola Resurgence in Guinea; Call on Government to Swiftly Close the Borders
But the people of Lofa County have expressed fear that if stringent measures are not taken immediately, they will be a spillover of the virus in Liberia. For most residents of Voinjama City, closing the border now is one of the surest ways of curbing the spread of Ebola from Guinea to Liberia. Ebola first entered Liberia through Lofa County from Guinea. Rebecca Mulbah, a farmer in Voinjama said she has heard about Ebola in Guinea but does not know how true it is. Suspected CaseHealth authorities in Liberia on Thursday urged calm amid reports of a suspected case of the deadly Ebola Virus deriving from Guinea.
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February 20, 2021 17:26 UTC
Liberia: Nine Counties Under-represented at the Senate
The defeated candidates claimed that the electoral processes conducted in their respective counties were marred with multiple fraud and irregularities. His complaint was filed after the NEC declared Simeon Taylor of the Collaborating Political Parties (CPP), as the winner of the election. In Bomi County, the NEC thrashed a complaint filed against the electoral process by CDC senatorial candidate former House Speaker Alex Tyler. The ruling compelled the defeated Grand Kru County Senatorial Candidate to file a complaint to the Supreme Court. According to the NEC, the winner of the Grand Gedeh County Senatorial election, Representative Zoe Emmanuel Pennue is being certificated as the winner.
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February 20, 2021 17:14 UTC