Liberian Born Mohammed Kamara Wants Insurance Before Playing for Lone Star
Monrovia – Young Liberian born forward Mohammed Kamara has requested insurance from the Liberia Football Association or the government before playing for the Lone Star of Liberia. The youngster, however, feels it should not be business as usual coming to play for the national team. “Realistically speaking there hasn’t been any one proposal from anyone at the Liberia Football Association, I mean no one has contacted me,” he said. I think this new dispensation of Liberian football must mark off this ugly act and move forward. Nathaniel Sherman in 2015 got injured on national team duty and since then his career came to an end due to the eye injury.
Source:Front Page Africa
April 12, 2021 06:33 UTC
Federation of Motorcycle & Tricycle Unions, Joint Collaborating Unions Condemn Violence in Maryland County
In the wake of the violence in Maryland County, the Federation of Motorcycle and Tricycle Unions (FOMTUL), and the joint collaborating unions have condemned the action of the angry mob. “FOMTUL and all collaborating unions condemn in the strongest term the acts of lawlessness by the protesters and appreciate the government for applying all efforts to immediately resolve the situation,” the groups said in the statement. The situation prompted President George Weah to place a curfew in the county, beginning from 6: pm to 6: am. The groups, in the statement said it condemned any form of intimidation against its local leadership and the commercial motorcyclists in general. The groups claimed that the motorcycle sector, along with its collaborating unions is the employer of at least 100,000 persons across the country and providing support to the government’s Pro Poor agenda for Prosperity and Development (PAPD).
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April 07, 2021 07:30 UTC
Liberia: Rep. Thomas Goshua Wants Expatriates Leave Equatorial Palm Oil; Says There are Qualified Liberians
Buchanan, Grand Bassa –Representative Thomas Alexander Goshua of District 5 in Grand Bassa County has asked one of the largest concession companies in the county, Equatorial Palm Oil (EPO) to abide by its agreement with the Government of Liberia by employing Liberians into key positions. The lawmaker told the public that 50% of EPO’s top management positions are meant for Liberians, lamenting that the company can’t point at three of the top management positions that Liberians are holding. Goshua’s current action is due to Equatorial Palm Oil alleged refusal to live by their commitment. The management of EPO is yet to respond to the allegations despite several attempts by this reporter to get comments. Equatorial Palm Oil is an oil palm concession company operating in Grand Bassa, Rivercess and Sinoe Counties.
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April 07, 2021 07:29 UTC
Liberia: Three Arrested In Maryland In Connection to Murder of Motorcyclist while Seven Runaway Inmates Recaptured
Liberia: Three Arrested In Maryland In Connection to Murder of Motorcyclist while Seven Runaway Inmates RecapturedMonrovia – Twelve days after the body of a youth was found, police on Tuesday arrested three persons, including his friend, for his murder. On March 25, the body of 22-year-old Mordecial Nyemah was found in a rubber bush in Plebo Sodoken District with body parts extracted. Residents of Plebo Sodoken District arrested Clarke on March 25 in a town called Gbolobo Bessiken after they noticed blood on his clothes. Nyemah’s death sparked protests in Plebo Sodoken District and Harper. “Seven of those who escaped the Harper prison have been rearrested and we are still in search of the rest of the escapees,” police said.
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April 07, 2021 07:26 UTC
Liberia Becomes First Country In Africa To Introduce Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine
MONROVIA – Liberia has become the first country in Africa to introduce the new typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) into its Expanded Program for Immunization. This will be followed by introduction of TCV into Liberia’s routine immunization schedule for nine-month-old infants. In addition, other measures such as provision of clean water, sanitation, and hygiene (such as frequent hand washing) should be promoted alongside the TCV introduction. This is the first Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi)-supported TCV introduction into routine immunization in Africa, and the second globally, after Pakistan introduced the vaccine in November 2019. “TCV introduction is one part of an integrated typhoid prevention and control strategy.
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April 07, 2021 07:22 UTC
Canada-Based Korle-Bu Neuroscience Foundation Donates Over US$300,000 Firefighting Equipment to Liberia National Fire Service
MONROVIA – In the wake of inadequate budgetary support and logistical constraints to the Liberia National Fire Service (LNFS), the Korle-Bu Neuroscience Foundation based in Canada in collaboration with the Camp Nou Fire Service has donated a huge consignment of firefighting equipment to the Liberia National Fire Service (LNFS). Making the presentation of the items, the Country Representative of the Korle-Bu Neuroscience Foundation, Dr. Benedict Korlee, put the cost of the items donated at about US$300, 000. We have donated oxygen tanks that our fire fighters can now wear and go into any fire. Also speaking, Justice Minister Counselor Frank Musa Dean commended the Korle-Bu Neuroscience Foundation for the items donated. For his part, Director Dixon expressed gratitude to the Foundation for helping to enhance the capacity of fire fighters in Liberia.
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April 07, 2021 07:18 UTC
Liberia: Local Fishermen Complain on the Quality of NaFAA New Fishing Nets
MONROVIA — Local fishermen have criticized recent move by the National Fisheries and Aqua Culture Authority (NaFAA) to change their fishing nets. They said, the decision to change their fishing nets is good, but it must be done with durable nets. “This means all fishermen using the rubber nets or the monofilament nets will be required to turn over all their rubber nets to NaFAA team during the free distribution to receive the thread nets or the multifilament nets,” NaFAA said in a released. This means, fishermen who have not paid their fishing license fees since 2018 will not receive the free fishing nets and they will no longer be allowed to use the rubber nets for fishing purposes. Mr. Manoballah is calling on all fishermen in the country to comply to the mandate of receiving fishing nets in the country.
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April 07, 2021 07:07 UTC
U.S.-Based Liberian Male “Club” Slices Off Chairs, Desks Problems in Home-Country’s Schools
The Club had purchased a total of 400 chairs and 100 desks for schools in three of Liberia’s 15 Counties: Grand Bassa, Margibi, and Montserrado. “Even if each of the other Liberian organization gives fifteen, twenty, fifty desks and chairs,” he added. Founding Chairman (retired) of the Gentlemen’s Club of Pennsylvania, Mr. Daniel Gayou, introduced the current Chairman for official presentation. The Ministry of Education’s truck conveyed the remaining chairs and desks to the other selected schools. The Gentlemen’s Club of Pennsylvania plans extending similar gesture to other financially handicapped schools in other Counties, if the funding is available.
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April 07, 2021 06:56 UTC
Kolu Sokodolo Foundation Identifies With Orphanage Taking Care of UN, ECOWAS Peacekeepers’ Children, Others
He described Liberian children, particularly the orphans as the “pillars of the nation” who should not be neglected in the Liberian society. “Let me say thanks to Mrs. Kolu Sokodolo Walters and Mr. Moses B. Walters. They take their hard-earned money and sent it to Liberia to support children. “I want to take this time to tell the Kolu Sokodolo Foundation thank you for this donation. “When we started the orphanage, we registered about 7000 plus peacekeepers children in Liberia.
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April 07, 2021 06:56 UTC
Liberia: New Program Tackles Deforestation, Human Rights Abuses
These counties host the largest oil palm concessions and are hubs for illegal logging, infamous for elite land-grab and attacks on local activists. “Forest communities in several communities have been devastated by the impacts of industrial oil palm,” he added. It seeks to secure the customary land rights of communities affected by concessions in line with the Land Rights Act of 2018. The law guarantees customary land rights but many communities are still unaware of the law and how they can harness the rights it gives them. Francis Mwah, the Ministry of Agriculture’s representative on the National Oil Palm Platform of Liberia welcomed the initiative but cautioned against programs that drive way concessionaires.
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April 07, 2021 06:56 UTC
Liberi: Massaquoi Butchered Pregnant Woman to Settle Bet, Court Hears
Gibirl Massaquoi (R) drinks palm wine in the early 2000sMonrovia – A woman told the Finnish court hearing the war crimes case of Gibril Massaquoi, the former rebel commander killed a pregnant woman to settle a bet with his men over the sex of the fetus. The witness said Massaquoi escorted them to the bridge and it was then he allegedly executed the woman. Right after the woman’s execution, she told the court Massaquoi beheaded two of her friends. He has no ability to be a commander now.”“Witness 14” also told the court that Massaquoi had a girlfriend identified as Edna who he impregnated while in Monrovia. The court will move to neighboring Sierra Leone at the end of this week to hear other witnesses.
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April 07, 2021 01:52 UTC
Liberia: Police Nab Main Murder Suspect in Maryland Killing
MARYLAND COUNTY — Police in Maryland County Tuesday announced the arrest of a guy only known as “Open Zipper”, 28, for the murder of 22-year-old motorcyclist, Mordecial Nyemah. Police say he was arrested in Sinoe County following a manhunt operation. He faces a murder charge. This is the second murder suspect that has been arrested less than a week since the murder of the 20-year-old Nyemah. The murder of Nyemah last week sparked protests in Plebo Sodoken District and Harper, prompting government to announce a 6:00am to 6PM curfew in the county.
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April 06, 2021 15:56 UTC
Liberia: Should the Us State Department Be Quoting Allegations From Online Tabloids When Preparing Important Documents Such As Annual Country Human Rights Reports?
It is very disconcerting, troubling and disheartening to see in the Liberia Human Rights Report that the US State Department is spreading falsehood by quoting Global News Network, an extremely unreliable online tabloid. The "misinformation" provided is false, malicious, and a patent attempt to sully the reputation of the Commercial Court Chief Judge, Eva Mappy Morgan, which has been built over decades. Brosius Vindicates Judge Morgan in US$3.4M 'Illegal Bank Withdrawal' Claim | Liberian ObserverFurther, on October 3, 2018, the FrontPageAfrica newspaper reported that Liberian businessman, Amos P.K. Brosius made the disclosure on Monday, October 1, 2018 when he appeared in court (Commercial Court) to answer to a four-count writ of summons for contempt on the allegation of corruption. The US State Department should be the very last entity to give credence to irresponsible online tabloid reports.
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April 06, 2021 08:00 UTC
Disenchanted Liberian Mourners Vow to Gang up Against Secret And Mysterious Killings in Liberia; Plan to Memorialize Citizens Who Deaths Are Unexplainable
Disenchanted Liberian Mourners Vow to Gang up Against Secret And Mysterious Killings in Liberia; Plan to Memorialize Citizens Who Deaths Are UnexplainableJethro Emmanuel Kolleh (In black suit) along with other mournersMONROVIA — Scores of disenchanted Liberian mourners under the banner: Citizens United Against Secret Killings (CUASK), have vowed to memorialize and petition the Government of the United States of America (USA) and other foreign missions operating in Liberia to help end the growing wave of mysterious deaths and “secret killings” in the country. The group observed that the growing wave of mysterious deaths and secret killings across Liberia are alarming, and as such, actions must be taken swiftly to address the situation. “Bewildered as we are as society, we don’t understand where our country is heading in the last three years especially on the issue of SECRET KILLINGS! With the help of God Almighty, these young people standing here today have all unshackled from such an imposed fear”. “This would mean to us that you are in solidarity with the Missing Boys’ families and the families of those believed to have been killed under conspicuous circumstances!
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April 06, 2021 07:10 UTC
Liberia: Why Sen. Conmany Wesseh Went against the CPP’s Mandate on Printing of New Banknotes
What the Senate didSenator Wesseh pointed out that there were “fundamental differences” in the draft resolution which emanated from the House of Representatives. According to him, members of the Liberian Senate made “so many changes” in the draft document forwarded to them by their colleagues. “There is no conference committee report at all. And we said we will have L$4billion report on what happened to the money. Senator Wesseh further denied reports that the decision taken by other CPP Senators including him to endorse the committee’s report has divided the CPP Legislative Caucus.
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April 06, 2021 07:07 UTC