More U.S. Support for Armed Forces of Liberia
MONROVIA – The newly-accredited U S Ambassador to Liberia, Michael A. McCarthy, has renewed his governments’ continuous support to the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) in making the force more relevant to the people of Liberia. The Defense Boss appreciated the United States Government for her increased support to the Armed Forces of Liberia peacekeeping operations. He said, “We are committed partners based on a deeper root with the United States of America. Several personnel of the Armed Forces of Liberia and Defense staff have benefited from U S training programs at various U S Military institutions in the United States of America and other training programs around the world. Meanwhile, the Armed Forces of Liberia has been admitted into the ElsieFund.
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February 05, 2021 08:03 UTC
Liberia: 40-Year-old Filipino Arrested for Alleged Rape in Nimba
Ganta – Police In Ganta have arrested and charged a 40-year-old Filipino national for rape, sexual harassment and offensive touching. Suspect Michael Laraya, 38, was charged Wednesday, February 3 after reportedly attempting to sodomize a 20-year-old motorcyclist at the Angel Hill Top Guest House in the Guinea Road community in Ganta. The motorcyclist said he was lured to the guest house after Laraya promised to buy him a new motorbike. The management of the guest house confirmed during the police investigation that Laraya had been spending time at the guest house since Monday, February, but signed in twice with different names and nationalities. “During our investigation with Laraya he told us he lives ELWA junction in Monrovia and seconds later he told us he lives another place in Monrovia,” police said.
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February 05, 2021 08:02 UTC
Liberia: WFP, Ministry of Education Take-Home Rations Essential in Helping Schoolchildren Study at Home and Remain Safe from Coronavirus
Mrs Jarteh recounted how the take-home rations were visible in the narratives that the children, parents, and teachers are now telling. It also meant that the over 90,000 students benefiting from the WFP school feeding programme stayed at home. She continued, “When the school feeding food came, some families organized study classes with children sitting far apart. Mr. G. Markson Pewue, the Ministry of Education School Feeding Coordinator in Nimba County, lauded the WFP take-home rations as a unifying force for the family. Throughout 2021, WFP and the Ministry of Education will provide school meals to 90,000 students through cash-based transfers, take-home rations, and on-site school meals.
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February 05, 2021 07:59 UTC
Liberia: US$1.8M County Social Development Fund Projects in Bong in Limbo
The remaining 12 projects, according to Steve Mulbah, chairman of the county’s Project Management Committee, are on hold because the county doesn’t have the money to complete those projects. Lawmakers and contractors relationshipLawmakers of the county have established a strong bond with contactors in the county. Some lawmakers in the county are being excused of having share in companies the county award contract. This is seemingly the same situation with District Three lawmaker Marvin Cole and the Fah Architecture Design and Construction company. The construction company has been reportedly funding most of the lawmaker’s political initiatives in the county.
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February 04, 2021 06:53 UTC
Finland Begins Hearing of Sierra Leonean Accused of War Crimes in Liberia
War crimes suspect Gibril Massaquoi listens as charges against him are read in the Pirkanmaa District Court in Tampere, Finland. FrontPage Africa/Saila HuuskoTAMPERE, Finland – The trial of Gibril Massaquoi, a Sierra Leonean former rebel commander accused of committing war crimes in Liberia, began on Wednesday in the Finnish city of Tampere. A former commander of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), his charges include war crimes and crimes against humanity between 1999 and 2003. War crimes suspect Gibril Massaquoi enters the courtroom in Tampere, Finland. NBI said it interviewed several witnesses in Liberia and Sierra Leone, who it says will testify in the West African in coming months.
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February 04, 2021 06:45 UTC
Liberia: Government Launches US$3.4m COVID-19 Relief Package for 15K Households in Montserrado
Monrovia – The Government of Liberia, through the Ministry of Gender and Social Protection says all is set for the direct transfer of cash to 15 thousand households in Montserrado County. The FCDO, she said has also committed US$5 million dollars to the regular cash transfers in Maryland, Bomi, River Gee and Grand Kru Counties. Speaking further, the Minister added that the initiative in Montserrado is a pilot project which is led by the Ministry’s Social Cash Transfer (SCT) Program under the Liberia Social Safety Nets Project which is being sponsored by FCDO/UKaid and the World Bank. She added that it is an expansion of the Government’s Social Protection portfolio as these households will be added to the Liberia Household Social Registry. Madam Desai lauded FCDO, the World Bank and USAID for their continued investment and engagement in building a strong social safety net for Liberia.
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February 04, 2021 06:41 UTC
Liberia: “Engage Men in Fight for Gender Equality” -Emma Glassco Urges Female Journalists
Glassco stressed that there’s absolutely no reason women can’t achieve breakthroughs in the work of Gender Partnership. She said, “women can even do it better, because of the natural passion for competition and perfection as such, engaging men in the fight for gender equality is the single biggest leverage women have”. The NaFAA Boss warned women to avoid being climbing the ladder one by one, with the thought that ‘we got one more woman to the top, working side by side with men.’ Madam. She however expressed discouragement in the leadership of the Press Union of Liberia which is heavily dominated by men despite women membership. She urged them to avoid complacency and manifest hard work for the overall transformation of the Female Journalist Association of Liberia.
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February 04, 2021 06:11 UTC
UNDP Sponsored Her Voice Liberia Project to provide Training for Traditional Leaders in Understanding Statutory Laws
This means that most of the cases are heard by traditional leaders and these traditional Leaders that are part of the Justice actor chain will need to understand their roles in determining cases in line with the legislation. The traditional chief said she will ensure that the project makes the required impact in her district because the project is very important to all traditional leaders and chiefs. Dakeh Paye, Traditional Investigator for Bong County who spoke on behalf of all traditional leaders that attended the launch of the project expressed happiness for the project. He said the office of the Superintendent is happy to see such work being done with traditional leaders to make them understand statutory laws. She admonished the traditional leaders to make use of the statutory legal system in handling matters that require the statutory system.
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February 04, 2021 06:06 UTC
Liberia: Ministry of Labor Concludes MOU with Local NGOs to Conduct Education and Awareness on Trafficking and Child Labour
Monrovia – The Ministry of Labour through the National Anti-Human Trafficking Taskforce has established a modern “Safe-Home” for victims and witnesses of human trafficking and child labour as part of the fight against trafficking in persons and child labour in Liberia. Making the disclosure at the regular monthly meeting of the National Anti-Human Trafficking Taskforce held at the Ministry of Labour, the Chairman of the Taskforce, Labour Minister, Cllr. “In our last meeting we listed several programs to roll out as a means of accelerating the fight against trafficking in person and child labour. “Interestingly, we discovered that we have two cases in Grand Cape Mount County; we also discovered that there had been a lot of child labour cases and they have been handle at police stations and not going to court because child labour issues usually involved families. The five local NOGs are partnering with the National Human Trafficking Taskforce of Liberia.
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February 04, 2021 06:00 UTC
A Call For National Unity And Hard Work
lf I may assert, we must accept the condition we inherited and the one we created with renew national commitment to our people and country. The government must not schizo from forces be it real or imagined digressing from the national agenda, (PRO POOR AGENDA) by the incessant glorification of the past and current blame game amongst state actors. The government must monster unprecedented courage to make more considerable gains for the benefit of our people. No doubt, if we unite more than ever we will greatly overcome all odds and clear the obstacles and absurdities that drives away national growth and prosperity. National Unity and Hard Work Should Form the Hallmark of Our AGENDA.
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February 02, 2021 01:30 UTC
International War Criming Trial Coming to Liberian Soil
The trial will return to Finland in May and the case is scheduled for judgement in the Finnish fall. Holding a war crimes trial on Liberian soil is a major development in the campaign for the establishment of a war crimes court for Liberia. Despite the 2009 recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Liberia’s Legislature is yet to pass a law to approve a war crimes court for Liberia. Together, the two groups destabilized the Mano River basin killing an estimated 250,000 in Liberia, 50,000 in Sierra Leone and 1,000 in Guinea. He joined the group at the age of 21 in 1991 after it raided his village of Pujehun in Southern Sierra Leone.
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January 29, 2021 06:33 UTC
Liberia: Embattled Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission Chairman Cllr. Nwabudike Reportedly Asked to Resign
MONROVIA – FrontPageAfrica has reliably gathered that the Liberian Senate has written President George Weah advising him to call on the embattled Chairman of the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC), Cllr. FrontPageAfrica also gathered from some employees of the LACC that Cllr. On many occasions when the Judiciary Committee was asked to report its findings and recommendations to the Senate plenary, there was always an excuse about lack of attendance for meeting by committee members. The Senate Judiciary Committee members include; Senator Sherman (UP-Grand Cape Mount County) Chair, Senator Morris Saytumah (UP-Bomi County) Co-chair and Steve Zargo (LP-Lofa County) amongst others. The authenticity of his naturalization documents, also came into questioning as his Liberian passports contained several dates of birth.
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January 29, 2021 06:22 UTC
Liberia: National Security Agency Reportedly Tailing Dr. Daniel Cassell
The NSA was left as the only agency solely responsible for gathering national security intelligence, but having to conduct special investigations, whenever the need arises. Later, on August 30, 1974, the Act creating the National Security Agency (NSA) was published by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Monrovia, Liberia. Dr. Cassell and his family, including wife-Bindu Coleman Cassell and two kids, are currently in the country, extending helping hands to ess fortunate citizens. When quizzed whether the agency is specifically tailing Dr. Cassell, Director Pearson responded “no”. Suffering like slavesSpeaking further, Dr. Cassell observed that Liberians continue to suffer like “slaves” in their own country.
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January 29, 2021 06:22 UTC
Liberia: National Road Fund Seeks Partnership with Financial Institutions to Address Road Challenges
MONROVIA – The head of the National Road Fund, Mr. Boniface D. Satu says the road sector remains seriously challenged and there is a need for stakeholders of the sector to collaborate in addressing it. Mr. Satu said the meeting was aimed at reassuring stakeholders of the sector and the need to work together with commitment in transforming the sector. He believes that the road sector is challenged but is at the same time strongly optimistic that working together can help to address the problems appropriately. Satu lauded stakeholders for expressing the hope that everything will be done to address challenges facing road connectivity across the country. “The African Development Bank has ensured that we have all the computers needed, vehicles, marketing and branding and cash to support the road fund,” Mr. Satu said.
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January 29, 2021 06:11 UTC
Liberia: TNIMA Students Go Through Struggles as Administration Fails to Provide Stipend, Dormitory and Transportation
The source further alleged that the institution’s administration has refused to provide feeding for students, something that has, accordingly, also forced them to find alternative shelter at an extra unanticipated expense. According to the source, the administration is reportedly unable to provide other major campus needs, to include sanitary for over three years, which is also creating public health concern among the students. Apart from lack of feeding and household needs, the source alleged that TNIMA administration has since “refused to give students their US$100 stipend due them over the years. The source further stated that students have continuously engaged the TNIMA administration on the matter, but the institution remains tightlipped on the matter. “During the regime of Charles Taylor, students were at the dormitory, but since 2015 up to this regime, no one sleeps on campus and the dormitory needs serious renovation,” the source asserted.
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January 29, 2021 06:11 UTC