Liberia: Rep. Crayton Duncan Arrives in Sinoe to Dedicate 15 Self-sponsored Projects
Crayton O. Duncan is expected to arrive in Sinoe on Saturday, November 28, 2020, to begin the dedication of 15 projects constructed through his personal initiatives for the people of Sinoe. Samson Q. Wiah, Candidate for the Representative Seat in District #2 Sinoe County. Sunday, November 29, 2020Dedication of the Butaw Radio Station (Voice of Butaw) and Butaw Compound Youth Center, Butaw Administrative District. In addition, the following projects will be dedicated subsequently…Panama Youth Center, Johnny’s Town Youth Center and Government Camp Youth Center. Meanwhile, in an effort to provide education for young people through technology, the Lawmaker will establish a computer literacy program in three of the youth centers including… Butaw Youth Center, New Kru Town Youth Center and Seebeh Youth Center.
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November 27, 2020 19:52 UTC
Liberia: National AIDS Commission, Partners Plan 2020 World AIDS Day
Monrovia –The National AIDS Commission (NAC) in collaboration with the National AIDS Control Program (NACP) and partners has released activities leading to the commemoration of World AIDS Day 2020 in Liberia. Liberia will on December 1, 2020 join the rest of the world over to commemorate World AIDS Day, a day set aside by the world body to raise awareness about the HIV and AIDS pandemic; providing a platform to reflect on achievements made in the national HIV response and to embrace solidarity with persons living with HIV and those who have died of AIDS related complications. According to the UNAIDS 2020 Spectrum estimates, 47,000 persons are living with HIV in Liberia with women accounting for 26,000, men 17,000, while children from zero to 14 years account for 4,000. The AIDS Commission said it will join partners during the commemoration of the day to showcase progress being made in the country’s National HIV and AIDS response and highlight challenges that require redress by policymakers and key stakeholders in ending HIV as a public health threat by 2030. First observed in 1988, World AIDS Day has be a unique gathering where governments and officials from all sectors in their respective countries have committed themselves to observing the day with speeches, forums, community awareness and media campaign on global and national themes aimed at reaffirming their commitments.
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November 27, 2020 13:18 UTC
Kolubahzizi Howard, Brother of Vice President Jewel Howard Taylor, Is Dead
MONROVIA – Mr. Kolubahzizi Howard, brother of Vice President Jewel Howard Taylor and a former employee of the Liberia Telecommunications Authority, is dead. He served for four years as Director of Strategy for the Liberia Telecommunications Authority, the regulatory authority for the Liberian telecommunications sector. For three consecutive years, he served as the Chairman of the Mass Communications Department of the African Methodist Episcopal University (AMEU). Mr. Howard had nine years of professional experience at the executive management level of a national telecommunications company. He was knowledgeable of the telecommunications sector reform process in developing countries due to his participation in many major conferences of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), the West African Telecommunications Regulatory Assembly (WATRA), and the African Telecommunication Union (ATU), as well as his own participation and contribution to telecommunications sector reform in Liberia.
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November 27, 2020 08:37 UTC
Liberia: Former Minister of Public Works Minister’s Family Calls on Liberia to Rid Their Hearts of Envy and Jealousy as They Lay Him to Rest
The Acting Public Works Minster Ruth Collins expressed sorrow, stating that the late Minister was very committed to his duties. The Mobutu you saw as Senator, the Mobutu you saw as a Public Works Minister he worked and worked. The Mobutu you saw as Senator, the Mobutu you saw as a Public Works Minister he worked and worked. Meanwhile, Ojuku indicated that the Nyenpan family seeks no enemy in such difficult and trying times in the lives of the family members. It was his responsibility as Minister of Public Works to concretize the vision of my administration which is building roads.
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November 27, 2020 07:52 UTC
Liberia: Controversial Autopsy, Investigative Reports Release On Causes Of Auditors’ Deaths Spark Mixed-Reactions
Monrovia – Mixed reactions have ensued among Liberians over the controversial autopsy and investigative reports released by the Government of Liberia (GOL), through Justice Minister-Counselor Frank Musa Dean, on the causes of deaths of four Liberian auditors who died under mysterious circumstances one after the other in the country. The former Youth League Chair of the Alternative National Congress, T. Benjamin Myers termed as “disastrous” the reports released by the government on the deaths of the auditors. But Marie Snoti, a 32-year-old public health student at the University of Liberia, believes that the driver may have had stronger stimulus to contain the carbon monoxide than the two auditors. He maintained that it remains difficult to believe that the two auditors died of hydrocarbon substance, when Mr. Peters’ trouser was found behind the B. W. Harris Episcopal School. He noted that further medical investigations need to be conducted because, there are stages of carbon monoxide which the reports failed to unearth.
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November 27, 2020 07:52 UTC
Liberia: Former Nimba County’s Superintendent Rallies Voters against Ruling Party Ahead of December 8 Polls
NIMBA COUNTY – With just days to the December 8, 2020 Special Senatorial Elections (SSE), the former Superintendent of Nimba County and erstwhile supporter of the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC), Mr. D. Dorr Cooper, has called on Nimbaians to reject the CDC at the polls. They don’t have anything to offer Nimbaians but rather to fool us,” said Mr. Cooper. In the early stages of the electoral process, there were reports that the former Nimba Superintendent received huge sum of money from the CDC and Rep. Koung to back off from the race. Mr. Cooper has been a major figure in Nimba Politics following the end of the civil war. Before his appointment as Superintendent of the county, he served as Mayor of Ganta City, the industrial hub of the county.
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November 27, 2020 07:49 UTC
Liberia: WFP Transports Huge Quantities Of Food Commodities to Zwedru, Grand Gedeh County in Readiness for the COVID-19 Household Food Support Programme
Initial Food Convoy in Kpelleh Village, Grand Gedeh County en route to Zwedru – photo credit- Lysander Martin/WFP LiberiaMonrovia – The UN World Food Programme (WFP) in Liberia over the weekend began transporting huge quantities of food commodities to Zwedru, Grand Gedeh County in readiness for the COVID-19 Household Food Support Programme (COHFSP) distribution in the southeast. Taking advantage of the relative improvement in road conditions due to the emerging dry season, WFP dispatched a convoy of 8 large logistical trucks conveying 421 metric tons of food commodities. The huge consignment is the first batch of 5,282 metric tons of food items intended for distribution in 5 southeast counties including Grand Gedeh, River Gee, Maryland, Grand Kru, and Sinoe. WFP’s Logistics Assistant, Lysander Martin, speaking via mobile phone from Toe Town, Grand Gedeh, early Monday morning was upbeat about the trip to Zwedru. However, we are now in Toe Town and hope to touch ground in Zwedru before dark today, God willing”.
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November 27, 2020 07:41 UTC
Prison Fellow-Liberia Ends Workshop Promoting Access to Justice for Community Dwellers in Bong County
Prison Fellowship-Liberia’s Country Director Francis Kollie (second from right) and platform guests at the workshopGbarnga, Bong County – Prison Fellowship-Liberia has ended a two-day workshop on access to justice for community members from across Bong’s thirteen administrative districts. He said they were prepared to work with community members in fact-tracking with the involvement of Prison Fellowship-Liberia and the Judiciary. The workshop focused on access to justice and examined the challenges being face by community members in seeking justice trial situations. In her remarks, Bendu L. Kollie, Prison Coordinator for Bong, Nimba and Lofa, hailed Prison Fellowship-Liberia for always working with the justice system in helping so resolve community related cases. Kollie also asked participants to work “in hand-in-hand with the police and Prison Fellowship-Liberia to help see that justice is served in the community”.
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November 27, 2020 07:38 UTC
Liberia: Action for Community Matters Pays Tribute to Fallen Staff Zehdeed Pearson
MONROVIA – The Founder and Chief Executive Officer of a grassroot microfinance organization, Action for Community Matters (ACOMA), has expressed profound regret over the passing of one of her staff, Mr. Zehdeed Pearson. The late Mr. Pearson also worked along with ACOMA Liberia to introduce the micro credit program and the village saving loan for the Group of 77. Mr Pearson died at age 56, leaving to mourn his widow Nunah Pearson and five Children; two of whom have completed their high school while the others are yet to graduate. Born January 8, 1966, in Nimba County, Mr Pearson graduated from the Worldwide Mission High School in Monrovia. Though he’s gone, Mr. Pearson will never be forgotten.
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November 27, 2020 07:30 UTC
Turkey NGO Begins Constructing 60 Hand Pumps, Valued US$225,000 In Liberia
MONROVIA – The Islamic Advisor to President George Weah, Sheik Usmane T. Jalloh has disclosed that two non-governmental organization, in Turkey Center for Humanitarian Activity in Africa and the Diyanet Vakifi foundation has begun constructing about 60 hand pumps in value over US$225,000 in the 15 counties of Liberia. Speaking in an interview with Journalist last evening Sheik Jallo said the Turkey NGO will construct five hand pumps in each of the Liberian counties as a means of providing safe drinking water for LiberiaHe said construction of hand pumps has already begun and each county in Liberia will have five hand pump and the Turkey NGO has completed five hand pumps each in Margibi and Montserrado counties and has already begun the construction of additional five pumps in Grand Bassa County. According to him, the Weah administration has exhibited religious tolerance therefore; he urged both Christians and Muslims to support the President in reconciling the entire country. He said what President Weah has done during three years in office is more than other presidents in promoting diversity and tolerance. He is also a debater, motivational speaker and prolific writeran Islamic Affairs Adviser in the Office of the Presidency for the first time since Liberia declared her independence in 1847.
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November 27, 2020 07:30 UTC
Liberia: Lofa County Supt. Assures Citizens of Smooth COVID-19 Food Distribution
Lofa County Superintendent, Hon. William Tamba Kamba, Sr, (with hat) during the stakeholders’ meeting in VoinjamaMonrovia – Lofa County Superintendent, Hon. Speaking at the stakeholders’ meeting in Voinjama on Monday – attended by the World Food Programme (WFP), NGO partners, and other county leadership structures – Hon. Meanwhile, WFP’s Head of Programme, Amos Ballayan, has disclosed that COVID-19 household targeted food distribution is expected to begin in Margibi and Nimba Counties this weekend targeting around 30,000 and 58,000 households, respectively. WFP’s targeted food distribution is currently ongoing in rural Montserrado and will begin distribution in urban Montserrado by end of November.
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November 27, 2020 07:18 UTC
Former Montserrado County District#7 Representative Candidate Emmanuel Dahn Opens Vocational Training Center
Monrovia – The former Representative candidate of Montserrado County Distirct 7 Emmanuel Dahn has opened the “District Seven Skills Training Center” (DSSTC), a vocational institution that seeks to build the capacity of young people in the country. According to the Montserrado County Senator, skills training is essential to the growth and development of Liberia. He added that everyone needs to take advantage of the opportunity and build up their vocational skills and contribute to their country. Dahn who lost in the 2017 Representative Election in Montserrado County District#7 says his decision to establish a vocational institution in his district is to give back to society. We are going to make sure to make District Seven Skills Training is second to none in this country,” Dahn said.
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November 27, 2020 07:18 UTC
Rule By The Law: A Statement On The Recent Decision Of The Ecowas Community Court Of Justice
On 10th November, 2020, the Government of Liberia received a rebuke from the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice. The 73-page Opinion of the regional court is uncomplicated in its reasoning and instructive in the basic principles of human rights. Indeed, the ECOWAS Court of Justice will not ordinarily speak in such direct terms. Simply put, the run to the Ecowas Court of Justice testifies to an erosion of public confidence in the sworn commitments of national governments to deliver justice to their citizens. All Liberians should salute Associate Justice Ja’neh for the fortitude to pursue the violation of his rights to the Ecowas Court.
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November 27, 2020 07:07 UTC
One Year Later, Reflecting on the Bold Step to Contest the Presidency for the Press Union of Liberia
At the level of the parent body, the Press Union of Liberia (PUL), there has been a single woman presidency since its inception/establishment in 1964. However, in a field dominated by male, and entrench in patriarchal practices, there is a gradual increase of women media managers. On October 25, 2019, I was disqualified by the Elections Committee of the Press Union of Liberia. In my application to the Elections Committee, I was transparent about my position/title at the IIC. For example, despite legitimately filing a case of mischaracterization and error of judgment before the Elections Committee, I was never given any semblance of due process by the Elections Committee – as would normally be expected in any democratic process.
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November 27, 2020 07:07 UTC
Liberia: LRA Customs Signs MoU with LNP to Train Customs Officers
Police IG Patrick T. Sudue and LRA Customs Commissioner Saa Saamoi signing the MoU as LRA Assistant Commissioner Blamo Kofa looks onMONROVIA – The Customs Department of the Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) and the Liberia National Police (LNP) have signed a Memorandum of Understand (MoU) for the training of Customs Officers at the Liberia National Police Training Academy (LNPTA). In line with the MoU, 350 LRA Customs Officers will undergo training in basic police science and other specialized courses with the aim of strengthening their capacities to regain their place in the national security architecture of the country. The training will also upgrade the skills of customs officers in carrying out trade facilitation, border security and collection of lawful customs duties and taxes. Speaking during the signing ceremony on Wednesday November 25 at the LNP Headquarters in Monrovia, LRA Customs Commissioner Saa Saamoi thanked the LNP for honoring the LRA request to train its customs officers. “The more we train our customs officers, the more the dividend will be shown by an increase in our budget and by extension, the financial revenue intake”, IG Sudue noted.
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November 27, 2020 00:22 UTC