Liberia: Tussle Over Ownership of Gospel Singer Marron Cassell ‘Late Husband’s’ Property
A tussle over the late Cassell property came before the Court after the lawyer representing Marron Cassell wrote a letter of complaint alleging that Mr. Popel had illegal occupied the propertyMonrovia – A legal battle is expected to commence shortly at the Monthly and Probate Court at the Temple of Justice to determine the ownership of property of the late Edward Cassell, husband of Gospel Music Ambassador Marron Cassell. Court records in the possession of FrontPageAfrica show that the two parties are claiming ownership of the property in the City of Paynesville. The other party claiming ownership is Marron D. Cassell who is identified as a wife of the deceased. A tussle over the late Cassell property came before the Court after the lawyer representing Marron Cassell wrote a letter of complaint alleging that Mr. Popel had illegal occupied the property. Gonqueh further alleged that Marron Cassell first name was Marron Dweh when she got married to the deceased and her name was changed to Marron Cassell.
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August 21, 2020 05:37 UTC
Liberia: Court To Decide Fate of Four Indicted Ex-CBL Officials In L$16 Billion Case
The Judge’s ruling, which may either acquit or convict the defendants, is subject to an appeal to the Supreme Court if the defendants are convicted. State lawyers argued that they have proven that the former CBL officials are guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. The prosecution further argued that the ex-CBL officials chose to print extra L$10 Billion outside of Legislative approval and in the process of printing the extra L$10 Billion, L$2.6 Billion of that amount could not be accounted for. Scott said the Legislature should be indicted because they passed a resolution to print money that was unlawful resolution and that the money government claimed to be unlawfully printed have been used by the same government. The former Chief Justice accused former House Speaker Nuquay, one of government’s witnesses in the case, of lying under oath that the Legislature did not give CBL the authority to the print money.
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August 21, 2020 05:26 UTC
Regional Integration as a Tool for Wealth Creation in Africa
No money, no movement, and a realization that most African countries lack economic diversity and resilience. And it means raising the standards within African supply chains to enable African firms to produce world class industrial products. The question becomes how to build the markets and supply chains needed to ensure Africa can provide for itself, including during emergencies. For example, Africa has several agricultural commodities on which regional value chains can be constructed. Fulfilling the African Development Bank’s High 5s priorities: Light Up and Power Africa; Feed Africa; Industrialise Africa; Integrate Africa; and, Improve the Quality of Life for the People of Africa, would address these challenges on multiple fronts and instrumentalize a tightly interconnected African market.
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August 21, 2020 05:15 UTC
USAID Launches Educational Stipend Cash Transfer Program To Aid Students Taking WASSCE During Covid-19 Outbreak In Liberia
The program funded by USAID will provide a one-time cash stipend of approximately US$ 50 to all 12th-grade students from public and private schools in Liberia’s fifteen counties who are registered to take the Exams. The stipends will be distributed via mobile money. Information about how eligible students can enroll online to receive their stipends can be found on the Facebook page of the Ministry of Education at https://www.facebook.com/LiberiaMOE/ and also at EducationLiberia.org. USAID Liberia Mission Director, Sara Walter, said the stipend program “reflects the commitment of the Government and People of the United States not only to help Liberia contain the spread of COVID-19 but to also deal with the broader impact of the disease, including the economic uncertainties it has created across Liberia.”Director Walter emphasized that the stipends will not be offered annually. She also noted “the very important role the Ministry of Education is playing to ensure the successful implementation of the program.”USAID’s COVID-19 educational stipend is one of many United States Government assistance programs provided by the U.S. Mission in Liberia to support education and training of Liberians and promote workforce readiness.
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August 20, 2020 16:07 UTC
Liberia: Defense Case Summary in L$16bn Trial
On January 9, 2020, the Prosecution filed a three-count Motion and entered Nolle Prosequi in favor of Crane Currency that was granted by this Court, thereby dismissing all charges against Crane Currency. WHETHER OR NOT THE PROSECUTION’S EVIDENCE ESTABLISHED BEYOND AND TO THE EXCLUSION OF REASONABLE DOUBT ANY CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY BETWEEN CO-DEFENDANT MILTON A. It is obvious and a matter of judicial notice that the CBL could not receive from Crane Currency what was not printed by Crane Currency. Crane Currency did in fact deliver the correct number and value of bank notes, as set out in two (2) delivery contracts and subsequent documented agreements between Crane Currency and the Central Bank of Liberia. The incontrovertible fact presented by all of the above species of evidence adduced at the trial and admitted into evidence by Co-defendant Milton A.
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August 20, 2020 12:33 UTC
African Development Bank Debars Four Companies Involved in Fraudulent and Collusive Practices for 24 Months
African Development Bank Debars Four Companies Involved in Fraudulent and Collusive Practices for 24 MonthsThe sanction renders Sangtech International Services Limited, Sangar & Associates (Nigeria) Limited, Mashad Integrated and Investment Co. Limited and Medniza Global Merchants Limited ineligible to participate in Bank-financed projects during the debarment periodAbidjan, Côte d’Ivoire – The African Development Bank Group on 20 August 2020, announces the 24-month debarment of Sangtech International Services Limited, Sangar & Associates (Nigeria) Limited, Mashad Integrated and Investment Co. Limited and Medniza Global Merchants Limited. The sanction renders Sangtech International Services Limited, Sangar & Associates (Nigeria) Limited, Mashad Integrated and Investment Co. Limited and Medniza Global Merchants Limited ineligible to participate in Bank-financed projects during the debarment period. Additionally, the 24-month debarment of the companies qualifies for cross-debarment by other multilateral development banks under the Agreement for Mutual Recognition of Debarment Decisions, including the Asian Development Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank Group. The Zaria Water Supply Expansion and Sanitation Project in Nigeria is co-financed by the African Development Fund, an entity of the African Development Bank Group. About the Office of Integrity and Anti-CorruptionThe Office of Integrity and Anti-Corruption of the African Development Bank Group is responsible for preventing, deterring and investigating allegations of corruption, fraud and other sanctionable practices in Bank Group-financed operations.
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August 20, 2020 11:48 UTC
Ghanaian President Akufo-Addo Commissions, Hands over AfCFTA Secretariat to AU Commission
Accra, Ghana – President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has commissioned and handed over the Secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to the African Union (AU) Commission. The event took place duing a brief ceremony at the Africa Trade House on Monday in Accra, the Ghanaian Capitol where President Akufo-Addo officially commissioned and handed over the AfCFTA Secretariat Building to the AUC Chairperson, MoussaFaki. Delivering a speech at the ceremony, President Akufo-Addo stated that Ghana has discharged all of her obligations towards the establishment and the setting up of the office, following the selection of Ghana, in 2019, by the AU Assembly to host the AfCFTA Secretariat. We have provided also an appropriate, furnished residential accommodation as the official residence of the Secretary-General of the AfCFTA,” he said. “We are confident that, through your leadership and the determination of the AU Member States, all bracketed issues should be resolved,” President Ramaphosa said.
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August 20, 2020 06:55 UTC
Liberia: What Really Happened to the ‘Missing Pages’ in Investment Agreement Vetoed by the President
The President’s decision to send the bill back to the Legislature is in line with Article 35 of the Constitution which state:Who Flagged Missing Page? And these are standard positions of every concession agreement, every investment agreement. Sherman further explained that the proposal was then given it to National Investment Commission in quest for investment incentives. Sherman: “The law advised that for this type of investment, the investor, once NIC agrees is entitled to 15-years investment, provided that the President signs the investment agreement and it is submitted to the legislature for ratification. That’s when we discovered that the copy he had which he was going to print, page 31 was missing.
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August 20, 2020 05:48 UTC
Liberia: Associate Justice Youh Wants to Divorce Edwin Snowe over Incompatibility of Temper
Liberia: Associate Justice Youh Wants to Divorce Edwin Snowe over Incompatibility of TemperThe Supreme Court Bench member wants to terminate her four-year marriage with the Bomi County Representative Edwin M. SnoweMONROVIA – Bomi County Lawmaker Edwin Snowe has been taken to court by his wife, Associate Justice Sie-A- Nyene Youh, who is seeking to end their four-year marriage. Justice Youh’s action is in connection to an Action of Divorce for Incompatibility and is seeking for intervention from the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court of Montserrado County. Details pertaining to why the Associate Justice is seeking to divorce her husband remains unclear. Snowe married the daughter of former President Charles Taylor, Zoe Louise Taylor, in Monrovia in 1999 and they have one daughter. He subsequently married the Associate Justice four years ago, but according to her, the marriage cannot continue to due to incompatibility of temper.
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August 20, 2020 05:43 UTC
LIBERIA: Warning Signs from Mali, Ivory Coast Ahead of Key Midterm Senatorial Elections
THE STATE OF POLITICS in the West African subregion is growing increasingly complicated by the day. PRESIDENT KEITA, for his part, said, he did not want “blood to be spilled to keep me in power”. FOLLOWING TUESDAY’S coup, the UN Security Council condemned the “mutiny”, urging the immediate release of the president and his officials. THE WEST AFRICAN subregion has seen massive violence unfold over the past few decades. From Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast and Guinea, countless number of innocent lives have been lost due to bad governance, corruption greed and nepotism.
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August 20, 2020 05:26 UTC
Liberia: Ruling Party, Major Opposition Fail to Show at National Elections Commission for Signing or Document for Conduct Peaceful Poll
The ruling Coalition for Democratic Change and the Collaborating Political parties (CPP), which comprises of the four main opposition political parties — the Alternative National Congress (ANC), the Unity Party (UP), the Liberty Party (LP), and All Liberian Party (ALP) — were all absent during the signing of the document on Wednesday. That document is a commitment by the political parties to hold peaceful and non-violence elections. NEC Launch voter Roll UpdateMeanwhile, NEC has announced the date for the commencement of the voter roll update exercise in preparation for the December 8special senatorial election. The voter roll update exercise is not a new voter registration,” Madam Brown-Lansanah said. To ensure Liberians are informed about the Update exercise, the Commission has recruited, trained, and will deploy 146 Civic Educators and 146 Gender Mobilizers across the country.
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August 20, 2020 05:26 UTC
Liberia: Over 2,000 COVID-19 Volunteers Begin Receiving Compensation, As Madam Julie Endee Apologies for Delay
Monrovia – At long last, over 2,000 volunteers, who have worked as active case finders and risk communicators, have begun receiving compensation for work done during the start of the coronavirus pandemic in Liberia. Speaking at the start of the payment exercise, the Executive Director of the Liberia Crusaders Madam Judi Endee appreciated the workers for volunteering their service to the nation. This is your country and you did a good job and so, we congratulate you,” Madam Endee said. Also, for the two months, volunteers will receive US$120 in its Liberian dollar equivalent, according to Madam Endee, who added that the remaining one-month payment will be made to volunteers at a different date. Madam Endee also praised Monrovia City Mayor Jefferson Koijee, adding that the Mayor was of “great help” in making the funds available for the volunteers.
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August 20, 2020 05:03 UTC
Liberia: Rep. Koffa Reacts To Senator Dilion’s Accusation of Being ‘Inconsistent’ Over Lawmakers Salary Cut
Abe Darius Dillon of #CPP proposes a Draft Act seeking to fix $5,000.00USD maximum salary for Lawmakers. So, I took a back seat and said, if they want to cut the salary, let them cut the salary. Yesterday Senator Dillon, who is the sponsor of the bill, posted an article from 2019 showing that I said that I support US$2,500 for a lawmaker salary. Koffa said a “high level of gimmick” is being played ahead of the December 8 senatorial election which include the call for the reduction of lawmakers’ salaries. For me as a lawmaker, US$2,500 will be sufficient if you want to pay me,” he said.
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August 20, 2020 05:03 UTC
Liberia: Fessibu First to Complete Customary Land Process, As More Communities Line Up
For us, this is a very huge development that we highly welcome.”Fessibu’s feat comes with the end of customary communities’ long, bloody struggle for land rights. The new law recognizes customary communities’ full ownership, unlike a bevy of previous laws that gave them only partial possession. Aged-old Taboo’More than 300 communities across the country have applied for land deed, according to the Liberia Land Authority. Boundary harmonization is one of the stages in the process communities must complete to obtain customary land deed. “I believe this will help to minimize land conflicts in this country,” adds Kaba, who heads SDI’s customary land protection program.
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August 20, 2020 04:52 UTC
ArcelorMittal Liberia Launches Community Development Fund
The community development fund is the official name for the 20% county social development fund that ArcelorMittal has been authorized by the government of Liberia to disburse to communities. “The community development fund is the official name for the 20% county social development fund that ArcelorMittal has been authorized by the government of Liberia to disburse to communities. He also expressed hope that the good experience learned from managing the portion of the county social development fund will bring valuable lessons that Liberia can use. Among other things, it stipulates that ArcelorMittal contribute $3 million a year to the county social development fund for Nimba, Bong and Grand Bassa Counties. This money, which over the 25-year expected life-of-mine will total $75 million, will be used to drive community development projects that will uplift and improve the lives of local people.
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August 20, 2020 04:52 UTC