Liberia: Police Deployed to Gboanipea Gold Mine Where over 400 Armed Illegal Miners Have Taken Over
Liberia: Police Deployed to Gboanipea Gold Mine Where over 400 Armed Illegal Miners Have Taken OverThe Gboanipea Gold Mine is notoriously known for the death of over 60 illegal miners who were trapped underground in February 2019 as a result of landslide. Tappita, Nimba County – In the wake of a second goal rush at the Gboanipea Gold mine near Tappita, Nimba County, the Government has deployed a squadron of the Emergency Response Unit (ERU) of the Liberia National Police to safeguard the area. Report by Gerald C. Koinyeneh, [email protected]According to report, over 400 illegal miners, carrying single barrel pistol, knives and cutlasses entered the mining site on June 4, 2020 in search of gold. They soon began scrambling for control of the site, and the incident led to the injury of two personsThe Gboanipea Gold Mine is notoriously known for the death of over 60 illegal miners who were trapped underground in February 2019 as a result of landslide. It was during the process that a gold line and hell broke loose, leading to the influx of hundreds of illegal miners in search of their share.
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June 16, 2020 06:00 UTC
Liberia: Lawmakers Raise Concern over US$25M Approved by the Legislature for Food Distribution Being Loan Not Approved By Them
Liberia: Lawmakers Raise Concern over US$25M Approved by the Legislature for Food Distribution Being Loan Not Approved By ThemWhile members fo the legislature are insinuating that the amount is a loan, the minister of information, Lenn Eugene Nagbe told FrontPageAfrica that the “the money is not a standalone amount. He posted to Facebook: “Colleagues, WFP’s $9m charge for 21 food distribution is totally unappealing. #COVID19IsReal #StaySafe #SocialDistance #ProPoorMustSucceed.”The concern raised by Senator Joseph is raising eyebrows among lawmakers who speedily passed the recast budget through a resolution. He was strongly opposed to the speedy passage of the recast budget without carefully scrutinizing the budget. “It is also misleading and very troubling to read that the 25 million allotted in the recast budget was a loan.
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June 16, 2020 05:54 UTC
Liberia: Aggrieved Workers Demand Government 21-Month Arrears for Cleaning Beaches & Waterways
The program was halted by the Minister of Youth and Sports, D. Zeogar Wilson over lack of funds to pay workers. On Monday, June 15, the workers staged a peaceful protest at Capitol Hill, outside of President Weah’s Foreign Ministry’s Office in a bid to grasp the President’s attention. Major Koijee, receiving the workers’ request promised to deliver it to the President for timely redress. Earlier, Minster Wilson, in an interview with FrontPageAfrica admitted that government remains indebted to the aggrieved workers. Another protester, Mary Wesseh of New Kru Town, District #16 added: We are not leaving this place until they pay our money.
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June 16, 2020 05:44 UTC
Liberia: Teen Single Mothers in Bong Struggling to Fend for Children during COVID-19 Lockdown
The 19-year-old single mother of a set of male twins now survives on food handouts from a community church. Report by Selma Lomax, [email protected]“Right now, the biggest worry for me and my children is hunger,” she says. Pauline Howard, 19, is another single mother of one. I could not walk every single day to work. “They should ensure that appropriate livelihood social support mechanisms are in place to protect vulnerable children and link them to service providers who can support them,” he adds.
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June 16, 2020 05:26 UTC
Liberia: “Oppositions Are Hypocrites” – Simeon Freeman Lashes Out
According to him, the MPC has Liberia as its first agenda unlike other opposition parties. Freeman is concerned about the “hypocrisy and criticism” being carried out by some members of the opposition that were “extremely mute” during the Johnson-Sirleaf’s regime. Freeman said all of what was being said about the printing of the money happened during the past regime. He wonders why members of political parties that were “in bed” with the former regime have now turned to spokespersons for the people of Liberia. “The comment made by Simeon Freeman that the ANC is a hypocrite is quite unfortunate and the ANC has in no time being in bed with the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf regime,” Toe said.
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June 16, 2020 05:15 UTC
Liberia: Visually Impaired Activist Temporarily Held By Police for Leading Protest for Electricity
Gibson and scores of residents of the Jacob Town Community were arrested by Police when they were protesting in demanding the restoration of electricity in their community. About 100 protesters led by the visually impaired Gibson blocked Somalia Drive for most of the morning hours, making it difficult for motorists and pedestrians to use the route. At the start of the protest, Gibson began a live stream on the social media informing the public about the community protest. He added that the leadership of Jacob Town Community has met with the management of LEC to address the issue but to no avail. The police agreed to release only Gibson but the visually impaired, who led the protest, rejected the offer and demanded that all the protesters should be released.
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June 16, 2020 05:07 UTC
Liberia: Insurance Stakeholders Wants Independence in the Sector, Call For Establishment of Insurance Commission
Report by Henry Karmo, [email protected]According to him, the 2013 Insurance Act calls for the setting up of an Insurance Commission as an autonomous commission five years after the passage of the Insurance Act. This law would separate the insurance sector from the Central Bank of Liberia, he said. This would cancel the current deputy director position, but to do so, according to Mr. Gbalazeh, would create unnecessary bureaucracy. “Like other countries in the region and other practices in the world, the insurance commission should be an autonomous commission headed by a commissioner. “Like other countries in the region and other practices in the world, the insurance commission should be an autonomous commission headed by a commissioner.
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June 16, 2020 04:52 UTC
UNDP Donates assorted ICT Supplies to the National Elections Commission of Liberia
The donation was made possible through funding from the government of Sweden, one of the donors of the Elections Basket Fund Project. She added that Sweden was pleased to be part of supporting national development, especially its support for the electoral processes implemented through UNDP. “Sweden will continue to support national development and seeks continuous support for the National Elections Commission (NEC),’’ Harleman noted. Ms. Harleman called on the Government of Liberia through its institutions especially the National Elections Commission, to take concrete steps toward women empowerment and increase their participation in electoral processes. Receiving the items on behalf of the Commission, the acting chair, Commissioner Davidetta Brown- Lansanah, thanked UNDP and donors for their intervention.
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June 16, 2020 04:41 UTC
Diaspora Liberian Association of Bomi County Distributes Food, Identify With Vulnerable Communities
The project, which is headed by former University of Liberia Student Union President, Joe Wilson is dubbed: Bomi Diaspora Special Taskforce on COVID-19. It was through the instrumentality of Mr. Wilson and his committee that funds were mobilized from diaspora Bomi citizens for the implementation of the project back in the county. The Association President, Murphy Gibson, said he was delighted that the National Bomi Citizens Association in the Americas COVID-19 Taskforce would implement such a timely job. Several hard-to-reach towns and villages with public health facility in Bomi County benefited from the rice donation as the consignment of food supplies were transported on motorbikes to the beneficiaries. Others are Suehn Town, Mobah Town, Mecca, Sass Town, Beajolo, Fefeh Town, Zordee and Bonjeh among others.
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June 16, 2020 04:30 UTC
Library for Africa Provides Hot Meal to Disadvantaged Liberians Amid COVID-19
Monrovia – As part of efforts to support the fight against the novel Coronavirus, the Library for Africa – a non-governmental organization – is providing hot meals to disadvantaged youths and elders in some parts of Montserrado County. Library for Africa has begun the distribution of hot meals to less fortunate in Montserrado County as part of efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19. “Due to the pandemic, our organization’s plan to build the library has been temporarily put on hold,” the statement from the Library for Africa reads. The organization has now begun the distribution of cooked food to some disadvantaged youths and elders every weekday at different communities in Montserrado County. During the food distribution, Library for Africa also carried out sanitization messages about the prevention of COVID-19 to residents.
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June 15, 2020 22:52 UTC
Union of Liberians in Norway To Provide Better Crutches, Wheelchairs for Group of 77
Union of Liberians in Norway To Provide Better Crutches, Wheelchairs for Group of 77Physically challenged at the Group of 77 appeals to the Union of Liberian Association in Norway for Crutches and WheelchairsMonrovia – Ellen Payne Koroma, a Liberian based in Norway who is caught up in Liberia due to COVID-19 outbreak. As part of efforts to strengthen the fight against the novel Coronavirus, ULAN has provided bags of rice to the Group of 77 and the SOS Children Village. She promised to present the plight of people living with disabilities in Liberia back to her organization in Norway. Right now, SOS Children Village does not have money to support these children, and local support is very small. We are depending on people like you to keep our institution going,” Nehmah Yahnay, SOS Village Director, said.
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June 15, 2020 22:52 UTC
Liberia: Sekou Kalasco Damaro Strengthens C.H. Rennie Memorial Hospital with 5.5KVA Generator
Rennie Hospital. Rennie Hospital, Damaro was informed about the hospital’s problems – the lack of electricity. Damaro said his continuous support to the people of Margibi County is squarely based on humanitarian purposes and none-political like many would think. “George Weah came from nowhere and he is the President today, we too came from nowhere and we are his aide today. Since President Weah became President, all of my activities have been right here in Margibi County,” he said.
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June 15, 2020 22:52 UTC
Chinese Enterprises of Commerce in Liberia Joins COVID-19 Fight
Monrovia – A group of Chinese companies in Liberia has donated a consignment of assorted and non-assorted items as way of identifying with the government and people of Liberia in the fight against the deadly COVID-19 in the country. Making the presentation in Monrovia recently, Sun Yongbo, President of China Enterprises Chamber of Commerce in Liberia, expressed thanks and gratitude to the Government of Liberia over the level of progress being achieved in the COVID-19 fight. Sun also indicated that the group’s main objective is to work in Liberia through the expansion of economic and trade cooperation between Chinese enterprises and the Government of Liberia as well as the business community. Now, Sun said, the group is working to strengthen communication and cooperation between Chinese in Liberia to exchange experiences and share resources through websites, lectures, and seminars to provide advisory services for members’ entities. He named areas, including construction, mining, fisheries and agriculture which Chinese owned companies have made financial investment, thereby creating employment for scores of Liberians.
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June 15, 2020 22:47 UTC
Liberia: Gov’t Negotiates with Rival Aggrieved Workers of Beaches and Waterways Program to Pay Salary Arrears Following a Protest
They further urged the government to ensure that the program remains suspended until their arrears are settled. He pointed out that the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning can only pay four months of the 21months salary arrears owed the workers. Minister Wilson claimed that thousands of persons were clandestinely included on the program by the two suspended Coordinators, Edwin Kanneh and George Young respectively. Minister Wilson disclosed that preliminary findings have revealed that there were duplication of names and identifications numbers of some of those placed on the payroll. Minister Wilson disclosed that about 2,982 names were added on the payroll by the suspended coordinators.
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June 15, 2020 21:33 UTC
Reggae singer, Yves Lewis, Releases single “I Can’t Breathe”, A Passionate Call to Action
Boston – For 40 years, Yves Lewis, owner and producer of the WildCubby Music record has worked successfully in the music business. The single comes after the release of his debut 14-track album, Dreams are for Living, on January 2020. Lewis is passionate when explaining what led him to releasing the song, I Can’t Breathe. I had to stand up and add my voice to the chorus and say ‘enough is enough : Black lives matter!’”Yves’ first album, “Dreams are for living”, honors many black musical traditions. Other tracks honor both his father and his love of reggae music as well as the Caribbean-based zouk musical tradition.
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June 15, 2020 21:25 UTC