UK-based Liberian Partners with Van Vicker School to Provide Food, Non-food Items for Students Amid Covid-19
She thanked both Lena and Van Vicker for their farsightedness in trying to help the kids and their parents. We want to say thanks to Lena Marshall Foundation. Speaking to his newspaper, Ms. Marshall stated, “On behalf of my foundation, Lena Marshall Foundation and Van Vicker, we appreciate all the support being showered upon us at this difficult time of Covid-19. Our intention is to provide food and sanitary items for the students while they are at home. The items given to the students included rice, toothpastes, toothbrushes, shavers, bottles of Argo oil, Maggie cubes and sanitary pads.
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May 13, 2020 00:11 UTC
Liberia: Rotary Club of Sinkor Donates Face Masks to PUL, Others
Press Union of Liberia President Charles CoffeyMonrovia – The Rotary Club of Sinkor recently donated a huge consignment of face masks to the Press Union of Liberia (PUL), the Goodwill Clinic and several residents of Gbangay Town, Paynesville. Past President Eva Mappy Morgan, a member of the Rotary Club of Sinkor made the donation of 250 face/nose masks to Charles Coffey, President of the Press Union of Liberia (PUL) and admonished him to distribute the masks among journalists, who are on the frontlines reporting on the COVID-19. The Club also donated customized face mask to the Goodwill Clinic in Fiamah and the Gbangay Town Community on the Airfield. The Gbangay town community chairman also thanked the Rotarians of the Club of Sinkor for their timely contribution to the residents of his community. There are 37,000 member clubs worldwide, including the Rotary Club of Sinkor and it has a global membership of more than 1.2 million individuals, known as Rotarians.
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May 13, 2020 00:00 UTC
Liberia: ‘The Police Betrayed My Trust,’ -Dumoe’s Cllr. Findley Karngar
Findley Karngar, has stated that his confidence in the Liberia National Police (LNP) has been betrayed. “The police had the intention to have had my client arrested and they lied that we were only going for a conference. The police had the intention to have had my client arrested and they lied that we were only going for a conference. Mr. Dumoe is the acting leader of the COP, inarguably the leading and most vibrant pressure group on the Liberian government of President George Manneh Weah. But the police refused and told Mr. Dodoo to stop and few minutes later, came back and seized his phone.
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May 12, 2020 18:22 UTC
Liberia: Justice Minister Recovers from COVID-19, Hails Doctors, Nurses for Pulling Him Through
GRATEFUL TO HEALTHCARE WORKERS: “I leave behind a team of trained, professional, dedicated selfless and above all, patriotic health workers. “I leave behind a team of trained, professional, dedicated selfless and above all, patriotic health workers. Frank Musah Dean, Minister of Justice, RLSoko fell sick after a national security meeting which brought together nearly 30 officials of government at the Ministry of National Defense on April 11, 2020. I am the chair.”On Tuesday, Minister Dean expressed thanks and appreciation to his family, relatives, friends, well-wishers and the Liberian people. Seek early medical assistance.”Minister Dean’s recovery comes as Liberia recorded 211 positive cases and 20 deaths as of Monday.
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May 12, 2020 12:45 UTC
Liberia’s Tolbert Nyenswah, Johns Hopkins University Develop Contact Tracing Course for COVID-19
Bloomberg School Senior Research Associate Tolbert Nyensah, LLB, MPH, is among other contributors to the class. Mr. Nyenswah is now a senior Research Associate at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Mr. Nyenswah would be teaming up with Emily Gurley, PhD, an infectious disease epidemiologist at the Bloomberg School. The Contact Tracing CourseThe free online course is designed to help train a new cadre of contact tracers to reach and assist people exposed to the virus. The new course, “COVID-19 Contact Tracing,” highlights how contact tracing is a key component of a public health strategy to slow the spread of COVID-19 without large-scale shutdowns and stay-at-home orders.
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May 11, 2020 23:22 UTC
FPA INVESTIGATION: Liberia Pension Scheme Robbing Pensioners of 25 Percent of Retirement Money
A FrontPage Africa investigation has found that the Central Bank of Liberia is struggling to cash pensioners checks leading to some money changers cashing the checks outside the bank for 25 percent of what pensioners are due from their own checks. The payment represents two-months pension pay for AFL personnel who were slowly retired with pensions following the end of the civil war. Authorities at the CBL contacted Monday said it was doing everything possible to cash checks and encourage pensioners to have patience. I empathize with these old people, but they just have to wait for their time,” a Bank administrator told FPA Monday. Per the CBL policy, pensioners are required to be paid at commercial banks or through their account.
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May 11, 2020 22:30 UTC
Liberia: Armed Men “Terrorizing” Residents In Johnsonville Over Land; Police Launch Investigation
Administrators of the John Moore Intestate Estate have filed a criminal trespass lawsuit against the management of Gabby Farm at the Paynesville Magisterial Court. Charles Johnson is the Administrator of Gabby Farm in the Greenland Community. “The land dispute is between the Hage and some group calling themselves children that gave the land to Gabby farm. Fallacies and make up storiesSolomon Zeo is one of the Administrators of the late John Moore Intestate Estate. He denied accusations of Administrators of the late John Moore Intestate Estate hiring gangs, armed with guns and other deadly weapons to terrorize residents of the township.
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May 11, 2020 22:30 UTC
Liberia: ‘My Client May or May Not See the Police’ Over AK47 Threat, Lawyer for COP Member Says
Liberia: ‘My Client May or May Not See the Police’ Over AK47 Threat, Lawyer for COP Member SaysCllr. In his post Sunday, Mr. Dumoe wrote: “We don’t need bags of rice. More confirmed that all three security agencies, the National Security Agency, defense intelligence and the LNP were interested in what Mr. Dumoe meant by his post. Woodtor’s post was preceded by another poster, Holton Flomo, who asked Mr. Dumoe whether he was serious about AK47 to which Mr. Dumoe replied: “I mean real AK47. A leading member of the COP who chose to address the matter on the basis of anonymity said the body did not sanction Mr. Dumoe’s post.
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May 11, 2020 22:30 UTC
Liberian Students Still Stranded in Morocco, “GOL Yet to Paid Eight-Month Areas”
AN SOS FROM MOROCCO: The stranded students are calling the attention of President George Mannah Weah, Vice President Jewel Howard Taylor, the National Legislature, the people of Liberia and particularly Minister Sonii to see reasons in settling their arrears. Willie N. Tokpah/0777039231 ([email protected] front page Africa online.com)Monrovia- Liberians students studying in Morocco are once again raising alarm that they are still stranded in Morocco while “government is yet to apply any effort in addressing the eight-months arrears owed by them. In mid-2019, the Liberian students’ community staged a protest at the Liberian Embassy in Morocco following series of failed diplomatic approaches to the Government of Liberia, through the Liberian Embassy in Rabat, relative to government’s ‘abrupt neglect’ of its students in Morocco for eight (8 ) months at that time. “In his public addresses, the Minister accused the old students of overstaying without the Ministry’s knowledge. The stranded students are also calling the attention of President George Mannah Weah, Vice President Jewel Howard Taylor, the National Legislature, the people of Liberia and particularly Minister Sonii to see reasons in settling their arrears.
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May 11, 2020 21:33 UTC
Liberia: Woman at Center of Adoption Saga Says Children were ‘Legally Adopted’
So, if 10 percent of those children that were adopted were to come back, it will be good for Liberia. So, if 10 percent of those children that were adopted were to come back, it will be good for Liberia. Why not us when we so connected to the US when we all want to be in the US,” Madam Luyken said. She said other foreign nationals had adoption agencies and were at times, angry with her for dropping the adoption price so low as US$3,000. Although I am no longer doing adoption, today, adoption in Liberia is about US$20,000,” Madam Luyken added.
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May 11, 2020 21:22 UTC
Opposition Figure Condemned for Saying ‘Liberians Need AK-47s Not Rice’
We just need to watch the level of violence propagated by the Sierra Leone opposition. We just need to watch the level of violence propagated by the Sierra Leone opposition. The primary duty of the government is the security of its citizens and the protection of its borders.” – Representative J. Fonati Koffa, Grand Kru County District 2Cllr. Koffa who represents District 2 in Grand Kru County is also on record for condemning General Power who he threatened war against anyone who stands against President George Weah because he is from Grand Kru. Dumoe informed FrontPageAfrica via messaging app, WhatsApp, that there is the need for Liberians to push for answers around the government’s inability to provide proper safety nets.
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May 11, 2020 19:54 UTC
Ex-Liberian President Sirleaf Joins African leaders in Call to Save Lives from malaria in Wake of COVID-19
Uhuru Kenyatta, President of Kenya and Chair of the African Leaders Malaria AllianceH.E. Uhuru Kenyatta is the President of Kenya, the Chair of the African Leaders Malaria Alliance and a member of the End Malaria Council. Jakaya Kikwete, former President of the United Republic of Tanzania was the founding Chair of the African Leaders Malaria Alliance. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was President of Liberia during the Ebola outbreak in 2014 is the former Chair of the African Leaders Malaria Alliance. About the RBM Partnership to End MalariaThe RBM Partnership to End Malaria is the largest global platform for coordinated action against malaria.
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May 11, 2020 19:07 UTC
Liberia: NAYMOTE Disburses L$1.6M for COVID-19 Response to CBOs and Others
On May 11, 2020, the institution provided the amount of L$784,960.00 to thirty CBOs to help strengthen their capacity to eradicate corona out of Liberia. The ‘’Community Action Platform Against COVID-19”, is a project designed to increase grassroots response to the fight against COVID-19, enhance community engagements and ownership. The institution ‘’Liberia Decides Facebook Page’’ with over 23k followers is currently being used to share adequate information about the virus to reduce misinformation and fake news. NAYMOTE is calling on the government and partners to support more community interventions as this is the best way to save lives and eradicate the COVID-19. The Community Action Platform Against COVID-19 project is expected to reach directly and indirectly over 800,000 people in Liberia.
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May 11, 2020 17:12 UTC
MNG Gold Repatriates 92 Expatriates From Liberia
Eleven staff of the company who had gone on vacation prior to the coronavirus outbreak in Liberia are expected to return to Liberia. Of the 97 Turkish expatriates, 54 were from MNG Gold mine site in Kokoyah Statutory District, Bong County while 43 from its Liberty Gold Mine site in Grand Cape Mount County. Kollie said the 97 expatriates needed to be reunited with their families amid the current coronavirus pandemic in the world. They are returning, Kollie added, because, they had no means of returning to Liberia though the virus has intensified in the country. Among those 11 staff is a renowned medical doctor that will help buttress the country’s fight in curbing the virus,” Kollie added.
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May 11, 2020 15:22 UTC
Liberia: Sen. Dillon to Submit Bill to Set US$5k As Maximum Salary for Public Officials
Senator Dillon maintained that public service should be seen as “service to country and people and not service to pocketMONROVIA – Montserrado County Senator Abraham Darius Dillon says he would be submitting a bill prior to the submission to the FY2020/201 Budget that would set US$5,000 as maximum salary for public officials. He made the disclosure on Monday when he dedicated a lavatory facility that was built as part of projects carried out from the US$3,000 donation he makes to the Montserrado County every month. The US$3,000 he gives to the county every month is part of his US$8,000 monthly salary and benefits as a lawmaker. During his political campaign to become Senator for Montserrado County, Dillon promised that he would not need more than US$5,000 as salary and any amount above that would go to the county to fund development projects. He maintained that public service should be seen as “service to country and people and not service to pocket”.
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May 11, 2020 14:50 UTC