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.
Source:Front Page Africa
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
Liberia: Journalist Jonathan Paye-Layleh Urges Cordial Relationship Between Joint Security and the Press Media
He said it is because of this long-standing cordiality that journalists have always been there for security people — taking interest in highlighting their plight when working conditions appear unfavorable for them. Mr. Paye-Layleh, one of those on the frontline in the media battle against attempts at muzzling the press in Liberia, was speaking when he interacted with a group of checkpoint security personnel in Monrovia after the Press Union of Liberia’s meeting on May 8. He told them to respect the authorities of government but they should also remember that discretional and rational decision-making is key to all security operations globally. The journalist further reminded checkpoint security that only media people will always be available and accessible to listen to their concerns when, for ethical reasons, they are unable to make their own case publicly. The journalist appealed to religious leaders in the country to take interest in and mediate to end the current standoff between the government and the media community over the issuance of press passes to media workers.
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May 11, 2020 09:56 UTC
Life for African Mothers Donates Consignment of Drugs to Liberia’s Health Ministry
MONROVIA – A United Kingdom-based non-governmental organization, Life for African Mothers (LFAM), has aided Liberia’s health ministry’s fight against the coronavirus by donating a consignment of medications worth 75,000 British Pounds. Speaking earlier, Life for African Mothers’ Country Director Abdul Fayiah Bah said he is overwhelmed by his organization’s continued contributions to his country. He applauded the British Government and the international health partners for promptly coming to the aid of Liberians through LFAM. Through its maternal mortality programme in hospitals and health centres across Africa, it dispenses medicines to prevent post-partum haemorrhage. Life for African Mothers has trained over 400 Liberian midwives and nurses in eight counties in order to avoid death at childbirth.
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May 11, 2020 02:20 UTC
Covid-Organics-Coronavirus: A Cure or A Fake
The trials will determine the safety or efficacy of the drink to ensure that they are safe for human consumption. An African president using his office to claim a cure for a pandemic is nothing new. Some of us watched in horror in 2007 when the Gambian dictator Yahya Jammeh claimed to the world that he had found the cure for HIV/AIDS. How did President Jammeh come across a cure when the international community of scientists had been working feverishly for decades and could not find a cure? Raejolina’s claims about the potency of Covid-Organics is an entrepreneurial move by an entrepreneur who wants to profit off of the global panic buying of anything that resembles a cure for Covid-19.
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May 11, 2020 02:15 UTC
Liberia: Four Feared Dead in Jackson Village Gold Mine Collapse in Bong County
Report by Selma Lomax, [email protected]The artisanal miners never came back outside Friday from the Jackson Village gold mine after entering the night before, police said. “We were working underground at around 10:00 p.m. when we heard a noise coming from the other side of the mining shaft,” the miner said. A miner who spoke to FrontPageAfrica from the scene described how the shaft collapsed. So, the main cause of the accident is the heavy rains we have experienced in Bong County in recent days,” the agent said. Jackson Village is a gold rich area in Jorquelleh District, and some men there enter such mines, despite the danger involved.
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May 11, 2020 01:52 UTC
Liberia: Health Worker Fears Her Life Is At Risk; As NSA Continues ‘Harassment, Intimidation’
Ms. Felicia Toe has worked with the Ministry of Health and assigned with the Montserrado County Health Team as a deputy County Surveillance Officer for the past five years. Upon the discovery of COVID-19 in Liberia, she served on the Montserrado County COVID-19 response team as a supervisor of the Case investigation Pillar. I am available for further inquiry.”Ms. Toe has worked with the Ministry of Health and assigned with the Montserrado County Health Team as a deputy County Surveillance Officer for the past five years. Upon the discovery of COVID-19 in Liberia, she served on the Montserrado County COVID-19 response team as a supervisor of the Case investigation Pillar. “Honorable commissioner, I am being tortured emotionally and I am undergoing intimidation and harassment without being told what crime I have committed.
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May 11, 2020 00:30 UTC
Liberia: Cummings Africa Foundation Kicks-Off Nationwide Food & Covid-19 Preventive Materials Distribution
Mr. Alexander Benedict Cummings says the distribution across Liberia is intended to enable the beneficiaries to have food on their tables during this Coronavirus pandemic and keep safe. The Cummings Africa Foundation is a philanthropic organization that provides educational and other supports to citizens in Africa, particularly Liberia. The beneficiaries include: visually impaired persons, physically challenged, less fortunate, old folks, orphans, deaf and dumb, marketers, among others. Some of the groups that benefitted from the humanitarian gesture include: Smell No Taste Old Folks Home, Faith Old Folks Home, Marshall Old Folks and Disabled Home, Children of Hope Orphanage, and Bishop Judith Craig Children Village in Margibi County. Some of the groups that benefitted from the humanitarian gesture include: Smell No Taste Old Folks Home, Faith Old Folks Home, Marshall Old Folks and Disabled Home, Children of Hope Orphanage, and Bishop Judith Craig Children Village in Margibi County.
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May 10, 2020 13:41 UTC
Grand Gedeh Man Flees After Wife Gives Birth to Triplets
Zwedru, Grand Gedeh County – A man, 40, has absconded from his family after his wife gave birth to three children at the government run hospital in Techien District, Grand Gedeh County. Report By Moses Geply in Grand Gedeh CountyDecontee Brown, 35, a resident of Bowien Quarter in Zwedru, and with her three children were then left stranded at Martha Tubman Memorial Hospital. According to nurses assigned at the neonatal ward, Decontee gave birth on Monday, May 4. “It is true that children are blessings from God, but I am deeply worrying about the care and support of my children and me”. She said the mother and the babies are in good health but they are being kept in an incubator.
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May 10, 2020 10:11 UTC
French Media Finds Videos Purportedly Showing Violence Against Africans In China are Old, Out of Context
As the news spread across the world, there were videos going viral in a bid to substantiate these claims. According to the article, these are old videos that captured incidents that happened long before the coronavirus pandemic. In one of the videos, a group is seen beating up a black man with an iron bar. When France 24 double checked the video through a search using InVid, they found that the same video was posted few years back. However, when France 24 ran the video through a search using InVid, they pulled up posts of the same video posted in early November 2018.
Source:Front Page Africa
May 10, 2020 09:56 UTC