Author: Gibson W. Jerue

By E. J. Nathaniel Daygbor in Monrovia The Liberian government has broken grounds March 26, 2018 for the construction of a military medical hospital at the Edward B. Keselley Military Barracks on the Roberts International Highway, and the government has already started saving up $2m for the project from local revenue. Minister of State Nathaniel McGill said that the government of Liberia has already raised US$2 million locally from Liberia Maritime Authority for the construction exercise. He said the facility would be constructed by the Engineer Department of the Armed Forces of Liberia with help from partners. According to him,…

Press Release President George Manneh Weah on Monday, March 26, 2018 toured the Bali Island, which is situated in the middle of the Mesurado River. The Liberian leader intends to transform Bali Island into the New Monrovia commencing with the construction of a state-of-the-art International Conference Center and other standardized structures. Speaking during a boat-ride assessment tour, President Weah commended Liberians for giving him the opportunity to lead the country with a view to enable him transform it. “While coming up as a child; growing up in Clara Town, on Bushrod Island; playing just across the shores of the Stockton…

Press Release The Liberian Community in the Federal Republic of Nigeria has bestowed honors on Ambassador Al-Hassan Conteh and Justice Micah Wilkins Wright for their respective services rendered to the Community and Liberian nation. Under the auspices of the Organization of Liberian Communities in Nigeria (OLICON), the Diaspora Community said it was honoring the two ‘distinguished Liberian personalities’ for being ‘sources of pride’ for Liberia in Nigeria in particular, and the ECOWAS sub region in general, a release from the Liberian Embassy in Abuja says. The program for the presentation of awards in honor of Ambassador Conteh and Justice Wright…

Press Release Citizens hailing the Kparblee Administrative District in Nimba County, residing in Montserrado County, have accused Nimba County Senator Prince Johnson of masterminding the continual marginalization of the people of Kparblee District using ethnocentric or tribal cleavages. The citizens alleged that Senator Johnson is doing everything to prevent Mr. Peter Sarpka Karngbaye, a citizen of the District, from serving as the Assistant Superintendent for Development of Nimba County. In a press statement read by their spokesman, Marcus Sawi Kpou, on Thursday, March 22, 2018 in Monrovia, the Kaprblee citizens said Mr. Karngbaye, who chairs their mother organization, Kparblee District…

“When her aunty was in Ghana, you defendant firstly began to finger her.” That was the averment on the face of the writ of arrest issue by the Paynesville Magisterial Court against Momolu Sirleaf, an official of the Ministry of Health in Monrovia. READ FROM FPA Magistrate James Cooper of the Paynesville Magisterial Court is holding Mr. Sirleaf and has sent him to jail on allegation that Defendant Sirleaf raped an 11-year old niece of his wife. The Court said Sirleaf has been fingering his victim and subsequently sexually assaulted her while his wife was away to Ghana. READ FROM…

By Charles Gbayor in Harper, Maryland County The Resident Bishop of the United Methodist Church of Liberia (UMC), Rev. Dr. Samuel J. Quire has donated 25 gallon of gasoline to the local Radio planet station in Harper, Maryland County. According to Bishop Quire, his donation was aimed at bolstering the efforts of Radio Planet management to keep the station running to continue providing quality news, information and entertainment, and quality broadcast to the people of Maryland County and the entire southeastern region. The Rev. Quire said that information sharing is important and as such it is significant to keep the…

By Hasbin Shaw in Freetown, Sierra Leone The main opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) is blaming President Ernest Bai Koroma for the escalation of tribal hate speeches spewed by politicians and their followers due to his silence and his government in action. The campaign chairman of SLPP party Dr. Alie Kabba told a news conference at the party headquarters in Freetown on Monday, saying, “In the face of these attacks, intimidations and hate speeches, President Ernest Bai Koroma has remained conspicuously silent.” The SLPP observed that giving the impression that he either supports the attacks against other Sierra Leonean…

By Joseph S. Margai in Beijing, China President of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping, has stated at the closing meeting of the first session of the 13th National People’s Congress (NPC), in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, that China will never use its development at the expense of other nations. The 64-year old President, who was re-elected last Saturday for another term, also stated that China’s development would pose no threat to any other country, thereby easing the growing tensions of China becoming “world super power”. President Xi said China will never seek hegemony…

By Hasbin Shaw in Freetown, Sierra Leone “In the wake of the announcement of the run-off Presidential Elections slated for March 27, 2018, political leaders and stakeholders have resorted to the igniting of a high level of tribal sentiments that have the potential of plunging our nation into deep-seated tribal and regional conflict.” Those were the excerpts of statement issued by the Church Leaders of the Body of Christ Sierra Leone. The clergymen are concerned that tribal rhetoric would undercut the peace and tranquility of the country. Reading a joint statement on behalf of church leaders, Archbishop Tamba Charles said,…

Press Release President George Weah says Liberia currently lacks infrastructure. He made the statement when a two- man delegation from the United Nations Office for Special Projects Services (UNOPS) paid a courtesy call on him. The UNOPS delegation on Wednesday March 21, 2018 visited the Liberia leader at his Foreign Ministry Office in Monrovia, an Executive Mansion release said. Receiving the delegation, President Weah commended the team and expressed his willingness to work with them in transforming the lives of the Liberian people through the introduction of his Pro-Poor Agenda. The President said Liberia is lacking infrastructures and vibrant facilities in…