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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…

By Hasbin Shaw in Freetown, Sierra Leone The presidential run-off is set and ready to roll with the arrival of the ballot papers today, March 22, 2018 at the Lungi International Airport outside Freetown, a senior official of the National Electoral Commission (NEC) has told Groove 106FM. The head of media and outreach at the National Electoral Commission (NEC), Albert Massaquoi said when the materials arrive they will be taken to the NEC warehouse, which will be followed by distribution to polling centers and stations across the country. “As a commission we are ready for the conduct of the election,…

Press Release  First Lady Clar M. Weah says she will represent Liberia the best way possible at all times. Mrs. Weah said her commitment was based on the warm reception and support Liberians at home and abroad continue to accord her. “Whatever I have to do and wherever I have to go to represent the women and people of Liberia, it will be done,” said Ambassador Weah. Mrs. Weah was speaking Thursday during a reception in her honor at the Liberian Embassy in New York, the United States of America, shortly after touching down at the John F. Kennedy International…

By Joseph S. Margai in Beijing, China President Xi Jinping, who was on Saturday, March 17, 2018, re-elected president of the People’s Republic of China, has on Sunday, March 18th appointed top government officials at the annual session of the 13th National People’s Congress (NPC), held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. President Xi and Premier Li Keqiang, the head of government, finished their first terms in March and after Xi was unanimously elected, he reappointed Li for the next five years. Li, who was born in July 1955, has been a member of the Standing…