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Press Release The Government of the People’s Republic of China, through its Embassy near Monrovia, has agreed to provide more bilateral aids to Liberia affecting the Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex (SKD), the Liberia Broadcasting System (LBS) and National Clinical Reference Laboratory. According to a Foreign Ministry release, at the signing of the MOU for the aids agreements, Tuesday, March 6, Foreign Minister Gbehzohngar Milton Findley, in a very brief comment on behalf of President George Manneh Weah, thanked the Government of the People’s Republic of China through their Ambassador, H.E. Mr. Fu Jijun, for the many assistance it continues…

No Money For Senatorial Bi-elections For Bong and Montserrado By E. J. Nathaniel Daygbor in Monrovia The National Elections Commission is broke and it may not be able to host the senatorial bi-elections for Bong and Montserrado counties, seats that were vacated by Senator, now President George M. Weah of Montserrado County, and Seantor, now Vice President Jewel Howard Taylor of Bong County. The NEC Chairman, Cllr. Jerome George Korkoya announced that the Commission is faced with serious financial crisis. He made the announcement at a news conference at NEC’s headquarters in Monrovia, Monday, March 5th. Cllr. Korkoya said the…

Cited To Appear Before House Plenary By E. J. Nathaniel Daygbor in Monrovia The Plenary of the House of Representatives has summoned the Management of the Farmington Hotel at the Roberts International Airport (RIA) in Margibi County to appear before that august body on Thursday, March 8th, over claims of bad labor practice and to give reasons why they should not be held in contempt. The House took the decision on Tuesday, March 6th during its 15th day sitting based on a complaint from Margibi County Representative Ivar Jones, accusing the management of the hotel of engaging in bad labor…

By E. J. Nathaniel Daygbor in Monrovia Liberia’s Mines and Energy Minister Gaster Murray says Liberia lacks qualified engineers and technocrats that should have handled the electricity sector and other technical areas of the country. Minister Murray told the media in Buchanan, Grand Bassa County Monday, March 4, during the launched for the payment of compensations to the Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea or TRANSCO-CLSG project affected persons, saying that the cross border electricity construction contract could not have been given to Liberians due to the lack of qualified Liberians in that area and lack of adequate funding.…

Press Release A two-week Protocol Refresher Training Workshop aimed at enhancing the performance of personnel and protocol officers across the three branches of government is expected to commence Wednesday, March 7, at the Gabriel L. Dennis Foreign Service Institute of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A Foreign Ministry release says the workshop, which is intended to deepen the knowledge and skills of Protocol Officers and other personnel of government assigned at the Offices of the President, the Vice President, will also incorporate protocol staffs of the Legislature, the Judiciary as well as the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, State for Presidential…

Press Release First Lady Clar Weah has expressed deep regrets over the cruel treatment of 5-year old Ama Geeplay, when her aunt burned her hands and other body parts in Maryland County. The First Lady registered her regrets recently on March 1, 2018 during a visit to see little Ama at St. Joseph Catholic Hospital where she is currently receiving medical treatment. A release said Madam Weah was speechless for a moment and said she was saddened and nearly burst into tears as she hugged little Ama Geeplay. “I am happy to be here. I wanted to come earlier but…

Sierra Leone’s High Court has today ruled that the police has the right to restrict traffic movements in the country on polling day – tomorrow, Wednesday, 6th March 2018. This ruling was made after legal action was brought by the erudite lawyer Charles Margai, calling for the police to rescind their traffic restrictions. Yesterday, the country’s Bar Association – the body that governs and speaks on behalf of all senior lawyers, issued a press statement denouncing the traffic ban. READ MORE

Katimu Sesay is a visually impaired mother of three. She sells kola nut and locally made soap at the Mattru jetty, southern Sierra Leone. She is always seen with her eight-year-old son, Gbassay Sesay. Gbassay’s future seems bleak because her mother cannot afford to send him to school. Sesay told Concord Times that her son stopped attending school because she was asked to pay Le10, 000 as registration fee which she couldn’t afford. READ MORE

By Hasbin Shaw In Freetown, Sierra Leone West Africa Network for Peacebuilding-Sierra Leone (WANEP-SL) Situation Report on the Mitigation of Threats to the peaceful conduct of the 2018 general elections in Sierra Leone shows that Western Urban remains the district with the highest potential of election-related violence. WANEP’s National Early Warning Signals situation reports for January 2018 says there were a total of 21 incident reports submitted. “These incidents occurred in nine districts, namely Kono, Western Urban, Kambia, Port Loko, Western Rural, Kenema, Bonthe, Kilahun and Pujehun.” The group says a significant number of violent incidents were physical. “In line…

The regional transmission company, TRANSCO CLSG, in collaboration with the Government of Liberia will continue its Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) phase of the CLSG project in the port city of Buchanan on Monday, March 5, 2018. More than 300 people are affected by the construction of the transmission line and substation in Liberia and they are being compensated through a transparent process for the loss of their properties, including farmlands, which are within the transmission line and substation corridors. The compensation process will give way for the construction of a 1303-kilometer transmission line from Cote d’Ivoire through Liberia, Sierra Leone…