Author: Gibson W. Jerue

By Joseph S. Margai in Freetown, Sierra Leone The head of Charlotte, Catherine Harding, has said as a result of the mudslide and flooding that claimed the lives of over 300 people in Freetown, Sierra Leone August 14th, the only bridge at the entrance of Charlotte village was seriously affected. The bridge now looks like a death trap for pedestrians and motorist. Madam Harding told Groove 106FM in an interview in her Regent Village on Thursday August 24th that all the mud that was holding the bridge were on August 14th washed away by the torrential rains. She said nobody…

By E. J. Nathaniel Daygbor in Monrovia Independent Candidate for Margibi County Electoral District #2 in Liberia, Ivar Jones, has sharply rejected claims and accusations against him that he is a gay or homosexual. Jones says his political adversaries are peddling the allegation. “I’m not a gay. My religion, cultural practices and concept about life cannot allow me to be a gay. I’m a family man with three daughters and fiancée. It is just shameful for an older man to engage in such cheap propaganda,” says Jones. Speaking at a press conference in Monrovia, August 22nd, Jones said that the…

By Prince Wonplu in Buchanan, Grand Bassa County Times are hard in Liberia and everyone is holding onto whatever is valuable. But one and, a local government official, Levi Denmah, is not just calling on his fellow compatriots to be patriotic he is acting on it. Superintendent Denmah has committed LD$70,000, which constitute his one month salary to the 2018 celebration of August 24th Flag Day in the County. For Denmah, he feels justified by sponsoring the Flag Day celebration with part of his earnings. Addressing leaders and students Thursday, August 24th at the 2017 Flag Day celebration, Supt Denmah…

By Prince Wonplu in Buchanan, Grand Bassa County The presidential and representative elections are 46 days away and political campaigns have intensified. Political parties and their candidates are crisscrossing the various counties to woo voters. But The National Elections Commissioner with Oversight on Grand Bassa and Rivercess counties, Jeanette Ebba-Davidson is urging all sides to eschew violence. Cllr. Ebba-Davidson is particularly calling the people of Grand Bassa to remain peaceful in these elections, adding, “Tearing down of candidates’ flyers will not assure that your candidate will win.” “We want a peaceful and violence free election,” Cllr. Davidson said. “Bringing posters…

By E. J. Nathaniel Daygbor in Monrovia What appears to be a gradual political and human capital disintegration is fracturing the Unity Party in these latter days of the Party’s quest to regain the Executive Mansion during the October 10th representatives and presidential elections. Key members of the Party are jumping ship as others go at each other’s throat. It all began with the resignation of key executive members, including Musa Hassan Bility, Harrison Karnwea, Ambassador Jeremiah Sulunteh, and lately Secretary General of the governing Unity Party, Information Minister Lenn Eugene Nagbe who called it quit from the ruling Unity…

By Joseph S. Margai in Freetown, Sierra Leone Residents around “Bormeh” dumpsite, which is situated in east of Freetown in Sierra Leone, August 21, 2017, deposited garbage on the two lanes of the Bai Bureh Road leading to central and western Freetown, causing serious traffic in that area. Citizens say the situation was an eyesore and embarrassment to many decent Sierra Leoneans and foreigners who were caught up in traffic caused by the overflow of the Granville Brook dumpsite, popularly called Bormeh near ferry junction. A businessman at Bai Bureh Road, where Bormeh dumpsite is situated, Noah Sesay, said they…

CDC Brings Monrovia To Standstill By E. J. Nathaniel Daygbor In Monrovia By 6am local time, it was evident that Monrovia was about to lockdown. Movement of people from various communities, slums, and suburbs of Monrovia echoed the clarion call by the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) for two million of its partisans to converge at the Party’s headquarters for the official launch of the much-anticipated political campaign 2017. Men, woman, and young people trooped to the headquarters of the CDC in Congo Town, along the Tubman Boulevard. The streets and corners of the Liberian Capital, Monrovia were overwhelmed, traffic…

By Gibson W. Jerue As I closed the front door of my house to bid my 7-year old son goodbye, the clock began to tick for 13 hours and 54 minutes of drive from Fargo, North Dakota to Louisville, Kentucky. The journey was destined and Sam Wilson and Patsy Cocoo Doelu ensured that a stone laid in predestination happens. For the first time of my nine years in the US, I steered the wheel of a rented Jeep and meandered through the streets of North Dakota, Minneapolis, Wisconsin, and as Celine Dion puts it: “I Drove All Night”. The experience…

The general and parliamentary elections slated for next year in Sierra Leone is gearing up, so are the number of candidates aspiring for the top office in the County. As Joseph Margai reports, Nineteen (19) candidates from both the ruling All People’s Congress (APC) party and the main opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP), and four from small political parties, have declared their intention of succeeding the current President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma in the March7, 2018 multitier elections. Early this year, President Koroma of the governing APC party, announced the date for the conduct of the presidential, parliamentary and…

By Lincoln Nyanrue The National Third Division League Regional Play-offs that started on August 12, 2017 in Zwedru, Grand Gedeh County are now in their advance stage with all eight teams playing each other. The eight teams are Dahn FC, Atina, Tiaquai FC and Zwedru City FC in Group “B”, God Power FC, Tykon, Apby FC and Gaye FC in Group “A”. It is aimed at preparing and spotting talented and skillful players for the annual national county meet of Liberia. According to a communication in possession of Groove 106FM, signed by Jouboty S. Tarley, planning committee chairman, and approved…