Author: Gibson W. Jerue

Obsolete Ferry, Weakened Economic Activities By Joseph S. Margai in Freetown, Sierra Leone Too much is happening with the collapsed of the Mabang Bridge; commuters complain, economic activities stifled, and Business people howl their indignation, as producers of vegetables and other crops as well as passengers along the Makoi, Mabang, Ribbi and Rotifunk axis, decry a rather obsolete ferry. The Sierra Leone Roads Authority (SLRA) placed a ferry between the Ribbi Chiefdom, Moyamba District, southern Sierra Leone and the Koya Chiefdom, Port Loko District to improvised for the collapsed Mabang Bridge, but the ferry has itself become a nemesis engendering…

Accuse of Government of Negligence By Joseph S. Margai in Freetown, Sierra Leone The collapsed Mabang Bridge has been neglected since February 2013 Residents of Mabang and Makoi villages have expressed their disappointment over government’s negligence to reconstruct the Mabang Bridge, which collapsed since 2013. Mabang and Makoi villages are situated in the Ribbi Chiefdom, Moyamba District, southern Sierra Leone and Koya Chiefdom, Port Loko District, northern Sierra Leone, respectively. The Mabang Bridge serves as boundary between the two chiefdoms and districts. Our Correspondent in Freetown says the bridge collapsed on Friday, February 22, 2013 sinking a truckload of local…

We, citizens of the Republic of Liberia originating from Grand Gedeh County of said Republic and residing in the Americas…

By Dr. Al-Hassan Conteh, Ph.D, Ambassador of Liberia to Nigeria [Keynote Address Delivered at the Second Annual Convention of the Organization of Liberian Communities in Nigeria (OLICON) Kaduna, Nigeria (July 29, 2017)]  I would like to thank the Executive Governor Kaduna State, His Excellency Malam Ahmad Nasir El-Rufai, for the kind hospitality that his dynamic government accorded me and my delegation, and the Organization of Liberian Communities in Nigeria (OLICON) in Nigeria to facilitate its second annual convention in this productive city of Kaduna. The relationship between Kaduna and Liberia may be seen in the role Kaduna State and its leaders have…

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has addressing the nation at the start of campaign for the October 2017 polls. The Liberian leader said it will be a test to our maturity as political leaders and as people who work to make the right choice According to an Executive Mansion release, the Liberia leader made the statement in an address to the nation on Monday, July 31, 2017 at her Foreign Ministry Office in Monrovia. She said in keeping with the timetable of the National Elections Commission political campaigning commenced yesterday and applauded the Liberian people who demonstrated enthusiasm in the elections…

Press Release The Government of Liberia through the Bureau of Passport and Visas at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informs the public that the Bureau will be closed to new applicants and individuals applying for passports as they prepare to begin the issuance of e-Passports shortly.   According to a Foreign Ministry release, in order to get this vital process underway, the Bureau of Passport and Visas is informing the general public that it doors will be closed to all new applicants beginning Tuesday, August 1, to Friday, August 4, 2017.   The Bureau assures the public that it will…

By Joseph S. Margai in Freetown, Sierra Leone Aspiring Member of Parliament (MP) of Constituency 120 in the east of Freetown, Abass B. Kamara, has pledged to embark on providing safe and clean drinking water, scholarships for students, and rehabilitating and constructing feeder roads within his constituency, if he is elected MP in the March 7, 2018 polls. The MP aspirant was making these pledges during his official declaration of his intention to vie for the parliamentary seat on Sunday July, 30, 2017 at Carsel Farm, Kissy, Freetown. Mammoth crowd, including the young, the aged and officials from the ruling…

By E. J. Nathaniel Daygbor in Monrovia With just 65 days to Election Day political parties are developing different strategies to win the hearts and votes of the Liberian people. One party that is not sleeping so far and engendering political awareness campaign is the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC). The Party has declared what it called “Blue Day” which climaxes the official launch of the Party’s campaign. The CDC says it will put two million people in the streets, corners of communities and every sector of the capital to tell the world and other political parties in Liberia that…

By Joseph S. Margai in Freetown, Sierra Leone The Executive Director of the Center for Accountability and Rule of Law (CARL), Ibrahim Tommy, says Africans are making a very sad mistake and carrying a misconception that the International Criminal Court (ICC) is against Africa and its leaders. Mr. Tommy was speaking yesterday at Ramsey House on Liverpool Street in Freetown during a one-day seminar organized by Center for Media Literacy and Human Rights in Liberia in Collaboration with CARL Sierra Leone. Speaking on the theme, Enhancing Access To Regional and International Justice Mechanisms”, taking into consideration the ECOWAS Court, African…

As He Grasshoppers From SLPP To APC By Joseph S. Margai in Freetown, Sierra Leone Aspiring candidate for the flag-bearer position of the ruling All People’s Congress (APC), Alhaji Osman Boie Kamara, popularly called “Usu Boie”, says his area of priority, if he wins the flag-bear race and goes on to be elected President of Sierra Leone in the March 7, 2018 presidential election, he would prioritize both formal and informal education. Usu Boie had recently declared his intention of becoming the standard-bearer on the APC party ticket. He was in 2012 one of the aspirants for the flag-bearer race…