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By P. Lincoln Nyanrue Jr., elincoln1986@gmail.com Suspected ritualistic killing has been reported in a Grand Kru County village, involving a 52-year old man, identified as Alfred Gray. He was Principal of the Putu Town Elementary school in a village called, “Civilized Village” in Jrao Statutory District. Alfred Gray was killed on August 10, 2017 by unknown assailants, who removed his penis and left his lifeless body. An ELBC Grand Kru County Correspondent Mykins J. Suah said in the Liberia Community Radio Journalists chart room on the social media that citizens and residents claimed the murder of Gray is an act…

Press Release President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on Wednesday, August 16, 2017 received the Chief Executive Officer of Carter Center, Retired Ambassador Mary Ann Peters at her Foreign Ministry Office in Monrovia. Madam Peters who is on a weeklong visit to Liberia as guest of Carter Center Liberia Office led a 7-Member delegation on the visit to the Liberian Presidency. According to an Executive Mansion release, President Sirleaf acknowledged the impressive partnership between Liberia and Carter Center, noting that the American institution has been a great friend to Liberia and its people. She welcomed the delegation to Liberia and assured that…

By E. J. Nathaniel Daygbor in Monrovia The National Elections Commission has announced that it is not aware of the most talked about two million political rally organized by the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) scheduled on August 19th. NEC says the rally under the banner; “Blue Day”, which is expected to bring out two million partisans of the CDC into the streets and corners of Monrovia, will be done without the knowledge of the electoral house. Speaking at a press conference in Monrovia, August 16, Chairman Jerome George Korkoya said that the main opposition CDC is yet to inform…

By E. J. Nathaniel Daygbor in Monrovia The National Chairman, Jerome Korkoya, says commissioners of the National Elections Commission (NEC) are under grave fear for their lives, accusing Bomi Senator Sando Johnson of threatening them. Chair Korkoya said that the threat came in the wake of ruling made by the board of commissioners in the case between Montserrado County Representative Edwin Melvin Snowe, Cllr. Gayah Karmo and Senator Sando Johnson on the issue of domicile. The commission ruled in favor of Representative Snowe, but the ruling did not go down well with the Bomi County lawmaker, Johnson, who allegedly threatened…

Press Release President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has sent a condolence message to the President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma following heavy overnight rains that triggered a mudslide and flood on the outskirts of Freetown, that led to the deaths of over three hundred persons and injury to several hundred others early Monday morning, August 14, 2017. Heavy overnight rains triggered a mudslide and flood in the Regent area on the outskirts of Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown early Monday morning, August 14. A section of Sugar Loaf mountain came down at around 06:00 a.m. when many…

By E. J. Nathaniel Daygbor in Monrovia The House Speaker Emmanuel James Nuquay has disclosed that cross section of Liberians and non-Liberians are engaging the House of Representatives to move the impeachment proceeding against three justices of the Supreme Court into a roundtable talks to find an amicable resolution. Speaker Nuquay told reporters on the grounds of the Capitol Building in Monrovia, Tuesday afternoon, August 15, that the Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations accredited to Liberia, the Traditional Council, religious groups, civil society and other key stakeholders are actively engaging the Liberian Legislature to see…

By Joseph Margai, Sierra Leone Correspondent  Heavy downpour of rain overnight in the Sierra Leonean capital, Freetown, has caused a landslide killing over 200 people and destroying an unspecified number of houses. The mud and flooding reportedly plunged homes and roads. The death toll is still scanty but sources in Freetown say the fatalities are likely to increase. Residents and aid workers dug out dead bodies during the morning hours and continued to the afternoon local time. Hospitals mortuaries are said to be overwhelmed as the number of bodies rises. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bfk_s5LU8rs Our Sierra Leone Correspondent, who is current investigation issues…

By E. J. Nathaniel Daygbor in Monrovia The Standard Bearer of the Movement for Democracy and Reconstruction or MRD, Sen. Prince Y. Johnson has accused some officers of the elite police unit, the Emergency Response Unit (ERU) shooting some miners in David Dean Town, Kokoya District in Bong County. The Nimba County Senator Johnson told our Correspondent Saturday afternoon, August 5, that the town has a huge deposit of gold and a Turkish gold mining named MND operated by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, her brother Kanley Johnson and Defense Minister Brownie Samukai has hold of the gold deposit in that…

By Our Correspondent The National Elections Commission (NE has on Monday August 7th begun the replacement of lost and damaged voter cards throughout the country. A press release issued by the Commission on Sunday night said that the replacement will be carried out throughout the country, including all the 73 electoral districts of Liberia and at all the 19 NEC Magisterial offices across the country. The replacement process is one of the important dates on the 2017 elections calendar, thus the Commission is calling on all qualified voters, who might have lost or damaged their voting cards to turn out from…

By E. J. Nathaniel Daygbor in Monrovia The National Elections Commission (NEC) says the printing of ballot papers for the ensuring October 10, 2017 Representatives and Presidential elections will cost at US$1.5 million. Speaking during a news conference in Monrovia, August 9, at the national headquarters of NEC, Chairman Jerome George Korkoya said that the printing of the ballot papers would be done in Europe. He said the Commission has hired the services of a ech company to do the job. Korkoya fails to give the total number of ballot papers that the tech company will print. He ducked reporters’…