Author: Gibson W. Jerue

By E. J. Nathaniel Daygbor Vice President and standard-bearer of the governing Unity Party, Joseph Nyumah Boakai continues to be greeted with protests and rowdy situations as he goes from one community to another to campaign in the presidential and representative elections. His visit to Kakata, Margibi was again marred by protest from aggrieved citizens of the city. As if signs of bad omens for Mr. Boakai in the elections but under the protection of heavily guided Emergency Response Unit (EPU) of the Liberia National Police and the elite Executive Protection Service (EPS) in Kakata, Margibi County, on Friday, July…

Press Release Liberia and Cote d’Ivoire have held bilateral talks aimed at strengthening cooperation in the areas of security, energy, roads, agriculture and regional affairs. The talks took place in Monrovia on Saturday, July 15, when President Alassane Ouattara paid a one-day working visit to Liberia, an Executive Mansion press release has said. According to an Executive Mansion release, both countries stressed the need for promoting and strengthening security between the Liberia and Cote d’Ivoire that will lead to joint patrols to enhance the safety of the two nations. On energy, both sides recognized the ongoing Cross-Border projects currently underway…

Press Release In what appears to be her long held wish for her Ivorian counterpart, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has admitted President Ouattara into Most Venerable Order of the Knighthood of the Pioneer of the Republic of Liberia with the Knight of Grand Cordon. She recalled his many achievements with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) at a time when Liberia was just beginning its infrastructure development programs. There is no showing Ouattara performed special services for Liberia. The Liberian leader said on assuming power through the conduct of free, fair and transparent elections in the Ivory Coast, President Ouattara has…

By Roland Mulbah, sportspromoter@gmail.com A 36-member Mauritanian football delegation has arrived in Monrovia ahead of the CHAN WEST Zone A qualifier against Liberia this Sunday, July 16, 2017 at the Antoinette Tubman Stadium (ATS). The team, which is made up of local players, also includes officials and technical staff members. The Mauritanians will battle the Lone Star this Sunday at 4:00pm local time (that is 11:00am Central/12:00pm Eastern Time in the U.S.) at the Antoinette Tubman Stadium. Meanwhile, match officials for the game have also arrived in the country. The match officials touched down Friday morning at the Roberts International…

By Roland Mulbah, sportspromoter@gmail.com The President of the Liberia Football Association, Musa Hassan Bility, has sent a message of condolence to the President and members of the Football Association of Malawi for the tragic loss of eight people in a stampede at the Malawian National Stadium. In his message to the President of the Football Association of Malawi, Walter Nyamilandu and the Government and People of Malawi, Mr. Bility expressed deep sympathy and regrets over the death of football fans, who had gone to “take part in the beautiful game”. The Liberian LFA President in his own name and on…

Press Release The Liberia Football Association (LFA) says due to the proliferation of social media and unauthorized sources, official information relating to the Liberian football Association can only be disseminated through its President, Musa Hassan Bility, Vice President Musa Shannon and Secretary General, Emmanuel Deah. All such communications will be channeled through its communications office through an official press release and its social media page. Any other person not named herein and making position statement(s) on football related matters should be treated as a personal view and not that of the LFA. The LFA is concerned that a lot of…

By Roland Mulbah, sportspromoter@gmail.com A special Independence Day tournament in honor of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf named and styled, “Who Owns The Land”, is expected to come alive next week at the Samuel Kanyan Doe (SKD) sports complex in Paynesville. According to the Ministry of Youth and Sports (MYS), organizer of the two-day event, the semifinalists of the 2016/2017 National County Sports Meet will participate in the tournament between July 22nd and 23rd. The four participating counties include champions of the 2016/2017 National County Sports Meet, Montserrado County, finalist Maryland County as well as the other two semifinalists, Nimba and Margibi…

By Roland Mulbah, sportspromoter@gmail.com The local national soccer squad of Liberia, Lone Star, brace to do battle for their Mauritanian counterpart this Sunday, June 16, 2017 at the Antoinette Tubman Stadium (ATS) in the first leg of the African Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifier. The red, white and blue outfit commenced training for the CHAN qualifier last week at the Liberia Football Association Technical Center in Careysburg, Montserrado County. The CHAN is a biennial football tournament exclusively featuring players from their respective national championships and is administered by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Expatriate players, regardless of where they play,…

By P. Lincoln Nyanrue, Jr., elincoln1986@gmail.com The Forestry Development Authority (FDA) is seeking ways and means and holding consultative conference to carve a forest management and sustainability roadmap for the Sapo National Park. The national government, FDA and partners are holding three days of Sapo National Park Multi-stakeholders conference in Greenville, Sinoe County. The conference is been held under the theme: “Promoting Sustainable Management of Sapo National Park for Current and Future Generation.” The conference is taking place in the Greenville City Hall and brought together representatives communities in River Gee, Grand Gedeh and host Sinoe Counties. Local authorities, lawmakers,…

Police Order Wife To Turn Herself In By Our Correspondent in Monrovia When a local newspaper reported that he allegedly impregnated a 13-year old, Grand Gedeh Representative Morias Waylee denied he did. He claimed he did not know the rape victim. But tides are turning and the Liberia National Police has arrested the man who is allegedly fathering a four-month old baby girl born out of incest and rape. Morias Waylee is in the hands of the Liberia National Police. But he is not the only person the police wants. The police during a press conference this afternoon local Liberian…