Author: Jerueg

Le549, 000 ($73.20usd) Set For 10-tyre Trucks By Joseph S. Margai in Freetown, Sierra Leone Public Relations Officer (PRO) of Sierra Leone Roads Authority (SLRA) Sorie Ibrahim Kanu has revealed that all 10-tyre trucks plying the Wellington-Masiaka road would now pay the sum of Le549,000 ($73.20usd), if they decide to pass through the installed three toll gates at Hastings, Songo and Masiaka. The announcement comes after the project to widen of the Wellington-Masiaka highway being undertaken by the China Railway Seventh Group (CRSG), funded by the Chinese government with Sierra Leoneans to pay toll fees for it for a period…

By E. J. Nathaniel Daygbor If the Executive Branch of the Government of Liberia thought proffering a US$59.5 million loan agreement would have excited the Legislature, it was wrong probably wrong. The deal now seems unlikely as the House of Representatives are playing blind eye and not discussing it, let alone pass it. The lawmakers are currently on the Independence Day holiday break and upon their returned this week. Many of the representatives are seeking re-election and will close their offices at the Capitol Building to campaign. They are expected to return to the Capitol January of next year. The…

By Joseph Margai in Freetown, Sierra Leone The government of Sierra Leone continues to pursue an aggressive economic and sector development priority programs. The program was put in place by President Ernest Koroma, and it is intended to bring the country back to normalcy following a period of the deadly Ebola viral disease that claimed hundreds of lives. The 15-month program is aimed at getting sectors involved that have the potential to stimulate economic recovery. Sierra Leone’s economy was badly hit with two incidents – the Ebola outbreak and the fall in the price of iron ore on the world…

By Prince Ukonjay Wonplu, pwonplu@gmail.com Grand Bassa County Superintendent Levi Demmah is now embroiled in a land dispute that continues to deepen. The Charley Johnson family has in fact warned the Surperintendent not go ahead with further probe into their land matter involving another family, the Jacobs Family. The Charley Johnson family informed Groove 106FM last week that Supt. Levi Demmah ordered some people to put stop to a survey they had requested for. The family is furious about the Superintendent’s order. Our Grand Bassa Correspondent says, the Johnson family is claiming to be the rightful owner of the Land…

By Prince Ukonjay Wonplu, pwonplu@gmail.com The Liberia national police are considering “manslaughter” charge for the two Liberians who were found dead in a Philippino ship in the Port City of Buchanan, Grand Bassa County. The two Liberians died under questionable circumstances in the Filipino ship, the M/V Vega Granat. Our Grand Bassa Correspondent reports that the Senior Legal Counsel of the Ministry of Justice on assignment in Buchanan, Cllr. Samuel Jacobs, made the disclosure in a press briefing at his office in Buchanan. Cllr. Jacobs was one time Montserrado County Attorney. According to Cllr. Jacobs a Pathologist from Sierra Leone…

By Prince Wonplu, princewonplu58@gmail.com Vice President Joseph Boakai may be crisscrossing the country to win support and votes for his presidential bid, but one man who believe Boakai does not represent the future chemistry of Liberia’s political future is Sen. George Weah, Standard-bearer of the Coalition for Democratic Chanage (CDC). Weah the change that Liberia so badly needs to make progress is a responsibility that rest upon the shoulders of the citizens. Weah’s message is calling on Liberians to take their destiny into their own hands. Speaking over the weekend to cross section of Grand Bassa citizens at the Fairground…

By P. Lincoln Nyanrue Jr., elincoln1986 @ gmail.com Barely 11 days to the kickoff of the official campaign for the October 10th presidential and representative elections, the Federation of Grand Gedeans in Support of Joseph Nyemah Boakai Presidential bid are calling on the entire citizens to throw their support behind Vice President Boakai for President of Liberia. The group wants young people of the county to divert their minds from the support of the Collation for Democratic Change (CDC) to UP in the up-coming October elections. The chairman for the Federation of Grand Gedeans in Support of Boakai, Isaac Gweihn…

But Bilibo Citizens Say They Don’t Know The Victim The government of Liberia, by and thru the Ministries of Justice and Internal Affairs, are now seeking the treatment of the 13-year old rape victim currently shielded by her biological mother in Bilibo, in the Glio/Twarbo District. The Superintendent of Konobo Statutory District, Moses C. Neah has disclosed to the Groove 106FM that he along with Glio/Twarbo Administrative District Commissioner, Joseph Tarlue, were recently summoned by the Ministries of Justice and Inter Affairs. Neah said the two ministries, by and through the County Superintendent Peter Solo have orderd that the 13-year…

By P. Lincoln Nyanrue, Jr., elincoln1986@gmail.com Civil society groups in Grand Gedeh County have begun speaking out against the alleged raping of a 13-year fellow Grand Gedean minor. Members of Grand Gedeh County Civil Society Organizations have strongly condemned the alleged rape case allegedly committed by Representative Morias Tarwoe Waylee of electoral District #2. The condemnation by the Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) of the rape case comes six days after Rep. Waylee was arrested, charged with four crimes and sent to court to face the law. Waylee was charged with “Conspiracy”, “Tempering with Criminal Investigation”, “Tempering with Witnesses” and “Kidnapping”,…

The works of Bong County Representative Prince Kemue Moye are being recognized by his community, district and constituents whom he represents in the Liberia Legislature. He received accolades from the “Kabah Youth for Progress and Development” for high-level contributions to youth empowerment and development. Alex Flomo, one of the officers of the youth group made the presentation on behalf of his colleagues in the offices of Rep. Moye, on Wednesday, July 19, in Monrovia. Flomo said Moye’s contribution of the Bong County lawmaker is beyond his electoral district and his county. “Your contributions to the youth development has given us…