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By Browne O. Jayee Ladies and gentlemen, please meet my aunt, Ms. EstherTaweh who I am meeting for the very first time in my life! She was in Minnesota for a graduation ceremony and I thought it would be necessary to see her for the first time. Our meeting took place in Big Lake, Minnesota. Our meeting was full of emotions. On one hand, I was excited that I am seeing my aunt for the first time, and on the other hand, I was very nervous and at the same time choked with tears. But we both withheld our tears and…

By Browne O. Jayee Few days ago, I had the honor and pleasure to meet with this young Gbarzon District citizen. His name is Mr. Harrison Pour. He resides in the state of Arizona. Prior to meeting with him in the Twin Cities, I had not known him before. The only contact I had with him prior to our face-to-face meeting was the one or two exchanges he and I had on Facebook. Those exchanges were civil, and they had to do with the upcoming Gbarzon District Association’s National Elections. Read More From our discussions on Facebook, it was no secret that…

The Legislative Press Pool (LEGISPOL) are not pleased with the recent Award Committee’s accolade to one of the legislative reporter, Gbatemah Semah. The group has taken exception to the award. In a press release issued Monday in Monrovia, Liberia, the legislative reporters said, “Gbatemah Semah does not report from the Legislature.” According to the release, LEGISPOL rubbished particularly the award given to Semah of the Bush Chicken and called on the Press Union of Liberia to revoke the award with immediate effect or LEGISPOL will put up none-cooperative posture against the union. Scores of Legislative reporters were stunned Friday, when…

By J.  Ebenezer Daygbor The board of commissioners of the National Election Commission (NEC) of Liberia must now appear before the full Plenary of the Liberian Senate to give reasons, if any, why they cannot be held in contempt for the recent utterances of NEC chairman, Jerome Korkoya. The Senate has taken exception to NEC Chair Korkoya’s recent comments relative to the function of his office. But the Senators considered his comments unacceptable, and also believe there were missteps in the voter roll exhibition process. The National Elections Commission is expected to appear at the Senate this Thursday, June 21, 2017.…

By J. Ebenezer  Daygbor Montserrado Senator and CDC standard-bearer George Weah and Nimba Senator Prince Y. Johnson are at the top of lawmakers who received a failing mark for the year 2016 legislative performance year. Weah and Johnson got the lowest plenary attendance, lowest floor debate and chamber participation for the year under review, a legislative report has disclosed. The assessment of the two senators was contained in a legislative report card 2016 full report of the Liberian National Legislature, released by the Institute for Research and Democratic Development. A total of five senators received “F” mark. The report gave George…

On behalf of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Foreign Minister Marjon V. Kamara, the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. B. Elias Shoniyin, has presented an exequatur to Mr. Houssein Cheaitou to serve as Honorary Consul General of the Republic of Columbia to the Republic of Liberia.   Exequatur is an official recognition by a government of a consul, agent, or other representative of a foreign state, authorizing them to exercise the duties of office. This is the first of its kind for the Republic of Colombia to have a direct representative in Liberia.   According to a Foreign Ministry release,…

Captain Stephen T. Tarplah of the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) has completed a 21-week intensive training in Kaduna, the Federal Republic of Nigeria. A release from the Liberian Embassy in Abuja says a total of 172 African soldiers assembled for the 21 weeks’ training which began on January 4, 2017. Rev. Tunde J. Spencer, the Political Counselor at the Liberian Embassy represented the Liberian Ambassador Hassan Conteh at a colorful ceremony, which was recently held in Jaji, the State of Kaduna. The press release says Captain Tarplah was one of nine commanders of the rank of Captain and their…

By P. Lincoln Nyanrue, elincoln1986@gmail.com It is an annoying and unacceptable phenomenon now that the highway leading to Zwedru is inaccessible during the rainy season, and this year is another frustration for commuters. The Ganta-Harper highway has many bad spots, but the area between Zai and Gwein Town is one of the worst spots. As Liberians edges into the second month of the rainy season in Liberia, citizens of the southeastern counties consisting of Grand Gedeh, Sinoe, River Gee, MaryLand and Grand Kru have started experiencing bad road condition again. Instead of the government – national or county – acting fast…

By P. Lincoln Nyanrue, elincoln1986@gmail.com The Assistant Project Coordinator for cross-border electrification or the West African Power poll has outlined numerous challenges confronting the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) in getting Zwedru, the Capital City of Grand Gedeh County, fully lighted. Mr. Abraham D. Kabah is one of those working on the project. He spoke to our Southeastern Correspondent Saturday, June 17, 2017 on the highway where he and others had gone to work between Tuzon and Zai Towns. Mr. Kabah said the fast growing rain forest and vegetation is hampering their work. He disclosed that they lack of required logistics,…

By  J. Ebenezer Daygbor Although Montserrado Representative Edwin Snowe is an adept supporter of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf who was accused of masterminding his removal from office as Speak, Snowe reflects on the bad and painful memories of Bo Waterside brought to him recently. “Anyone thinks about the former president, will obviously had a painful thought. But, at the sometime, we cannot allow our past to hunt us. It is painful that our former president has face trial and subsequently serving his sentence, but the fact remains Liberians and Sierra Leoneans are once more together,” he said. Snowe currently supports…