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A prominent citizen of Gbarzon District, former GDAA Secretary-General during the Ehrich/Zinnah administration and media tech guru, Isaac Nyenaweh aka Julu Garley, has thrown his weight behind presidential candidate Browne Jayee in the impending Gbarzon District Association general and presidential elections. Mr. Nyenaweh issued a statement today. Read verbatim the statement by Mr. Nyenaweh: “I support Browne Jayee and the AJEH-A-DEH TEAM to lead Gbarzon District Association in the Americas, Inc, for the next two years. I will do everything within my reach to make sure Browne wins. My primary reason for supporting Mr. Jayee and not the candidacy of…

Your purpose was clear in this world You brought us into it You gave us life, real life with lessons In your eyes we saw honesty In your arms the protection of a mother A mother so caring we forgot the uncertainties of the world You were mother of virtue When you passed from this world When November 11, 2005 pierced our hearts And left us in grief and agony When death laid his filthy hands on you Its agent, cholera, stung you everlasting you went away Three days and you succumbed You were mother of virtue Though our hearts…

Viola… Wonnah… why did you leave us so soon? We loved you and still needed you. This was your time to eat from the fingers of your brothers and sisters. Even though you were the last of us, you were the first to go ahead. Have you seen our Mom? She is there with you. Ever since you left her broken hearted, she never recovered until she joined you just few months after your untimely home-going. Seven years ago in 2004, a flower was plucked out of our garden. That was the most beautiful, most adorable, and most cherished. You…

BREAKING NEWS! By J. Ebenezer Daygbor The National Elections Commission (NEC) of Liberia is getting tougher with individuals seeking elective offices. The NEC landed its axe this morning in Monrovia when it rejected Liberty Party’s Harrison Karnwea and Alternative National Congress’ Jeremiah Sulunteh. Also disqualified was Abu Kamara, a junior minister at the Post and Telecommunication Ministry, who was aspirant for the House of Representative for the District #15 in Montserrado County. Harrison-Karnwea Nomination Sheet READ CODE OF CONDUCT Harrison Karnwea is Vice Presidential running mate of Liberty Party’s Standard-bearer Charles Brumskine, and Jeremiah Sulunteh is Vice Presidential running mate…

Press Release Senator Jewel Howard-Taylor has identified lack of proper capacity of Members of the Legislative Branch as one of the handicaps they face in the discharge of their duties, a press release has said. According to a Foreign Ministry release, the lawmaker, who is a Senator representing Bong County, indicated that because of this gap and several others, the acceptance of huge patronage is extended to the Legislative Branch by the Executive Branch. Senator Taylor stressed that from her experience of over 12 years in the Liberian Senate, she has come to realize that “because of the over centralized…

But A Boakai Spokesman Rubbishes The Claims By E. J. Nathaniel Daygbor More hurdles seem to be heaped in Vice President Joseph Boakai’s path to becoming Liberia’s president. While he wobbles and fumbles with who should be his running mate, the Groove 106FM has unearth what could be considered a furtive and scandalous dry bones still stuck in his dark closet. But a spokesman has refuted the allegations Our Monrovia Correspondent is reporting that Mr. Boakai is entangled with a US$2,000,000 scam reportedly entrusted to him to expedite the “Green Revolution” program launched by the late Samuel Doe. Boakai’s campaign is…

Press Release   The Liberian Chapter of the West African College of Nursing (WACN) has joined other West African counterparts for the organization’s 14th Biennial General Meeting.   The WACN, a specialized agency of the West African Health Organization (WAHO), on Tuesday, July 4, 2017 began its week-long event which is being held at the ECOWAS Commission in Abuja. It runs from the 1st to the 7th of July, 2017.   A release from the Liberian Embassy in Abuja says the Liberian Chapter, comprising of over 20 professional Liberian nurses otherwise called Fellows, is led by its head, Mr. Joseph Gono and also…

Press Release The Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. B. Elias Shoniyin, has expressed gratitude for Nigeria’s contribution to the peace and stability that Liberia now enjoys.   “Knowing that you all are from Nigeria, a country that is so close to the hearts of so many Liberians, not just at the governmental level but also the people to people interaction and exchanges, Liberians remain grateful for Nigeria’s contribution during Liberia’s civil war in the 1990s. We remember the blood of Nigerians that was spilled on this soil to enjoy the peace we now enjoy and we recognize that,” Acting…

By P. Lincoln Nyanrue Jr., elincoln1986@gmail.com Stakeholders of the southeastern region of Liberia have concluded a three-day regional gender response budgeting training in Zwedru, Grand Gedeh County. It was organized by the Ministry of Internal Affairs through the decentralization and de-concentration program of the government of Liberia. Speaking to our correspondent in Zwedru, the Gender Specialist on decentralization support program at the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Charlyn Davis Wozie, said the purpose of the training is to acknowledge fiscal superintendents, project planners, and gender coordinators of Liberia. She said this will also place youth and women leaders along with people…

By P. Lincoln Nyanrue Jr., elincoln1986@gmail.com The Ministry of Health and its partners have launched an Inactivated Polio Vaccine “IPV” in Grand Gedeh County. The vaccination consists of injectable and drops in used in babies’ mouths. The “IPV” was launched by Mr. Olaska Wulu Barh, Administrative Assistant to the County Superintendent Peter L. Solo, who currently serves as acting superintendent of Grand Gedeh County. Mr.  Barh used the occasion to pledge local authority’s unflinching support to the health sector to save children from the crippling disease. At the same time, the Assistant Routine Immunization Officer at the Expended Program on…