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A Tribute to Atty. Philip Nemeneh Wesseh-BA, Mass Communication; LLB, Law By Charles Crawford His mama called him Nemeneh. His friends called him Philip. Media colleagues called him “Gina”. Employees under his leadership at The Inquirer Newspaper called him Chief. Philip Nemeneh Wesseh, also known as Gina, an acclaimed Journalist, an Attorney at Law, a catalyst for free speech and press freedom, a foot soldier for social justice, a champion for human rights, and an epitome of generosity is no more with us. The cold hands of death snatched from us this gentle soul on September 14, 2022, following a…

New Thinking with Joe Bartuah The screaming newspaper headline was incredibly outrageous: “3 Counties to Petition McGill for Senate—Say They Will Repay Him for His Good Deeds.” Substantively, the newspaper reported that President George Manneh Weah’s former Presidential Affairs Minister, Nathaniel McGill, a guy stained with a blight of U.S. sanctions, would be petitioned by three of Liberia’s 15 counties to run for the Senate, because some elements of those counties perceive the super-rich ex-presidential affairs minister as a philanthropist whose “humanitarian assistance”, they believe, ought to be reciprocated with a political largesse as a senator. Upon seeing the headline…

MONROVIA, September 27, 2022 – The World Bank today launched the third edition of the annual Liberia Economic Update with the theme: “Investing in Human Capital for Inclusive and Sustainable Growth. The Liberian economy experienced strong growth in 2021. After contracting by 3.0 percent in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, growth recovered to 5.0 percent in 2021. The rebound was driven by improved external demand, higher prices for Liberia’s main exports, and the resumption of normal domestic activity. Meanwhile, growth slowed in the first half of 2022, even when mining and construction continued to perform well. In agriculture, rubber…

–LPP Cast White Ballot; Cllr. Tiawan Saye Gongloe Emerges Standard Bearer By Ekena Wesley, A Patriot’s Diary Finally, the die Is cast! The Liberian People’s People (LPP) unequivocally, unanimously, and overwhelmingly cast a white ballot in favor of Cllr. Tiawan Saye Gongloe. 150 delegates from across the country converged on the provincial city of Gbarnga and without any dot of hesitation, elected the veteran human rights lawyer and campaigner as the Standard Bearer of the party ahead of the 2023 general and presidential elections in Liberia. The LPP did not look afar. It endorsed a founding member of the party,…

—He Inspired So Many People in Many Ways New Thinking with Joe Bartuah With the passing of the renowned Liberian political scientist, diplomat and historian, Dr. Joseph Saye Guannu on August 29, 2022, in Ganta, Liberia, the nation has in less than a year, lost two of its eminent scholars, noble statesmen, topnotch educators and exemplary compatriots who tremendously inspired hundreds of thousands of their fellow compatriots during their lifetime. On February 16th this year, we lost Dr. Guannu’s buddy and former boss, the former Interim President of Liberia, Dr. Amos Claudius Sawyer, whom Dr. Guannu had served as Presidential…

By The Analyst News  COURTEY OF THE ANALYST ( FULL STORY) Longtime Liberian journalist Gibson Jerue, now resident in the United States of America, left social media in complete shock yesterday Thursday when he accused fellow US-based Liberian, Sylvester J. Wah, of ordering and paying about 15 men to beat his son over woman palaver. Sylvester Wah lives in Soiux Falls, South Dakota, but is currently in Liberia undertaking some construction projects. According to Mr. Jerue, the incident which occurred on Monday, May 30, 2022 at 6:00AM erupted when his son and his girlfriend had problem and the girl went to…

By Contributing Writer COURTESY OF FRONT PAGE AFRICA (FULL STORY) MONROVIA – Investigation in the cold-bloody murder of 29-year-old Gibson Jerue, Jr, also known as Baby Gibson, proceeds slowly but with the first suspect, a community chairman, Michael Gleh, charged and sent to the Monrovia Central Prison awaiting trial. Michael Gleh spent his first night at South Beach on June 14th, after three charges were levied against him. Suspect Gleh was charged with “Murder”, “Criminal Facilitation” and “Criminal Solicitation”. A Writ of Arrest issued by the Stipendiary Magistrate Jomah S. Jallah charges Michael saying, “That during the period of May 30, 2022,…

COURTESY OF FRONT PAGE AFRICA (FULL STORY) MONROVIA – Journalist Gibson Jerue has formally complained Sylvester Wah, the man he believes is responsible for his son’s murder, to the U.S Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) seeking the Bureau’s intervention in alleged crime committed by an American citizen in the Republic of Liberia. Mr. Jerue submitted his report to the FBI Thursday, June 16, 2022. In the complaints, he accused Sylvester Wah, a resident of 703 S Dakota Avenue, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 57104 of complicity in the beating to death of his son, Gibson Jerue, Jr., also known as Baby Gibson. In his…

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has designated three Liberian government officials as public corrupt officials. The three officials are Nathaniel McGill, Sayma Syrenius Cephus, and Bill Twehway. They were designated for their involvement in ongoing public corruption in Liberia. A press release issued by the Embassy of the United States near Monrovia said, “These officials are designated pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13818, which builds upon and implements the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act and targets perpetrators of serious human rights abuse and corruption around the world. READ FULL TEXT WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S.…

—The 4 Krahn Men Antagonizing Gio/Man People In North Dakota Victor Barney, is chairman of the Board of Directors of the United Liberians Association in North Dakota (ULAND). Before immigrating to the US, Victor Barney was chairman for Prince Johnson’s former party, the National Union for Democratic Progress (NUDP). Victor claims he knows how to destroy Mano and Gio people because studied their politics. “We will destroy Saye and his people,” Victor boasted in ULAND office. Augustine Zulu, a former rebel of the Movement for Democracy in Liberia (MODEL), who claimed he fought the Mano and Gio, has vowed that…