Monrovia – The National Elections Commission on Tuesday certificated Senator-elect Gbotoe Kanneh as winner of the December 8th 2020 election in Gbapolu County. Kanneh’s certification comes days after the Supreme Court mandated the NEC to do so. Madam Kanneh was certificated along with Mr. Willington Geevon Smith of River-Cess County both of whom have had a rough road to the senate. The crowd of predominantly women, graced her certification at the Legislature and the headquarters of the National Elections Commission. The Senator-elect paid special tribute to the women of Liberia who she said have stood by her side through the rough roads.

LMA Commissioner Lenn Eugene Nagbe confirmed to FrontPageAfrica Monday that the Lessors were indeed trying to breach the lease agreement. The Liberia Maritime Authority has met all its legal/financial obligations under the lease and we are absolutely not indebted to the Landlord. On April 1, 2021 we will officially turn over the property to the owners through their lawyer. Consequently, the Authority wishes to inform you that it does not intend to renew the lease on the demised property at the end of the current leasehold. Lenn Eugene Nagbe, Commissioner, Liberia Maritime Authority.

But in a statement posted on his official social media page, Representative Gray described the accusation as “spiteful claims”. He noted that though Congressman Smith is entitled to his own opinion, he (Gray) categorically reject these claims; because they “aren’t the true reflection of what the reality is in Liberia”. As a U.S. congressman, Representative Gray maintained that, “his words carry a lot of weight, the reason they need to be well thought out and factual”. Representative Gray pointed out that these kinds of support aren’t given to “Kleptocrats”. Meanwhile, Representative Gray has urged authorities of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to engage the office of the US lawmaker in an effort to refute these “spiteful claims”.

Appearing before the Finnish court, he accused Gibril Massaquoi and his operation commander “Salami” of massacring civilians in Waterside and Konia, Lofa County in 2001. “I saw Massaquoi, ‘Salami’ and their men when they came in a pickup (truck) and opened fire on some civilians who went to look for food in a store in Waterside. “Soldier 13” said that in 2001 Massaquoi and his men massacred people in Konia Town, Lofa County near the Guinea border. “Soldier 15” also spoke about the massacre of civilians in a store in Waterside saying when “Salami” died on the bridge, Massaquoi was assigned to Yeaten and killed the civilians. He said it was Yeatan who gave the order to kill the civilians in the store in Waterside.

Other parties that form part of the CPP are: the Alternative National Congress (ANC), All Liberian Party (ALP) and the former ruling Unity Party (UP). The decision of members of the House has been forwarded to the Liberian Senate for possible concurrence. But the joint resolution has met stiff resistance from Senators of the CPP. He noted that it does not make any sense for additional Liberian dollars to be printed in the midst of mountainous of unresolved issues. It should be state resources we used to build carry on these projects for the benefit of the people”.

The Monrovia Consolidated School System Teachers’ Association president Augustine Nyormui Speaking to FrontPageAfricaMonrovia — The Monrovia Consolidated School System Teachers’ Association (MCSSTA) is urging President George Weah to make more financial allotment in the education sector in order to implement the “free and compulsory” primary school including the high schools to prevent parents from paying fees for their children. That, the president of the Monrovia Consolidated School System Teachers’ Association says is hampering the growth and development of the educational sector. It’s the parents that are running the schools instead of the government to run her own public schools, and so, enrollment is getting low,” Nyormui said. But since the inception of the CDC-led government Nyormui says his take-home salary has drastically dropped to $47.000. The MCSSTA president furthers: “In fact, nobody at MCSS tells you that they know the actual salary they take home anymore.”

This year 2021 is the seventh edition of the Integrity Icon. The nomination process according to the Accountabilitylab Liberia Country Director will last for three months. The Country Director of Accountabilitylab Liberia furthers that this year episodes will be aired on television with voice component extrapolated for radio including online publication through social media and Accountabilitylab Liberia’s official website. Liberians both home and abroad will be afforded the opportunity to vote for their Integrity Icon. Yealue said: “We are highly delighted to promote integrity and honesty in government through the Integrity Icon campaign.

Precious Care Foundation Executive Director Keddrix Doe sandwiched by Love A Child Orphanage FamilyPaynesville – Keddrix Doe, the Executive Director of Precious Care Foundation (PCF) is calling on Liberians both home and abroad to demonstrate their love for country by helping the downtrodden masses of the Liberian people. The Precious Care Foundation is a humanitarian organization that has five thematic areas. The Executive Director of the Precious Care Foundation made the statement when he donated 25 bags of rice to the Love A Child Orphanage, the orphanage that was hit by the fire incident last year January. “He (President Weah) was using his personal resources to better the lives of his countrymen. Also, the founder of the Love A Child Madam Rebecca Wreh making remark praised the Precious Care Foundation for their gesture to her orphanage.

MONROVIA — The governments of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Liberia have revealed plans to launch a joint commission aimed at fostering youth and sports development. The Commission if established will provide technical and infrastructural support in Technical Vocational Education Training program, sports development and youth empowerment. Also speaking, Saudi Arabia Deputy Minister for Sports, Abdulelah Saad Aldalak welcomed the establishment of the Joint Commission on Cooperation and Assistance between both countries. Deputy Minister Aldalak in a joyous mood said the Ministry will assign people to develop and draft policies that will give birth to the joint commission. He asserted that the Saudi Youth and Sports Ministry will work along with the Liberian Charge D’Affairs office to ensure that the document is developed to roll out the Joint Commission.

Ambassador Laurent Delahousse, and French Ambassador Michaël Roux toured the AML mine, rail and port operations and visited the Vocational Training Center (VTC) in Yekepa. The guests also held a meeting with AML’s senior management headed by Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Scott Lowe. Briefing the Ambassadors, CEO Lowe said it was a great honor to have them visit AML and reaffirmed the company’s strong commitment to Liberia. Lowe said: “ArcelorMittal Liberia has been in Liberia since 2006, and we are in this for the long haul. Ambassador McCarthy described the ArcelorMittal Liberia investment as a “hope for the future of Liberia” and encouraged the company and staff to continue the good work.

Minister Cooper made the statement at a program marking the selection of a local agriculture group, ‘Agro Tech’ to be sponsored under the ministry’s Triumph Garden Project. According to the Minister, the triumph garden project is an urban food and nutrition security initiative, which is intended to empower urban gardeners and Farmers to scale up their productions. Minister Cooper disclosed that the essence of the Triumph Garden Project is to enable gardeners to get involve into Agricultural activities while they stay home during the COVID_19 Pandemic. Also speaking, the Executive Director of Agro Tech Liberia, Jonathan Stewart thanked the Ministry of Agriculture for the preference. He used the occasion to inform the gathering that the Department of Agriculture at the University is ever ready to partner with various Agriculture institutions and the Ministry.

The United Nations Women Country Representative to Liberia, Marie Goreth Nizigama has pointed out that while women represent half of the Liberian population, they are still grossly underrepresented in politics and decision making positions. According to Ambassador Julie Endee, traditional women in the past have been marginalized in various communities across the country, adding that traditional women have been the last to speak. “Traditional women have been left behind in the past. They have been marginalized in various places, ranging from national leadership, traditional leadership and decision making and many others,” she said. She asserted that women access to justice is not complete when those women who report their cases do not get a logical conclusion.

The Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission is a bi-partisan commission which was established with the unanimous consent of the United States House of Representatives in 2008. The Commission is charged with promoting, defending and advocating for international human rights as enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other relevant human rights instruments. The Commission undertakes public education activities, provides expert human rights advice and encourages members of Congress to actively engage in human rights matters. Designed to be an agile “smart” sanctions tool, Global Magnitsky sanctions are often referred to as a means to hold perpetrators and corrupt persons accountable for their actions. The latest hearing conducted by the commission was intended to examine the implementation of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act.

The services were recently suspended by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs after it was realized that individuals were embezzling the funds generated by the ministry and diverting them to private use instead of government coffers. Under the new regulation the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will absolutely not receive any corporate document/payment/fee(s) for processing through any employee/staff/official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The regulation requires that absolutely no document(s) will be finalized without the revenue receipts for corporate fees and corporate jackets(s), respectively. No request and/or payment/fee(s) for an Apostille shall be received on behalf of an applicant through an employee/staff/official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Absolutely no employee/staff/official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is allowed to encourage/engage into receiving any request and/or payment/fee(s) for an Apostille from anyone/institution for processing; as doing so constitutes a major violation of the procedures for obtaining an apostille from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; hence, subject to consequences for the applicant(s) and/or any such employee/staff/official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Col. Mulbah told Truth FM on Friday that the police received the order from the Minister of Justice at 4:00 am, Friday morning. “This is an institution we are running and we can in no way disrespect the Justice Minister but, again, the Justice Minister’s instruction to us cannot be in the media before reaching out to us. “Until the evidence, when produced, reviewed and a determination made by the Attorney General, the LNP is ordered to release Mr. Ali,” Minister told FrontPageAfrica moments ago. Mr. Ali is reportedly charged with terrorism, criminal attempt to commit murder, arson and terrorist threat. FrontPageAfrica followed up with the police hours after the Attorney General’s order on why Mr. Ali was still being held in detention.