This year’s conference will focus on the major diseases that are affecting the region—diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular diseases. Medical doctors, laboratory technicians and other scientists are gathering in Abuja this week to talk about ways to improve the quality of laboratory management in the region. The ninth annual CelebrateLab® West Africa will run from April 26 to 28 at the Shehu Musa Yar’adua Center. This year’s conference will focus on the major diseases that are affecting the region—diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular diseases. The goal is to continue providing education to medical and research laboratory professionals, network, and share best practices across the region.

Ambassador Michael McCarthy regarding the state of some health and education centers in the rural parts of the country. In a press release issued on April 26, the government acknowledged the concerns but noted that the narrative as expressed by Ambassador McCarthy was inaccurate. The Ministry of Finance and Development Planning and the Ministry of Health provided data as proof of Cash Disbursement to Health Facilities Nationwide For Year Ended FY2022 to correct the assertions made in the Ambassador’s statement that no funding was reaching healthcare centers. The top 10 receivers accounted for about $3.8 million or 59 percent of the total $7.2 million disbursed to the 70 plus health facilities across Liberia. The Liberian government remains dedicated to investing in critical health infrastructure across the country as it builds clinics and hospitals while also prioritizing human capital development.

Moniba’s background and achievementsBorn and raised in Liberia, Moniba began his career as a construction and infrastructure specialist. Moniba’s vision and plans for Liberia’s economy and educationMoniba’s plans for Liberia are centered around creating an enabling environment for the establishment of new businesses, promoting startups, and improving Liberia’s infrastructure. Moniba’s candidacy and support in LiberiaMoniba’s candidacy has already generated widespread support among Liberians who see him as a promising candidate for the presidency. His experience as a successful entrepreneur and his dedication to improving Liberia’s economy and education make him a strong candidate for president. ConclusionIn conclusion, Clarence Moniba’s candidacy for the presidency of Liberia is generating excitement and support in the country.

“I [am] startled and deeply troubled to encounter multiple county hospitals that received not one penny of what they were promised in the 2022 budget,” the ambassador said. However, McCarthy’s assertion, according to the Weah administration, is inaccurate, as funding for public health facilities has been disbursed as appropriated in the 2022 budget. Under FY2022, about US$7.2 million was disbursed to more than 70 hospitals, clinics health centers across Liberia. The new hospital that McCarthy is indirectly referring to is the state-of-the-art Emirates Hospital in Gbarpolu County, one of the poorest counties in Liberia. “Only a small fraction of Government-to-Government support, which is disbursed only after proof of performance, goes to the government.

Monrovia – Joseph Boakai, the standard-bearer for the Unity Party, is set to announce his running mate on Friday. Jeremiah Koung has taken over as the political leader of the Movement for Democratic Reconstruction (MDR), a political party that was founded by Senator Prince Johnson. In a recent press conference, Sen. Johnson said, “Now I am growing older and the older you grow the closer you are to your heavenly home. I want to see Nimba producing the Vice President as a gateway to the highest office. FrontPageAfrica has learned that Senator Karnga-Lawrence, who stood by Vice President Boakai during the political disagreements within the Collaboration Political Parties (CPP), is reportedly disappointed with Boakai’s decision to select Koung over her.

MONROVIA – The head of the European Union Mission to Liberia, Laurent Delahousse, has cautioned Liberian politicians to stop trucking and abide by the regulations of Liberia’s National Elections Commission (NEC) leading to the crucial Presidential and Legislative Elections in October. As Liberia goes to the polls in October, he said if invited by the Government of Liberia and by the Elections Commission, some countries of the international community will send elections observers. “We have full trust in the National Elections Commission. We call on political parties and the National Elections Commission to be very clear on the implementation of the election regulations. However, as Phase Two of the BVR exercise kickoff, there are reports that political aspirants are again trucking.

Speaker Bhofal Chambers has warned against voters trucking during the ongoing biometric voter registration exercise across the country. The speaker added that voter trucking undermines development, which is driven by population. “Politicians who are in the habit of trucking voters are only doing that to get power; they are not in the interest of the people,” he said. The undemocratic practice of said voter trucking, he noted, only imposes leaders who aren’t the choice of the residents of the county they have been trucked to. It can be recalled that during the 2017 general and presidential elections, Speaker Chambers won with 7,858 votes, which constituted 57.3%.

--- The incident brought disrepute to the Ganta Magisterial Court, with many expressing concern about how a place for seeking justice could become a fighting arena for litigants. A dispute over seating arrangements at Ganta Magistrate Court turned violent yesterday after a defense lawyer and a complainant got into a fight. Complainant Teema Biddle suffered neck wounds after she was allegedly bitten by the defense lawyer, Yelegar Kennedy at the Court in Nimba County. Kennedy, she said choked her and later bit her ear but fought back by biting him in the chest. Kennedy was later held in contempt of court and sent to jail but escaped, according to the Court clerk.

Former Vice President Joseph Boakai is expected to formally announce Senator Jeremiah Koung of the vote-rich Nimba County as his running mate. The Nimba County Senator would be announced on April 28, ending weeks of intense speculation on who would be the Unity Party’s Vice Standard Bearer. “I will not come here as the father of the county and political leader to give you misinformation. Koung is practically a career legislator, having served two terms as a representative before being elected as a senator. His popularity outside of his home county, which is the second most populated county in Liberia, is unknown.

Officers of the Liberia Drugs Enforcement Agency (LDEA) have arrested a 40-year-old man identified as Mohammed Kamara in possession of eight wraps of Kush. According to the KMTV online, the harmful drugs in question market value has been put at $9,600.00 United States Dollars or equivalent to $1497, 600.00, the man was intercepted by the LDEA officers enroot to Monrovia. Mr. Kpakio said there are different types of Kush, Afghan Kush, Hindu Kush, Green Kush; Purple Kush, OG Kush and Bubba Kush – which are classified as the popular Kush strains of the Cannabis-indica drug family. Director Kpakio said Kush looks a bit different from marijuana, according to consumers; its reaction on them is quite different from the reaction they get after smoking marijuana, Kush variant of marijuana is also renowned for its heavy sedative effects on its users. He also disclosed that the drug has numerous “street names, However, some call it: Bliss, Black Mamba, Blaze, Bombay Blue, Fake Weed, Legal Weed, Genie, Zohai, all these street names, two of them stand out “Spice” and “K2”(Visited 46 times, 46 visits today)

Joe Biden announced his re-election bid on Tuesday, but there are real questions about which legislative accomplishments he’s touting—and which ones he’s not. Biden likes to invoke the legislation that made projects like these happen: the sweeping clean energy-focused Inflation Reduction Act, the $1 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the high-tech manufacturing-boosting CHIPS Act. Those three bills are poised to be pillars of Biden’s case for a second term. But there’s a fourth pillar that often seems forgotten—the one that made these specific projects, and many others, possible. Lawmakers and prominent officials have spent much more time touting recent bills like the Inflation Reduction Act and CHIPS Act.

MONROVIA – The much-trumpeted resolution of the People’s Unification Party (PUP) pledging support to the re-election bid of President George Weah violates the party’s constitution, and as such, it is null and void, said Representative Samuel Kogar, Chairman of the PUP. In the announcement, the PUP, through partisan Morris Barbay announced the party will only support the President, but not joining the President’s party- Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC). The decision raised eyebrow as some of the party’s top officials including its national chairman, Rep. Kogar, were absent and did not affix their signatures. Without mentioning the conveners, Rep. Kogar said they, apparently at behest of the Governing Council, went ahead with the meeting and adopted a resolution; a move he said, violates Section 7.2 of the party’s constitution. But like Rep. Kogar, some members distanced themselves from their party’s decision saying their action was not the general decision of the party, whose founding father was a fiercest citric of the Weah-led government.

MONROVIA – A team of foreign doctors is in the country providing free community mobile health services to residents in need of emergency or first-aid medical services in communities in Montserrado County. The doctors are in the country at the request of Montserrado County Senator Saah Joseph. Mitchell Wire, the head of the team of doctors, said the team is in Liberia to provide treatment for sicknesses, including body pain, malaria, typhoid, and high blood pressure. Speaking to FrontPageAfrica, Senator Saah Joseph said mobile community health services have been a normal practice carried out by his office. We are expected to have four other visits after this, and they will be coming to provide different health services.

Today, US Ambassador Michael McCarthy released a press statement that addresses the Weah administration’s gross incompetence, mismanagement of public funds, and carelessness in handling the affairs of the Liberian people. The issues the Ambassador raised in his statement are not strange to Liberians. Another six years of a Weah administration would severely damage Liberia’s credibility in the international community and leave Liberians stuck in a cycle of poverty and suffering. My administration will get Liberia back on track by building functional systems to ensure a functioning public service. In all my interactions with Liberians across the country, I see and hear your desire for real change.

He became a successful entrepreneur and dedicated philanthropist, committed to improving living conditions in Liberia. Moniba’s candidacy and support in LiberiaClarence Moniba’s candidacy has already garnered broad support among Liberians, who see him as a promising candidate for president. His experience as a successful entrepreneur and his commitment to improving Liberia’s economy and education make him a strong candidate for president. ConclusionClarence Moniba’s candidacy for president in Liberia is generating excitement and support in the country. A successful entrepreneur and philanthropist, Moniba has a clear vision for Liberia’s future and plans to make the country an economic hub in West Africa.