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BUYING THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 2014 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 2014 THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 2014 L$84.00/US$1 L$84.00/US$1 L$84.00/US$1
SELLING L$85.00/US$1 L$85.00/US$1 L$85.00/US$1
These are indicative rates based on results of daily surveys of the foreign exchange market in Monrovia and its environs. The rates are collected from the Forex Bureaux and the commercials banks. The rates are not set by the Central Bank of Liberia.
Source: Research, Policy and Planning Department, Central Bank Liberia, Monrovia, Liberia
CLAIMS AND COUNTERCLAIMS AS BROWN BRANDS GBOWEE A DIVISIONIST FOR QUESTIONING NOCALS ACTION
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How many Liberians are 17 years old that we are not using today to hold placards that they cant even read? And none of us must be satisfied in this country until we provide the space; like the President said that they can acquire that quality of education to make them competitive, not only in Liberia but anywhere else in the world. Thats the crust of my presentation today. LEWIS BROWN, MINISTER OF INFORMATION
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iberia is rich in natural resources, as a research has indicated that Barite a valuable mineral which occurs in a large number of depositional environments, and is deposited through a large number of processes including biogenic, hydrothermal, and evaporation, among others is found in Liberia. With all attention in Liberia at the moment on the emerging oil sector, Frontpageafrica has gathered that Liberia is amongst a list of countries including Nigeria, Brazil, Canada, Chile and others where the mineral( Barite) can be found according to research but with such economic importance of the mineral, it is being mined in Liberia without public attention. Barite is important to the extent that some 77% worldwide is used as a weighting agent for drilling fluids in oil and gas exploration to suppress high formation pressures and prevent blowouts. Other uses of Barite are in added-value applications which include filler in paint and plastics, sound reduction in engine compartments, coat of automobile finishes for smoothness and corrosion resistance, friction products for automobiles and trucks, radiation-shielding cement,
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glass ceramics and medical applications (for example, a barium meal before a contrast CAT scan). Baryte is supplied in a variety of forms and the price depends on the amount of processing; filler applications
commanding higher prices following intense physical processing by grinding and micronising, and there are further premiums for whiteness and brightness and color. Historically Baryte was used
for the production of barium hydroxide for sugar refining, and as a white pigment for textiles, paper, and paint. A frontpageafrica investigation has established that Barite is being mine in Liberia, in
Margibi County by Chinese nationals. About a month ago, frontpageafrica reported Illicit gold mining activities on a massive scale over the Cestos River in ITI, Rivercess County,
where Chinese and other Nationals were and are still mining the Cestos River on a daily basis. The Ministry of Lands Mines and Energy, responsible for all mining activities in the Country
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said it was not aware. Fahnseth B. Mulbah, Inspector General for Mines at the Ministry of Land mines and Energy at the time termed such mining on the Cestos River as illegal because according to him miners with Class C license are prohibited from using machines to mine, and that the case was to be investigated. It has been gathered again that Barite, is being mined on a large scare in Margibi County leaving deep holes in the areas where they are being mined. The mining is being done using yellow machines, with the removal of tons and tons of Barite from the earth, leaving very big holes behind as the miners move on to other areas to drill the earth for more Barite. Large scale mining of Gold, Diamonds and other valuable stones in the Country has
attracted many citizens, business people and even foreigners to the industry, but as to whether Liberia is benefiting from these minerals abstracted, is another question. The Steinbock Minerals Company that is doing the mining of Barite is operated by a group of Chinese, who hardly speak English, but only operate machines to do the mining. They work day and night and sleep on the site under old tents and cars, while the Liberian workers go home to nearby villages after work, some villagers in the surrounding where the Barite is being mined told Frontpageafrica. These Chinese, who are mining the barite, are only contractors whose duty is to mine and take it to the Port of Buchanan for shipment to Europe, Says Dexhon Kpakilah, a Liberian Supervisor.
Kpakilah, who said he does not know the Country in Europe that the Barite is being shipped, supervises other Liberians at the site. When questioned as to whether the company is registered with the Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy, and if it had any license to that effect, Supervisor Kpakilah said they are operating with a class B license from the Ministry and they have been operating for nearly two years. According to the Supervisor, the categories of license that the Ministry of Lands gives states that grade A or Class A license is for merchandise mining that deals with big companies like ArcelorMittal and Big machine like bull dozers, Dredges and other mining equipment are allowed to be used. While Class B or Grade B License is Semi
merchandise mining also using equipment but it should include some level of participation by Liberians. The Environmental Protection Agency EPA, responsible to observe the environmental laws and the impact on the citizens in the community, admitted knowing about the company and the issuance of permit to the company, but there was no inspector on site. I know Steinbock Minerals because it was once halted from mining activities for not getting all their documents correct before commencing work, says Mr. Earl Neblett, Assistant Manager of ESIS at Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Mr. Neblett said there should be an EPA inspector at every mining site in the Country to see that the company does not violate the environmental
laws like spilled oil from the equipment, machine pollution and waste, but said due to lack of logistics, the EPA does not have an inspector on the Companys operational site. EPA only has just a fuel vehicle to cover the entire Country and less than 200 employees. We do not even have bikes for the workers to go to the various sites and one fuel truck cannot cover the entire country. He said the slashing of the Agency budget from 1.5 million a year to less than one million, has put a strain on the Agency and employees. We are supposed to operate laboratories and have offices in all of the Counties, but the funds we are getting is only enough to pay employees. When asked about the very large holes left after drilling for barite, Neblett said before the
company leaves, it will cover the holes and do re-vegetation on the site after covering the holes. It was also noticed on the site that the large machine washing the barite and sending it out from the other end of the machine, also has a component that mines gold, which does not come out from the same side of the barite. There was no inspector from the Ministry of Lands Mines and Energy to carry on the duty as to what leaves the country. Whereas, it is usually known that the Ministry of Lands Mines and Energy should have a representative from the Ministry deployed on every mining site but in this case, there was no one on the site that is close to Monrovia to see if it is only barite that is being abstracted and shipped out of the Country. The ministry of Lands Mines and Energy confirmed the operations of SteinBock company in Liberia, but as to having inspectors on the site to see what is being mined other than barite, the ministry says its hands are tie and cannot do much. The Ministry of Lands Mines and Energy is expected to be at all mining sites and at all times, but it is not like that, because we do not have the logistics needed to do the work, Says William S. Hines, Assistant Minister of Mines. There are no vehicles or even bikes for the Inspectors to cover these mining sites, some of them have to walk through the bushes to some sites, while other sites are not covered because of the long distance. There are 49 mining sites in the Country and we need twice the number of inspectors and patrol officers to inspect, but we have only 34 inspectors to cover these mining sites and that number is not enough to do the job. Minister Hines who was astonished to see photos of illegal miners in Rivercess, mining the Cestos River, said if the Ministry had logistics, it would do more in cracking down illegal miners around the Country. If we even arrest illegal miners, how do we bring them for investigation, do we carry them on our backs, when we have no vehicles for that operation? It is too much to talk, because the Ministry is stranded and we cannot do much. Until the government can address the issue of logistics for both the Ministry of Lands Mines and Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to tackle the situation of monitoring what leaves the country, illegal miners, who extract minerals for themselves, remains in limbo, and the entire Country stands to lose its resources.
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A wave of reports from America point to signals that cannot and must be ignored. But Sirleaf appears resigned to leaving the fate of her legacy in the hands of a few corrupt officials and a circle of friends and family matriarch determined to drive her political life to the ground
IN THE PAST FEW months, Liberias longstanding stepfather, the United States of America has sent a number of intriguing but unmistakable signals to the administration of President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf that while it recognizes some of its accomplishments, yet things are not going as well as the post-war nations international stakeholders would want them to go. LAST MONTH, Secretary of State John Kerry unveiled the 2013 US Human Rights report in which the US frowned on a culture of impunity which is hurting the post-war nation recovery. The report noted that the most serious human rights abuses were those tied to a lack of justice: judicial inefficiency and corruption; lengthy pretrial detention; denial of due process; and harsh prison conditions. Violence against women and children, including rape and domestic violence, and child labor are also serious problems. THAT REPORT WAS followed days later by a travel alert highlighting the poor health, sanitation and other conditions prevailing in Liberia. On the health sector, the alert stated Hospitals and medical facilities in Liberia are very poorly equipped and are incapable of providing many services. Emergency services comparable to those in the U.S. or Europe are non-existent, and the blood supply is unreliable and unsafe for transfusion. For serious medical problems, U.S. citizens in Liberia should consider traveling to the United States, Europe, or South Africa for treatment. Medicines are scarce, often beyond expiration dates, and generally unavailable in most areas. ADDED THE ALERT: As there is neither an effective garbage removal service nor a functioning sewer system, sanitation throughout urban areas is very poor, which increases the potential for disease. Upper respiratory infections and diarrhea are common, as well as more serious diseases such as typhoid and malaria. NOW COMES another US-backed report, the Liberia Governance Stakeholder Survey which has slammed a system dominate by elites, suggesting that a few elites benefit financially from the current system to the detriment of those at the bottom of the economic ladder. Information systems designed to manage information about concessions lack appropriate data on which multiple companies have claims to the same piece of land, either for the same type of concessions or different ones. These problems are driven by a sense of urgency to improve Liberias economic condition, almost at any cost. In simple speak, it means Liberias elite are in a hurry to mortgage most of the country and most often give multiple mineral licenses for the same piece of property, and in some instances the cases have ended up in court as was the case of the Canadian investor, who wrote of his experience in a book, Liberia, Coruption 101. THE REPORT GOES as far as to suggest that the post-war nation risks sliding back into a civil crisis unless the government deals with many of the issues which drove the country to war. SAID THE REPORT: A culture of impunity that already existed before two civil wars, according to the report, is in some ways, worsened by the conflict, which destroyed the social and moral fabric of certain aspects of society and fundamentally-altered notions of right and wrong. Many of the issues that drove the country into violence remain just below the surface waiting to bubble up when the right combinations of factors align. SINCE ASSUMING POWER in 2006, Sirleaf has struggled to convince the international community of her sincerity to eliminate graft. A culture of impunity coupled with numerous audit reports
WARNING SIGNALS FROM UNCLE SAM
WHY EJS CANNOT AFFORD TO IGNORE THE WRITINGS ON THE WALL
REBUILDING LIBERIA
Gyude Moore, Contributing Writer
Washington, DC nly 10 years ago, Liberia began to emerge from a quarter-century of instability, punctuated by what Liberians call World Wars I and II. The names reflect the lived realities of two generations widespread atrocities by feuding factions, child soldiers drugged and forced to fight, women raped and dismembered, and nationwide destruction of infrastructure. More than 250,000 people are thought to have died, out of a population of less than three million. Two-thirds of the population was in near-constant flight. When President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf took office in 2006, there was hardly a bridge, power line, dam, factory or paved road. Now, many of the children who grew up on the run - including those who had a chance to build lives elsewhere - are back in Liberia, where a sense of purpose is replacing the trauma they experienced. Gyude (pronounced ju'-day) Moore has found his place in the office of the president, where he is deputy chief of staff and head of the President's Delivery Unit. In a recent interview with AllAfrica, he talks about the chance to attack the poverty still dominating the lives of most Liberians. Liberians who were alive during the war years have so many stories - and sometimes those stories explain who they are now. What's one of yours? I'm from Cape Palmas, the southeastern-most cape of Liberia; very beautiful and very nice. All the kids - thinking back, it was an amazing time. It sounds boring, but it was a great time! During the war we fled to Cote D'Ivoire. The first time we left, my mother had just given birth to set of twins - a boy and a girl - and we walked a very long distance. I carried the boy, she carried the girl, and we reached the village where we were going to hide. I saw thousands of people on the road, just walking, and it was dark. I was calling out to my mom, and she heard my voice and answered. I took the second baby from her. But the second baby, the girl, was frail. I have told this story a couple of times but[pauses]. We were sleeping in a dark hut, and my mom was crying because the baby, my sister, had passed away. My mom was trying to cry quietly so she wouldn't wake the other kid. There was a sense of helplessness, because I was the oldest boy - might have been 14 or 15 at the time - and there was this sense of responsibility that I could not protect my mother. The next morning, we walked through the bush to go and cross into Cote D'Ivoire, and I made a decision, but it was pretty vague, that someday I will be a big man and I will make sure that other kids and their mothers do not go through that experience. So when I came to the U.S. to go to school, that's what drove me. Now looking back, it seems that I have always been coming back. And now you head the President's Delivery Unit. Give an example of what you do. We set out to monitor and track development projects happening in the country - ranging from ports, to roads to energy infrastructure. Once we began to monitor progress, it became necessary to remove bottlenecks that occurred, and the job merged into driving delivery. So on behalf of the president, we do not simply monitor the progress of development projects, we drive delivery. Every two weeks, we brief the president and the vice president, and whoever they decide to invite, on the progress of these projects. All
have definite cut off dates, and our responsibility is to ensure that nothing takes away from those dates. Restoring electricity is one of Liberia's many development goals, along with providing jobs, education and health care. Where does power fit into that set of aims, and is there meaningful progress? If we are going to rebuild our country, we have to provide energy that is affordable and reliable. The core of that is the restoration of the hydro-plant at Mount Coffee. Before the war, it was 64 megawatts, but we've done enough optimization so that now it's going to be 80 megawatts. The plan is by December 2015 the first power will flow from Mount Coffee. It means we have to keep a tight schedule. Before some of the works can begin, we have to pay resettlement for people's properties and crops that are affected. As long as that money is not paid, the work cannot go forward. There was a point where, during the war, the basin at the hydro plant got emptied, and people planted rubber trees in the basin. Now we're going to flood the basin again. You can't just cut down people's trees; you have to repay them. You have to give them something. The initial price set by the ministry of agriculture was so high we were going to be paying somewhere around $27 million. There was no way we could have afforded that. So we worked with the PDU, worked with the Ministry of Agriculture to say that in instances where these crops occur illegally, either on private lands or on public lands, here is the range of what you will be paid. By adjusting that figure, it became affordable. That's part of what we're doing that allows the project to move forward. Before the interview began, you mentioned a Japanesefunded road as an example of PDU intervention to move projects to completion. Would you say something about that? Yes, sure. So Madame President visited Japan, and one of the commitments we got from the Japanese government is to pave 13 kilometres of road from the Freeport of Monrovia to Redlight [a peri-urban commercial area]. One of the things the Japanese government required is that because this road goes through a heavily populated area, there's about 416 structures that have to be demolished - and all of those 416 families or owners have to be reimbursed. As the time drew closer, we had to find a way to get the ministry of finance to give public works the money needed to do this. So a part of it is: public works is going to go to the ministry of finance and say, "We need the money to be able to pay for this". Well, the ministry of finance has many demands from all over the government. So the PDU arises and says, "Public works is going to need that money because of the implications. This is about $60 million that the Japanese government is going to be spending, and we cannot have any action that impedes progress of this work. Stuff like that. In other instances, we arrange a meeting with the president and two ministers, because we believe that those two ministers meeting with the president will enhance the operation of government. Even though Liberia hopes to produce much of its domestic energy needs from renewable sources, exploration for exploitable deposits of offshore petroleum is underway. Does this risk being a curse rather than a blessing, because of potentially large earnings that distort the economy and fuel corruption?
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catching dust on the shelves of the justice system and the occasional musical chairs of rewarding officials accused of corruption a backdoor reentry into the government has made many declare that the president lacks the political will to cure the cancer. Some even suggest that she or members of her family may be benefiting from the high level of corruption in the administration. ALL OF THESE reports point to signals that cannot and must not be ignored. But Sirleaf appears resigned to leaving the fate of her legacy in the hands of a few corrupt officials and a circle of friends and a family matriarch determined to drive her political life and legacy into the ground. Therefore it shouldnt surprise anyone that most of her former political allies are preparing to distance themselves from her. The Unity Party, a conduit which brought her to power is woefully split into many camps and it is hard to discern which party or political arrangement she might use to ensure that a political ally succeeds her in 2017.
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BENJAMEN QUAYE UNIVERSITY OF LIBERIA
NOBEL LAUREATE LEYMAH GBOWEE SLAMS OIL EXPERTS CREDIBILITY
The Editor,
"FOR NOTHING TALK" FOR NOTHING RESPONSE BEST SERVES THE CBL AND THE NATION!
YOU WRITE; WE PUBLISH; THEY READ!
TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES: Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C 1622(d) provides for the automatic termination of the national emergency unless, within 90 days prior to the anniversary date of its declaration, the President publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a notice stating that the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the anniversary date. In accordance with this provision, I (Barack Obama) have sent the enclosed notice to the Federal Register for publication stating that the national emergency and related measures dealing with the former Liberian regime of Charles Taylor are to continue in effect beyond July 22, 2013. Although Liberia has made advances to promote democracy, and the Special Court for Sierra Leone recently convicted Charles Taylor for war crimes and crimes against humanity, the actions and policies of former Liberian president Charles Taylor and other persons, in particular their unlawful depletion of Liberian resources and their removal from Liberia and secreting of Liberian funds and property, could still challenge Liberias efforts to strengthen its democracy and the orderly development of its political, administrative, and economic institutions and resources. These actions and policies continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of the United Sates. For this reason, I have determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency with respect to the former Liberian regime of Charles Taylor. BARACK OBAMA And you can find the above warning on Liberia at: www.whitehouse. gov/the-press-office. What prompted this yearly warning that went into effect in 2004, and more than eight years into the presidency of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf that the warning is not yet lifted? That led me to take a careful look into reports issued by key US governmental institutions: The State Department Annual Human Rights Report and the latest that came out last month and was harsh in its criticism of the Liberian government for alleged human rights abuses, corruption in all three branches of government and a judiciary where judges take bribes to award cases/judgments. And for the purpose of this article, I downloaded the US Justice Department/FARA Reports to Congress from the Attorney General on Liberias hired lobbyists and the outrageous amount of money the war torn countrys government is dishing out to powerful DC law firms in the millions of dollars. This goodwill largesse by Ellen despite a country so devastated by a 14-year civil war that 12 years after the war ended in 2003 the country still lacks electricity and safe drinking water for its citizens. In campaigning for the presidency in 2005, candidate Ellen Johnson vowed to restore electricity and safe drinking water to its prewar levels in just 150 days upon taking office as president. Sirleaf has been in office,--if my math is correct which is the subject of this article2995 days and we are just days shy of her 3000th day mark in office as president. Talking about promises unfulfilled? There is currently a debate raging in Liberia about millions of dollars Liberia supposedly spent with documented evidence from US government agencies reports for which Ellen took to the airwaves to denounce her perceived enemies as irresponsible and uninformed about US$200 million her government doled out in lobbying fees. In a letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Liberia, the Liberian leader singled out her most vocal critic, the outspoken Maryland County Representative Bhofal Chambers of doing the country a great harm that it is simply preposterous to believe that with a budget under US$600 million and under a transparent and accountable financial system, the government could spend such an amount, the president said angrily. Well, looking at the US Dept. of Justice/FARA, www.fara.gov (Foreign Agents Registration Act) Report of the Attorney General to the US Congress, no one is saying, not even Rep. Chambers that US$200 million was dished out in just one year from a single years budget. But rather, this has been a pattern over the years even before Ellen took office as the FARA documents will show. It
Malcolm B. Roberts & Associates is not a company of the caliber to advise or provide expertise on our country's oil industry. This company is located in someone's home. A search of the company on the internet shows this address: 2001 Churchill Dr. Anchorage, AK 99517. Here is the home where this so-called oil expert/ government policy adviser is located: https://www.google.com/ maps/@61.195846,-149.922317,3a,75y,11.89h,85.24t/data=! 3m4!1e1!3m2!1s4vb52nVHnGihyLtlk2h6dQ!2e0 . Copy the link and paste it in another instance of your browser to see the company's office. If the company is credible enough to advise a country, it should at least have an office building and a credible web presence. Malcolm B. Roberts & Associates has no real website besides a linkedin profile for it's President, Malcolm B. Roberts. The inclusion of this home-based husband and wife business in our oil policy discussion has a smell of fraud. JACKSON GEORGE ST. PETER CLAVER HIGH BUCHANAN Mr. Quaye - 60% of Americans have home base businesses. 30% of those businesses are successful. Many scholars of great importance write books from their homes. That home in Alaska if serving as a business center is much better than some of the offices I have come across in Liberia. I have seen clinics, pharmacies and restaurants and some government offices not fitting for normal operations. Instead of focusing on the messenger, we should focus on the process. Great inventors created stuff from home. It is not the building but the insight of the mind and I think the argument is that the boy is too little for Liberian standard. It is hypocritical for Liberians to see Liberia differently but can accept 19 year old supervisors in the US. I do not care if he was 10. He could be 10 years old and be a genius. The question is, did he impact the mind? Many of you were turned off before getting the message. You did not address his presentation at all. I want to hear contents of his presentation and not the foolishness we preach. What are the PhDs doing in Liberia? It is shame that is killing them. A high school student making a presentation at a higher level that a Masters Degree holder cannot do eloquently. It is a shame. JOHN WILLIAMS EASTERN UNIVERSITY, ST. DAVIDS, PA Jackson George, nobody is making Bernard's age or the inadequacy of Liberian institutions the issue. The issue is based on NOCAL's stated reason for bringing him to make a presentation on a subject that Liberians consider very important. First, they said it was in furtherance of the citizen participation clause in the "Oil Law". But the man is not a Liberian citizen, allegedly according to himself. Secondly, Khoury said she "discovered" him on the internet as an oil expert. People just want to know the website. Thirdly, she said NOCAL asked Alaska for oil experts and Bernard was one of the experts that was "given" to Liberia to help NOCAL with their expertise. And then she said NOCAL did not foot the bill for these people coming. These are the things that the Liberian people are concerned about. It is always a pride to have anyo...ne connected to Liberia to excel and to me the young man seems like a bright kid with a good future. If they wanted to exhibit his genius, they would have organized something else and not at that forum. But I think the Sirleaf clan is overplaying their hand. For a government that is constantly in the news for corruption, cronyism, patronage and other vices, I would think they would be more prudent in their actions. Many things that people got away with 50 years ago, are just not possible today. Unfortunately, it appears that some people have not understood this basic reality. I think for the remaining years of Ellen's term, the clan needs to meet and draw up a"Code of Conduct". The "sins and blessings" of parents live on for generations. Anyone running against a Kennedy starts with an initial disadvantage. Let the Sirleaf clan not create problems for future generations, some of whom may be nice people!
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We like to remind Governor Joseph Mills Jones of the CBL that "for nothing talk" begets for nothing response! Hence, considering his (Mill Jones) exposed secret in "politicising his implementations of the CBLs policies" (if we make quote his Proxy Tiawen Saye Gongloe) with that of his (Jones) personal presidential ambition, it is obvious that this response from him is for nothing, as no matter of witchery, medication, or prayers, can enable him or any future Governor of the CBL Fry voters in or with their own grease! PERIOD! Therefore, we like to remind Governor Joseph Mills Jones that: The CBL, amid its monopoly of overseeing the commercial banking system of the country and adding or subtracting the amount of money in the nation, it is institutionally architectured to be absolutely free or emancipated, and/or disconnected from political interference (HOWEVER VEILED) in the totality of its modus operandi, modus vivendi, and existence while managing and administering the nations currency interests rates and money supply! In other words, Governor Jones should be the one to advise bankers, and even the legislature to enact and revere a law of the central beank which prevents the Governor etc. etc. from entangling the bank with such officials political ambition! And since he has not done so, but has chosen to behave so belatedly as a "wounded lion" or someone caught with their pants down, he can bet, his response at this time (after the law has been ratified into law) is a mere for nothing response! Dortu-Siboe Doe
By Jerry Wehtee Wion, Washington, DC, USA: Investigative news analysis and commentary The Editor,
A Harvard Economists Fuzzy Math not adding up in PR Money Debate against US Govt. Tallies.
LIBERIA: IS THIS ELLENS WATERGATE?
Could this be her ELLENGATE, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleafs equivalent of Richard Nixons Watergate? The debate is over the crunching of the numbers; numbers as in correctly or incorrectly adding up the dollars Liberia is accused of unlawfully spending from reports by key agencies of the United States government on powerful DC law firms as paid lobbyists. So get your calculators out and do the math: Ellen, a Harvard economists math versus the math of the administration of US President Barack Obama, another Harvard graduate. The Ellen Johnson Sirleaf regime has been accused by the US White House of carrying out the unlawful depletion of Liberian resources and their removal from Liberia and secreting of Liberian funds and property which is worrisome to the Obama administration that it warrants warning the Congress of the United States about the unacceptable behavior of Americas seemingly runaway stepchild, Liberia. To save myself the added burden of trying to simplify the well crafted message of the US President to the powerful US Congress on the important matter that now poses an unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of the United States, I decided to post the warning on Liberia unedited for your individual consumption and interpretation. Issued July 17, 2013 and once every year since 2004, the Office of the Press Secretary to the President put this out with the urgency it carries: For immediate release: Message to CongressContinuation of the National Emergency with Respect to the Former Liberian
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WEST AFRICA EXPLORATION (WAE) MAKES FORMAL PRESENTATION TO INTER-MINISTERIAL CONCESSION COMMITTEE (IMCC) AT A ONE-DAY FORUM HELD IN MONROVIA
MR. ANDREW GROVES, CEO, SABLE MINIING, DELIVERS A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION AT THE FORUM
MR. CHRIS PERRY, DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF WEST AFRICA MINIING EXPLORATION,MAKES A PRESENTATION AT THE FORUM
GUINEAN MINISTER OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, KERFALLA YANSANE, SPEAKS AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE AFTER THE PRESENTATION FORUM
LIBERIAS MINSTER OF LANDS, MINES AND ENERGY, PATRICK SENDOLO
LIBERIAS NATIONAL INVESTMENT COMMISSION CHAIRMAN AND CHAIRMAN OF THE INTERMINISTERIAL COMMITTEE ON CONCESSIONS, MICHAEL WOTORSON (L), AND S. TORNOLAH VARPILLAH, LIBERIAS MINISTER OF TRANSPORT AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE AFTER THE FORUM
GUINEAN MINISTER OF TRANSPORT, ALLI DIALLO, LISTENS ATTENTIVELY TO THE DELIBERATIONS AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE
MR. JUDY MOORE, MEMBER OF THE INTER-MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE (L) AND LIBERIAS CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY DIRECTOR-GENERAL, RICHELIEU A. WILLIAMS, AT THE FORUM
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he Chief Executive Officer of Cellcom GSM Mr. John Vasikaran has announced the companys largest discounted bundle for SMS, voice, and 4G data. Mr. Vasikaran made the announcement this week at the companys Headquarters on Capital Bypass. The new bundle, which has been named the *231combines three services for one significantly lowered price. The *231 bundle gives customers 2,000 free minutes, 3,000 SMS and 1GB of internet data. The total value of the package is $240 but has been discounted to $10. Mr. Vasikaran said that the 2,400 percent discount on the price of the package is in furtherance of Cellcoms commitment to ensure that all Liberians have access to quality and affordable telecommunications. We have introduced this special package, which is our largest discounted combination package ever because we want to see more Liberians especially students being able to communicate and use the internet for browsing without being worried about not being able to afford it. Mr. Vasikaran says the *231 was created in honor of Liberias country code and the star in the Liberian flag. Mr. Vasikaran noted: around the world, each country has a unique telephone code, which identifies that country internationally. With Liberias code being 231, we want to help brand it in a way that truly promotes an already internationally recognized identity for the country. He went on to say that the 231 campaign would be promoted through the rest of the year across Liberia. Our goal is that the message of 231 is heard through the length and breadth of Liberia through every form of communications mechanism including music, comedy, roadshows debates and other programs that will help foster a sense of national pride in this symbol, Vasikaran said. The new program comes weeks after Cellcom announced a major decrease in the prices of its mobile internet devices. Internet sticks once sold for $19 are now on sale at Cellcom headquarters and at Total Service stations for $9. The company is also selling mobile internet hotspots (which allow up to ten computers to connect and share internet for $19 instead of the prior price of $25. To activate the *231 campaign, customers on the Cellcom network simply need load $10 credits to their phone and dial *231 to activate. Thousands of subscribers are expected to benefit from this new discounted rate.
ime Darby Plantation Liberia Inc (SDPL) would like to clarify media reports on the incident of fire in our estates. Due to the very dry weather that started in December 2013, there have been fires in our Bomi, Matambo and Grand Cape Mount estates. This has affected about 214 hectares of land planted with oil palm. SDPL has been working with the local authorities and the Liberian government to manage these incidents. The measures taken include: i) Briefing communities on the hazards of a fire outbreak. The company also requested for their cooperation to suspend all charcoal burning and burning related to farming. ii) The suspension of all charcoal burning and farming related burning within plantation areas until early June 2014. iii) Establishing a hotline to report fires. iv) Increasing the number of staff involved in fire surveillance within the plantation area. v) Planned radio broadcasts with Ministers, Senators and the local police to urge communities to cooperate with SDPL in ensuring that there are no fires within the estates. SDPL is also working closely with the Liberian government to investigate the cause of these fires. It has to be noted that media reports of local community dissatisfaction with SDPL is not true. Any suggestions that SDPL has entered into traditional land without consent is simply false. SDPL strictly observes the Free, Prior and Informed Consent process and this has been refined to include participatory mapping where community elders are involved in drawing the boundaries of areas considered as sacred or for farming, among others. SDPL has a good working relationship with our Project Affected Community (PAC) and other key stakeholders. However, if the fires have been caused by arson, SDPL will work closely with the authorities to ensure the safety of all its employees and to protect the integrity of its investments. "We have condemned this fire thing from the first day. What is happening is very bad. What we like to make clear is that the fire is not coming from the PAC residents. We have been with Sime Darby helping to create awareness in the communities. Sime Darby is our friend and we hope the fire incident stops soon so that the company can move ahead with its development," said Mustapha Foboi, chairman of the PAC. SDPL would like to call upon community residents to kindly assist with information regarding any fire throughout the plantation to ensure that it is managed effectively. As a responsible long term investor, SDPL believes that the local communities are our biggest stakeholders. This is why we are committed to providing medical care, educational facilities, access to drinking water and sanitation, and roads to the communities within our concession area. Sime Darby has provided more than 2,900 jobs over the last three years and has the potential to provide 35,000 jobs once the project is fully operational.
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Accra (AFP) hana's opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo, who narrowly lost the country's last two presidential polls, announced Thursday that he would again seek his party's nomination for the 2016 general election.
Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) secured 47.7 percent of the vote in the December 2012 election and launched a legal challenge to the results that gave President John Dramani Mahama the win with 50.7 percent support. The Supreme Court upheld those results last year, after which Akufo-Addo spent six months in Britain before returning to Ghana earlier this month. With great humility, I can announce that when the party opens nominations sometime this year, I shall be ready, God willing, to contest for the position of NPP presidential candidate for the 2016 election, Akufo-Addo told a crowd of supporters on the grounds of his residence in the capital Accra.
S.AFRICA'S ANC IN DAMAGE CONTROL OVER ZUMA HOME UPGRADES
SYDNEY/KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Aircraft and ships ploughed through dire weather on Thursday in search of objects floating in remote seas off Australia that Malaysia's government called a "credible lead" in the trans-continental hunt for a jetliner missing for nearly two weeks. The large objects, which Australian officials said were spotted by satellite four days ago in one of the remotest parts of the globe, are the most promising find in days as searchers scour a vast area for the plane lost with 239 people on board. A Norwegian merchant ship arrived in the area on Thursday, but officials cautioned it could take days to confirm if the objects were part of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777. Malaysia's government said the search would continue elsewhere despite the sighting in the southern Indian Ocean. The area where the objects were spotted is around 2,500 km (1,500 miles) southwest of Perth, roughly corresponding to the far end of a southern track that investigators calculated the aircraft could have taken after it was diverted. "Yesterday I said that we wanted to reduce the area of the search. We now have a credible lead," Malaysian Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein told reporters in Kuala Lumpur. A search for the plane that began in the tropical waters off Malaysia's east coast has now switched to the vast, icy southern oceans between Australia, southern Africa and Antarctica. Two Royal Australia Air Force AP-3C Orions, a U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon and a Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3K2 Orion were involved in Thursday's search which was called off
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late in the evening and will resume on Friday. There have been many false leads and no confirmed wreckage found from Flight MH370 since it vanished from air traffic control screens off Malaysia's east coast early on March 8, less than an hour after taking off from Kuala Lumpur for Beijing. Hishammuddin said the information on the objects received from Australia had been "corroborated to a certain extent" by other satellites, making it more credible than previous leads. The larger of the objects measured up to 24 meters (79 ft), long and appeared to be floating in water several thousand meters deep, Australian officials said. The second object was about five meters (16 feet) long. Arrows on the images pointed to two indistinct objects apparently bobbing in the water. "It's credible enough to divert the research
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to this area on the basis it provides a promising lead to what might be wreckage from the debris field," Royal Australian Air Force Air Commodore John McGarry told a news conference in Canberra. The satellite images, provided by U.S. company DigitalGlobe, were taken on March 16, meaning that the possible debris could by now have drifted far from the original site. Australian officials said an aircraft had dropped a series of marker buoys in the area, which will provide information about currents to assist in calculating the latest location. The captain of the first Australian Air Force AP-3C Orion plane to return from the search area described the weather conditions as "extremely bad" with rough seas and high winds. A Norwegian car carrier diverted from its journey from Madagascar to Melbourne
and had arrived in the search area, the ship's owner said. A Royal Australian Navy ship equipped to recover any objects was also en route. China's icebreaker for Antarctic research, Xuelong, or Snow Dragon, will set off from Perth to search the area, Chinese state news agency Xinhua cited maritime authorities as saying. About two-thirds of the 227 passengers on Flight MH370 were Chinese nationals. Chinese President Xi Jinping told Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott in a telephone call that he hoped Australia would do all it could to search the area and offer assistance to Chinese search ships, China's Xinhua news agency reported. "At present, search and rescue work is quite difficult, and the situation in the relevant seas is complex. As long as there is a thread of hope, we must put in 100 percent effort," Xinhua quoted Xi as saying.
Johannesburg (AFP) outh Africa's ruling ANC sought Thursday to limit the damage from a damning ombudsman's report which ruled that multi-million dollar statefunded upgrades to President Jacob Zuma's private home were unlawful. There was a scathing media reaction to the report, which described the $23 million spent on renovations at Zuma's country homestead as excessive and ordered him to repay some of the costs. "Licence to loot," thundered the headline in The Mail and Guardian, which first broke the story about the renovations in 2009. The African National Congress, whose popularity is flagging ahead of May 7 elections, said officials implicated in the scandal should be called to account and misspent money repaid. But it tried to divert attention from its tainted leader, who his running for office again. "All public office bearers, officials and private sector companies involved in any maladministration must be brought to book, and all funds that were acquired inappropriately must be recovered," said ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) he Rev. Fred Phelps Sr., the fiery founder of a small Kansas church who led outrageous and hate-filled protests that blamed almost everything, including the deaths of AIDS victims and U.S. soldiers, on America's tolerance for gay people, has died. He was 84. Daughter Margie Phelps told The Associated Press that Fred Phelps, whose actions drew international condemnation, died around midnight Wednesday. She didn't provide the cause of death or the condition that recently put him in hospice care. Throughout his life, Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church, a small congregation made up almost entirely of his extended family, tested the boundaries of free speech, violating accepted societal standards for decency in their unapologetic assault on gays and lesbians. In the process, some believe he even helped the cause of gay rights by serving as such a provocative symbol of intolerance. Phelps believed any misfortune,
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most infamously the deaths of American soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, was God's punishment for society's tolerance of homosexuality. He and his followers carried forward their message bluntly, holding held signs at funerals and public events that used ugly slurs and read "Thank God for dead soldiers." God, he preached, had nothing but anger and bile for the moral miscreants of his creation. "Can you preach the Bible without preaching the hatred of God?" Phelps asked in a 2006 interview with The Associated Press. "The answer is absolutely not. And these preachers that muddle that and use that deliberately, ambiguously to prey on the follies and the fallacious notions of their people, that's a great sin." For those who didn't like the message or the tactics, Phelps and his family had only disdain.
WASHINGTON/MOSCOW (Reuters) .S. President Barack Obama announced sanctions on Thursday against prominent Russians including close allies of President Vladimir Putin, as Moscow raced to complete its annexation of Crimea and built up its forces in the region. Moscow responded by announcing its own sanctions against senior U.S. politicians in retaliation against visa bans and asset freezes imposed by Washington on its citizens, with the foreign ministry saying U.S. action would "hit the United States like a boomerang". With Obama also clearing the way for possible sanctions on vital sectors of the Russian economy, Putin told Russian company bosses to bring their assets home to help the nation survive the sanctions and an economic downturn. Obama said the action would also target a Russian bank, named by a senior administration official as Bank Rossiya, which is partly owned by Yuri Kovalchuk, a St. Petersburg banker whose association with Putin dates back to the early 1990s. Speaking at the White House, Obama said Russia's threats to southern and eastern areas of Ukraine - which like Crimea have large Russian-speaking populations - posed a serious risk of escalation of the crisis in the region.
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MONROVIAiberias President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf comes under the spotlight again for another wrong reason. Saddled by the crisis surrounding the governments spending of millions of dollars in lobbying fees to United States firms, the President is again being criticized for allowing what critics term as her zest for nepotism to overshadow Liberias oil Dialogue. The President and her siblings key among them the Bernards (Jennie and Estrada Bernard) decision to allow the Bernard child to make a key presentation during the just ended oil dialogue is sending waves of anger across the country even leaving coNobel Laureate Laymah Gbowee to write her asking some frank questions. But this letter has not gone unnoticed by the governments chief spokesperson, Information Minister Lewis Brown, who thinks that instead of criticizing the first family or the decision to allow the kid to speak at the oil dialogue, Liberians should be proud that a young boy of Liberian origin could use his time valuably unlike many of the kids back in Liberia who would rather wield placards around for politicians. The question is how many 17-year-olds can make such a presentation? Thats the crust of the matter, said Brown at the Ministry of Information regular press stakeout. How many Liberians are 17 years old that we are not using today to hold placards that they cant even read? And none of us must be satisfied in this country until we provide the space; like the President said that they can acquire that quality of education to make them competitive, not only in Liberia but anywhere else in the world. Thats the crust of my presentation today. Brown chides Gbowee that she could not look beyond mere criticism and see that a young Liberian native no matter his parents could speak before a group of such nature making the salient points that he made in terms of national ownership of the Liberias oil resources drawing parallels on the margins of an oil producing country like Alaska in the United States of America. It should be of concern and it is such a concern that a distinguished citizen, non less than our esteemed Nobel Laureate drew attention, but if you read the letter, it is more about NOCAL and other transparency processes. That is why Im bold enough to have heard and repeat what many are talking about without wanting to say what the real issue is, he said. Continued Brown: So here is the real issue that I think our Nobel Laureate is also and must also hopefully be concerned about. That is, that it should not matter in our country what your name is and if you want to be
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How many Liberians are 17 years old that we are not using today to hold placards that they cant even read? And none of us must be satisfied in this country until we provide the space; like the President said that they can acquire that quality of education to make them competitive, not only in Liberia but anywhere else in the world. Thats the crust of my presentation today. LEWIS BROWN, MINISTER OF INFORMATION
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honest (and its going to be hard in this political environment), that story would not have made your headlines if that was James Nagbe or Kolubah Bobolu, III. One of the issues that it was the issue is the fact that the young man name is Estrada Bernard, III. Brown maintains that Gbowee concern is not that there was a problem with what the kid from Alaska said but the fact that he is a Bernard and that is something that to him is very worrying considering Liberias ugly past. Let us not permit ourselves to be measured by our names; let us not permit ourselves to be measured by our gender; let us not permit ourselves to be measured by our religion, said Brown. These are divisive things that only pull society backwards and pull us down and Im not saying it because Im a government man; Im saying it because I am a Liberian. Im saying it because I saw the stinging effect of discriminating along those lines and measuring others along those lines. Brown said if Gbowee was so concerned about transparency as she claims in her letter to President Sirleaf, she should have raised the issues long ago as these consultations on Liberias oil is not just beginning. The only thing that has happened in this oil reform process has not been this round table, Ive not seen an open letter talking about the consultations in other parts of the country, he said. Continued Brown: When the legislature began this process, and went from place to place across this country, I didnt see any open letter published. I didnt see a guy in Saniquelliee or Fissibu giving his view about oil being measured according to
his name. Now a 17-year-old kid called Estrada Bernard, III and somebody wants to frighten us; somebody wants to bring the ghost of our past to haunt us and rather than what was communicated which is the value of owning something together and how we must cherish what we own together and how we must leverage it so it benefits all of us; all of that is lost in the conversation. Somebody at such esteemable place, not just in Liberia but in the world is saying we must fear. Gbowees letter Gbowees open letter to President Sirleaf was unambiguous; about the negative ramifications of the President allowing her family to overshadow Liberias oil reform process and to add insult to injury allow her grandnephew to address an oil round table. It raises serious questions to learn that NOCAL entrusted your grandnephew Mr. Estrada Bernard, III, a South Anchorage High School student in the State of Alaska, USA, to make a presentation on the development of the National Oil and Gas Industry of Liberia, a country of three and a half million citizens, stated Gbowee in her letter which sent the government panicking. It is my understanding that Mr. Bernard did an internship with Malcolm B. Roberts & Associates, a firm in Alaska, through his participation in an extracurricular program, the Anchorage School District Gifted Mentorships. I am curious how the 90-day after-school program. The co-Nobel Laureate maintains that in 2000, the National Legislature established the National Oil Company of Liberia (NOCAL) to hold all of the rights, titles and interests of the Republic of Liberia in the deposits and reserves of liquid
and gaseous hydrocarbons within the territorial limits of Liberia, whether potential, proven, or actual, with the aim of facilitating the development of the oil and gas industry and therefore the kids inclusion in a special spot at these consultations spells doom for Liberia. My concern is that the inclusion of Mr. Bernard without further clarity on his expertise undermines your stated efforts to build a transparent process to developing the oil and gas industry, she said. As your fellow Nobel Laureate, I supported your first and second term campaign platform to build an open, accountable government committed to rooting out corruption. Therefore, I join Liberians in keeping a keen eye on the NOCAL process. Gbowee wants greater transparency on who is selected to speak at NOCAL roundtables adding that the expertise NOCAL brings will help buttress Liberians faith that NOCAL is fulfilling its mandate. It is my hope that you will invest in greater transparency to alleviate concerns of all Liberians that NOCAL and every government entity is acting in their best interests, she said. Liberians are rightfully optimistic about the great benefits an accountable, effective management of Liberias natural resources, especially the energy sector can bring to their lives higher paying jobs, greater infrastructure development, and wider access to electricity and clean water among other benefits. The National Petroleum Policy report echoes this optimism. The debate about the Bernard kids participation in the oil roundtable will continue but as it seems the government has no regret and it believes it was a move rightfully taken.
In Liberia, we have 7 dentists, one to seven hundred thousand and we have fifteen counties and 12 out of those counties, do not have dentists. In JFK we will have 10-15 deaths yearly, Dr. Ayele Ajavon Cox Monrovia- As a way of creating awareness, World Oral Health Day on Thursday was observed at the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare where school children teeth were cleaned and hundreds of toothbrushes and toothpaste were distributed among the school kids. Celebrating the first world oral health Day in Liberia, Dr. Ayele Ajavon Cox, DMD Hygienist Dental Therapist/practitioner, known to be the foot soldier in collaboration with Smile for Liberia, observed the day through the reaction of awareness. Looking at Liberias statics of one dentist to seven hundred Thousand and her own story of how she became a foot soldier, Dr. Cox said ninety percent of the world suffers toothache sixty percent have access. Why I am the foot soldier is because when I was 12 years old, my cousin Yede Baker and I lived in Grand Cape Mount County with her father and my Uncle JDK Baker. And one year he decided to bring my cousin and I to Monrovia because all during the year we were complaining about our teeth. There were no roads to Monrovia, only boats and canons but we walked two days to come to Monrovia because my uncle said the boats and canoes were safe to travel. And we arrived in Monrovia to a Dentist called Dr. Townsend and he extracted our teeth. She said it was then, that she realized that she and her cousin were lucky because they had the opportunity to see a dentist. There were several others in Cape Mount who would have never been able to afford a dental treatment. So I decided to become a dentist. This is why I am the foot soldier. Mrs. Yah Martor Zolia, Deputy Minister of Planning and Research Development, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, gave the keynote address, with theme Do you know that your oral health could affect your over body health? She said the aim of the day is to create a need for a robust sensitization campaign local and internationally. According to her, ninety percent of the world population will suffer oral health problem in their lifetime, which could be avoided. The incident of oral cancer is between one to ten cases per hundred thousand in most countries, because oral cancer is the eighth most common form of cancer in the world and the most costly to treat. Therefore we need a robust oral health sensitization campaign because the risk for oral cancer, is fifteen times higher when the two main risk factors which are tobacco and alcohol consumption which are common in Liberia. She said Liberia needs this campaign because over ninety percent of children here have not seen a dentist or had a dental treatment. We need it because we have only seven dentists in Liberia and the ratio is one dentist to seven hundred thousand persons. A free government support, health and association, societal support, forming of prevention, infections and treatment programs can help avoid these problems. We also need to create social relevant programs to sensitize the public. At the program, little Daniel Ireland, gave a testimony of his friend who died from toothache. Our friend had tooth and we told our grandmother and she sent him to see Dr. Cox at JFK for treatment and after his treatment, he was due back to the hospital on Monday when Dr. Cox did not see him at the hospital, she called Grandma, and when Grandma called his home to find out what happened, she found out that he was taken to the sick bush. Grandma made them bring him back to the hospital, but sadly a few days later, he died. The people in the community said it was poison because tooth could not just kill people like that. Kormassa Baysay, a baby mother who had toothache when she was pregnant also gave her experience of toothache during her pregnancy but she survived. Dr. Cox said they dont normally give pregnant women antibiotic but due to Kormassas case that survived a surgery, she took very strong antibiotics and it did not harm the baby whom she named Mr. JFK. Dr. Taylor Neal who is another Dentist said he and Dr. Cox are the only two Liberians dentists in the country and they are nearing retirement because they are old and cannot go on forever. We are fading out, so we need more dentists and many of the Liberian dentists are in the US, so the government will have to offer salaries that will attract them home to come and work. Some recommendations at the end of the program included calls for the ministries of health and Education to infuse oral health into the schools curriculum. This, many believe to make more medical persons be trained locally and internationally to become dentist.
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Monroviahe ongoing court case over the ownership of Vamoma House has taken another trend with revelation from the Jones family accusing officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of issuing articles of incorporation for two ownerships. Maxwell Jones the son of former Finance Minister Alvin Jones concluding his testimony at the Civil Law Court Thursday on his familys behalf told the court and jury that Foreign Ministry officials were the ones who have caused the hullabaloo for ownership of Vamoma between the Jones and the Does families. According to Maxwell since the Vamoma House was constructed in 1987 former President Samuel Kanyon Doe did not come out at any point in time to claim any ownership until lately when his widow Nancy B. Doe has come out to claim same. He told the court that the two articles of incorporation for ownership of Vamoma before the court was prepared on the same date and time and wondered how possible could such thing happen. Jones and Doe families are not in court fighting for Vamoma rather the Jones is in court with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs which prepared the two articles of incorporation said Maxwell Jones. FrontPage Africa investigation on the two articles of incorporation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs dated February 14, 1987 has gathered that one of the articles of Incorporation with the signature of former President gives the former president majority share of 85% in Vamoma Corporation, G. Alvin Jones 11%share and former President Doe aide- Johnny Kooh 4% share. The second article of incorporation gives G. Alvin Jones 30% share, Francis Jones 25% share, Maxwell Jones 15% share, Varney Jones 15% and Momolu Jones 15%. At the close of Maxwells testimony the legal team of the Jones family from the Jones and Jones Law Firm announced that they have rested with the production of both oral and material evidence. While the legal counsel of the respondent former first lady Nancy B. Doe also announced to the court for the qualification of its two witnesses which a source said one of them may be former first lady Nancy B. Doe but the request of the lawyer was later withdrawn by him due to time far spend while Friday March 21, 2014 at 9am was set for its first witness which perhaps may be former first lady Nancy B. Doe. The case G. Alvin Jones petitioner versus Nancy B. Doe grew out of the declaratory judgment for the Vamoma House was filed before the Civil Law Court at the Temple of Justice by the Jones family early this year following claim by former first lady Nancy B. Doe of ownership which the former first lady will have the opportunity to prove when she takes the witness stand early Friday morning before the court and team of jury.
he Nimba rail used during prior to the Liberian civil war for the transportation of iron ores by the former Liberia Mining Company (LAMCO) and recently rehabilitated by Arcelor Mittal Steel is about to attract a mega million investment from West Africa Exploration (WAE), ongoing discussions between Liberian and Guinean officials to derive a formal agreement indicate. Energy and transport officials from Liberia and Guinea are holding consultations on deriving an agreement for the use of the Nimba rail by Sable/ WAE which could result into the investment of millions of dollars and creation of about 840 jobs for Liberians and additional jobs on the Guinea side. At a one day discussion held at the Royal Grand Hotel in Monrovia Thursday under the theme-A partnership for prosperity, an insight into the planned near-term development of the Nimba Detritallron (Canga) project and its benefits to Guinea and Liberia ministers of Lands, Mines and Energy and Transportation along with other stakeholders from the two countries highlighted the importance of transcending from a Memorandum Understanding to the signing of an agreement on the use of the rail by WAE to the two countries. Chris Parry, Director General of WAE said when the agreement is signed; his company will invest over 300 million as initial investment. Parry said the investment will run for three to four years and the company will make further investment as over 840 people are expected to benefit job opportunities with bulk coming from Liberia. H.E. Kerfalla Yansane, Minister of Mines and Geology of the Republic of Guinea speaking through an interpreter said the signing of an agreement allowing WAE, expected to mine from Guinea to use Liberias rail to transport its products through the Port of Buchanan will bring huge economic benefits to the two countries. Patrick Sendolo, Liberias Minister of Lands, Mines and Energy said besides the initial investment by the WAE when the agreement is signed there will be other long term benefits derived from such agreement. Look at the long term benefits, the rail will be constructed better to suit the activities of the users, fees will be paid to the Government of Liberia and there will be construction of different kinds of facilities and significant benefits could flow beyond the initial investment, said Minister Sendolo. Minister Sendolo said following the consultations, further awareness will be carried out within the local communities to seek the input of the locals into the agreement to ensure the success of the rails usage. Liberia owns Nimba Rail Liberias Minister of Transport, Tornorlah Varpillah said the rail is owned by Liberia and as such a third party has access to the rail once set criteria are mett. Once a third party meets all conditions set by the Government of Liberia, such party can use the rail because the rail is owed by Liberia, Minister Varpillah stated in response to a question by a Guinean journalist as to whether Mittal Steel currently using the rail will consent to its usage by another company. Said Minister Varpillah If you have a road, all transport companies can use the road, so it is the same with the rail, we just need to work out the details on how the parties will use the rail, it could be through scheduling the usage by all parties.
Eying 2015 Ore Shipment WAE, the company endeavoring to use the Nimba rail for transportation in a presentation before the inter-ministerial Concession committee said when an agreement is signed, the company anticipates the commencement of the production of low-cost, high- grade direct shipping ore at Nimba in 2015. Sable mining/WAE notes the epoch-signing of the MOU as significant step for WAE, as the company anticipates the commencement of the production of low-cost, high-grade direct shipping ore at Nimba in 2015, which the WAE views as also a milestone that is thrust on a strategic Pan Africaninspired vision that seeks to bolster strong socio-economic cooperation and integration between Liberia and Guinea in the Mano River Union basin, a statement by WAE stated. The company stated that given the long historic and cultural ties between Liberia and Guinea it anticipates and looks forward to working with the Government of Liberia to further stimulate a critical public-private partnership for the social and economic advancement of the two peoples and countries. According to the company, it intends to benefit from an existing Bilateral Agreement between Liberia and Guinea that authorizes the transport of iron-ore from the Nimba project, in Guinea, through the port of Buchanan in Liberia. Stated WAE Already the bilateral agreement has been implemented for projects including companies in the area of the Nimba project, including the SMFG joint venture project, to promote economic growth, as these companies are less than 60 km from the rail line at Yekepa, Nimba County in southwestern Liberia. Helping to fight poverty The company said inspite of other benefits from its activities in Liberia; it also hopes to work with the Government of Liberia in fighting poverty through social development centered projects and protecting the environment. Through its Pan African driven socioeconomic partnership concept WAE, reckons strong collaboration with the Government of Liberia in the fight against poverty and stands as a towering partner in harnessing the prospects for prosperity, growth and development. Communitiesled projects for improved livelihoods will inform WAEs practical engagement for changing lives through sustainable employment opportunities, WAE promised. Amongst others WAE listed several benefits that will accrue to the Government and people of Liberia including benefits in terms of indirect taxes to government, promising that WAE will vigorously undertake social development centered projects as already manifested by the renovation of schools in its Guinea Project locales, the provision of incentives such as school buses for disadvantaged rural youngsters who are also future leaders. A key component of WAEs agenda is the promotion of healthcare, sanitation, provision of safe-drinking water, etc. WAE shall seek to remain fully engaged with critical stakeholders across the broad spectrum, engage community in management of their environment, tackle road building and improve infrastructure, be forthcoming in safe-guarding forest, wildlife preservation for long-term sustainability, engage the communities to develop the passion for and promote agro-based activities for self-sufficiency, WAE promised in its presentation.
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GOVERNMENT RELEASES FIRST YEAR PROGRESS REPORT ON AFT
hree weeks after the tough talking talk show host Henry Costa of The Costa Show, formerly aired on Hott FM was removed by the management, Henry Costa returns to the airwaves next Monday, March 24th on his own radio station called Voice FM 102.7.... The new station whose motto is "The Voice of the Voiceless" located on Ashmun Street, Monrovia, is also managed by the talk show host himself. He promises an uncensored and uncut grilling and passionate discussion of the issues that affect the nation and its people. Costa parted ways with Hott FM after his show was abruptly cut off the air by the management of Hott FM 107.9, while he was on the air. Costa problem grew when he became critical of the head of the National Security Agency, Fomba Sirleaf. In parting ways with Hot FM 107.9 indicated in a statement: The Wednesday, February 26, 2014 edition of The Costa Show was shut off on the direct orders of the station manager Mr. Bernard Benson, alias DJ Blue, simply because I responded to numerous threats made against me by Fombah Sirleaf, the Presidents son who is also the Director of the National Security Agency (NSA). Mr. Benson called and instructed the technical staff to
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one year progress report on the implementation of Governments five-year development strategy known as the Agenda for Transformation (AfT) will highly feature when stakeholders convene a one day Steering Committee meeting of the Liberian Development Alliance (LDA) in the Port city of Buchanan, Grand Bassa County Saturday, March 22, 2014. According to the Ministry of Finance Press Release, the Steering Committee meeting is expected to bring together about 100 heads of ministries, agencies and commissions as well as development partners, private sector and the civil society actors who will discuss the one year implementation progress report that will be presented for the Committees review and acceptance. The Release also said the Steering Committee meeting will advance recommendations to accelerate the AfTs implementation within the second year. The Agenda for Transformation (AfT) is the Governments fiveyear development strategy which follows the Lift Liberia Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) and is the first step in achieving the goals set out in Liberias long-term vision of socio-economic transformation and development. The Agenda for Transformation was launched along with the National Vision 2030 at a national conference in Gbanga, Bong County on December 12, 2012. After a year of implementation, the Government of Liberia intends to report back to the Liberian People on the progress made so far and to this end, a one day Steering Committee Meeting is planned to be held at the Fair Grounds in Buchannan, Grand Bassa County on Saturday, March 22, 2014. The AfT sets out precise goals and objectives that Liberia will achieve in the next five years in order to take the necessary steps toward its long-term goals, which are to become a more prosperous and inclusive society. It is structured along five pillars (Peace, Security & Rule of Law, Economic Transformation, Governance & Public Institutions, Human Development and Cross-cutting Issues). The Government works along with development partners to make major investments in priority areas to deliver the results promised in the AfT. The Liberia Development Alliance (LDA) is the high level coordination mechanism for the implementation of the Agenda for Transformation (AfT). The LDA Steering Committee, chaired by the President of the Republic of Liberia, is comprised of key Cabinet Ministers, heads of development partner organizations, private sector actors, and civil society representatives. The LDA Steering Committee meets regularly to review progress on the implementation of the AfT. The Minister of Finance serves as the national coordinator of the LDA overseeing the Technical Secretariat which runs the day-to-day affairs of the LDA. The Secretariat works with Ministries, Agencies and Commissions in the various sectors to coordinate the implementation of the AfT.
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Monroviandigent defendants who have been languishing behind bars in Grand Gedeh County for months without due process because of lack of funds to get legal representation will now have access to justice with the appointment of a new public defender. The new public defender to the seventh judicial circuit Court of Grand Gedeh County has been named by the Public Defense Office in Monrovia as Atty. Nyonkpao G. Daye. Atty. Daye a graduate of the Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law at the University of Liberia goes to his new portfolio with a lot of legal experience for many years within the Judicial system. He has served as Clerk of the Monrovia Magisterial Court now Monrovia City Court where after several years of service he was elevated to serve as Clerk of Criminal Court E responsible for the adjudication of rape cases, the position he served prior to his appointment to his new job as public defender in Grand Gedeh County.
switch the transmitter off while we were talking on air unbeknownst to us. For a good few minutes we did not realize this until some listeners began to text and call to inform Woods and me that we were off the air. The light was still on, everything seemed normal, but they simply switched the transmitter off and had us sitting there like fools. This was absolute disrespect to us, regardless of the fact that it is their station! I am sure you would agree with me. As you may be aware, The Costa Show has been taken off the air at least four times by management in the last two years since it started. On many occasions we were banned from discussing certain issues. Recently for example, last Tuesday when we began to discuss a US diplomatic cable leaked by Wikileaks, of a conversation between Madam Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and former US diplomat Howard F. Jeter held in Abuja, Nigeria in 2002 about the LURD insurgency and her involvement, one of the stations staff walked into the studio with a note saying that Mr. Benson wanted us to drop
the subject immediately, which we did to the disappointment of our valued audience. I felt very bad and belittled. My dear friends, I want to also say here that Mr. Benson is a good friend and has done a lot by allowing us to use their station to serve you the people for the last two years, irrespective of the situation, but we cannot continue to be censored or controlled in this manner, to be taken off the air for weeks and sometimes months has become unbearable for me in particular. Therefore, I regret to inform you that The Costa Show will not be heard ever again on Hott FM 107.9. I am tired, and I am moving on!!!! Let me also inform you that I am facing an investigation by the Ministry of Justice on a complaint filed against me by Fombah Sirleaf with a bogus charge of terrorist threat on his life. I am supposed to appear tomorrow at the Ministry of Justices 9th street Sinkor Offices for the investigation. Thank you for all your support and please keep Woods and me in your prayers!!!
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Grand Gedeh County Gets New Public Defender
Kennedy L. Yangian kennedylyangian@frontpageafricaonline.com 077296781
In a FrontpageAfrica interview at the grounds of the Temple of Justice shortly after his appointment, the young legal practitioner lauded the judiciary for his appointment adding that his appointment was based on his dedication to service and urged his fellow legal practitioners to follow same. Commenting on his new job Atty. Daye said
that he is very proud to take assignment in the rural area where access to justice for the rural dwellers is very difficult. Atty Daye continued that he is going to his new assignment with vigor to ensure that the rule of law is adhered to as everyone is equal before the law indicating that an accused person is not guilty until he is proven the contrary.
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Musa H. Bility in the ensuing LFA Elections I bring you compliments and best wishes and, through this formal communications, am registering a protest against the participation of Mr. Musa H. Bility in the LFA elections slated for Saturday, March 22, 2014. I had hoped that Mr. Bility would have exonerated himself from two separate criminal charges involving fraud and corruption (for which he on bail) respectively, by this time before the LFA elections. Due to my commitment to the development of football and the integrity of the LFA, I am constrained to write, through you, to the elections committee for the immediate disqualification of Mr. Bility in the pending elections due to the following: 1. That according to FIFA Code of Ethics under count 1, it states that This code shall apply to conduct that damages the integrity and reputation of football and in particular to illegal, immoral and unethical behavior. The code focuses on general conduct within association football that has little or no connection with action on the field of play. 2. That according to FIFA approved 2013 statutes under 132-intergirty check, count one states that the candidate for the offices of the president, the vice presidents, the female member and other members of the executive committee, the representative of womens football, the chairman, deputy chairmen and members of the judicial bodies, who require election by the congress, shall be subjected to a prior integrity check prior to their elections. 3. That despite public knowledge of the guilty verdict of tax evasion by the private corporation owned by Mr. Bility, through which the government of Liberia was defrauded by this company, found guilty by the tax court and restitution plan violated, the elections committee failed to disqualify the said candidate up to now. 4. That despite public knowledge of a criminal indictment for economic sabotage, criminal conspiracy and theft of property against Mr. Bility for which he is on bail at Criminal Court C, the elections and elections committee failed to disqualify the said candidate up to now. Mr. Chairman and members of the elections committee, I pray your urgent action in this regard and ask that you, with immediate effect, disqualify Mr. Bility due to the reasons listed above. Yours truly, Washington Blay President Former Lone Star Soccer Players Association +231 (0) 886 811 158
Ex-Lone Star players association writes LFA, Fifa over Bilitys participation in Buchanan congress
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he Liberia Football Association (LFA) is expected to hold its elective congress in Buchanan, Grand Bassa County on March 22. But the streamlined processes leading to the elections have been marred by irregularities and controversies and the Malcolm Joseph-led committee has come under some serious criticisms. On his facebook page on Wednesday, former Sports Writers Association of Liberia (Swal) president Isaac Yeah was concerned about the form and manner in which the elections committee and elections appeals committee disqualified and requalified candidates respectively. Yeah then appealed to the former to revalidate or investigate media reports from two disqualified and re-qualified candidates about credentials tempering and other irregularities. Former Invincible Eleven vice president Alfred Sayon, who was disqualified and re-qualified along with incumbent LFA vice president for operations,withdrew his candidacy, pledged his support to Lawrence and questioned the credibility of Joseph. FrontPageAfrica have also raised credibility issues about unopposed presidential candidate and LFA president Musa Bility and vice presidential candidate Cassell A. Kuoh. At the endorsement of Barrack Young Controllers (BYC)
president Sekou Konnehs candidacy, second division side ELWA United threatened a blood bathif the commission tampers with the electoral process. President Rufus Luoh said he has no more confidence in Joseph and warned that there will be more funerals. .All of us will go to Buchanan and not everyone will come back, Luoh said. And the latest group to raise credibility issue with the electoral process is former Lone Star Soccer Players Association. The groups president have written the elections, elections appeals and ethics committees and have copied FIFA about why Bility was cleared despite being found guilty of tax evasion and criminal charges pressed against him. Here is a retyped version of the March 19 letter written by Washington Blay. Mr. Malcolm Joseph Chairman LFA Elections Committee James A. A. Pierre Building Benson Street Monrovia, Liberia Dear Sir: RE: Letter of protest against the presidential candidacy of Mr.
efore the LFA congress and elections this weekend, this is an appeal to the elections committee to investigate news in the media from two disqualified and now re-qualified candidates about irregularities. These allegations are grave and cant go unnoticed. Its my fervent hope that Malcolm Wleemogar Joseph and members of the committee will do a revalidation of the candidates to establish the circumstances. Also more troubling is the fact that the appeals committee has reversed an earlier decision of the elections committee to disqualify some candidates. If the appeals committee is as strong and powerful as reversing a decision of the elections committee, then what perimeters were used to disqualify the now re-qualified candidates?Was the elections committee wrong in disqualifying the candidates who are now re-qualified by the appeals committee? Our football program is on an upward trajectory and we will want to see all those who ascend to the top offices be men and women of integrity and character who are prepared to play a major part to see the game grow. And if we must achieve that end, an election that takes people to the helm of our football
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EX-SWAL PRESIDENT WRITES LFA ECOM CHAIR ABOUT THE CONTROVERSIAL ELECTORAL PROCESS Isaac Yeah, isaacyeah2000@yahoo.com
executive committee, clubs presidents and stakeholders. Bility has a good ability to listen and take advice and that is what a leader needs. He talks to all: opposition, supporters and critics. So Musa, I be the first to say congratulations on being the lone candidate and eventual winner in the election this weekend. Remember, I will still be your adviser and critic. You have the ability to make things work better at the LFA. Bravo. To the election committee, please investigate any and all allegations and take appropriate steps before thecongress. I have no doubt that all will be well. About the author: Yeah worked for several media institutions including the Inquirer newspaper, DC 101.1FM and UNMIL Radio 91.5FM.Yeah was president of the Sports Writers Association of Liberia (Swal) and is now the minister counselor for press and public affairs at the Liberian embassy in Paris, France. He can be reached on 0033650460693.
ayne Rooney paid tribute to Manchester United manager David Moyes following the clubs 3-0 Champions League triumph over Olympiacos on Wednesday. When asked if United owed Moyes a strong performance, Rooney told Sky Sports via Soccerly.com: Of course we do. And we owed ourselves a good result. These fans, the manager, everyone. This is a great result and hopefully it can kick-start our season and the start of something really special. Moyes entered last nights contest on the hot seat after a disappointing domestic season left the club 7th in the Premier League table, 12 points adrift of 4th placed Liverpool and a spot in next years Champions League. Moyes European season, by contrast, had gone decently well until a drab 0-2 loss to Olympiacos in the first leg of their Round of 16 matchup on February 28th. To overturn that result and advance to the Champions League quarterfinals, United needed to win by three goals.
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decision making will have to be thoroughly vetted and qualified on the basis of their competence, character and abilities to deliver the goods. These very mistakes were made in the past and the consequences were costly and contributed largely to the backwardness of our game for many years. We cant repeat those mistakes now.
As a member of the campaign team of LFA president Musa Hassan Bility during the first election, I am indeed one of Bility's greatest critics and having an ear of listening, even to those who criticized him, Bility has the ability to promote football in Liberia if he is supported and has a strong executive committee plus a dedicated staff to support
his program. Now that we know Bility is running on a white ballot, we are now looking for a strong team that will support his administration achieve its laydown plans and vision. Like I did in Bility first term, I have no doubt that Bility will deliver if he is supported and has a genuine support from the
ernando Torres believes his preparation and the quality of matches hes playing at Chelsea are the key components to his making Spains World Cup squad. Those who go must be the best prepared and thats why you have a coach who picks the squad, Torres said in an interview published in AS on Thursday. The Chelsea striker, who turns 30-years-old today, has scored 35 goals in 106 appearances for Spain. As a member of Spains 2006 World Cup team Torres scored three goals in four matches before La Furia Roja was knocked out of the tournament by runners-up France in the second round. At the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Torres played in all seven of Spains matches to the title but failed to score.
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t the ministry of Information regular press briefing on Thursday, Information minister Lewis Brown raised a fundamental question about the education status of the Liberian youth and their capabilities. This question has left many pondering. Replying Nobel Laureate Laymah Gbowees assertions about the grand nephew of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Brown said: The question is, how many 17-year-olds can make such a presentation? Thats the crust of the matter. How many Liberians are 17 years old that we are not using today to hold placards that they cant even read? And none of us must be satisfied in this country until we provide the space; like the President said, that they can acquire that quality of education to make them competitive, not only in Liberia but anywhere else in the world. Thats the crust of my presentation today. Many of our young people continue to be used by politicians but the information ministers question means it is time for many to rethink and stop being used by people in power because at the end of the day, it is the poor and disadvantaged who continue to suffer, while the kids of the elites confine themselves to better systems abroad fueled by Liberias taxpayers dollars.

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