Author: Godfred Badu Quansah

Liberian Leader George Manneh Weah has promise 50% women participation come 2023 and also promise to carryout major developmental projects in District #17 Montserrado County. Speaking to citizens and residents of the district, President Weah promised to a center for the blind and carry out other projects. Mr. Weah promises come as a request of the people if the district who pleaded with the Liberian Leader to help improve the living standard of the district. Mr. Weah responding to his people request for land to be use for the projects in the district. Noting that Liberians need to help one…

President George Manneh Weah has dedicated a newly constructed police station in Montserrado County District #16. The structure named in honor of the late former governor of the municipal Borough of New Kru Town Richard Tobii, will serve Zone one Deport two in District #16 Island Tweh Farm, St. Paul Bridge Community. Participating in the dedication ceremony was the son of the late governor, Richmond Tobii, District #16 Representative Dixon Seboe, Police Inspector General Patrick Sudu, and a host of government officials. According to Representative Seboe, the project is one of the many commitments made to the Borough. The newly…

President George Manneh Weah as of his town hall meetings on the Montserrado County tour promised the people of the Borough of New Kru Town that his administration will not relocate the Redemption Hospital in that district to the Caldwell Community but instead, the newly constructed hospital in the Caldwell will be named Redemption #2. Mr. Weah suggestion come as a request from the people of District#16, New Kru Two who pleaded with the Liberian Leader and his executive not to relocate the hospital from their district as planned by the health authorities. According to them, there are many people…

Liberia Leader George Manneh Weah today started his unfinished 2021 county tour in Montserrado County starting with District #15, Logan Town. Mr. Weah and his officials were well received by citizens and sympathizers of the Weah-led government. During a Town Hall meeting, the youth of District #15 called President Weah to build a new police station, and a youth center. They at the same time petition the Liberian Leader to issue an executive order to make sanitary pads duty-free and affordable for Liberian young women and women as a whole. Thanking Mr. Waeh for the development in the country, the…

THIS IS THE DIRECT STATEMENT FROM THE US TREASURY DEPARTMENT WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Liberian government officials Nathaniel McGill, Sayma Syrenius Cephus, and Bill Twehway for their involvement in ongoing public corruption in Liberia. These officials are designated pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13818, which builds upon and implements the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act and targets perpetrators of serious human rights abuse and corruption around the world. “Through their corruption, these officials have undermined democracy in Liberia for their own personal benefit,” said Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism…

Liberia National Children’s Representatives Forum formerly Children’s Parliament on Wednesday, August 10, 2022, made recommendations to the United Nations in Liberia for continuous engagements with the Forum and to have the institution included in the current activities and programs of the UN. The Forum is the only legitimate institution for Liberian children. At a courtesy call meeting with the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Liberia, His Excellency, Neils Scott at the UN One House in Monrovia, the Speaker of the Children’s Forum Mr. Joel UK Gray on behalf of the Liberian children appreciated the works of the UN in Liberia…

The National Anti-Human Trafficking Taskforce of Liberia in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), says all is now set for the repatriation of sixteen Sierra Leonian nationals trafficked to Liberia by Qnet back to their country. The sixteen persons, 14 males, and two females were deceived and brought to Liberia in the name of processing their traveling documents to travel to Malaysia for work. Upon their arrival in Liberia, they were picked up and carried at the Qnet office and were asked to pay US$1,200.00 to process their documents to travel to Malaysia, thereby using Liberia as a…

The Liberian government through the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning with support from the United Nations Children’s Fund over the weekend climaxes four days’ participatory capacity-building training in what is termed as ‘’ Result Based Planning Monitoring and Evaluation workshop in Gomba city, Nimba County. The workshop was held under the theme: Strengthening Sub-National Staff and officials’ capacities for development effectiveness and efficiency that is aligned with the National Development Plan of Pro-Poor Agenda for Prosperity and Development (PAPD). The objective is to increase and strengthen the knowledge and skills of sub-national staff and county officials in contemporary results-based…

Jonahsa Foundation has congratulated the U.S government for extending an official invitation to President George Weah to visit the White House. During Liberia’s 175th Independence Day Celebration Tuesday in Monrovia, U.S Ambassador Michael A. McCarthy, extended an invitation to President George Weah to attend the African Leaders Summit which is slated for December this year. The invitation is the first of its kind since the inception of the Weah administration. But, Speaking to this newsnet via telephone from Georgia USA, the President and Founder of the Jonahsa Foundation Mr. Jonah Barcon applauded the US government for such an opportunity for the…

President George Manneh Weah, will on Monday, August 15, begin a tour of Montserrado County in continuation of his Nationwide Tour which began in February 2021 and covered fourteen (14) counties. According to the Executive Mansion, the President’s international engagements and other domestic obligations hindered his planned tour of Montserrado, which should have followed immediately after Lofa County. President Weah will start the Montserrado Tour with visits to Electoral Districts 15, 16 and 17. He will hold townhall meetings in Logan Town, New Kru Town and Brewerville. On Tuesday, August 16, 2022, the President will stop over in Districts 9,…