Author: Godfred Badu Quansah

The Liberia Athletics Federation (LAF) has expressed happiness over what it termed as the overwhelming support it received from the Government of Liberia and the general public during the just-ended World Athletics Championship in Oregon, USA. But the Federation has distanced itself from entering into a deal or negotiations about image rights or promotion deals for any of its athletes. The Liberia Athletics Federation in its release over the weekend said the federation has nothing to do with selling the image of any athlete for raising funds. They added that these things are handled directly by the athlete via his…

Liberia’s home-based National team is on the verge of elimination from the 2023 African Nations Championship following a heartbreaking 3-0 defeat against the Terranga Lions of Senegal. The Lions mask man, Bouly Shambou’s lone goal in the 14th minute, and two quick goals from Jean Diouf in the 31st and 33rd minutes put them in the driving seat of qualifying to the next stage. But Liberia can still qualify for the next stage with a 4-0 win in Darkar on 30 July in the return fixture. The match took place on Sunday, July 24, 2022, at the refurbished SKD Sports…

MONROVIA – Liberia 2022 July 26 National Independence Day celebration Orator Minister Mawine Diggs called on Liberia’s international and development partners to review the modus operandi of their funded projects while at the same time reviewing the impacts of those projects. She lamented while Liberia has gone through different layers intended to enhance democracy, accountability, and the rule of law, the form, and manner in which donors operate their funds have never changed over the years. “Let me boldly say that in terms of addressing governance and accountability concerns, we have done everything as a nation, from changing governments, to fighting…

CALLS ON LIBERIANS TO WORK IN UNITY TO BUILD A NEW LIBERIA WITH RESPECT TO HUMAN RIGHTS, PEACE, LOVE, AND ADHERENCE TO THE RULE OF LAW. Liberia President George Manneh Weah has called on all citizens to put off the spirit of disagreement and division and put on the spirit of unity, love, reconciliation, peace, stability, nationalism, and respect and love for one another. He urged all Liberians home and outside Liberia to join him to build the country no matter who they are, their status in life, the political ideology they aspire to, or their ethnic background; religious persuasion,…

President George Manneh Weah has received the GLOBAL LEADERSHIP PEACE AWARD 2022, from the I DREAM 4 ALL Foundation and the Board of Directors of the Hollywood and African Prestigious Awards of the United States of America. President Weah making a remark at the ceremony recognized and appreciated the forebears, both the settlers who came to Liberia and the indigenous residents whom they met here, for embracing the concepts of harmonious and peaceful coexistence over the years.  Mr. Weah who was one the awardees of the Prestigious Golden Image Awards said, the foundation of Liberia has shown a rich history,…

Indian Business Man Dr. Upjit Singh Sachdeva commonly known in Liberia as Mr. Jeety has been honored with the Prestigious Golden Image Awards Humanitarian category at the twelve Inaugural Bicentennial Edition of the Golden Image Awards in Monrovia. Dr. Jeety was selected in the Humanity category for his humanitarian work in Liberia especially sharing cook meals to the less fortunate and needy in society. Dr. Sachdeva cook meal distribution has affected the whole of Monrovia and almost the entire Montserrado County including some parts of Margibi County. Dr. Jeety during the heap of the COVID-19 distributed over 60,000 plates of…

A group of Liberians under the banner Liberia first Movement has declared six months peaceful Nation wide protest against the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) Led government headed by President George Manneh Weah. According to the group head Sheikh Moustapha Kouyateh, the government of Liberia has failed in every sector including the lack of Justice, fight against corruption, Mysterious deaths of citizens, failure on the establishment of the war and economic crime court are factors contributing to the Nation wide peaceful protest. Kouyateh mention that the “CDC” Led government came to power on the basis of the establishment of the…

The Department of Bureau of Correction and Rehabilitation at the Ministry of Justice has concluded a three-day Correction Service Act Validation agenda aimed at making the BCR Act an Autonomous Agency. The evaluation which started on Monday brought together correctors and partners to finalize the draft Correction Service Act. According to the Assistant Minister for Correction at the Department of Bureau of Correction and Rehabilitation, Eddie Tarawali, the process is being hugely sponsored by United Nations Development Program( UNDP) and other local and international partners. Minister Tarawali noted that the Act when completed will be sent to the National Legislature…

……As National Public Health Institute of Liberia Alert Public The Government of Liberia through the Ministry of Health and the National Public Health Institute of Liberia has alerted the General Public of the outbreak of Monkeypox in Liberia. On July 23, 2022, the National Public Health Reference Laboratory confirmed a positive case of Monkeypox in the country. This is the second time Monkeypox has been confirmed in Liberia, the first time was in 2018 by US CDC. According to the Health authorities, monkeypox, previously thought to be endemic only in West and Central Africa, is now being reported outside Africa…

–Recognizes Role Being Played On Liberia’s Foreign Policy and Global Issues The European Union and its Member States in a press communiqué recognized the role played by Liberia’s Foreign Minister Amb. Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah, Sr., stating that the Republic of Liberia currently plays an important role to restore peace, security, stability, democracy, and constitutional order in its Sisterly Republics in the region, the European Union reaffirms its readiness to support the Republic of Liberia and ECOWAS in these endeavors. According to the press communique, those same values inspire the strong positions adopted by the Republic of Liberia after the illegal…