Author: Godfred Badu Quansah

Development is not about bags of rice, building drainages, but also about using technology to move our lives forward The founder and Executive director of Youth Action International (YAI), Dr. Kimmie Weeks, has called on young people, especially girls to not consider the donations of bags of rice as development. “Development is not about bags of rice, building drainages, but it is also about using technology to move our lives forward because other countries are using technology to transform lives and have tangible development,” Weeks said. He maintained that the initiative to have girls become greatly active in technology is…

The Coral Reef Innovation Lab, International, in collaboration with Blessed Virgin Mary Magnificent hat, has climaxed a day-long education meeting on National Digital Literacy, on ways for the country to get on part with 21st-century technology education. The daylong education 4.0-digital literacy dialogue, brought together education stakeholders and media at Murex Plaza in Sinkor, through highlights on sharing knowledge on the training of trainers module for teachers in all schools. The trainer’s education module is developed to build and enhance the capacity of teachers to deliver digital learning to pupils, and assist them with the anticipation that three teachers per…

Teta Togba, a nine-grade student in Ganta City, Nimba County broke down in serious tears of Joy as she won a brand new Duster Renault (SUV) vehicle from Lonestar Cell MTN through its mega promo initiative “MoMo Waysay-Wasa version 2 week four. Lonestar Cell MTN over the weekend stormed the capital of Nimba County, Ganta City, and gave away several prizes and items to customers who are regularly using Lonestar Cell MTN mobile money to transact. During the raffled draw several citizens of Nimba County won prestigious prizes but the highlight was a brand new Duster Renault SUV which was…

Residents of Clay-Ashland are said to be currently living in extreme hardship and difficulties due to the complete cut-off of the bridge and bad road conditions which they said is impeding normal economic activities and accessibility of neighboring townships in that part of Montserrado County. During the early morning of July 10, 2022, residents of Clay-Ashland again awakened to the sad news that the only economic activities bridge and easy route connecting the isolated Island to the Township of Virginal, Arthington, and Millsburg was finally cut off due to the heavy downpours of rain in recent time. The situation has…

The Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mrs. Thelma E. Duncan-Sawyer on July 21 turned over three (3) million face-masks to the Ministry of Health to strengthen the response to COVID-19 and a modern ambulance with all assorted items for the people of Foya District in Lofa County, which is equipped to serve as a mobile clinic. Acting Minister Sawyer said the ceremony further demonstrates and reaffirms the unwavering support and commitment of Amb. Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah, Sr., towards the realization of the vision of His President George Manneh Weah for a resilient and vibrant functioning health system in Liberia. “In…

The planning committee of Liberia 175th Independence Day celebration has unveiled Liberia Commerce Minister, Amb. Mawine G. Diggs as the National Orator for the July 26, 2022, National Independence Day celebrations. Amb. Diggs who is the second female orator under the Weah lead government is an academician, educator, public policy specialist, and a revered public servant currently serving as Minister of Commerce & Industry. Amb. Diggs is a Candidate for a Ph.D. in Higher Education Leadership at the National American University, a Master’s Degree in Education with specialization in Counselor Education from Clemson University, and a Bachelor of Arts Degree…

The European Union and its Member States welcome steps taken by the Government of Liberia and the Senate toward the legal abolition of the death penalty. The European Union and its Member States represented in Liberia (Germany, Ireland, France, and Sweden) congratulate the Liberian people on Independence Day on the 26 of July 2022. “We welcome the leadership of President George Manneh Weah and the Government of Liberia in tabling and proceeding with a proposal for the full legal abolition of the death penalty. We furthermore welcome the unanimous vote in the Liberian Senate and look forward to finding an…

The government of Liberia through the Ministry of Justice is requesting the late Princess Cooper family to officially write communication of apology to the Ministry of Justice before releasing the body of the late Princess Cooper. According to the Minister of Information Ledgerhood Julius Rennie, the late Princess Cooper family has tarnished the reputation of the pathologists who the government of Liberia instructed to conduct an autopsy on the remains of the late  Princess Cooper; after an intensive investigation by the Liberia National Police (LNP) in aiding the pathologists carry out their work. Minister Rennie noted that the family rejected…

President George Manneh Weah has by Proclamation declared Tuesday, July 26, 2022, as Independence Day and is to be observed throughout the Republic as a National Holiday. The Proclamation calls on all citizens and foreign residents within the territorial confines of Liberia to observe the Day as such; the release further orders government offices and business houses closed during the observance from 6:00 ante meridian to 6:00 post meridian. The Proclamation requests all citizens, in solemn cooperation with all Prelates, Priests, Deacons, Evangelists, Imams, Elders, and other Members of the Sacerdotal Order, regardless of religious creed, to gather together with one purpose in their respective…

DECRY INMATES’ SITUATION AT THE PRISON CENTER The Prison Fellowship Liberia has described the conditions of the inmates at the Monrovia Central Prison and prison facilities in other parts of the country as horrific and a time bomb due to the overcrowdedness and the inhuman environment. The fellowship’s Country Director, Reverend Francis Kollie, expressed disappointment that the Liberian government would treat its citizens in such a manner. He alleged that it is all because the courts are now using the precondition of releasing the inmates for money making Reverend Kollie made the disclosure shortly after the donation of a generator…