Author: Godfred Badu Quansah

With support from the European Union (EU), Tropenbos International, and other local partners, Liberia Forest Media Watch (LFMW) on Friday, December 31, 2021, concluded a one-day media forum with editors and senior reporters of some media houses in Monrovia. The Forum was aimed at strengthening LFMW’s relationship with local media colleagues as the organization alongside partners implements a fifteen months EU project titled: “Strengthening the Capacity of CSOs to Implement FLEGT-VPA.” LFMW is a civil society media support advocacy institution that works to promote sustainable management of the forest and other natural resources of Liberia – a platform of investigative…

Liberia chief Patron of Sports, President George Weah, and Montserrado County Electoral District 16 Representative, Dixon Seboe won man of the match awards following their Counties quarter-finals victories over Grand Gedeh and Bomi Counties in Basketball and Volleyball competition of the 2021/2022 National County Sports meet. President Weah scored 10points as Grand Kru County beat Bomi County in Basketball while Representative Dixon Seboe put up a grand challenge as Montserrado County beat Grand Gedeh 3:0 in the volleyball component. The former World Best Grand Kru County has moved to the semifinals of both Volleyball and Basketball components of the competition,…

The Liberia National Police (LNP) has restored calm in the Bea Mountain Mining area of Kinjor, Grand Cape Mount County, after days of protest over demands from the protesting residents. The LNP Spokesman Moses Carter clarified that at no time was a live bullet discharged, as reported by some media institutions. Due to the failure of protesters to disperse after a series of constructive efforts to have them remove blockades from the entrances of the mining facility, the LNP was left with no alternative, but to use tear gas as a conventional means of dispersing any group that refuses to…

Criminal Court  C Assigned judge at the  Temple of Justice in  Monrovia has granted the  Bill of  Expectations filed by  Defendant Biomia Folley through his Lawyer  Cllr.  Jonathan Massaquoi against the  Writ of arrest that was issued by the Ministry of  Youth and  Sports through the  Liberia  National Police in 2020 last year. It can be recalled on October  18, 2019, the Ministry of  Youth and Sports recommended a vendor, Boimah  Folley Sports  Center to supply  Sixty  (60) sets of Jerseys based on sponsorship for the  National  County’s Sports Meet by the  Management of the  APM Terminal. Accordingly,  a contract…

Several high-profile matches took place on Thursday, January 6, 2021, in continuation of the 2021/ 2022 Orange 1st division national league. Grand Cape Mount County-based Bea Mountain managed a 2:1 win at home to a newly promoted Sandi FC. The win took them to the top of the league table with 18 points from nine matches and two points clear of second-place Freeport FC who still has a game on hand. At the Doris Williams sports Center in Grand Bassa County,  the “Kayan Pepper Boys” of Mighty Barrolle bowed to Watanga FC by 3 goals to nil. Chauncey Freeman, Sunny…

The Personal  Security to the Chairman of the  Liberty Party  Musa  Hassan  Bility on Thursday,  January  6, 2022, at the Monrovia  City  Court at the Temple of Justice was seen in a violent  Mood in order to make his way in Court. The stand-up started early  Thursday morning when officers of the Liberia  National Police, Monrovia  City  Police, and security assigned at the  Monrovia  City  Court were ordered to put in place some measures in order to keep the court safe. The officers who had gone to the  Court, as usual, to carry on their regular duties were challenged by two…

The Stander bearer of the opposition Alternative National Congress (ANC) Mr. Alexander B. Cummings has expressed potential interest and optimizing of breaking away from the gradual deforming Collaborating Political Parties (CPP) to form a new alliance with other grassroots political parties and contest alone for the presidential seat of the country comes 2023 legislative and presidential election. Making the disclosure on Wednesday, January 5, 2022, on the OK evening conversation, the ANC political leaders said,  he is prepared to contest for the presidency of Liberia alone, adding that leadership carries burden alone.  ‘’When I say going to contest for the…

The Liberia Council of Churches says the sanctioning of government officials by the international community is a wakeup called for Liberia’s to address her homework by determining between the establishment of the war and Economic crimes court and the government proposes Transitional Justice Commission to end impunity. Speaking recently in Monrovia, the LCC through its President Bishop Kortu Brown said, it is time that Liberia as a country and people address the hard question so as to ensure what happened during the civil war is prevented from happening. “We do not rejoice when anyone Liberian is sanctioned by the international…

The opposition Alternative National Congress (ANC) stander-bearer Mr. Alexander B. Cummings has describes the write of arrest issued against him by the All Liberian Party (ALP) as baseless and unfounded, noting that they make mistake in coming after him. According to him, the ALP through its political leader made a big mistake to come after him because the case is averagely baseless. Speaking to a team of Judicial reporters on  Tuesday, January 4, 2022, when he appeared at the Monrovia City Court at the Temple of Justice to secure his criminal appearance bond. Mr. Cumming extols the judicial system for…

The superintendent of the Monrovia central prison said due to the overcrowdedness of the Prison, they have decided not to accept any inmates as of January  3, 2022, due to the current situation at the facility. According to  Superintendent  Varney  Lake,  when the facility was constructed at that time,  it was only there to Carter to 370 inmates but the facility currently holds about  1,386 inmates which is causing serious challenges for the Correction officers and the inmates. Superintendent  Lake said September of last year was the only time they received supply from the  Ministry of  Justice for inmates who…