Author: Godfred Badu Quansah

The head of Liberia Medicines and Health Regulatory Product is encouraging Liberians to desist from purchasing medical products from street peddlers across the country. Pharmacist Keturah Smith told reporters Tuesday, February 8, 2022, in Monrovia that citizens need to stop buying medical drugs from people selling unauthorized medicines, to discourage people from selling those expired medical drugs in major street corners.  Madam Keturah’s statement is part of a public awareness campaign against the sales & usage of substandard and falsified medicines in public and private facilities across the country.She stated that the sun-ray on these medical products has an adverse…

The Liberia National Police has arrested and is investigating suspect Dairus P. Siryon, 25, a resident of the Outland Community, Police Academy for alleged Aggravated Assault. It is established on Saturday, February 5, 2022, at 4:30 PM, complainant Angeline Peabody, 37, of the same residence reported meeting her son, Henry Giddings, 17, lying unconscious in a pool of blood by 2:00 AM after she was informed by the community Chairman and neighbor only identified as Roosevelt. During Police preliminary probe conducted, suspect Siryon told investigators that on Friday, February 4, 2022, at 1:00 AM, he was attacked by three unknown…

Montserrado District #9 Representative Frank Saah Foko has expressed hope of presenting his long-awaited Annual Report to constituents this February. Representative Foko also assures the district residents of his commitment to work in multiple dimensions that will serve their interests. Appearing on the OK Morning Rush Tuesday, Rep. Foko said despite the challenges, he has since been devoted to the anxieties of his constituents, serving in numerous directions to address key issues encountered by them. The district #9 lawmaker boasted about the distribution of several transformers in his district by the Liberia Electricity Cooperation while admitting with assurance the deplorable…

The Senior Pastor and President of the Abundant Life International School of Ministries have blamed George Weah’s Government for playing lip service with education. Rev. Alphonso Korleh said the human resource capacity of Liberia is on fire, with a war for the merit system.According to him, there are qualified people to occupy a major position within the education sector of the country but are being denied those positions no matter how many times they apply for those areas.The Liberian clergy maintains that it is not possible for Liberia to rise if citizens do not elect qualified and committed people into…

Five persons have been arrested in connection to the January 19, New Kru Town stampede; they have been charged and forwarded to Court for prosecution. The five persons include: Peter Weah, Prince Toby, Nagbe Robert, Edmond Mayson, William Karley, and others to be identified. The individuals are being charged with the crimes of Criminal Conspiracy, Armed Robbery, and Murder in violations of chapter 10 sections 10.4, Chapter 15 section 15.32, Chapter 14 section 14.1, of the criminal procedural law of Liberia while other defendants to be identified are also charged in absentia pending court trial. Police investigation established that on…

Liberia Football Association Vice President for Operations, Wilmont Smith, is challenging the sports writers of Liberia to report on facts and do away with assumptions and blackmailing. Wilmont said without the sports writers, the activities of the Liberia football association will not be told to the public, and as such, their writings should be based on facts. The LFA Vice President for Operations made the disclosure on Saturday, February 5, 2022, at the Ordinary Congress of the Sports Writers Association of Liberia held at the SKD Sports Gymnasium in Paynesville City. ” Let’s disagree to agree through constructive writings and…

The Senate Judiciary Committee today, February 4, 2022, began two days retreat at the Capitol Building. A Senate release quotes the Chairman of the Committee, Grand Cape Mount County Senator, Cllr. Varney Sherman as saying that the retreat is intended to expedite deliberations on key vital legislation and issues before the Senate. According to Senator Sherman, several bills including the Alien and Naturalization law to provide for Dual Citizenship, Expedite the Financial Intelligent Agency as a substitute of the Financial Intelligent Act, the Money Laundry, and Terroristic Financial Law. The release further mentioned that the Whistle Blower Act will be…

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Liberia, Ambassador Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah, Sr., on Thursday, February 3, 2022, represented President George M Weah, at the Second Extraordinary Summit of the Authority of Heads of State and Government on the political situation in Burkina Faso. In his welcome remarks, the Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Thursday urged collective and decisive action to subdue the resurgence of political instability in West Africa. Opening the extraordinary summit by leaders of the regional body in the Ghanaian capital, Chairman Akufo-Addo urged the…

The Plenary of the Liberian Senate has resolved to separate the confirmations of Director General-Designate, Madam Emma Mattia Glasco, and Deputy Director for Administration-Designate, Mr. Augustine Manoballah of the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA). According to the press bureau of the Senate, Plenary’s decision followed a report from the Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry recommending the confirmation of both nominees based on their performances at NaFAA overtime as stipulated in a report submitted by the nominees. However, following deliberations by Senators in session, Plenary decided that the Committee provides separate confirmation reports for the two nominees and that…

The chairman of the  Liberty  Party  Musa Hassan Bility and the  Secretary-General of the  Liberty  Party has been dragged to Court for  Multiple  Crimes ranging from  Forgery Criminal  Conspiracy and  Criminal  Facilitation by the Republic of  Liberia through   Romeo  Coker, Jeremy  Russell, and  Napoleon  Weah of the city of  Monrovia. The write of Arrest stated that during the period of January  2021 in the  City of  Monrovia, Montserrado and Gbarnga, Bong county respectively,  the  Defendants being there and then with the intent to deceive the  Membership and  Partisans of the  Liberty  Party as well as the  Public, Connived and conspired and…