Author: Godfred Badu Quansah

The West African Examination Council Liberia chapter has denied social media speculations that it has released the 2020/2021 West African Secondary School Exam results. WAEC described the claim as false malicious and devilish. The secretariat of WAEC said, the results for all examinations administered in 2021 have not been released and is therefore calling on the public not to give credence to such false information spread on social media. According to WAEC Secretariat, the speculation is coming from some criminal-minded individuals whose intention is geared towards bringing the Council’s office to disrepute. WAEC Liberia condemned and distances itself from such…

The Public Procurement and Concessions Commission has announced the holding of its Third Annual National Procurement Forum aimed at identifying implementation challenges and shortcomings of the PPCC Act of 2010 and designing innovative ways that will open new avenues for greater digitization in public procurement functions. President Weah according to a PPCC release is expected to deliver the keynote address, while partners from the diplomatic and development circles will make remarks at the occasion. This year’s Forum will be held on the theme: Innovation and Reforms: Strengthening Liberia’s Public Procurement System. It will bring together procurement stakeholders from the public…

A prominent son of Sinoe County Geeplay Nyenswah is calling on the George Weah administration to find an amicable solution to long-standing land disputes between the people of River Cess and Sinoe. It can be recalled for over four years there has been a land dispute between the resident of Getroh in Sinoe County and people living in the ITI community of River-Cess County. Appearing on the Thursday edition of the OK Morning Rush, Geeplay Nyenswah said the CDC-led government through the ministry of internal affairs must swiftly intervene to bring to an end the land conflict that currently exists…

Liberia’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Amb. Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah Sr. has cautioned students of the 69th graduating class of the Gabriel L. Dennis Foreign Service Institute to remain focused and do their best in representing Liberia. Amb. Kemayah noted that they have been prepared by the best professors and instructors, and encouraged them to go out and make the difference.  Serving as Key Note Speaker, Amb. Kemayah spoke on the Theme “The Role of The Diplomatic Personnel in Enhancing the Pro-Poor Agenda for Prosperity and Development Amidst the Global COVID-19 Pandemic”. According to him, the ongoing reform activities at the foreign…

Montserrado County District # 8 Representative Moses Acarous Gray has provided USD$2,000 for 15 disadvantaged school-going kids, a television, and a set of jerseys to the Soniwein Community and the clay street intellectual Center. According to Rep. Gray, the donation to the Intellectual Center is part of his own way of buttressing and supporting the ongoing construction which cost over USD$1,500. Representative Gray at the same time presented an amount of USD$1,000 to the youth, women, and elders of Perry street community for continuous support to his leadership over the years. He also pledges to provide LRD$200,000 for women empowerment…

Sierra Leonean cricket player Abass Gbla is the first international player to play in the official cricket tournament in Liberia. This was made possible after Tally Globe Cricket Club signed an MOU with Regent Cricket Club to release some of their players to play for them in the ongoing Liberia Premier League Jeety Cup Season 5 cricket tournament. Tally Globe CEO Mr. Roopesh Ram handed over Tally Globe Jersey to Abass Gbla before his first match of the season. Abass Gbla proved his worth immediately in his first game and was voted man of the match based on his brilliant…

The Wells-Hairston High School located on Mechlin Street, Central Monrovia has received a newly constructed cafeteria. The newly constructed is President George Weah initiative and goodwill gesture to the school as a former student of that educational center. Speaking at the dedication ceremony in Monrovia on Thursday, November 25, 2021, the Liberia Leader charged the students to write their own stories because they are the only ones who knows their stories.  He spoke in context to encourage the young to step up in their education sojourn. President Weah said the building of the cafeteria is his way of giving back…

The University of Liberia will in the next two years introduce Fisheries Science at the school to prepare the next generation to manage Liberia’s fisheries sector. This was disclosed on Wednesday by National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority Director-General, Madam Emma Metieh Glassco. NaFAA Director General Emma Glassco at a program interacting with students of the Global Harvest Institute’s Mentorship of Madam Emma Metieh Glassco House of Innovation in West Point Community on Wednesday, November 24, 2021, said, with support from the World Bank and the Liberian government, her institution is working out all modalities for the introduction of the Degree…

The Collaborating Political Parties says it believes the increase in criminal activities in Liberia is as a result of the unprecedented economic hardship and ever-increasing illegal drug trafficking and selling in the country. The CPP statement is in response to the clash between officers of the Liberia National Police and supposed criminals in Duala in which three persons were feared dead with others injured. According to a statement issued by the CPP on Wednesday, November 24, 2021, said, drug abuse by those disadvantaged youths has also turned them into hardened marauding criminals with no apparent actions taken by the government…

The Principal of the John Payne Mitchell Public School in Marshall Margibi County has called on Bridge-Liberia to work with locals of the communities in order to sustain the partnership with the school. The government of Liberia has reportedly added two hundred new schools to the Bridge Partnership Schools with the Payne Mitchell Public School being one of those schools. Speaking at the Grand Opening and Back to the Class celebration of the school, Principal Madame Elfreda Tyee said, working with local schools in communities particularly Margibi County will impact and enhance the smooth running of school administrators in the…