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PREVENTING STROKE
- A MEDICAL FIRST FOR LIBERIA
We are not trying to take away the Liberian diet, which tends to be heavy on palm oil and salt. But add more vegetables,
pull out all the oils and mayonnaise. This will help you prevent stroke. - Catherine Kamara, PhD. Candidate and certified

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therapist who is leading a rehabilitation Clinic set to open in Zubah Town, Paynesville in January 2016.
Politics - pg. 6
CENTRAL BANK OF LIBERIA
MARKET BUYING AND SELLING RATES

LIBERIAN DOLLARS PER US DOLLAR
BUYING
SELLING
L$85.50/US$1
L$86.50/US$1
MONDAY, JULY 13, 2015
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TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2015
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Wednesday, July 15, 2015
Bettie K. Johnson /betty.johnson@frontpageafricaonline.com
Monroviafamily of 16 residing on the A. B. Tolbert Road in

Paynesville is the next home to be quarantined by
the Ministry of Health for link to a confirmed case of
the deadly Ebola virus, the resurgence of the virus
after the country was declared Ebola free on May 9 by the
World Health organization.
Residing in an unfinished House the family is under quarantine
after a family member and friend to a 17 year boy who corpse
tested positive ran from Margibi and came to his family in
Monrovia.
The suspected case, name withheld by health officials who is
currently at the Ebola treatment unit came to his mother in
Monrovia and was treated by his mother, a Registered Nurse
for malaria.
The boy who was later confirmed positive was treated by
both his mother and older brother but his mother was more
exposed to the virus that led to her death.
Following the death of the woman, the family has been placed
under quarantine by Health authorities but those under
quarantined with no appropriate monitoring in place. Those
quarantined are seen roaming from one place to another.
FAMILY FACES REJECTION
The children of the quarantined family are facing rejection

as they are denied from playing with other children in the
community.
Waigolo Mulbah, is a sibling to the late Ebola victim. He says
the Ambulance took his sister after his cousin was taken to
the ETU.
He narrated that though his sister did not experience any signs
or symptoms suspected to be Ebola but due to fears, she could
not eat upon the visitation of Ebola workers at their home.
She never showed any signs or symptoms of Ebola. We were
here out of fear our sister did not eat for 5 days, she was so
scare and so the ETU workers came for her days after they told
us she had die, said Mulbah.
Mulbah and 15 others had gone over 11 days, hoping to reach
the required 21 days period to be allowed free movement but
they had to restart the quarantine process following the death

of his sister.
She went to the ETU, and after she died they started our
quarantine again, for what we know now is the boy is still
alive, Mulbah told FPA.
He said though the Ministry of Health says they are
quarantined, there is nothing to show that they are prevented
from moving around in the community.
We are here and stigmatized by the community but the Health
Ministry says we are quarantined but nothing to show we are
quarantined, the community members just pointing fingers to
us whole day, he lamented.
On the issue of movement, he told FPA that he is a student
of University of Liberia and other Children under quarantine
were going to school initially but community members widely
stigmatized them prompting the Ministry of Health to mandate
the community dwellers to serve as watchdogs against their
movement.
Here they treat us like dogs, we are not respected, though
they bring us water and food but it is a distance from us, even
if we throw things down like the gloves that they used today
on us, it mistakenly went in the bush which is far from them;
but they demanded that the gloves be removed or else they
wouldnt supply us anything, he added.
Mulbah confirmed that he and his sick cousin (sick boy)
lengthily interacted upon his return to Monrovia saying, Up
todays date I have not experienced signs nor symptoms of
Ebola, so where is this Ebola now.
SIX CONFIRMED CASES
Deputy Incident Manager and Liberias Chief Medical Officer,

Dr. Francis Kateh told a Ministry of Information regular
press briefing Tuesday that since July 12 the country has 6
confirmed Ebola cases.
He said What is important is during the fight we have tried
to contain the virus in Margibi County but we knew that there
were contacts made from the cases in Margibi and a place in
Monrovia and so we began an immediate step and that is a
voluntary precautionary center put in place.
He boasted that contact tracing is active as all of the contacts

are traced and monitored by health authorities.
The Chief Medical Officer said it was shocking that contacts
are not honest adding that they are the basis for the increase
in cases. What is shocking is that we have to realize we need
to be open and need to be honest with ourselves, and its
through honesty we can stop this disease.
Dr. Kateh added If you are a contact tell the health care
workers that you are a contact, then you will have people
monitoring you but you have to be honest with them, now we
have 4 cases at the ETU and they all doing well, now it is six
confirmed cases, 2 deceased.
The Deputy Health Minister disclosed that there are 124
contacts actively in Margibi, 16 in Monrovia, and said the
number could fluctuate on grounds that there is ongoing
investigation.
We have gone a step further because we have asked the
county health officers to be on the alert, we are not saying the
other counties have contacted it but we need to alert them so
that we wouldnt experience the previous outbreak, he said.
Dr. Kateh continued: We have been doing this continuously,
the rapid response team will be set at all times, we have
the expertise and we are asking the public not to conceal
information from us because we have the technique and we
understand what is it to put under this control.
NOT SLIPPING OUR CONTROL
He said the Ministry has everything under control as the

public has been warned not to shield sick or dead people in
homes or hospitals.
Dr. Kateh added that sometimes the acceptance of health
workers to receive critically ill people might also cause the
increase of the virus in the country.
From the cases, we have enlightened health care workers
because their action could cause a situation to increase cases,
we keep saying, if you have fever dont take Paracetamol, the
dishonesty could lead to more problems, we cannot babysit
everyone, so if that trust is built the disease will be contained,
he appealed
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so hard to do, we in the field

know the importance of them
and if you getting money
from donors and they say
they cant do anything, we
hope to have new donors to
help contain the spread of
the virus.
SIMILAR STRAIN, SAYS WHO
From the cases, we have enlightened health care workers because their action could cause a situation
to increase cases, we keep saying, if you have fever dont take Paracetamol, the dishonesty could lead
to more problems, we cannot babysit everyone, so if that trust is built the disease will be contained.
We are conducting investigation; we are getting to the source until we can scientifically proof it. We
also established that it has not come from Guinea or Sierra Leone because their strains are different
from the new outbreak and hence after getting the result we will inform the public.
- Dr. Francis Kateh, Deputy Incident Manager and Liberias Chief Medical Officer
NOT AN ANIMAL SOURCE

Since the new outbreak the Ministry and Health authorities are yet to tell the
public the source of the new infection with fingers pointed at a dead dog which
those now tested positive were all said to have eaten but Dr. Kateh disclosed
that the virus is not linked to eating of the dog by the dead 17 year old boy and
others in Margibi.
Dr. Kateh said the Ministry is investigating to know the source of the new
infection.
We are conducting investigation; we are getting to the source until we can
scientifically proof it. We also established that it has not come from Guinea or
Sierra Leone because their strains are different from the new outbreak and
hence after getting the result we will inform the public.
The Active Case Finders are credited for finding the new case in Margibi, but
Dr. Netty Joe of the United Nations Development Programme, head of Active
Case Finders in Montserrado disclosed that finders are now discourage to
work as they are told that their job is voluntary.
She said WHO was taking the lead in the program but turned it over to the
UNDP to manage but unfortunately, UNDP told her that there is no funding to
continue the program something she said will result to the increase of cases as
finders are the major source of tracing contacts of Ebola.
We started with a very huge number and so with no funding you have to cut
the number down. We did a scale down mostly on the high risk areas namely
New Kru Town, Bong Mines Bridge and in Sinkor we reduced that to 50%
because no funds, she added.
Dr. Joe continued: Frankly speaking we studied the situation thoroughly, we
need someone in the community surveillance, and it was done through studies
and the UNDP and WHO said they have decided to redirect the efforts to Guinea
and Sierra Leone so the project ended June so we are only paying them for May
and June.
She said finders and heads were informed of the problem and she has appealed
to them to volunteer something she said is challenging, as the Active Case
Finding is a job creation for young people.
Said Dr. Joe The figure we have was 4, 100 but we cut it down to 1,700 persons
so we are covering the entire Montserrado; for July no funding yet, and it is
The WHO has indicated that

as part of the investigation
into the source of this new
cluster of infections, samples
taken from the first person
found to have Ebola were
sent to the Liberian National
Reference Laboratory for
genetic sequencing where
tests on these samples have
shown that the virus is
genetically similar to viruses
that infected many people in
Margibi County more than six
months ago, in late 2014.
Stated the WHO: This
information
provides
important insights into the
probable origin of the virus
responsible for this new
flare-up in Liberia. Because
the virus appears to be
related to the one previously
circulating in Liberia, it is
unlikely that this recurrence
has been caused by virus
imported from infected areas
of Guinea or Sierra Leone.
It also makes it unlikely
that this has been caused
by a new emergence from a
natural reservoir, such as a
bat or other animal.
According to the WHO,
the genetic sequencing on
samples from the four other
cases in this new outbreak is
underway.
Presently, the WHO says 149
people have been identified
as contacts and are being
monitored closely. Four of
these people have tested
positive and are being
treated for Ebola virus
disease in Ebola treatment
centres. As with all cases, the
number of contacts has been
fluctuating. Some are true
contacts, while others are
not. When a suspected case
is confirmed as negative, all
contacts associated with that
case are de-listed, which is
why the number of contacts
has declined this week.
The WHO has disclosed
that
detailed
clinical,
epidemiological
and
laboratory
investigations
are on-going to identify the
initial source of infection.
This includes the genetic
sequencing
that
has
suggested this virus is linked
to virus circulating in earlier
chains of transmission in
Liberia.
Liberia, the WHO said has
undertaken the relevant
planning to prepare for and
respond to the recurrence of
Ebola. But the latest death
and scores of quarantine
going on simultaneously
is expected to put the
governments readiness to
the test as the resurging
virus continue to spread.
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EDITORIAL
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GLARING SEA
EROSION DANGER
NEEDS URGENT
ATTENTION
MONROVIA IS LOCATED near the Atlantic Ocean and also

contains other smaller bodies of water including the Du River
which is found in almost every location in and around Monrovia.
OVER THE LAST few years, the Atlantic Ocean has been making
rapid advances, stretching deep in the land area, threatening
several communities mainly those lying along the Ocean.
THE DENSELY POPULATED communities of West Point, New
Kru Town and other locations along the Sinkor belt near the
Ocean including the 24th street community are some of the
communities threatened by the sea erosion.
OVER THE PAST few months, sea erosion is pushing West Point
deeper into the land area and residents have been calling on
government to help relocate them to avoid disaster.
IN EARLY JUNE this year thousands of people in West Point were
made homeless with at least two schools destroyed with kids
left without schools, using private buildings for learning as a
consequence of sea erosion.
SOME RESIDENTS WHO spoke to FrontPageAfrica at the time
appealed to government to help relocate them. Veronica Lincoln
32, mother of 7 children at the time said she and her children
have been made homeless and now have nowhere to sleep as
they only begged a neighbor to allow them stay for short time.
THE GOVERNMENT MUST come and help us to see how best
they can handle us. We are not going to be here. The only thing
we need is sleeping place for us, we dont have sleeping place,
we need somewhere we can be Veronica told FPA at the time.
MORE THAN 200 primary school students also lost their school
to the erosion and have been using a very small church in the
community to continue their education.
RELIGIOUS LEADERS, POLITICIANS and community leaders in
West Point have been appealing to government to intervene to
avert a much bigger catastrophe but these appeals are yet to
yield any fruitful results.
WHILE THE PEOPLE of West Point are crying from sea erosion,
residents of New Kru town, on the Bushrod Island are also afraid
that if nothing is done to tackle the erosion the entire Point Four
could be wiped out soon.
THE EROSION HAS destroyed many homes and the only
government school in the area, D-Tweh Memorial high school is
at the verge of being wiped away as the fence to the building has
been undermined as well.
STUDENTS AND THE administration of D. Tweh have made
numerous appeals for urgent attention to protect the school
from being wiped away by the approaching sea erosion but
nothing is being done to remedy the dangerous situation.
THE HEAD OF the D. Tweh High School student council, student
Blamo Toe told FPA Monday that the government is doing
nothing to solve the problem as the sea continues to encroach
on the school.
The government has been slow in helping the situation,
right after the school fence there was a main car road and
thousands of homes, all have been carried away by the sea, and
the government is failing to realize that this situation will also
reduce the landscape of Liberia, student Toe lamented.
AUTHORITIES OF THE D. Tweh School are mainly appealing for
the government to help block the sea from moving further.
AT SOME LOCATIONS in Harper, Maryland County, a solid wall
containing rocks and concrete was constructed during the
administration of one of Liberias former presidents to help
prevent the ocean from encroaching on Harper City.
MONROVIA, THE CAPITAL city has no such wall in place along
the Atlantic Ocean to safeguard the city from sea erosion.
IT IS CERTAIN that disaster is nearing should government not
act promptly to protect communities such as West Point, New
Kru town and other locations near the ocean.
ANY MAJOR SEA erosion in West Point and New Kru Town, two
densely populated communities will lead to national disaster
which could result to loss of lives and properties and cost
government huge sums of money to handle.
TO AVERT SUCH situation, the government needs to act quickly
and find solution to the sea erosion by listening to the many
appeals from people in the affected communities rather than
waiting for a disaster before acting.
IT IS TIME to act fast as the problem of sea erosion is glaring and
needs urgent attention.
COMMENTARY
AUDITOR GENERAL GAYE MUST PROCEED WITH

CAUTION OR END UP LIKE ROBERT KILBY
By Felton D. Clarke, Contributing Writer
ne cannot be quite certain about the reasons for which President

Sirleaf sacked Robert L. Kilby from the position of Auditor
General of the Republic of Liberia. I say this because there are
many conspiracy theories associated with his unprecedented
removal. Nevertheless, what stands out clearly is the indelible imprint he
left at the General Auditing Commission (GAC), which is now his legacy
that will forever be told in Liberia by generations unborn.
But even as the tale is told, it seems his successor, Liberias first female
Auditor General; Yousador S. Gaye appears not to be listening. Maybe,
she doesnt hear at all. This is why as an ardent employee who so dearly
love the GAC, have faith in transformation and believe in other methods
of reaching out to obstinate people like Yusador and her likes, I have
decided to instruct her to proceed with caution, or she could end up like
her predecessor, Robert L. Kilby.
For fear of being possibly reprimanded, as it is obvious in the GAC when
employees speak out, I elected to signal my advice to her under a penname
hoping that, perhaps she will read. Who knows?
Before moving on to Kilbys legacy, let me state for the record that
assertions made in this article are derived from my observation of the
current state of affairs at the GAC since Madam Gaye and Foday G. Kiazolu
joined Winsley S. Nanka in September 2013. They are at liberty to defend
themselves or prove me wrong.
Kilbys GAC Legacy

It is no secret! Robert L. Kilby was an ignominy to the auditing profession
in Liberia and elsewhere. He remained a person of interest and a source
of controversy from the day he was appointed by President Sirleaf to
take over the GAC, up to June 2013, the day he was dismissed by her for
conflict of interest. I have even lost track about his proposed book on
corruption in Liberia he promised to publish last year. Anyway.
For instance, upon his confirmation by the Liberian Senate in August 2012,
Kilby dismissed 43 experienced auditors of meager salaries for what
he termed, financial constraints. When he was pressured by the angry
public, and repeatedly quizzed by journalists, he cited depoliticizing the
GAC as the rationale behind his action. However contradictorily, Kilby,
within that same budget year, hired 69 audit neophytes, most of whom
were his cronies from the USA and paid them far higher remunerations
compare to the staff he had earlier terminated.
Again, dazed with power, the old man got involved in what the
Government of Liberia regarded as shady deeds. It is said that as a siting
Auditor General, he used GAC assets for personal gains, and set up a shell
company to obtain contracts from the Government of Liberia. As the GAC
boss with the shortest term of office, he did not only ruin the institution
financially in a space of 10 months, but he also locally and internationally
damaged the credibility and reputation of the commission.
His notorious legacy of not producing a single audit report until he left the
GAC will forever linger in the archives and the minds of Liberians. It will
be unfair to his record, if it is not penned here that GAC inherent Deputy
Auditor General, Winsley Saye Nanka was his deputy in chief. Eager to
be appointed as the head of the GAC, he would take over for less than
3 months, as acting Auditor General for the third time, following the
dismissal of Kilby.
Rebuilding the GAC

September 2013 saw an emergence of what seemed like a light at the end
of the leadership tunnel at the GAC. Liberias first female Auditor General,
Yusador S. Gaye was appointed by the President. Unlike her predecessor
who credentials remains questionable to date, she professes to have a CPA
and holds a graduate degree in Public Administration.
But like Kilby who had the fastest confirmation as a public official in the
history of Liberia, after being previously rejected by the Senate, Madam
Gayes confirmation was done in the corridors of total secrecy. She and
little-known Foday G. Kiazolu, her Deputy for Administration who himself
holds a Bachelor degree and an ACCA certification were confirmed behind
close doors for imprecise reasons.
Combining with Deputy for Audit, Winsley S. Nanka, who it is rumored
holds an MBA and CPA credentials, GAC staff who were recovering from
the stings of Kilbys credential degradation and administrative ineptitude,
considered Gaye and Kiazolu as symbols of hope. Every employee longed
for the better, eagerly doing their chores to impress their new bosses.
For the preceding 2 months, I could hear auditors whispering in the
corridors, even though the AG is an old lady, her young deputies will help
her make a difference this time around. But there loomed an eminent
disappointment for us as the story absolutely changed over the course of
time! There were exploitation plots in the making.
Yusador and Fodays Exploitation Strategies
Our new bosses became swiftly aware of the caliber of staff they have
inherited. They knew auditors appetite for change for the better was
huge. Recognizing these, both Gaye and Kiazolu colluded with Nanka and
indulged in the act of pretense and rhetoric. They decided to exploit our
vulnerability in the pursuit of happiness.
I recalled Foday Kiazolu shouting, there will be no business as usual at
the GAC in a general staff meeting at the pavilion in October of 2013.
He continued his rhetoric by saying, all promotions, placement and
reclassification of staff will be on the basis of merit. But within less than
2 weeks after these comments, he unilaterally appointed a former Audit
Trainee with acute limitation in everything professional, to head the
Management Internal Control (MIC) Department of the GAC. That did not
go unnoticed by GAC staff who began questioning the move. While this
was happening, Madam Gaye turned a blind eye.
For her part, Yusador Gaye took upon herself the liberty to get rid of the
remnants of the Kilbys senior management staff, most of whom were
allegedly educated in America. She introduced a purported background
check strategy aimed at quietly executing her hoax and requested the
USA Schooled Auditors to avail their Social Security numbers to the GAC
Human Resources Department. According to her trickery, the numbers
would be used to verify their qualifications and work experiences in the
USA.
This scheme played out well enough for Madam Gaye, as most of the USA
Schooled Auditors refused to give up their Social Security information,
citing confidentiality. Many of them voluntarily resigned, while others
hanged on until they were redundant.
Furthermore, contrary to her initial loud pronouncements that she
would not dismiss any GAC staff like her predecessor, Yusador engaged
in bullying and threatening auditors that we could lose our jobs if we did
not have professional certifications. When a team of auditors with CFE
designations argued that they too were professionally certified, she and
her deputies insisted that they were referring to GAC auditors obtaining
ACCAs and CPAs, certification that only three of them already possess.
Another design by the old lady was her public proclamation of
professionalizing the GAC on one hand, and failing to support her
statement with material actions on the other. Realizing this, auditors
decided to make efforts on their own. When some of us insisted on seeking
scholarships, take leave from job to travel abroad for advance studies and
professional certifications, Madam Gaye and her deputies again employed
a policy that there will be no further long term international trainings for
auditors, or we should resign and leave the GAC.
With motive to thwart their promoting, Yousador embarked on a
campaign to trash Masters degree as being non-essential to GAC under
her administration. This argument was amplified by Foday Kiazolu who
highest academic qualification is a BBA from United Methodist University
on Ashmun Street in Liberia. Madam Gayes criticism of Masters degree
was yet, another scam to discourage some auditors who had returned to
the GAC after obtaining Masters from the USA, Kenya, Ghana, China and
Zimbabwe.
For me, its improper and reeks intellectual honesty and maturity for an
Auditor General with an advance degree to endeavor to run a supreme
integrity institution like the GAC on the basis of peer fear, and choose
to reward chatter haulers while trying to please half-baked deputies of
immense inferiority complex.
As if Madam Gayes ignorance and swindle havent been well marketed,
she went on to dissolve all departments and positions within the GAC, and
fib again, that reclassification was underway in 6 months. Her apparent
reason for taking this action was to deny heads of the various dissolved
departments from receiving their benefits in GAS and Scratch Cards even
though these benefits continued to be budgeted by the GAC. You will be
stung to know that as a consequence of her missteps, Audit Reports issued
under the signature of Madam Gaye do not undergo Quality Assurance
review, a fundamental requirement in auditing.
But recently, as if there was brain-drain at the GAC, she hired a Director for
Administration and a Manager for Fleet and Assets Management, both of
whom do not possess professional qualifications, her so called benchmark
for promotion.
Another flop on the part of Madam Gaye which whips my imagination is
her lending of continues support to the unprovoked arrogance of gossip
transferor - Joseph King - the self-appointed lackey and wannabe parrot of
the Auditor General. This clown claims to hold a BBA degree in Accounting
from the prestigious University of Liberia, but his incompetence has
cornered him to low chores like being an errand boy, a driver, a secretary
and a special assistant, doing everything special - day and night - for his
boss lady. His trading of blather about the auditors to the Auditor General
has gone way too far to go unnoticed. And he makes a little over US$ 2000
for doing that courtesy to Yousador Gayes bias salary increment early
this year which saw her cronies received 110% increase.
In a conversation with a Deputy Minister at the Ministry of Finance during
our recent audit of that Ministry, I was asked whether Yousador was up to
the task for the sort of economic reforms and fiscal discipline that Liberia
so fervently desire. My simple answer to him then, which I will state now,
is that she is too unsophisticated for the job. Weak is an understatement or
no better choice of description for this Auditor General who is a personal
friend to all heads of public institutions.
The gaffes on the part of the first female Auditor General of Liberia makes
her seem like a gun for hire from imperialists the Robert Kilby replay. A
successful end cannot be promised. Perhaps not now!
The Role of the Media and Civil Society to GAC
Some of us may have rented our mouths under this circumstance, but our
pens cannot permit us to sit supine and watch GAC fall into another gutter.
We have account to give to posterity, not just as employees of the GAC
but also as tax paying Liberians. And because my taxes pay the likes of
Yousador, Nanka and Kiazolu of this world, I am obliged to document their
leisurely and noiseless misdemeanors.
That all these events are happening at the GAC under the noses of
the Liberian media and civil society, yet they are so silent, shows the
paradoxical relationship between the spectacles they viewed Kilby
before and the ones they are using to view Yousador now. This raises
more questions than answers. Perhaps I should definitely lookup GAC
communication budget for 2013/2014 2014/2015 and match them
against its expenditure reports submitted to the Ministry of Finance.
As watchdogs of the society the media and civil society have crucial roles
to play in the affairs of the GAC. This is a challenge for them to make a
difference. Publish this article and start asking questions at the GAC. The
sort of answers you will obtain will interest you. I will be waiting to see!
My Final Comments
As I indicated earlier, this is a caution to Madam Gaye. Some of us believe
in the doctrine of redemption. If the Auditor General takes keen note of
the assertions made here, begin to consider and take actions to correct
them, she may end up well and Robert Kilby story will be his own. I am old
enough to know how Liberia politics works. Today you can be the darling
of the President and tomorrow you are her serious enemy. Robert Kilby
understands this too well. His lesson was taught at the GAC.
I am therefore recommending that the Auditor General subordinates her
pride and begin to respect the experiences and qualifications of auditors
she met at the GAC. We are there to help her. She must as well begin to
understand that Foday Kiazolus inferiority complex is his own making. It
has nothing to do with the auditors, as such; it should not adversely affect
us. Madam Gaye should advise him to therefore begin threating us with
courtesy, not bully. And the Auditor General should beware that Winsley
Nanka is an angry man who is bitter from serving as Deputy Auditor
General forever. His laisse fare attitude towards the auditors and their
welfare is well calculated.
Finally, that the office of the auditor General is a serious place and people
working there should act accordingly. Hence, Joseph King must stop
whispering gossips about auditors. Or you should let him talk but NEVER
act on it.
A hint to the wise is sufficient!
Thank you.
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LIBERIA'S PUBLIC OFFICIALS SALARY
CUT: WHO WILL THE FEEL PINCH
DAVID MURRAY TOP COMMENTER BARUCH COLLEGE &

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY(MBA)
Any discussion of these unconscienciously(sp?)
outrageous salary and perks should commence with the publicly
availed corresponding salary and perks of HER EXCELLENCY
ELLEN JOHNSON-SIRLEAF, her personal staff and the office of
the Ministry Of Presidential Affairs-POST HASTE!
For heavens sake why is the President, by example, not the first
to also bear the burden of her own belated austerity initiatives?
Why are her salary, perks and associated benefits not available
for public scrutiny? Has the GAC audited HER EXCELLENCY? If
not-WHY NOT,I ask?
Specifically, yet again, I ask the HONORABLE LEGISLATURE,
GAC, etc to demand a line item forensic accounting of her
reported US$30million arbitrary travel budget! To whom
belong the millions of accrued FREQUENT FLIER MILES?....the
President personally or the LIBERIAN PEOPLE?!
SHARPE MALEKEBU TOP COMMENTER WORKS AT SELFEMPLOYED
It took ten years to realize that your employees are overpaid,
underutilized, and underperformed. Wow!
ARTHUR VAYE PROFESSOR AT UNIVERSITY OF LIBERIA
At times I wonder if Liberian Journalists can research their
story or they write because there is computer before them. How
can Atty Kofi Woods lied to you. When he served as Minister
of Labor and Public Works, he took Board Fees as Statutory
Board members. The records are there. I was part of several
different audit teams that came across Kofi Woods name. Please
check LEC Board Fee payment records, NOCAL, National Social
Security and Welfare Corporation Board Fee payment and list
goes on. The writer of this story can come to request these
entities under the Freedom of Information Act and you will get
it free. Stop being lazy and stop misleading your readers!!!!!
MORRIS KIAZOLU TOP COMMENTER
This a blatant lie prove it
ELIJAH BARNARD TOP COMMENTER UNIVERSITY OF
LIBERIA
Mr. Vaye, What's the difference between a statutory board
member and a board member? Are there differences in board
fees and benefits for these two members?
MOSES HARRIS TOP COMMENTER WORKS AT RETIRED
Pay cut my foot, she will replace the so called cuts with board
fees; she will appoint her friends to various boards in order to
compensate them for the "cut in pay." Another thing I noticed
about this government is that it keeps appointing individuals
to positions that may/may not be enacted by the Legislature,
for example, Asst. Superintendent for this and that; I wander
whether the Senate is checking as to whether these positions
are included in the Acts creating these entities or are they just
blindly confirming those appointed by Madam President?
ARTHUR VAYE PROFESSOR AT UNIVERSITY OF LIBERIA
At times I wonder if Liberian Journalists can research their
story or they write because there is computer before them. How
can Atty Kofi Woods lied to you. When he served as Minister
of Labor and Public Works, he took Board Fees as Statutory
Board members. The records are there. I was part of several
different audit teams that came across Kofi Woods name. Please
check LEC Board Fee payment records, NOCAL, National Social
Security and Welfare Corporation Board Fee payment and list
goes on. The writer of this story can come to request these
entities under the Freedom of Information Act and you will get
it free. Stop being lazy and stop misleading your readers!!!!!
JESSE FAHNGON TOP COMMENTER METROPOLITAN
STATE UNIVERSITY
And our GOVERNMENT calls this austerity measures (after
2006-2015)? Belated! This is hypothesis; there r overwhelming
loopholes to get them back to the former.
MORRIS KIAZOLU TOP COMMENTER
Complete nonsense this government is sick
Massa Washington Top Commenter Clinical Supervisor/
Therapist at Wes
Is this not double standard at most, to have past Ministers in
Ellen government now making noise about salary disparity
when many of them were with the government for up to ten
years, collected their share of the bonanza salary and benefits
and made their millions. Did these people not know then that
their huge salaries and benefits was unfair to the rest of Liberia
people? They sat there, supported Ellen rogue government,
got their share of the loot and now want to preach equality
and human rights. We are not fooled though, it is this type of
hypocrisy that is killing Liberia.
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TAKEN ABACK BY US EMBASSY

HANDLING OF LIBERIAN
The Editor,
he Campaigners for Change is seriously taken aback

with the manner and form Liberian citizens are badly
treated by the United States Embassy in Monrovia
when they go for visa interview. For the past 5 years
now, Liberians have been made to stand outside of the Embassy
under the rain and sun while waiting to be called for interview
to travel to America for different purposes.
This act on the part of the US Embassy in Liberia to keep
hundreds of our descent citizens outside the rain and sun
without constructing a terminal within the embassy so as to
allow Liberian citizens and foreign nationals to have a descent
waiting place when the US Embassy is amassing thousands of
dollars is unacceptable.
While we appreciate the American Government for some of
its good works in Liberia over the years, but the Campaigners
for Change is highly disappointed in the authorities at the US
Embassy in Monrovia for the manner and form they continue
to humiliate our citizens by allowing them stay outside the
rain and sun for hours without taking into consideration the
dignity and values Liberian citizens possess. This policy must
be changed in other to protect the dignity of Liberian citizens.
Few weeks ago, I met a young lady standing in front of the US
Embassy under a heavy down pour of rain with her 4 year old
son awaiting her visa interview time which brought tears from
my eyes. What they do to Liberians here has never been done
to them in other parts of the world where Liberia has their
embassies and as such they should be conscious enough to treat
our citizens with dignity.
Let it be made clear today that America is not Heaven for
Liberians but a place for interaction and the conduction of
activities where life can go on like in any part of the world.
We think in a country like Liberia, where most Liberians live
on less than a dollar a day, it was very much unrealistic for the
American Government to have even raised their visa fees from
$ 130.00US to $ 160.00US for a Visitors Visa. What is more
frustrating is that the US Embassy has not demonstrated some
level of sincerity when it comes to giving genuine reasons for
the denial of visa which thousands of Liberians have fallen
victim to.
The Campaigners for Change has uncovered that most of the
reasons given by the US Embassy in Liberia for the denial of
visa of many of our Liberian brothers and sisters are not
germane but are mostly characterized by inconsistencies as
discretionary measures are most often used in the process by
the Counselor Session rather than looking at the legal basis for
which an applicant should be interviewed or examined.
We have also gotten a sample of a denial document which
the US Embassy normally prepares ahead of time/prior to an
applicants interview which is given to Liberians as reasons for
their denial. In most cases, the information in that document
does not in any way relate to the case (s) of those who are
denied visa to travel to America given the multiplicities of
opportunities and issues each applicant is going to attend in
the USA.
These unclear reasons, coupled with the use of discretionary
measures by the Counselor Session Department at the US
Embassy has not only frustrated thousands of Liberians, but
has caused hundreds of Liberians to miss major opportunities
for school, conferences, trainings and to seek medical attention
in other to stay healthy in life. Using individual discretions by
the Visa Counselor Session to determine the fate of an applicant

rather than looking at the germane reasons indicated on the
visa application form by the applicant speaks volumes of an
act of discrimination and insincerity in the issuance of visa to
Liberians. We are aware that the denial of visas to hundreds
of Liberian citizens is the result of the mammoth number of
persons that troop into the US Embassy for visas on a daily
basis to travel to America and as such these unclear reasons
and the use of discretionary measure to determine the fate
of an applicant must be reviewed with substantive legal
understanding and clarity. We also called on the US Embassy
in Monrovia to be very specific in writing each applicant and
explain to them the cause of their visa denial rather than giving
every applicant the same prepared document as reasons for
their visa denial as is now been done.
Our investigation has also revealed that a minimum of 200
Liberians troop at the US Embassy on a daily basis for visa and
if one was to calculate 200 persons x $160.00US (minimum
visa fee per person), the total will be $32,000US per day which
the US Embassy in Monrovia generates on a daily basis as
revenue for the American Government. To go further, if one
was to also multiply $32,000US (daily revenue) x 20 working
days in the month, you will realized the sum of $ 640,000US
which is generated as revenue by the US Embassy in Monrovia
on a monthly basis from a country where 80% of its citizens
survives on less than a dollar a day. Interestingly, if you were
to multiply the $ 640,000US (monthly revenue) which we
believed is generated by the Embassy and multiply it by 12
months, you will realized the sum of 7,680,000US as the annual
revenue generated by the US Embassy in Liberia. This amount
is too much and as such, a descent waiting place should have
been built in the US Embassy long time to allow our citizens
have a quiet time while waiting to be called for interview. More
besides, allowing Liberians citizens to stand under the rain and
sun waiting to be called for interview also exposes the privacies
of our citizens who, for some reason, do not want anybody to
see them going for visa interview at the US Embassy.
We think Liberians deserve better treatment than what they
are receiving now when they go for visa at the US Embassy
and as such, we call on the American Ambassador accredited
to Liberia, Amb. Deborah Malac to unconditionally put a swift
measure into place between now and August 2015 to construct
a descent terminal within the US Embassy compound for
Liberians as a waiting place while before their visa interview
time. It is obvious that some Liberians will go at the US
Embassy as early as 7:00am to wait for 8:00am interview time
and we do not expect them to be outside the rain during this
time. Moreover, we demand the US Embassy in Liberia to now
begin to evaluate its policy against Liberians when it comes to
giving reason (s) for denying them visa.
If this issue is not handled properly by the US Embassy to
prevent our Liberians brothers and sisters from been beaten by
rain and sun on a daily basis as we are now in rainy season, we
will peacefully assemble with placards inform of the US Embassy
until such ill treatment against them can stop. However, we are
with the conviction that the US Embassy will act swiftly because
they, too, believe in the dignity of human beings.
Vandalark R. Patricks
National Director
Campaigners for Change
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FROM UNDERDEVELOPED TO DEVELOPED
PREVENTING STROKE - A
MEDICAL FIRST FOR LIBERIA
O
Monrovia-
n a rainy Tuesday
morning students
gathered
in
a
small office space
in
downtown
Monrovia,
before them is a big task.
These students are poised
to be Liberias first group
of registered occupational,
physical and speech therapist.
PhD. Candidate and certified
physical therapist Catherine
Kamara is leading them. SALT
Rehabilitation Clinic is set to
open in Zubah Town, Du Road
in Paynesville this January.
There is a six month training,
with clinical and class
orientation. There will be free
training for this year, said
Mrs. Kamara. The training is
underway. In front of a class of
16, with five students absent,
Kamara began her lesson.
This is not to be taken
regularly, as it is a blood
thinner said Kamara, holding
up a bottle of baby aspirin.
But only for the symptoms
of a stroke. Kamara uses
visual aids and a manual she
put together herself to train
the students. The training will
focus on, preventative health
to avoid strokes that bring
about most of the debilitating
conditions the students are
trained to deal with.
Some of these preventative
We are not trying to take away the Liberian diet, which tends to be heavy on palm oil
and salt. But add more vegetables; pull out all the oils and mayonnaise. This will help you
prevent stroke. - Catherine Kamara, PhD. Candidate and certified physical therapist who is
leading a rehabilitation Clinic set to open in Zubah Town, Paynesville in January 2016.
Monica Melton, monica.melton@frontpageafricaonline.com
steps include having a

vegetable garden at the site with
over 100 varieties of vegetable.
They seek to educate their
patients and the community
about the importance of diet
and nutrition.
We are not trying to take away
the Liberian diet, which tends
to be heavy on palm oil and
salt. But add more vegetables,
pull out all the oils and
mayonnaise, said Kamara.
This will help you prevent
stroke.
Kamara explained that when
someone has a stroke in Liberia
they are stabilized by doctors
and nurses, once they are well
enough to return home, the

victims families dont know
how to care for them. Many
families will say their loved
one refuses to eat.
They will put a big bowl
of cassava or rice in front of
Grandpa and say, papi wont
eat, said Kamara. What they
dont know is that Grandpa
cant swallow. Kamara said
having useful knowledge of
things such as modifying the
food, by pureeing it, so stroke
victims can get it down would
save lives.
Grandpa comes to us and
instead of picking him up we
will train grandpas muscles,
Consultancy Announcement -International

Consultancy:
Location:

Scholarship Consultant
Department of Energy (DOE)
Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy (MLME)
Duration:
Duty Station:
Reporting To:
Three (3) Months

Ministrys Head Office in Monrovia
Head of Department
BACKGROUND
The Program for Institutional Strengthening and Capacity Building of the Energy and Water Resources Sectors in Liberia funded by
the Norwegian Government for 5 years (2010-2015) aims at contributing to the economic and social development of Liberia. Within
the framework of the Program and specifically under its Cooperation Area 2 (Capacity Building) support is provided for recruiting a
Scholarship Consultant to the Department of Energy at MLME. The Program is now therefore soliciting the application of qualified and
suitable persons to fill this international consultancy.
OBJECTIVE OF CONSULTANCY
Develop guiding policy, procedures and instructions for Institutions, applicants and awardees of the Department of Energy Scholarship
Program. Prepared Scholarship scheme should reference best international experience/practices and should be carefully tailor- made in all
aspects for Liberia.
MAIN DELIVERABLES
The main deliverables of the consultant include, but are not necessarily limited to:
1. Use both international and national models to develop MLME Scholarship Policy and Procedures
2. Develop procedures for application, eligibility and selection
3. Develop a framework for acceptance of the scholarship and its conditions
4. Must detail what constitute scholarship fees and other entitlements such as allowance, living expenses, health
coverage, visa cost, field trip, etc.
5. Must detail scholarship conditions and terms of enrolment including withdrawals, extensions, suspensions, transfer,
upgrade, terminations, etc.
6. Must details finalization of studies and repatriation to home country.
7. Submit draft copy of work or brief scholarship committee every two weeks until final copy is submitted.
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCES REQUIRED
At least 5 years of experience in Higher Education.
Proven experience and in-depth knowledge of Scholarship Scheme development
Proven working experience or advising higher education/ government authority on various developmental processes or working with
offices/ agencies with international cooperation in higher education or research
Bachelor Degree required but Master Degree will be an advantage
HOW TO APPLY
Each interested applicant should submit a letter of application along with a copy of her or his CV, including a contact telephone number and
names of at least 2 persons as references. In the upper left corner of the envelope containing the application should be written: Applicant
Scholarship Consultant, DOE/MLME
MLME is an equal-opportunity employer; women are strongly encouraged to apply
All applications should be addressed to:
The Deputy Minister for Administration
Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy (MLME)
Monrovia, Liberia
Applications should also be send by email to zgwsharpe@gmail.com and tly@nve.no
Deadline for application is
Friday-31st July, 2015 at 17hrs
Only short-listed applicants will be contacted.
MLME reserves the right to reject any and all applicants
located in Georgia State, where

Kamara resides, has donated the
medical equipment to be used
at the clinic. Of the 34 people
who took the prerequisite
exam to be in Kamaras class,
28 passed with a minimum
grade of 75%. There are 21
confirmed students to start the
next phase of training.
In order to take the class
each student must be WAEC
(West African Exam Council)
certified. Its like the SATs
in
America,
explained
Kamara. Once the students
have completed training they
are eligible to work under
a licensed therapist with an
accredited American degree.
Mariama Koroma, a 26 yearold student in the class, is
specializing in speech therapy.
She said this clinic is important
for Liberia because, people
had been dying from such
a thing [complications of
stroke] but now we have an

organization as this.
Another student, 32 year-old
Olivia Gaufer, who intends to
be an occupational therapist,
said their training and having
their clinic in the community
will, teach a mindset that they
can recover from stroke.
Kamaras clinic will have
educational pamphlets with
pictorial aids to inform the
community of what to look for,
for signs of a stroke.
This is a new profession in
Liberia, said Kamara. She
asked her students, What are
we doing in Liberia? They
answered enthusiastically and
in unison,
We are taking Liberia from
underdeveloped to developed!
Monica Melton is a graduate
student
from
the
City
University of New York CUNY
Graduate School of Journalism
interning at FrontPageAfrica.
said Kamara. That is where

we come in. We train so
Grandpa so he has functional
mobility.
It is not just the elderly or
typical stroke victims who
will benefit from SALT
Rehabilitation Clinic, but the
young too.
Remember the children in
Liberia who used to slide on
their butt because they cant
walk, Kamara asked the class.
We have changed that. We
have devices that will stand
them up so they can weight
bare.
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Liberia Airport Authority
INVITATION TO BID
INVITATION TO BID
The Liberia Airport Authority applies portion of its approved Internal Revenue Budget, Fiscal Year 2015/2016 to FUMIGATION at RIA.
As prescribed by the new SBA (SMAL BUSINESS ACT) through PPCC, this invite is limited to ONLY LIBERIAN OWNED BUSINESSES.
REQUIREMENTS:
1. Liberian Owned Business
2. Current Business Registration
3. Current Tax Clarence
4. Must be in the process of completing registration with PPCC.
Schedule of Requirements
Objective:
The RIA is the only standard Airport in Liberia, thus on a daily basis traveler enter and leave the country through this facility. To this end, keeping the Airport
clean everyday is a top priority of the Management of the Airport.
Scope of Work
The Contractor shall be responsible to collect and dispose all garbage within the Airport and its Managers Quarter for the Fiscal Year 2015/2016.
A. Manpower Requirement
1. Manpower
a. The Contractor shall provide appropriate number of workers, as follows:
SPECCIFICATIONS AND QUANTITIES:
Work Description No. of Workers
Schedule Equipment/Tools/Accessories
Spraying/disinfecting of , the Airports Airside
5
Once every month
Flash proof circulation tans

(Weekends Preferably)
Respirators and respirators canisters

Fumigation detection apparatus
Spraying/disinfecting of , the Airports Landside
5
Once every month



Spraying/disinfecting of , the Airports

5
Once every month
Managers Quarter and Clipper camp


b. The Contractor shall ensure that each worker assigned to render work shall be proper uniform (Plastic Suit and Boot)
c. The Contractor shall ensure that each worker is equipped with appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), as described below, when working:
1. Dusk Mask
2. Glove
d. Obligation and Responsibilities
1. Contractor
a. Undertake the service required on time;
b. Obey port rules and regulations;
c. Dispose collected garbage at Government of Liberia recognized disposal facility
d. Perform other attendant works that Authority may require
BID SUBMISSION:
Procurement Unit
Liberia Airport Authority/RIA
Robertsfield Liberia
CONTACT PERRSON:
EGON MARK KUIAK
Head of Procurement
Liberia Airport Authority /RIA
Cell: 0770555069
Email: egon.kuiah@robairport.com
Deadline for submission is August 11, 2015 at 1PM. NO LATE SUBMISSION WILL BE ACCEPTED! Interested bidders may obtain bidding documents
from the Procurement Unit of the Liberia Airport Authority at RIA beginning Thursday July 16, 2015 from 8am to 4pm for a fee of USD75.00
Bid opening will be held at the conference room of the Liberia Airport Authority /RIA in the presence of bidders or their representatives who choose to attend
on August 10, 2015 at 12:00 noon.
Liberia Women Owned businesses are encouraged to participate and will have an added advantage!
Signed: EGON MARK KUIAH
Head of Procurement
Liberia Airport Authority/Roberts International Airport

INVITATION TO BID
The Liberia Airport Authority applies portion of its approved Internal Revenue Budget, Fiscal Year 2015/2016 to GARBAGE COLLECTIONS at RIA.
As prescribed by the new SBA (SMAAL BUSINESS ACT) through PPCC, this invite is limited to ONLY LIBERIAN OWNED BUSINESSES.
REQUIREMENTS:
The RIA is the only standard Airport in Liberia, thus on a daily basis traveler enter and leave the country through this facility. To this end, keeping the Airport free of pests and insects
everyday is a top priority of the Management of the Airport
B. SCOPE OF WORK
The Contractor shall be responsible to collect and dispose all garbage within the Airport and its Managers Quarter for the Fiscal Year 2015/2016.
C. Area of Coverage
The contract shall provide and implement services comprised of activities enumerated under t5ghe Delivery Schedule Section of the Bidding Document, as follows:
a. RIAs Airside
b. RIAs Landside
c. RIAs Managers Quarter
d. Clipper Camp
D. Manpower Requirement
1. Manpower
a. The Contractor shall provide appropriate number of workers, as follows:
SPECIFICATIONS AND QUANTITIES:
Work Description
Cleaning/clearing, collection
and disposal of garbage/waste
RIAs Airside
No. of
Workers
Schedule
Equipment/Tools/Accessories
Three (3) times a week, excluding

holidays and weekends
A. Coco brooms or
equivalent
B. Shovel/Spade
C. Dirt Bags
RIAs Landside

RIAs Managers Quarter and
Clipper Camp

D. Coco brooms or
equivalent
E. Shovel/Spade
F. Dirt Bags
G. Coco brooms or
equivalent
H. Shovel/Spade
I. Dirt Bags
b. The Contractor shall ensure that each worker assigned to render work shall be proper fumigator attire (Plastic Suit and Boot)
c. The Contractor shall ensure that each fumigator is equipped with appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), as described below, when working:
1. Nose Mask
2. Glove
d. Obligation and Responsibilities
1. Contractor
a. Undertake the service required on time;
b. Obey port rules and regulations;
c. Perform other attendant works that Authority may require
BID SUBMISSION:
Procurement Unit
CONTACT PERRSON:
EGON MARK KUIAH
Head of Procurement
Cell: 0770555069
Deadline for submission is August 11, 2015 at 1PM. NO LATE SUBMISSION WILL BE ACCEPTED! Interested bidders may obtain bidding documents from the Procurement Unit of the
Liberia Airport Authority at RIA beginning Thursday July 16, 2015 from 8am to 4pm for a fee of USD75.00
Bid opening will be held at the conference room of the Liberia Airport Authority /RIA in the presence of bidders or their representatives who choose to attend on August 10, 2015 at 12:00
noon.
Head of Procurement
REQUIREMENTS:
Item No.
Description of Items
Minimum Specification
1.
Collar T- Shirt With RIA Embroiled Logo
2.
Uniform Shirt Short Sleeve
Slate Gray
3.
Uniform Shirt Long Sleeve
Slate Gray
4.
Officers Shirt
White
5.
Officers Shoulder Cord
Yellow
6. Uniform Trouser Navy Blue
7.
Security Boot
G-1 Boot, Black
8.
Officers Shoes
High Gross Ox-ford
9.
Security Face Cap
Cotton, Adjustable and Black
10
Belt Brown
11.
Officers Belt
Black
12.
Officer Security Badge
Gold Color Pair
13.
Security Badge
Silver Color Pair
14.
Shoulder Cord
SG-1 & 11 Blue
15.
Whistle with Chain
Gold Color
16.
Whistle with Chain
Silver Color
17.
Liberia Flag
Cotton Clothe
18.
RIA LOGO
Blue & White
19.
Hand Cuff
Silver Color
20.
Baton Expandable Black
Item No.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
Description of Items
Collar T- Shirt With RIA Embroided Logo
Uniform Shirt Short Sleeve
Uniform Shirt Long Sleeve
Officers Shirt
Officers Shoulder Cord
Uniform Trouser
Security Boot
Officers Shoes
Security Face Cap
Belt
Officers Belt
Officer Security Badge
Security Badge
Shoulder Cord
Whistle with Chain
Whistle with Chain
Liberia Flag
RIA LOGO
Hand Cuff
Expandable Baton
Quantity
150
150
150
15
15
300
150
15
150
150
15
15 pairs
135 pairs
20
15
135
315
315
150
150
Delivery Date
30 days after signing of contract
BID SUBMISSION:
Procurement Unit
CONTACT PERRSON:
EGON MARK KUIAH
Head of Procurement
Cell: 0770555069
Deadline for submission is August 11, 2015 at 1PM. NO LATE SUBMISSION WILL BE ACCEPTED! Interested bidders may obtain bidding documents
from the Procurement Unit of the Liberia Airport Authority at RIA beginning Thursday July 16, 2015 from 8am to 4pm for a fee of USD75.00
Bid opening will be held at the conference room of the Liberia Airport Authority /RIA in the presence of bidders or their representatives who choose to attend
on August 10, 2015 at 12:00 noon.
Head of Procurement
Schedule of Requirements
Garbage/Refuge Collection Services Scope of Work
A. Objective
The Liberia Airport Authority applies portion of its approved Internal Revenue Budget, Fiscal Year 2015/2016 to the acquisition of SECURITY UNIFORMS
for RIA.
As prescribed by the new SBA (SMAAL BUSINESS ACT) through PPCC, this invite is limited to ONLY LIBERIAN OWNED BUSINESSES.

INVITATION TO BID
The Liberia Airport Authority applies portion of its approved Internal Revenue Budget, Fiscal Year 2015/2016 to
Employees Parboiled Rice of RIA.
As prescribed by the new SBA (SMAAL BUSINESS ACT) through PPCC, this invite is limited to ONLY LIBERIAN
OWNED BUSINESSES.
REQUIREMENTS:
Items No. Description Size
Quantity Delivery Time
1.
Parboiled Rice
25 kg
910
Monthly after signing of contract
BID SUBMISSION:
Procurement Unit
CONTACT PERRSON:
EGON MARK KUIAK
Head of Procurement
Cell: 0770555069
Deadline for submission is August 11, 2015 at 1PM. NO LATE SUBMISSION WILL BE ACCEPTED! Interested
bidders may obtain bidding documents from the Procurement Unit of the Liberia Airport Authority at RIA beginning
Thursday July 16, 2015 from 8am to 4pm for a fee of USD75.00
Bid opening will be held at the conference room of the Liberia Airport Authority /RIA in the presence of bidders or
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WORLD NEWS
18-DAY NEGOTIATION YIELDS

LANDMARK IRAN NUCLEAR ACCORD

CITY REACHES $5.9 MILLION

SETTLEMENT IN CHOKEHOLD DEATH CASE
NEW YORK (AP)

he family of a black man who died after being placed
in a white police officer's chokehold reached a $5.9
million settlement with the city on Monday, days before
the anniversary of his death.
Eric Garner's family in October filed a notice of claim, the first
step in filing a lawsuit against the city, asking for $75 million.
Garner, who was 43, was stopped last July 17 outside a Staten
Island convenience store because police officers believed he was
selling loose, untaxed cigarettes. A video shot by an onlooker
shows Garner telling the officers to leave him alone and refusing
to be handcuffed.
Officer Daniel Pantaleo placed his arm around Garner's neck
to take him down. Garner, who had asthma, is heard gasping "I
can't breathe!" 11 times before losing consciousness. He was
pronounced dead later at a hospital.
NIGERIA'S PRESIDENT SACKS

ALL FOUR DEFENCE CHIEFS
ABUJA (Reuters) igeria's President Muhammadu Buhari sacked his

army, navy, air force and defence chiefs on Monday,
a widely anticipated move as the former general has
made crushing Islamist militant group Boko Haram
his top priority.
Replacements would be announced later on Monday, the
presidency spokesman told Reuters.
Since his inauguration in May, Buhari has moved Nigeria's
defence command centre to Maiduguri, the birthplace of the
jihadi sect, and is setting up the headquarters for a multinational joint taskforce in Chad's capital N'Djamena.
In June, Amnesty International accused Nigeria's military of
systemic human rights abuses and the deaths of 8,000 prisoners
and called for an investigation into many top military officials
including the army and air force chiefs.
WHAT HAPPENED TO BENGHAZI?

FOCUS IS ON CLINTON
WASHINGTON (AP)
special House committee on the 2012 Benghazi
attacks has devolved from an investigation into the
deaths of four Americans in Libya into a political
fight over Hillary Rodham Clinton's emails and
private computer servers a battle that is likely to stretch into
the 2016 presidential election year.
Republicans say Clinton has only herself and the department she
once ran to blame for the shift in focus amid her campaign for
the Democratic presidential nomination. Clinton, who served
as secretary of state in 2012 when militants attacked the U.S.
mission in Benghazi, chose to use a private email server, rather
than a government server and later deleted thousands of
emails she said were not related to her work.
VIENNA (AP)
fter long, fractious negotiations,
world powers and Iran struck
a historic deal Tuesday to
curb Iran's nuclear program
in exchange for billions of dollars in
relief from international sanctions an
agreement aimed at averting the threat
of a nuclear-armed Iran and another U.S.
military intervention in the Middle East.
The accord marks a dramatic break from
decades of animosity between the United
States and Iran, countries that alternatively
call each other the "leading state sponsor
of terrorism" and the "the Great Satan."
"This deal offers an opportunity to move in
a new direction," President Barack Obama
said in early morning remarks from the
White House that were carried live on
Iranian state television. "We should seize
it."
In Tehran, Iranian President Hassan
Rouhani said "a new chapter" has begun
in his nation's relations with the world. He
maintained that Iran had never sought to
build a bomb, an assertion the U.S. and its
partners have long disputed.
Beyond the hopeful proclamations from
the U.S., Iran and other parties to the talks,
there is deep skepticism of the deal among
U.S. lawmakers and Iranian hardliners.
Obama's most pressing task will be
holding off efforts by Congress to levy new
sanctions on Iran or block his ability to
suspend existing ones.
Sunni Arab rivals of Shiite Iran have also
expressed concern over the deal. And
Israel, which sees Iran as an existential
threat, strongly opposes leaving the Islamic
republic with nuclear infrastructure in
place.
Israeli
Prime
Minister
Benjamin
Netanyahu, who has furiously lobbied
against a deal, called the agreement a "bad

mistake of historic proportions."
The nearly 100-page accord announced
Tuesday aims to keep Iran from producing
enough material for an atomic weapon
for at least 10 years and impose new
provisions for inspections of Iranian
facilities, including military sites.
The deal was finalized after more than
two weeks of furious diplomacy in Vienna.
Negotiators blew through three selfimposed deadlines, with top American
and Iranian diplomats both threatening at
points to walk away from the talks.
Secretary of State John Kerry, who did
most of the bargaining with Iranian
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif,
said persistence paid off. "Believe me, had
we been willing to settle for a lesser deal
we would have finished this negation a
long time ago," he told reporters.
The economic benefits for Iran are
potentially massive. It stands to receive
more than $100 billion in assets frozen
overseas, and an end to a European oil
embargo and various financial restrictions
on Iranian banks.
The breakthrough came after several key
compromises.
Iran agreed to the continuation of a U.N.
arms embargo on the country for up to five
more years, though it could end earlier if
the International Atomic Energy Agency
definitively clears Iran of any current work
on nuclear weapons. A similar condition
was put on U.N. restrictions on the transfer
of ballistic missile technology to Tehran,
which could last for up to eight more years,
according to diplomats.
Washington had sought to maintain the
ban on Iran importing and exporting
weapons, concerned that an Islamic
Republic flush with cash from sanctions
relief would expand its military assistance

for Syrian President Bashar Assad's
government, Yemen's Houthi rebels, the
Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and
other forces opposing America's Mideast
allies such as Saudi Arabia and Israel.
Iranian leaders, backed by Russia and
China, insisted the embargo had to end as
their forces combat regional scourges such
as the Islamic State.
Another significant agreement will allow
U.N. inspectors to press for visits to Iranian
military sites as part of their monitoring
duties, something the country's supreme
leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, had
long vowed to oppose. However, access
isn't guaranteed and could be delayed, a
condition that critics of the deal are sure
to seize on.
Under the accord, Tehran would have the
right to challenge U.N requests, and an
arbitration board composed of Iran and
the six world powers would then decide on
the issue. The IAEA also wants the access
to complete its long-stymied investigation
of past weapons work by Iran, and the U.S.
says Iranian cooperation is needed for all
economic sanctions to be lifted.
IAEA chief Yukiya Amano said Tuesday his
agency and Iran had signed a "roadmap"
to resolve outstanding concerns, hopefully
by mid-December.
The deal didn't come together easily, as
tempers flared and voices were raised
during debates over several of the
most contentious matters. The mood
soured particularly last week after Iran
dug in its heels on several points and
Kerry threatened to abandon the effort,
according to diplomats involved in the
talks. They weren't authorized to speak
publicly on the private diplomacy and
demanded anonymity.
DEATH TO AMERICA, DEAL WITH

AMERICA: IRAN'S KHAMENEI
Tehran (AFP) yatollah

Ali
Khamenei's distrust
of the United States
loomed over nuclear
talks for years but Iran's
supreme leader ultimately did
a deal because it served the
nation's interests.
Faced
with
conflicting
pressures over a US-led
agreement -- needed to end

crippling Western sanctions
but deeply at odds with
Iran's revolutionary rhetoric
-- he kept everyone guessing
whether diplomacy would ever
yield results.
Hardliners in Tehran, brought
up on chants of "Death to
America", have repeatedly
voiced opposition to the quest
for a deal with a power derided

as the "great Satan" ever since
the Islamic revolution of 1979.
But to the millions of Iranians
born since the overthrow
of the US-backed shah, the
international isolation and fear
of war borne of the 13-year
nuclear standoff have stalked
their lives.
Khamenei
heard
both
audiences but the overriding
factor that led him to the
deal announced in Vienna
on Tuesday, was the need to
end the sanctions that have
pulverised Iran's economy,
analysts say.
"It is not a case of the leader
trusting the United States
or the other countries in the
negotiations, but he wanted
to solve this problem," said
Amir Mohebbian, a political
strategist close to Iran's
leadership.
"This nuclear deal makes the
management of Iran easier for
future leaders. He has shown
that he leads rationally and

pragmatically and the deal may
also manage to change the face
of the country."
In
numerous
speeches
Khamenei
appeared
ambiguous about the nuclear
talks, consistently talking
down chances of a deal but at
the same time praising Iran's
negotiators as trustworthy and
brave.
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Whether as a negotiating
tactic or as an effort to assuage
hardliners, he maintained the
balancing act.
- Pragmatism trumps rhetoric But pragmatism is what Iranian
officials say guides Khamenei,
supreme leader since 1989
and soon to turn 76.
In that regard, he is following
in the footsteps of his
predecessor,
the
Islamic
republic's
late
founder
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini,
who in 1988 reluctantly ended
an eight-year war with now
executed dictator Saddam
Hussein's Iraq.
Khomeini
described
the
acceptance of a UN ceasefire as
"worse than drinking poison",
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Sports
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SPORTS
DI MARIA'S AGENT
HOLDS PSG TALKS
FROM RED TO BLUE

Official: Manchester City sign Sterling for 49m; After two previous bids were rejected, the winger finally
leaves Liverpool for the Etihad Stadium to become the most expensive English footballer of all time
anchester City have confirmed the signing

of Raheem Sterling from Liverpool for a
deal worth up to 49 million.
The news brings to an end a long-running
and highly public transfer saga, with the England
international even threatening to go on strike before
twice calling in sick to training in a bid to force a move
away from the club, having told Brendan Rodgers of
his desire to leave.
Sterling was included in the club's pre-season tour
squad, despite informing his manager that he did not
wish to travel, but his move to City edged closer on
Sunday after he was withdrawn from selection.
City twice attempted to buy Sterling earlier this
summer, but saw both of their overtures snubbed
before a third and final offer, totalling 44m up front
plus a further 5m in add-ons, was accepted at the
weekend.
Liverpool subsequently issued a statement, wishing
Sterling well, while Manuel Pellegrini has hailed the
acquisition of the forward.
Raheem Sterling is one of the best attacking players

in world football, and I am very much looking forward
to him joining our squad out in Australia later this
week," he told the club's website.
He is a young player with outstanding ability, and I
am sure the Manchester City fans will be very excited
about seeing him in action for the team."
Sterling's agent, Aidy Ward, claimed earlier this week
that there had been a "breakdown in trust" between
Sterling and Rodgers, suggesting that his client no
longer wanted to play under the Reds manager.
However, the 20-year-old now has his move and
becomes City's record signing, eclipsing the 38.1m
deal that saw Sergio Aguero join the club in 2011, and
the most expensive English footballer of all time.
QPR are also due a windfall, with Sterling's former club
retaining 20 per cent sell-on fee thanks to a clause in
the forward's contract when he moved to Anfield for
an initial 400,000 in 2010 now totalling around 9m.
Sterling will wear the No.7 shirt at City.
iverpool eased to
a comfortable 4-0
friendly win over
Thailand All-Stars in
Bangkok on Tuesday.
Raheem Sterling was notable in
his absence, as he is reportedly
undergoing a medical at
Manchester City ahead of a
49 million move, but the Reds
faced little trouble without
him.
Brendan Rodgers fielded two
separate sides in the clash,
with the first-half XI replaced

at the interval, and goals from
Lazar Markovic, Mamadou
Sakho, Adam Lallana and
summer signing Divock Origi
sealed a resounding victory.
Adam Bogdan, Joe Gomez and
Danny Ings all made their

Liverpool bows as part of the
visitors' starting XI, while Joao
Teixeira was selected just three
months after breaking his leg
on loan at Brighton and Hove
Albion.
Liverpool were quick out of
the blocks and, having flicked
an earlier effort into the arms
of Walut Makemusik,Markovic
latched onto Teixeira's neat
through ball to round the
goalkeeper and tuck home
from a tight angle.
Ings looked hungry for a debut
goal, but was denied well by
Makemusik after receiving
a Rossiter cutback, before
Teixeira blazed over from the
rebound.
The former Burnley man had
an effort disallowed after 24
minutes thanks to a Sakho foul
in the build-up, although the
decision looked to be a harsh
one.
The hosts could be thankful
to Makemusik for keeping
them in the tie - Rossiter next
to be expertly denied by the
POGBA FOR 80M IS

ABSURD - CRUYFF
arcelona
legend
Johann
Cruyff
has
branded
the 80 million
fee reportedly rejected by
Juventus for Paul Pogba
"absurd".
The midfielder, 21, has been
one of the most highly-sought
players in the world this
summer, with Barca among a
crowd of cash-rich clubs such
as Manchester City and Paris
Saint-Germain also pursuing
him.
THAILAND ALL-STARS 0-4 LIVERPOOL: ORIGI STARS ON REDS DEBUT

Lazar Markovic, Mamadou Sakho, Adam Lallana and the Belgian
all found the net as Brendan Rodgers' men strolled to a comfortable
pre-season friendly victory in Bangkok on Tuesday
ngel Di Maria's
agent
Jorge
Mendes
has
travelled
to
France for talks with Paris
Saint-Germain, Goal can
reveal.
Mendes arrived at Charles de
Gaulle airport on Tuesday and
met with PSG officials as he
looks to finalise Di Maria's
exit from Manchester United.
Goal understands that Louis
van Gaal's side have also
dispatched a representative
to the French capital, with the
club making enquiries over
the possibility of a player
exchange deal.
keeper - but he was helpless

to stop Sakho heading home
unmarked three minutes from
the interval.
It was all change at half-time
as Rodgers opted to select
a completely different XI Nathaniel Clyne, James Milner
and Divock Origi given their
first opportunities to shine but it was one of last year's
signings, Lallana, who made
it 3-0 after getting on the end
of a delightful flick from new
captain Jordan Henderson.
The heavens had opened at
half-time, having an adverse
impact on the pace of the match,
although Origi - who spent last
season on loan at Lille - came
close with two efforts that
struck the woodwork.
Thai Premier League All Stars
themselves found the crossbar
when a free-kick that deflected
off Martin Skrtel but Origi
wrapped up the win by heading
his first goal for the club in the
86th minute.
OFFICIAL: VAN PERSIE

JOINS FENERBAHCE
enerbahce
have
completed
the
signing of Robin
van Persie from
Manchester United.
The veteran striker moves
for a fee in the region of 6
million and will join former
United team-mate Nani in
Istanbul.
Talks had hinged on a
settlement agreement between
Van Persie and United,
negotiating a pay-off for the
final year of his 12m-aseason contract, and he
now becomes Fenerbahces
highest paid player.
The transfer, though, marks a
remarkable fall from grace for
the 31-year-old, who was the
Premier Leagues top scorer
in his maiden year at Old
Trafford as his 22.5m move
from Arsenal quickly yielded
a 20th league title.
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TWO WOMEN GROUPS DEMANDING IMMEDIATE JUSTICE

FOR LIBERIAN GIRLS BROUGHT HOME FROM LEBANON
SPEEDY TRIAL
We are calling on the government of Liberia, the judiciary to take full responsibility to send those girls
to court. Let us hear their side and the side of the accused. We want to know both sides of the story. As a
women organization this is a case of interest to us. We want to know who were involved and how those
girls were taken there, Esther Seton-Cee, President of the Association of Female Lawyers of Liberia
Monroviawo
professional
women groupings
are calling on the
government
of
Liberia to speedily try the
case involving the alleged
abduction and trafficking of
young Liberian women to
Lebanon.
The Association of Female
Lawyers of Liberia (AFELL)
and the Female Journalist
Association of Liberia [FeJAL]
in
separate
interviews
with
FPA
expressed
disappointment over the
delay in prosecuting those
accused of subjecting the
girls to ill-treatment.
More than 50 young women
were trafficked over the
period of three years to
Lebanon to accordingly work
as domestic servants and
sex slaves. Before leaving
Liberia, some only girls at age
16, 17 and 18 were told that
they were going to work in
factories and supermarkets.
Upon arrival in Lebanon
different people who had
paid 3,500 United States
dollars as the price for their
independence, freedom and
the right to say no to sex came
at the airport to pick up their
new slaves.
Thus all the liberty and free
speech they knew in Liberia

became all but none existent.
For example Grace David says
she was kicked in the stomach
and dragged down fleet of
step ways from the fourth
floor of a story building until
she reached the ground. She
bled continuously for three
months thereafter and still
experiences stomach pains
and abnormal bleeding.
Since that time any time I am
menstruating my period can
be long. Being long is not the
thing that can worry me but
the pains. The pains can be
too much oh. I can be unable
to eat for the first two days.
David is just one of the
fourteen girls who may
live with the scars of being
treated as a slave in the 21st
Century where knowledge of
human rights is widespread.
As troubling as her situation
is she is lucky to be alive.
Patricia Joe lost her life to
injuries she sustained at the
hands of her slave masters
according to her friend
Muffittee Panma.
She was just 26 year-old
when she died. They raped
her too much she died from
all those things they did to
her. If we do not get justice
her soul will never rest in
peace. She is the driving force
Tecee Boley, FPA Staff
for our fight, Panma told FPA

recently in a trembling voice
almost as low as a whisper.
The Association of Female
Lawyers of Liberia [AFELL]
and the Female Journalist
are calling on the Judiciary
Branch of government to
ensure that the case goes to
court soon.
The president of the
Association
of
Female
Lawyers, Esther Seton-Cee
says much more needs to be
done to ensure that justice is
delivered as soon as possible.
Shaking her head upon
hearing that 14 of the young
women who were brought to
Liberia four months ago are
yet to have their day in court,
the women lawyer leader
expressed shock.
We are calling on the
government
of
Liberia,
the judiciary to take full

responsibility to send those
girls to court. Let us hear
their side and the side of the
accused. We want to know
both sides of the story. As a
women organization this is
a case of interest to us. We
want to know who were
involved and how those girls
were taken there, said Cllr.
Seton Cee.
While addressing the legal
side of the issue Cllr. SetonCee is also apprehensive
about the well-being and
safety of the rest of the girls
in Lebanon who are yet to be
brought home.
We are also calling on the
government to find means
to bring the rest of the girls
home. They are Liberians
and we know that they are
suffering over there. I am
personally
appealing
to
the government to make it

possible that the other girls
return to their families here
in Liberia, she added.
For Cllr. Seton-Cee, the
government should not be
the only party interested in
justice for the girls but the
families of the young women
should be concern too.
When fourteen out of 50
girls return, their families
should take the initiative
to go to court or go to the
government to find out why
their children have not gone
to court or when the rest of
the girls will return.
The women lawyer also said
If the families sit down and
supinely sit down and wait
for the government to do
everything who on the other
hand may be finding means
to bring the others home
the case will not move. Who
knows maybe the government
is waiting for all of them to
return before they can go to
court.
The parents of the girls have
not been able to see their
children since their arrival
home as the government has
been keeping the girls in a
secret location preventing
the families and the public
NO NEED FOR REVIEW

Senator Sherman Expresses Dissent Over Concessions Relook
Henry Karmo (0886522495) henrykarmo@frontpageafricaonline.com
Monroviaenator
Varney
Sherman (UP-Grand
Cape Mount County)
and chairman of the
ruling unity Party has spoken
against calls by some senators
for a review of agreements
entered
between
the
Government of Liberia and
concessionaires
operating
within the borders of Liberia.
The Grand Cape Mount
County lawmaker comments
is against the backdrop of a
communication written by
Senator Dallas Gueh (NDCRivercess County) to the
plenary of the Liberian senate
requesting the august body to
review agreements between
the government of Liberia
and all the concessionaries
operating in the country.
Senator
Gueh
in
his
communication
contends
that he is aware that most of
the concession agreements
entered in to by this
government have provisions
for review after five years and
most of the concessionaries
have been operating beyond
five years making it a duty

of the lawmakers to review,
amend and restate these
agreements in the interest of
National development.
The River Cess County
Senator among several issues
mentioned the failure of
concessionaires to add value
to their products thereby
exporting raw materials
continuously which he said
significantly does not impact
the economy of the country

as some of the reasons that
prompted his communication.
Why cant the logging
companies construct sawmills
that will add value to our
wood products and inversely
which create additional jobs.
Why cant Arcelor Mittal
establish a steel factory
and manufacture steel here
instead of shipping the raw
ores. Why Firestone, LAC and
those in the rubber industry

cant establish factories that
will manufacture rubber
products here, Senator Gueh
stated.
Cllr. Sherman in his argument
said, attempts by the senate
or Government to initiate a
review of agreements that
have been entered into by
government and investors
especially foreign investors
could
further
implicate
Liberia into further legal
processes and open a Pandora
box.
Senator
Sherman,
a
recognized lawyer in Liberia
is famous for serving as
legal counselor for several
concession companies in
Liberia some of which include
Firestone Liberia (Rubber
Producing Company) and the
Former Bong Mines Mining
Company.
Cllr. Sherman said: We are
talking about reviewing these
agreements, we dont have the
legal backing to do that, if we
start to do this we will begin
to open a Pandora box to give
investors the opportunity
to make demands under

the
given
circumstances
especially Ebola outbreak.
I also heard people saying
we should consider changing
some of these raw materials
into finished products. Iron
ore alone dont produce steel
rod, we need power, we dont
even have power in Monrovia,
we dont have the commercial
power so, I feel it is best to
allow a committee handle
this matter, the Grand Cape
Mount Senator said.
Despite Senator Sherman
opposition to the idea
of
reviewing
concession
agreements his colleague
from River Cess County said
he believes after such review
many jobs will be created if
all of those concessions start
to add value to their products
right in Liberia, which in
his words could shift the
burden of job creation to the
private sector rather than the
government.
Our people cannot continue
to languish in poverty as a
result of unemployment in
the midst of these natural
resources that continue to
benefit other economies
other than ours. With this
little population such as we
from coming in contact with

them. They are controlled
and restricted to a fenced
building that is heavily
guarded by state security.
According to the government
the action is intended to avoid
endangering the prosecution
of the accused.
The
Female
Journalist
is also stressing that the
sooner the case is tried the
better for all.
The
women
Journalists
through
the
leader
Torwon
Sulonteh-Browne
emphasized that FeJAL is
concerned that the case has
not gone to court since the
indictment of the alleged
perpetrator Abbas Debbs and
his allies.
We are also adding our voice
to many others including that
of AFELL to call for a speedy
trial. We want this case to go
to court so that those girls
can be given their dignity
back, journalist SulontehBrowne said.
However, the Ministry of
Justice
has
maintained
that they are working to
ensure that the case is tried
before a court of competent
jurisdiction.
have how can we boast of 16.5

Billion dollars foreign direct
investment and in terms of
job creation we cannot feel
its impact, Senator Gueh
expressed.
After
several
minutes
of
discussion
the
communication was voted
upon by a motion raised by
Senator Nyounblee Karngar
Lawrence (LP-Grand Bassa
County) to be sent to the
committees on Investment
and Concession, Lands, Mines
Energy and Natural resources
and Judiciary to report to
plenary on the last day of
session before the body
agriculture break.
In May this year, Ivory Coast,
which produces more than
35 percent of global cocoa
harvests opened the first
factory to produce chocolate.
With an investment of six
million euros ($6.7 million)
for a production capacity of
10,000 tonnes per year, the
new factory will produce
chocolate made in Ivory
Coast for the first time on an
industrial scale.
The arrival of a new chocolate
factory in the worlds largest
cocoa producer will also
allow Ivorian planters to
finally access the pleasure
of chocolate, said Patrick
Poirrier,
chief
executive
officer of French chocolate
company Cemoi, which owns
the plant.
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VP Boakai Holds Meeting with UP lawmakers
HIGHWAY
TRAGEDY
Six Killed, Five injured in
Monrovia-Ganta Road Accident
By Selma Lomax, selma.lomax@

frontpageafricaonline.com
Yellequelleh District, Bong County ix passengers have reportedly died with five others
injured in a multiple accident which occurred in
Kandakais town, Yellequelleh district along the
Monrovia-Ganta highway on Monday evening.
FrontPage Africa has gathered that the dead were three
males and three females.
According to eyewitnesses, the accident involved two
unlicensed commercial vehicles. The accident happened
close to a reconstruction point on the highway, and a site
where the construction company handling the MonroviaGanta road project, CICO, has its yard.
Members of the Federation of Road Transport Union
(FRTUL) Bong County Chapter and the Liberia National
Police (LNP) Bong Chapter confirmed the accident via
telephone, but declined to make any comment on the
number of casualties.
According to the FRTUL Bong branch president, George
Johnson, FRTUL officials and the police were at the accident
scene to rescue the injured and clear the crash site for free
movement of vehicles.
He said, It is true that a multiple accident involving two
vehicles happened on the Monrovia-Ganta highway. Both
the FRTUL officials and policemen are there for rescue
operation. Adding, he said: Those injured in the accident
have been taken to a hospital in the area.
The medical doctor of Phebe hospital, Dr. Jefferson Sibley,
who was at the crash site told FPA that those injured were
taken to the Phebe hospital in Suakoko and another private
clinic near the scene of the accident. Continuing, he said:
Those who were injured have been taken to Phebe hospital,
and a private clinic.
Efforts to reach the Commander of the Bong County Police
detachment, Frederick Nappy, on the incident proved
unsuccessful as did not pick his calls and also failed to reply
a text message sent through his phone.
However, the head of the Traffic Division of the Bong
County detachment of the Liberia National Police Augustine
Kanneh, whose men were also at the crash site, confirmed
the death of six people died and injuries to five other.
The text message from the local police official on the
accident read, Six people died three males and three
females while five others were injured.
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Monrovia ighly
placed
sources
within
the ruling Unity
Party (UP) have
told FrontPageAfrica that
Vice President Joseph Boakai
during the weekend held a
consultative meeting with
UP lawmakers at his Rehab
residence.
The meeting according to our
source which lasted for more
than two hours was tense
and intended to get the views
of the party lawmakers on
how the party can rebuild its
strength ahead of the pending
2017 presidential election.
One source said: I think the
Vice President is listening
because this has been our
concerns as members of
the party we cannot have a
divided or broken party than
we start to discuss the issue
of standard bearer. We have
said the most important thing
is to come together as a party
and settle our differences.
Another source hinted that
during the meeting VP Boakai
told the gathering that the
issue of standard bearer was
discussed between him and
president Sirleaf at the top
level with a request for him
to join in bringing the party
back together.
Since his pronouncement,
VP Boakai has received
criticisms as well as support
from some UP and non-UP
members about his ambition.
One UP lawmaker on record
for calling the VP to attention
is Representative Worlea
Saywah Dunah(UP-District#
7 Nimba County) who in an
interview with FPA said, the

pronouncement made by VP
Boakai was too early.
SPEAKER
TYLER
TO
LAUNCH NEW POLITICAL
PARTY
In related news sources have
also hinted FPA that Speaker
Alex Tyler will this weekend
launch his new political party
the Liberia People Democratic

Party (LPDP), just days after
the VP held meeting with the
unity party lawmakers.
News about Speaker Tyler
ambition to contest the
Presidency has been filtering
in the political corridors
of Liberia but he is yet to
confirm or deny that ambition
but if all goes as planned the
Speaker of the House will this

Friday publically announce
his candidacy.
Speaker Tyler is one of the
most senior UP member at
the level of the legislature
and the news of going solo
could suggest that he does
not support a VP Boakai
candidacy for president on
the ticket of the ruling unity
party.
It has been rumored that
speaker Tyler is one of the
brains behind the formation
of the People Unification
Party (PUP) and that, that
party would most likely
feature him as its standard
bearer but that story seems
to be changing at the eleventh
hours.
Many of his colleagues adore
him for exemplifying good
leadership over the House
of Representatives during
session and have managed
to survive many attempts
to remove him as speaker
of the House by some of his
colleagues.
The Speaker has built a bloc
with majority of lawmakers
during his leadership which
has helped to protect him
from removal.
In 2013 Speaker Tyler along
with several lawmakers made
a nationwide county tour
with the draft petroleum law
of Liberia to solicit views and
input of Liberians on the laws
but many political critics of
the legislature argued that
the tour was more or like
a political tour aimed at
soliciting favor from citizens.
US$4M TO RESCUE NEW KRU TOWN:

LAWMAKERS EYE BUDGETARY ALLOCATIONS
Monroviaollowing
public
outcries
on
the
threat
posed
by
sea erosion on the
D. Tweh High School, the
House of Representatives
Committee on Public Works
has recommended that an
emergency fund under the
caption Costal Adaption
Project in the amount of $4
Million be allocated to the
Ministry of Lands Mines and
Energy to rescue the historic
public school.
The amount according to
the Committee will enable
the Ministry of Lands, Mines
and Energy to begin a quick
intervention scheme adopting

the Breakwater Revetment
system Method to save the
D. Tweh High School and the
Borough of new Kru Town at
large.
In
its
recommendation
submitted
Tuesday,
the
committee
stated
That
emergency funds under the
caption coastal Adaption
Project in the tone of $4.0 M
be allocated to the Ministry
of Lands, Mines and Energy
to begin a quick intervention
scheme
adopting
the
Breakwater
Revetment
System Method to save the
D. Tweh High School and the
Borough of New Kru Town at
large.
The
committee
also
recommended
that
the
government begin preventive
work in the vicinity of the
John F. Kennedy Memorial
Hospital
and
that
the
Costal Adaptation Project
be included in subsequent
budgets
to
continue
combating erosion of the
country coastline.
According to the committee
chaired by Representative
Edward Forh (CDC-District
#17 Montserrado County)
among many things it
was observed during its
investigation that the erosion
has been destroying the
shorelines of the D. Tweh
High school, threatening
Redemption Hospital and
destroying
communities
including water amenities
such as standpipes.
Current situation
On Monday, several residents
of the Borough of New
Kru Town expressed fear
and disappointment over
what they are terming as
inaction from government
to avert a looming disaster
of sea erosion, which has
already wiped away the
wall of the fence around
the D. Tweh school complex

and threatening the main
building.
The Atlantic Ocean which

was far away from the school
years ago has made its way
closer, wiping away private
buildings and has now
completely destroyed the
fence surrounding the school,
gradually cracking the main
school building.
Blamo Toe, the student
council president of the
school told FrontPageAfrica
Monday that since last
academic year he and others
have been in the vanguard,
drawing the attention of
national
government
to
their plight, but said there
is inaction on the part of
government to protect the
school.
Toe explained that it is so
frustrating and disheartening
that the school is gradually
being swept away by the
sea and there is no effort
from national government
including the lawmaker from
District #16, Representative
Edward Forh to address the
situation.
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