Former District #8 Rep. Moses Acarous Gray showed his magnanimous side in Monrovia when he gave generously to the William V.S. Tubman High School. Gray wanted to put some smiles on the faces of students and faculty at the public high school. In a Facebook post, Gray announced, “Administration and students of William V. S. Tubman High School today appreciated our efforts of 7k USD for the painting of the classrooms.” He asserts, “Today, we also presented $800usd for the painting of their basketball court and will be presenting two sets of jerseys, two basketballs and nets for the rings.”…
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Exactly one day after the elections and induction of the speaker and deputy speaker, Unity Party Speaker candidate Richard Koon congratulated Speaker Koffa and Deputy Speaker Thomas Fallah for their victories. Addressing members of the plenary and the presiding officer, Deputy Speaker Thomas Fallah on Tuesday January 16, 2024, in a regular session, Rep. Koon thanked the newly elected speaker, Cllr. J. Fonati Koffa and Deputy Speaker Thomas P. Fallah for their efforts applied in ensuring their win in respective positions. He expressed him and what he called reformist group’s willingness to work with the new leadership of the house.…
Williams Describes Liberia Supreme Court Decision A Former Students leader at the State-run University of Liberia and winner of Maryland County District #2, Anthony F. Williams, has described the Supreme Court of Liberia decision to overturn his victory against former Speaker Bhofal Chambers as undemocratic and as an infringement on the rights and decision of the people of Pleebo Sodokan District. Three months ago, Liberia’s elections commission declared Anthony Williams winner over then speaker of the House of Representatives, Bhofal Chambers, in Pleebo Sodoken District #2. Chambers filed a Writ of Prohibition seeking the strong arm of the Supreme…
By Agnes Tarr The Unity Party (UP), through its legal team, has withdrawn its Petition for Declaratory Judgment with reservation filed against newly elected House Speaker J. Fonati Koffa, over controversies surrounding his citizenship. In a notice of withdrawal dated Wednesday, January 17, 2024, the Unity Party (UP) was addressed to the Clerk of Sixth Judicial Circuit Court, Civil Law Court A for Montserrado County at the Temple of Justice, Monrovia, Liberia “Mr. Clerk,” the UP lawyers assert, “you will please take judicial notice and spread upon the records of this Honorable Court that Petitioner in the above-entitled cause of…
— Former TRC Commissioner John Stewart Presages By Elwood Dennis, Executive Mansion Reporter John H. T. Stewart, a eminent citizen of Liberia who is also a longtime member the progressive class to which now President-elect Joseph N Boakai quietly associates is predicting a very tough and rocky grounds that lies ahead in the governance process of the Unity Party. Mr. Stewart, a politician, journalist and former commissioner of dissolved Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Liberia, sniffing through the President-elect’s leadership closet, seems to be discovering a stock pile of pitfalls when the Unity Party takes over state authority under…
Rep. Moima Briggs Mensah Expresses Disappointment. By Agnes Tarr, Legislative Reporter “When we got to the chambers for the Deputy Speaker election, the nomination process was opened and no one was willing to nominate me, not even the female!” Those were the words of Bong County Electoral District #6 Representative Moima Briggs Mensah who expressed disappointment and accused House Speaker-elect J. Fonati Koffa of betraying her. Fonati Koffa betrayed me,” she told legislative reporters. Rep. Briggs Mensah said Speaker Koffa did not look her way to return the level of support she gave him for his speakership bid. She said,…
By Agnes Tarr – Blaze News Legislative Reporter Monday, January 15th sent a resounding message to President-elect Boakai and his UP that Koffa and his CDC still has muscle to wield power in the National Legislature. In a hotly contested Speaker elections held Monday, Deputy Speaker Fonati Koffa collected 36 out of 67 votes of the members of the House of Representatives to clinch the speakership. Fonati Koffa beat his UP-opponent Richard Koon by a five-vote margin. Richard Koon was the favorite of the soon-to-be ruling Unity Party. It was clear that most of the current representatives who are leaving…
By Augustine Wesseh Once again, the historic Providence Island located within the Liberian capital, Monrovia, is set to come alive with an cultural extravaganza and musical show in commemoration of the inauguration of the 25th President-elect, Joseph Nyuma Boakai. Liberia’s President-elect, Boakai and Vice President-elect Jeremiah K. Koung are set to take their respective oaths office on January 22, 2024, in Monrovia. As part of activities designed to celebrate the occasion, several Liberian artists including culture dance and performance groups have been invited to showcase their talents on the Providence Island on Saturday, January, 19, 2024. According to information from…
By Josiah Xcobazz Toe As the day receded into the afternoon hours a mammoth crowd was gradually expanding in readiness to form part of an official launching program of the newly constructed sports park along the sea cost in Monrovia. On Saturday December 23, 2023, the government of Liberia dedicated Liberia’s Unification Park located in the PHP Community behind the Barclay Training Center (BTC) at the mouth of Atlantic Ocean in Monrovia, the Liberian Capital. After going through security checks, attendees of the launch were allowed to enter the park for viewing – an opportunity that pounded many people’s hearts…
–Sen. Augustine Chea By Edwood N. Dennis Since the hammering of Liberian government officials with the Magnitsky sanctions, there has been divided opinions and concerns from many quarters of the Liberian populace, with some praising the United States Government for imposing sanctions on “corrupt” officials, and others condemning the U.S. One of those who condemned the sanctions is Senator Augustine Chea of Sinoe County. He has described the Magnitsky sanctioning of Liberian government officials as “evil intrusions”. Sen. Chea is the Co-chair on the Liberian Senate Judiciary Committee. He seems disenchanted about the U. S’s latest actions in the…