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VOL 8 NO.712
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2014
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Monday, November 3, 2014
Stephen D. Kollie, FPA Staff Writer / 0776329124
Vahun-Lofa County-
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arely seven months after the deadly Ebola Virus
hit Lofa County, Liberias fourth most populated
county (2008 national census) life seems to be
returning to normal, but fear that the disease will
resurface, exists among residents of the county.
Schools remain closed, nonessential staffs working for the
government; continue to remain home, while the culture of
handshake, hugging and all forms of bodily contact is still
prohibited.
At the crossing point, which connects Lofa and Bong counties,
travelers are compelled by security offcers to get of vehicles,
wash their hands and undergo temperature screening. Those
with high temperature levels are prevented from entering the
Lofa County and are referred to the local health authority for
additional medical checks.
In Voinjama, the provincial capital of the county, posters of
Ebola awareness messages are prevalent. Community radio
stations still boom with anti-Ebola songs and messages. This
they say is to remind residents that Ebola epidemic is not over
yet.
Many including non-government agencies believe the disease
spread because people did not believe in the existence of the
virus.
No one could listen when it was announced that Ebola is in
town, said Isaac Ballah, a local NGO worker in Voinjama
City. Ballah told FrontPage Africa that nearly everyone in the
city came to terms with the disease when a man showing signs
and symptoms of the virus was seen lying at the entrance of the
Lofa County Community college.
Ballah narrates that the suspected Ebola patient was lying
helpless, vomiting and openly defecating as locals went to take
a glimpse at the frst apparent case, which signaled the coming
of dark days.
After that morning, we all went home silently, with so many
worried. The next day everyone picked up their clorax bottles
and we stopped shaking hands and touching each other,
he said. Few weeks later you could only hear the sound of
ambulances everywhere and at the same time, see two to three
pickups flled with dead bodies.
All this epitomized the agony the people of the county were
subjected to for months said Ballah. But for several weeks now,
not many cases relating to the Ebola virus have been reported
in the county. But residents are still taking safety seriously to
prevent any widespread reoccurrence of the disease. They are
skeptical in ruling out a new outbreak considering the countys
closeness to neighboring Guinea and Sierra Leone with which
it shares borders.
Some kids in Vahun who want to get back in school
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Nationwide, the numbers in Ebola cases seems to be declining as has been
acknowledge by the World Health Organization (WHO).
The WHOs Bruce Aylward on Wednesday confrmed the decline in the number
of Ebola cases in Liberia.
The actual number of newly reported cases is beginning to decline in
Liberia and the government is driving a multi prone investigation, looking at
multiple strands of evidence to try and understand, is this real, is this reporting
phenomenon or is this care seeking phenomenal thats changing? So far based
on the information received todayit appears that the trend is real in Liberia,
he said.
Despite this good news authorities and citizens of Lofa are taking the good
news with a bit of caution. In Voinjama, all general markets remain closed
to prevent public gathering. Residents are forced to sell their produce during
regular weekdays instead of Fridays, which is recognized as the offcial market
day.
Zangotas Patient zero
In Zangota, a small town just 45 mins from Voinjama City, where over thirty
deaths were reported, the Ebola nightmare began with Krubo Mamaie, who
traveled to the town for medication, says 33 year-old Luana Korvah, a mental
health supervisor who was actively working with the countys Ebola Task
Force.
According to Korvah, Mamie had cared for her sick husband in Voinjama who
died of Ebola and later left for her town when she also fell ill. She was referred
to the Konia Health Center by local offcials in Zangota, but died in route to the
Foya Ebola Treatment Center because her condition had turned for the worse.
Said Korvah: She and her husband had burial activities in Guinea, when they
went back into the community the husband fell sick.
She was then caring for the husband and later the man died. They took the man
to Letisu for burial and those that took part in the burial ceremony, who did the
bathing and all the other traditional things died.
Korvah said many residents in the area did not believe it was Ebola rather they
held the general opinion that their wells were poisoned and thus causing them
diarrhea and other illnesses.
The residents failure to accept the virus existence left nearly 70 persons dead
in Zangota and the numbers continued to increase spreading to nearby towns
and villages.
Now after nearly eight months battling the deadly virus, it seems Ebola has
taught many lessons in the county. Precautionary measures are the order of the
day. Hand washing, no handshake are just a few preventive method that are still
being religiously practiced
even though infections have
slowed in a County which has
lost nearly 200 persons.
Careful barbing
At a local barbing shop in
central Voinjama, barbers use
hand gloves, bleach and other
disinfectant before barbing.
Not many people are allowed
to sit in the barbing shop to
avoid bodily contact.
We are still scared and are
doing everything possible
to ensure that no one get
infected in this shop,
Mohammed Sore, owner of
the two brothers barbing shop
told FPA.
He says while there has been
no case of Ebola reported in
the county for the past few
weeks, he and his colleagues
have not stopped the
preventive measures and will
continue until the country is
declared Ebola free.
We will stop using the
gloves and chlorine when we
hear that Ebola is not in the
country again, said one of
our fears is that we are close
to the border and people are
still coming in from Guinea,
he said Sore.
At the over 80-bed facility run
by the medical charity group
Medicines Sans Frontieres in
Foya, all patients have been
discharged with zero cases
reported so far.
All schools in the county
remain closed as part of
President Ellen Johnson
Sirleafs directive on the
prevailing state of emergency
in the country.
Non-governmental
Organizations such as
the Pentecostal Mission
Unlimited (PMU Liberia)
is moving in to help with
preventive materials and
support to many health
facilities, as residents
wait quietly to see a total
eradication of the deadly
disease.
Residents of Lofa have
seen hell; Ebola killed and
obliterated entire families.
Cultural and religious
practices helped to rapidly
spread the disease among
community members who
were also in strong denial
of the virus according to
residents.
Now, the numbers of cases
being reported are few and
no much news of suspected
deaths in Lofa. Hand washing
buckets are still placed at
nearly every household and
those that cannot afford the
bucket travel with a bottle
of chlorine water just for
protection against the deadly
virus, which has killed a total
of 2413 persons and infected
6535 individuals in Liberia
alone.
A boy who had suffer from malaria for over one year now
Women in Lofa who lost their love ones
Dozens of kids who lost their parents to Ebola
A town chief receives sprayer from PMU Liberia
A town chief in Kiantahun in Lofa County
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Martin K. N. Kollie, martinkerkula1989@yahoo.com, Contributing Writer
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EDITORIAL
STREET PROTESTS BY TENS of thousands of Burkina Faso
citizens and subsequent burning of the parliament building
led President Blaise Campaore to dissolve the country's
government resign and now the military is back in power.
LAST WEEKS TURN OF EVENTS in Burkina Faso shows
that young Africans can no longer stand a dictatorship that
seeks to hold on to the realms of power even though there
are visible signs that the people are fed up. The attitudes of
African leaders of the ffties, sixties and seventies cannot
thrive in this new dispensation that has been created by more
nations that have become democratized in the 21stcentury.
More and more African countries at the turn of the 20th
century have seen their countries moved away from military
dictatorship and democratic governance restored.
BURKINA FASO BECAME INDEPENDENT as Upper Volta
in 1960, and was renamed Burkina Faso in 1984. Sangoule
Lamizana overthrew its frst President Maurice Yameogo in
a coup in 1966. Lamizana was himself overthrown by Saye
Zerbo in 1980. Two more coups in 1982 and 1987 resulted in
Mr. Comparore seizing power. He won four disputed elections
since that time and was trying to amend the constitution to
allow him to run for yet another term in offce. This move
was widely unpopular and caused both political opposition
and street violence.
THE LIKES OF BLAISE CAMPOARE continued to cling
onto power while at the same time suppressing their own
people.
Campoare was not alone in his quest to hang on to dictatorship
many more countries including Chad, Sudan, and Equatorial
Guinea continue to harbor tyrants. Equatorial Guineas
Teodoro Obiang Nguema, who came to power 35 years ago in
a coup on August 3, 1979, Jose Eduardo dos Santos of Angola
who has been in power since September 20, 1979.
ROBERT MUGABE, OF ZIMBABWE is the only remaining
African leader to have been continuously in power since his
country's independence, Mugabe became prime minister in
April 1980 and president in 1987 to follow is Yoweri Museveni,
of Uganda who came to power in January 1986 after winning
his countrys war, which ousted the brutal regime of Idi Amin
Dada, with help from neighboring Tanzania. Omar al-Beshir
of Sudan has ruled since he seized power in a coup in June
1989 and Idriss Deby Itno, of Chad emerged as the leader of
the arid north central African state in December 1990, after
the war, which
ousted the regime of Hissein Habre.
LIKE THESE LEADERS, CAMPOARE toyed with the
thought of changing his countrys constitution to allow him
run for another term to saty in power. But the people mainly
the youths said it was over. Campoares effort to seek a
negotiated settlement of the crisis last week failed, and he
resigned and left the country. Burkina Faso now under the
control of the military with army chief General Honore Traore
leading the country, the African Union, the United States and
the United Nations all say the army must
hand power to a civilian authority or face consequences.
THE UNITED STATES CONDEMNS the Burkinabe
militarys attempt to impose its will on the people of Burkina
Faso, stated US Secretary of State John Kerry in a statement.
We call on the military to immediately transfer power to
civilian authorities. We urge civilian leadership to be guided
by the spirit of the constitution of Burkina Faso and to move
immediately towards free and fair Presidential elections. We
regret the loss of life this week in Burkina Faso and call on
all parties to avoid further violence. Both the United States
and France have established military bases in Burkina Faso to
COMMENTARY
T
he young generation of Liberia is experiencing a serious
integrity crisis as dishonesty increases at a high-speed
in a small country still struggling to rise above poverty,
ignorance and disease. The clash between moral and
money in Liberia is gaining prominence very fast as most young
citizens continue to chase big pockets and purses in search of
survival and better living condition. The moral bank of this 21st
century generation is encountering rapid recession and if urgent
measures are not taken to prevent its overall downfall, Liberia
might slip into a pit of social, economic, and political extinction.
The struggle to hurriedly amass wealth and gain instant infuence
among Liberian youth is a common practice nowadays as most
of them continue to sell their self-respect for just anything. This
insistent attitude of compromising character for cash is so evident
to an extent that it has given Liberia an unpleasant image among
comity of nations. The campaign to bury uprightness and satisfy
short-term goals has taken a center stage. This egoistic syndrome
is infecting every stratum of our society and judging from existing
reality, our nation is gradually turning into a belly-driven society
where credibility no longer matters.
As greed takes precedence in Liberia, the need to anxiously
harvest affuence is becoming a normal routine especially among
youngsters. It is evident today that indignity is succeeding dignity
in a country widely known for its ill-transparent history. The
semblance of corruption is everywhere and almost every young
man or woman is unwilling to cultivate a path of sincerity and
honesty. It is not just enough to preach the gospel of generational
change through sweet words, but it is important to go beyond its
real meaning by showcasing good deeds. The sustainability of
any vibrant nation is tied around an innovative young generation
whose ultimate vision is built upon great principles.
A huge number of young comrades in Liberia have become
professional beggars and gamblers due to their inability to invest
more time to hard work. They get themselves involved with
unethical ventures which undermine human dignity. It is diffcult
for good ideas to spring out from within them because they are
always seeking gravy. They are not willing to make sacrifce and
endure economic hardship for even one minute. As a result of this,
they usually roam around like dying parasites busy hustling to
survive. They have taken this indecent habit as a specialty and
what is even more disgusting is that they go about slandering
others just to accomplish their naked ambitions. They sometimes
appear blameless, but they walk in the shadow of vagabonds and
vagrants.
In an unfortunate quest to satisfy their economic thirst, they
refer to dishonorable people as honorable. They call thieves as
heroes and heroines. They describe exploitative characters as
humanitarians and philanthropists. They label warmongers as
freedom fghters. They pay homage to rascals. They maneuver
everyday to seek unmerited rewards from pillagers and political
miscreants. They march in long line behind their slave-drivers
day after day, blowing trumpets of deceit and falsehood. Against
their own will and consciences, they bend their heads in shame
to spread visible lies about individuals they know nothing about.
They careless about protecting their reputation as they market their
integrity cheaply. They line up their empty pockets to fll them
with illicit cash from their paymasters. Surely, they are puppets
and charlatans masquerading as champions. These infamous
imposters and ingrates are polluting every echelon of our State.
Does Liberia really have a future with this greedy young generation
soon to take over? Can anyone depend on this young population
for good leadership when it is already experiencing integrity
defcit? Will there be a new Liberia of change for generations yet
unborn? How do young Liberians intend to make their country
a better place when they lack an attribute of trust? How can any
young person think about achieving vision 2030 when he/she is
making less effort to ensure corruption is fought and corruptors
are imprisoned? These are questions that seem very easy to answer
considering current happenings.
A new era is possible in Liberia if young people are willing to
make wise choices. A dawn of a new day can only come if virtues
outshine vices. It is mindless for any young person to trade his/
her prestige for unworthy benefts. The struggle is not about cash,
but character. It is not about money, but moral. It is not about
rewards, but reputation. It is not about self, but others. Until young
comrades can understand these hard truths and earnestly put them
into practice, our country will make no progress. It is time for
Liberian youth to abandon self-seeking objectives and engender a
real sense of patriotism.
In Liberia today, an alliance of blind loyalists is budding rapidly.
The society has abundant of pay agents who continue to indict
individuals with good reputation in a web of mere fabrication.
There is an ongoing spree of character assassination in almost
every sector as bootlickers and certifed crooks intensify their
money-eating campaign. Dishonesty is a common way of life for
most Liberian youth as they use their tone so loudly in defense of
people with bad records. The primary concern of these gullible
foot-soldiers is to bark at anyone who tries to expose their bosses.
Every morning they wake up, they monitor and call on almost
all the talk shows busy trying to portray a good image of their
employers and tear apart those who have refused to give in to
their sinister agenda. They wander from one government offce
to another hustling every day in an attempt to maintain their false
economic status. Due to their cowardice mentality, they appear
like modern clowns in some quarters.
What is even more disappointing is that the number of movements
in defense of immoral characters in Liberia is too many. If it is
not movement for the re-election of candidate X, it is movement
against candidate Y. If it is not Citizens in defense of Hon. X, it
is Masses for the election of Hon. Y. Even though, I recognize
the fact that there are some genuine movements and organizations
whose ideological concepts are based on frm convictions, but
many of these self-styled movements and interest groups are
money-driven and principle-drained. In this day and age, it is good
for people to express their dissatisfaction through protests. This is
what a true democratic system requires. It is sad to note that some
young comrades in Liberia are using protests as a means of fund-
raising. They allow themselves to be used by big pockets to protest
without understanding why they are protesting. This fake mode of
operation among Liberian youth got to stop now!
The mindset of most of our peers needs to change if our society
must make real progress and play a leading role in transforming
Africa. It is time for this emerging generation of young Liberian
compatriots to refne their worldview if they must make impact
locally and globally. They must reinvent a new moment to protect
their integrity against abnormal tendencies. They must reconnect
themselves to a model of truth-telling. They must redesign their
thought pattern in conformity with moral tenets. By doing so, this
young generation will once more embrace an image of respect and
reliability. Certainly, they will rewrite a history of great legacy
worthy of public honor.
The time to selfessly advocate for youth empowerment,
employment, and education is now. Therefore, this government
will not take youth-related issues seriously until young people can
stand up with courage and credibility to demand what rightfully
belongs to them. This can only happen if young Liberians unite to
fght against unpatriotic practices. The future is ours; as such, we
must redeem it from a cartel of high-class tricksters who continues
to misrepresent the true character of this generation.
The campaign for change is not about cash, but character. It is not
about reward, but reputation. It is not about money, but moral.
It is not about possessions, but persistence. The struggle for
equality and justice is not about capital, but consistency. Above all
interests, Liberia is Supreme!
A CLASH BETWEEN CASH AND
CHARACTER AMONG LIBERIAN YOUTH
LESSONS FROM
BURKINA FASO: PEOPLES
UPRISING SHOWS
AFRICANS ARE FED UP
combat Islamic terrorism linked to al-Qaeda in the greater Sahel
region of Africa.
SUCH ACTION BY THE PEOPLE of Bukina Faso shows what
a people determined to fght dictatorship can do. This action
by the Burkinabes could lead to a series of events that could
stamp out dictatorship like we saw in what is now know as
the Arad Spring. Leaders like Mugabe must be shaken in their
comfort zones with these developments. Africa is beginning to
feel a sense of true revolution with the people taking over and
changing the course of their lives by saying no to dictatorship.
THE PEOPLE OF BURKINA FASO are brave and courageous,
they stood up for a cause and said no to further suppression
and oppression. The military must now heed to call for transfer
to civilian rule because no amount of military rule can restore
good governance and the rule of law to any country.
LEADERS IN AFRICA INCLUDING Liberia must see the
peoples action in Burkina Faso and take cue from the turn of
events in that West African Country. Power continues to be
inherent in the people and they (THE PEOPLE), can decide to
change the course of events when a leader chooses to become a
tyrants and violate the constitution and peoples rights.
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Jay Wion Top Commenter Works at NPRC
MY TURN: Money, money, money buys justice in Liberia; it has
always been that way as it is today. And President Ellen Johnson
Sirleaf once said "prostitution is not against the law" in Liberia. And
ironically Sirleaf wears the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize necklace
around her neck, and yet these two Lebabese scumbags are allowed
to walk out of jail. And this is democracy based on the rule of law
with a Supreme Court motto that reads: "Let Justice Be Done To
All Men"?
The Lebanese Community in Liberia and their money machine and
infuence and meddling into Liberian politics are inseparable. We
saw this in the 1970s when the Lebanese operators of the A-to-Z
Supermarket on Camp Johnson Road choked to death a Liberian
store employee, Gbeh Wreh, for eating a candy without permission,
and how the Supreme Court let the Leban... See More
pleebocollins25 (signed in using yahoo)
Not everyday something happen you people have to bring the
Gberrie case in. Let focus on the here and now. Do you bring every
Liberian victim name in a story when you talk about Liberians
murdering other Liberians? This is not about murder but HUMAN
Traffcking which is happening all around the world now. Focus
on the present. Our government is corrupt. These are not the frst
people to walk out of a prison.
Jay Wion Top Commenter Works at NPRC
MY TURN: Remember President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf once said in
Liberia that "prostitution is not against the law." The release of these
two scumbags is all about MONEY that they paid to some hidden
hands for their freedom. The same thing happened in the True Whig
Party era under President Tolbert in the 1970s when the Lebanese
operators of the A to Z supermaket on Camp Johnson Road in
Monrovia choked to death a Liberian store employee, Gbeh Wreh,
for eating a candy. The corrupt Suoreme Court then let the Lebanese
off the hook because of the powerful Lebanese Community in
Liberia and their infuence of money. No difference now with how
these two were set free.....MONEY, MONEY, MONEY can buy
justice in Liberia. Thanks FPA as this story will air on LANS news--
518-556-1343.
Ansu Opa Dualu Top Commenter Coalition of Concerned
Liberians
Our girls in Lebanon passports were seized illegally and made to
stay to the satisfaction of their captors, yet these criminals are about
to leave Liberia (you can't stop them)? Why are we not surprised?
There was no way these convicted criminals would have remain in
jail if they had money to bribe. It's that simple! We are at a cross
road; and if we continue to sit and do nothing, Ellen and her thieves
will permanently relegate a large proportion of us in to a life slightly
above that of a slave's! Mind you, this is in our own country.
Sylvester Moses Top Commenter Works at Self-Employed
This is a reenactment of an old crime in Liberia, it continues
because the perpetrators always get away with impunity. In 1989,
with the assistance of an able and conscientious assistant, Mr.
Mark Jeroudine, we were able to help six young ladies from the
Philippines caught in the same trap to fee the country to escape their
captors who were seemingly untouchables.
pleebocollins25 (signed in using yahoo)
Every day something comes up about Lebanese nationals, the same
old tired Gberie case comes out. Not to play devil's advocate but
what about our Senators ruining our young girls, turning our future
mothers into prostitutes. Why are they not in jail. At Convent and
other schools, we see big cars with drivers waiting for our big shots
"young thing" to take home. Our girls are spoiled and we write
about Gberie case. let us tend to the here and now. and trace the
corrupt offcials.
Flomo Tokpahson Top Commenter Liberia College
wow, is it the Gberie drama being replayed in the 21st century? we
can do better.
Sayku Kromah Top Commenter Works at Retired
NSA, is it not part of job to assist in such matters? What advise
have you given the President? You cannot fool anybody; you were
Edward Roye, now you are Flomo Tokpahson. I read the postings
on your Timeline, as both Edward Roye, before you became Flomo
Tokpahson. There are some very interesting postings there. Why
don't you just tell the Director's stepmother, that she does not listen
to advise in a confdential memo, instead of putting it on a false
Facebook Timeline? Or are you secretly engage in undermining her
regime now that it is falling totally apart so that tomorrow you can
say ""The Oldmom can't take asvice"? By the way, there has never
been a high school in Millsburg. Well Madam Sirleaf, if you want
to know what NSA, headed by your son, thinks about you and your
government, read Flomo Tokpahson's Timeline.
Lorenzo Bernard Top Commenter Classifed at Classifed
The answer is simple FPA ask Ellen she knows
EXECUTIVE OR JUDICIARY: WHO FREED
HUMAN TRAFFICKERS IN LIBERIA?
Dear Madam Minister:
I
write to express few points that may claim your attention as we are
beset by the scourge of the Ebola Virus Disease.
At this onset, let me commend you and your staff for measures you
have taken in the face of this crisis. Firstly, it was a wise decision
to forbid the use of public schools as Ebola treatment units (ETUs).
This action will make it a lot easier to resume academic activities at the
schools when the crisis subsides or when it is brought to an end.
Secondly, the action to train 10,000 education stakeholders, including
principals and teachers, is a worthwhile intervention in the spread of
Ebola awareness around the country.
Thirdly, the introduction of education by radio is also good, except
that it will have limited effect, given the poor economic state of many
Liberians. Nevertheless, it is a welcomed innovation.
The focus of my missive is to make the below recommendations as we
all foresee the eventual overcoming of the EVD in Liberia in the short
run:
1. Beginning academic activities with an Interim Crash School
Program: I do believe that you and your staff are currently designing
programs for the re-opening of schools. What I wish to suggest, however,
is that given the length of time that students have stayed out of school,
it would be prudent that the Ministry of Education (MOE) mandate an
interim Crash School Program for all schools whereby students will be
gradually absorbed into academic activities, rather than immediately
beginning normal academic work.
There are psychological as well as economic reasons for this suggestion.
On the one hand, students, having stayed away from school for so long,
will need to be eased into academic activities gradually, especially
considering that they may have been affected in one way or the other
by the contagion. Some may have lost their parents or close relatives or
friends as a result of the spread of the EVD. On the other hand, most
parents may have experienced adverse economic conditions as a result
of the EVD crisis; hence they may not be fully prepared to undertake the
full fnancial obligations of a normal academic program.
2. Suspension of certain fees and requirements: During the
Interim Crash School Program, which may run for a semester (100
days), a minimum fee, generally affordable, be charged at non-public
schools and that the wearing of uniform be optional. Also, requirement
such as ID card fees, PTA dues, computer fees, breakage fees and tuition
be suspended for that period. Similarly, at public schools, at the upper
level, where fees were required, such fees be suspended.
3. Adoption of a core curriculum for the Interim Crash School
Program: A specifed set of subjects for each grade level be identifed
to serve as the focus of the Program. Specifcally, at the primary level,
English Language (Grammar, Reading, Writing, and Spelling) and
Arithmetic should be emphasized; at the Junior and senior high levels,
the focus should be on English Language, Mathematics, Science
and Social Studies. At the high school level, the different prongs of
the science curriculum (Biology, Chemistry and Physics) should be
proportionately alternated on the teaching schedules during this period;
the same should apply to social studies which encompass Economics,
Geography and History.
Utilizing partnerships with UNICEF, UNESCO, WFP, USAID, as
well as other NGOs: The MOE can tap in on the UNICEF Back-to-
School (BTS) initiative as was implemented in Rwanda (1994), Liberia
(2004), South Sudan (2006), Uganda (2007), Cte DIvoire (2011) and
elsewhere, as outlined in UNICEF Back-to-School Guide. A blueprint
for such a proposal may exist at the MOE since this initiative was
used here previously. These partnerships will ameliorate the massive
resource needs that the government may have to mobilize to see the
program become a success.
The setup at various schools should be kept intact: This is to say that
schools should maintain their previous enrollments and staff as much as
possible. Only where necessary, should schools take in new
students or new teaching and other staff.
OPEN LETTER TO
THE MINISTER OF
EDUCATION, R.L.
20-20 VISION
AT LACC?
A uniform compensation plan for all teaching and non-teaching staff
at all schools for the duration of the Program: Given that non-public
schools may not afford to pay their staff under this arrangement, the
government through its partners will need to set up a means of paying all
teachers for the duration of the program. The modalities can be worked
out.
Finally, it is my hope that the ideas presented herein will be taken into
serious consideration for further crystallization to meet the standards
and guidelines of the MOE and other conventions on Education, and
eventually be made operational.
With my highest esteem.
Sincerely yours,
Samuel M. Johnson
Graduate Program in Education (GPED)
University of Liberia
smawoloj@gmail.com
0886-553752/0776-360868/0555-593154
The Editor,

H
ey, does Counselor James Verdier (the Chair-warmer of the
Anti- Corruption Commission) have a problem with his
vision? Verdier has 4 eyes!, but he keeps turning a blind eye
to the bribe-takers and extortionists in the legislature!! Why?
(Re "...Why Was Entire NOCOL Board, Legislature, Which Received
Bribes Not Indicted, Urey Asks" Daily Observer Online)
According to the aforementioned article, Mr. Urey alleges that it's
"standard procedure for nominees and the Executive Branch to pay
lobbying fees for passage of Bills and confrmation'!!! By the way,
the Senate ratifed NOCOL's Oil Contracts without anyone reading it
because of lobbying fees!
If you don't believe Urey's allegations, let's go back and look at how our
lawmakers do business!
You ready?? Make sure you're sitting down for this!
In 2009, Rep. Edward S Forh, the Father of corruption, was accused
of receiving lobbying fees from Harry Greaves, managing director for
Liberian Petroleum Refning Corporation.. Dirty Harry paid lawmakers
an undisclosed sum of money for a concession agreement to be ratifed!
(Re "Paid for 'Lunch & Dinner: Greaves Admits Bribing Lawmakers;
Forh Under Probe, FPA, 04/02/09)
During that same year (2009), these same clowns (lawmakers) collected
US$80,000 for their "cold water", oops, I mean lobbying fees from
the Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA)! (Re "Mockery in
Corruption Fight?, LTA's Suspended Bropleh Still Enjoys Immunities",
FPA)
According to Mr. Albert Bropleh, former LTA Chairman and twin
brother of Dr. Lawrence Bropleh, the House and Senate were paid
US$52,000 and US$28,000 respectively for passage of the Liberian
Telecommunication Act! The Senate and the House passed the Act--100
to 0 !!!
Last but not least, in 2011, Rep. Alomiza Ennos, the bribe-taking
mammy, was accused of receiving US$80,000 as lobbying fees from
NOCAL's Board of Directors to ratify the oil contracts! Remember that
US$80,000 is their benchmark! Anything less is an insult. (Re "Several
Gov't Offcials Linked to Bribery", Liberian Observer)
As you can see, whenever there's a Bill to be passed, or a concession
agreement to be ratifed, or a presidential appointment to be confrmed,
it's customary for our lawmakers to expect "cold water" to perform their
Constitutional duties!
But when will the Liberian Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC)
indict those lazy, good-for-nothing, and totally useless lawmakers for
extortion? Isn't extortion a crime in Liberia? Oh, wait, I forgot: If
extortion were a crime in Liberia, then Rep. Edward Fraud and Rep.
Alomiza Ennos would be behind bars!
Martin Scott
Atlanta, Georgia
martyretire@yahoo.com
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A plan by 17 members of the Montserrado County Caucus to back the senatorial bid
of football legend George Weah over his main rival, Robert Sirleaf, has reportedly
created a rift in the leadership of the Lower House of Representatives
TYLER, NUQUAY SPLIT OVER WEAH, ROB
SIRLEAF SENATORIAL BID; WAR LOOMS
DIVIDED HOUSE
Monrovia
A
plan by 17 members
of the Montserrado
County Caucus to
back the senatorial
bid of football legend
George Weah over his main
rival, Robert Sirleaf, has
reportedly created a rift in
the leadership of the Lower
House of Representatives,
FrontPageAfrica has learned.
The Montserrado County
senatorial race is being widely
contested with the likes of
Sirleaf, Weah, Dr. Christopher
Z. Neyor, former head of
the National Oil Company,
Libertys Party Benjamin
Sanvee, Unity Partys Ali
Syllah and the incumbent
Joyce Musu Freeman.
Legislative sources inform
FPA that a resolution will
be presented Tuesday to
support Weah in the frst
foor conference room of the
legislative building. However,
two ruling party members
Henry Fahnbulleh(Unity Party,
Montserrado County, District
4) and Bill Twehway(Unity
Party, Montserrado, District
3) reportedly struck a deal
with the Weahs Congress for
Democratic Change(CDC)
that they will sign the petition
now on the condition that CDC
will not feld candidate in their
respective districts for the
2017 legislative elections.Both
Fahnbulleh and Twehway,
according to sources,
reportedly met with President
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf to
inform her that the lower house
had the votes to remove Tyler.
The issue has reportedly
caused a serious rift between
Speaker Alex Tyler (Unity
Party, District Two, Bomi
County) and Rep. Emmanuel
Nuquay(Unity Party,Margibi,
District 5).
Multiple sources in both camps
tell FrontPageAfrica that the
Nuquay bloc has reportedly
amassed votes to remove
Tyler as Speaker using the
recent charge by the Liberia
Anti-Corruption Commission
(LACC).
Article 49 of the Liberian
Constitution states that the
speaker, the Deputy Speaker
and other offcers so elected
may be removed from offce for
cause by resolution of a two-
thirds majority of the members
of the House. One legislative
source said he doubted Sunday
whether those advocating for
the speakers removal had the
49 votes required to remove
him.
Nevertheless, the Nuquay
bloc contends that there is an
increasing lack of confdence
in the speaker who some
lawmakers say has betrayed the
body and wheeling and dealing
on behalf of the body without
their knowledge and consent.
At the crux of the controversy
are recent reports that a
segment of the lower house led
by Tyler have reportedly been
in negotiations for oil blocks
from which proceeds would be
used to fund a political party
which will likely feld Tyler as
a presidential candidate in the
2017 presidential elections.
Some lawmakers are also
raising issue and crying
foul that they only received
US$900,000 out of a reported
US$1.2 million disbursed
on the eve of a national
roundtable draft petroleum law
consultation held in March this
year.
This has been compounded by
a recent charge from the LACC
that the speaker breached the
fnancial management law of
Liberia by using his personal
money to fnance public works,
resulting from a purported
payment made to two Liberian
lawyers and a Ghanaian lawyer/
expert working to review the
new petroleum laws of Liberia.
On Sunday, a high-level
legislative hastily-called
by Rep. Edwin Melvin
Snowe(Independent,
Montserrado County, 5th
District) meeting convened at
the RLJ Resort at Kendeja in a
bid to resolve the issue.
Although Tyler last week,
slammed the LACC charges
as a witch hunt, his peers in
the lower house are reportedly
demanding that the speaker
distance himself from the
circumstances surrounding the
LACC report.
A FrontPageAfrica reporter
who visited the RLJ resort
Sunday saw several HOR-
plated vehicles and several
lawmakers were seen
conversing in groups.
How Nuquay and Tyler fell
apart remains unknown but
both men once worked in
tandem and even firted with
the idea of partnering for a
potential 2017 presidential
play. Tyler, after a meeting
of some legislative members
in Accra, Ghana earlier this
year, was reportedly advised
that his best bet would be to
run on the ruling party ticket.
However, things reportedly fell
apart after the party formation
of the People's Unifcation
Party, initially suggested to
be the party that would feld a
legislative ticket.
Tyler, according to sources,
began to develop distrust of
President Sirleaf after it became
clear that she was eyeing Vice
President Joseph Boakai as a
replacement. Looking to catch
up to Nuquays PUP which
is said to be gaining traction,
Tyler, according to legislative
aides have been pushing ahead
with the formation of yet
another party in the corridors
of the lower house, this one
dubbed, the Liberia Peoples
Democratic Party(LDDP).
Tyler, according to sources has
been pressing members of the
lower house to deduct US$200
from their monthly pay to
contribute to the formation of
the party.Nuquay, one source
confded to FPA, has refused to
put his name on list which is in
the hands of Rep. Mariamu B.
Fofana (Unity Party, District 4,
Lofa County).
FrontPageAfrica has been
unable to lay hands on the list.
One source explained that it is
being guarded with care. If
you agree to pay and sign, you
sign and Mariamu takes the list
away, so it is diffcult to get
a hand on it, the legislative
source said.
A source familiar with the
situation told FrontPageAfrica
that the Speaker has been
disjointed, disoriented and
concerned about the purported
plot to oust him amid the
charges of betrayal looming
over his head.
The speaker, unhappy,
apparently placed a call to
the President on the weekend,
expressing his displeasure at
the plot to remove him.
Nuquay on the other hand,
according to sources, fear
that the Speaker may remove
him from the powerful Ways,
Means& Finance Committee
in January due to their recent
fallout. Tyler is reportedly
eyeing Rep. James Biney (NPP,
District 1, Maryland County)
as a replacement.
At the RLJ meeting Sunday,
FrontPageAfrica has been
informed that a deal was
reportedly placed on the table
to take the appointing powers
to committee from the speaker
in exchange for his peers to
drop their attempt to oust him
from the leadership post.
Tyler serves as the
Representative for the 1st
District of Bomi County, to
which he was elected in 2005.
He is a member of the ruling
Unity Party which he joined
in 2009 following its merger
with his former Liberia Action
Party.
Tyler ran for Representative for
the 1st District of Bomi County
as a member of the Coalition
for the Transformation of
Liberia (COTOL), winning
with 21.5% of the vote against
six opposing candidates.
Following the resignation of
former Speaker Edwin Snowe
in 2007, Tyler stood for the
speakership, winning with 32
votes to his opponent's 27.He
was fercely challenged in the
2011 UP primaries; while he
prevailed in the election.
As this story went to press,
FrontPageAfrica has learned
that Tyler is busy working his
way to get support from George
Weah and other political parties
with more lawmakers at the
House of Representatives.
They need 49 signatures but it
is unclear whether they could
obtain those signatures to oust
Tyler.
The House of Representatives
has 73 lawmakers with
Tylers ruling Unity Party
having 25 seats followed by
the CDC with 10; Liberty
Party -7; National Union
for Democratic Progress-6;
National Democratic
Colaition-5; Alliance for Peace
and Democracy-3; National
patriotic Party-3; Movement
for Progressive Change-2;
Liberia Destiny Party-1;
Liberia Transformation
Party-1; National Reformation
Party-1 and Independent
candidates-9.
One source told
FrontPageAfrica that Tyler had
reached out to Weah Saturday
to solicit his support.
CDC Holding consultations
Meanwhile the main opposition
CDC which has said it is
consulting on the issue.
MulbahMorlu, CDC Vice
Chairman for Mobilization
and Operations said the party
is holding consultations with
major players in the party
before taking a position.
We are holding consultations,
we need to consult the political
leader, the National Executive
Committee has to meet and in
the absence of that, the CDC
cannot speak out now, said
Morlu.
Rodney D. Sieh, rodney.sieh@frontpageafricaonline.com
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PRESIDENT SIRLEAF SEES A BRIGHT
FUTURE IN OVERCOMING EBOLA
A
s Liberia continues
to see a drop in the
number of reported
Ebola cases, the
government today (Friday),
dedicated a 200-bed Ebola
Treatment Unit, built by the
World Food Program with
expertize and material support
from the United States Agency
for International Development
(USAID).
Dedicating the ETU located in
Congo Town at the unfnished
Ministry of Defense edifce,
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
said Liberia remains grateful to
the world for the help that has
poured in to help contain the
epidemic.
And that together we can march
into the future, when Ebola has
been defeated and we can say to
each other we did it! We won!
We have excelled, we have
exceeded. Thanks frst to God
and thanks to all of you, she
said.
President Johnson Sirleaf said
the situation has improved than it
was several weeks ago when all
that was read about Liberia was
death and devastation.
We can all imagine those early
days when journalists hooped
down and went into the streets
and into the communities and
took those pictures that would
put on all the television screens
all over the world, the dying, the
sick, the dead who could not be
picked up on time, she said.
World Health Organization
Country Representative Dr. Peter
J. Graaf called on Liberians to
exercise caution at the good
news that is hovering around the
outbreak in Liberia and to take
safety measures to prevent the
disease from further spreading.
I think the single most
important, diffcult message
in the weeks to come, is going
to be please dont let up. We
are doing ok. We are starting
to get ahead of the curve, he
said. For the frst time since I
arrived, I can see that we might
be moving faster than the virus.
But we cannot let up and I think
thats an important message to
get across because we are only
Ebola free once the last patient
is cured.
The construction of this new
ETU Monrovia is a joint
partnership between the Ministry
of Health and Social Welfare, the
WHO, WFP, United Nations
Childrens Fund, United Nations
for Project Services, USAID and
the World Bank.
With this new ETU,
WHO said the total number of
functional treatment centers
located in Montserrado County,
including Monrovia comes to
four. Another four treatment
centers are functional in three
other counties across the
country. It stated in a release that
several more ETUs are close to
completion in Liberia, but there
is still an urgent need for more
foreign Medical teams to help
staff them.
The facility initially built for 300
patients will start with 50-bed
capacity according to the Head
Doctor J. Soka Moses formerly
of the John F. Kennedy ETU,
which has been shot down. The
Cuban doctors will also run the
facility alongside Dr. Moses.
Dr. Moses said health workers
must continue to put make safety
a priority and continue to serve
the country during this deadly
outbreak.
Ebola is very dangerous,
everybody knows that, but we
believe that though weve lost
staff, we run away, it means we
are going to watch our country
die, he said.
Dr. Walter Gwenigale, Minister
of Health says he wish the center
would not have to take any
patients as he wants the deadly
Ebola outbreak to end, so Liberia
can return to normal.
There was a time that we had
people lying in front of the ETUs
because they could not get in
Today, we dont have people
lying in front of ETUs, in fact we
have empty beds, he said.
It is my real wish that we
dont get one sick person in this
building, then, we would have
achieved a great deal. If we did
not admit any single person,
because nobody is getting sick,
then we would have achieved a
great deal.

[L-R] President Sirleaf sees a bright future in overcoming Ebola; New ETU opened on Friday
Wade C. L. Williams, wade.williams@frontpageafricaonline.com
SULUNTEH STRESSES FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOR LIBERIAS EBOLA FIGHT
CONSIDER LIBERIA
Philadelphia, PA -
A
s donor nations ramp
up their response to
the Ebola pandemic
in West Africa,
Liberian Ambassador to the
United States Jeremiah Sulunteh
is already thinking about what is
next for the country.
In remarks to college students
last Wednesday, he emphasized
the need for foreign investment,
international partnerships, and
for Liberia to reform its tax
code. He expressed gratitude for
foreign assistance in addressing
the Ebola crisis, but also
impatience with its speed.
Ebola is today, Ambassador
Sulunteh told students at
Elizabethtown College in
Pennsylvania on October 29.
But beyond that, what is the
future? Fourteen years of war
destroyed the fabric of our
country.
Because of this, Liberia was
unprepared at a fundamental
level to face the current crisis, he
said.And the gains we had made
since the end of the confict may
now be erased.
The post-Ebola Liberia, he
says, will need the help of the
international community to
rebuild its public health system
and infrastructure, restore food
security, and make education
attainable for more than a mere
few young Liberians.
In his remarks, Sulunteh lauded
the long relationship between
Liberia and the United States
dating back to the countrys
founding. The frst ten
presidents of Liberia were
Americans. And following our
civil war the United States was
the frst Paris Club nation to
forgive all our debt. He used
this connection to encourage
students and professors to think
about partnerships with Liberia
and its universities.
American and Western
assistance in the current crisis
he characterized as plodding,
slow, but also generous. The
world should have done more
earlier he said. Fighting Ebola
is not like fghting a conventional
war, and Ebola doesnt talk
peace.
But even the donation of a dollar,
he said, can help buy chlorine. He
encouraged students to donate to
the embassys emergency fund
as a way to help.
When one student asked about
how diffcult it would be to do
missionary work in Liberia,
Suluntehs answer was direct.
To get a visa you come see
meso when do you want to
go?Elizabethtown College has
sent students and faculty to South
Africa on educational exchange
programs. I would ask you to
also consider Liberia.
Elizabethtown charges around
$50,000 a year US to attend
and it pays only 10 cents per
kilowatt hour for electricity, he
said. Suluntehs own alma mater
pays 54 cents per kilowatt hour
and charges $2,000 per semester.
And 60 percent of students drop
out because they cannot afford
tuition. You are blessed.
Turning to Liberias political
future, Sulunteh said only strong
leadership and caretaking of
the countries resources would
lead it to a brighter future. We
need strong leadership in the
management of our natural
resources, and we need to
encourage foreign investment.
Sulunteh has indicated interest
in running for president in 2016.
Liberia had, up until the current
crisis, attracted $17 billion in
direct foreign investment. But
that investment needs to be
converted into jobs. And further
investment cannot come without
electricity, a port, an airport, a
water system.
With the recent discovery of oil
off Liberian shores, Sulunteh
expressed concern that his
countrys university system
is not producing petroleum or
environmental engineers. His
hope is that if properly managed,
oil revenues can help lift Liberia
out of the extreme poverty it
faces. No country founded in
1847 should still be asking for
help.
He also hinted that a possible
renegotiation of the 99-year
Firestone lease would be
something to consider in the
future. In the Ebola crisis, he said,
the inequity of this relationship
is especially apparent.
The nations entire rubber crop,
he explained to students, is
exported for processing in the
United States. A country with
a million acres of rubber should
not be losing its citizens due to a
lack of rubber gloves.


A country with a million acres of rubber should not be losing its citizens due to a lack of rubber gloves.
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Massa F. Kanneh, massa.kanneh@frontpageafricaonline.com; 0886848625
Massa F. Kanneh, massa.kanneh@frontpageafricaonline.com; 0886848625
EBOLA RELIEF FUND
FOR LIBERIA LAUNCHED
Monrovia -
T
he Liberian Grassroots
initiative and the
Working Group the
National Project of
Liberia have launched the Ebola
relief funds for Liberia.
At a launching program
Saturday in West Point, the
groups donated some anti Ebola
items to the Star of the Star of
the Sea Health Center.
Speaking at the ceremony held
at the clinic facility, Chairman of
LIBGRI Dweh S. Boley assured
the West Point residents that
they should be optimistic that
lot of good things are in store
just as it was done in Nazareth,
a once deserted but later famous
birth place of Jesus Christ.
Mr. Boley said West Point has
done a lot of good things for
Liberia and a lot of good people
have come out of West Point
who have demonstrated that
despite being born in the area
considered one of Liberias
poorest.
I know a lot of good people
from West Point, people who
demonstrated to all that because
you were born in West Point, it
does not mean that West Point
is born in you. They were able
to rise to the challenges of this
country. We must do like-wise;
we must get up now and do for
ourselves. We must organize
today tomorrow might be too
late, Boley said.
Presenting the items to the
administrators of the clinic,
he assured the organization
will return with several other
donations. Including plan for
self help small businesses
development and identify
funding sources.
The groups reaffrmed their
commitment in helping to
promote the good health and

material well-being of the
people of Liberia.
Acknowledging that the group
is a non proftable and non
political, the organization
acknowledged that it might not
address all of the vexing human
development problems of health
care, clean drinking water,
sanitation, food security etc. that
have and continue to plague the
people of Liberia but is strongly
convinced that even with the
limited efforts, it will help to
improve the material conditions
of Liberians.
The group says its action is
aimed at steadfast commitment
to helping to end the carnage in
terms of the unfortunate loss of
the majority of Liberians that
have been visited by the Ebola
virus.
The group says it looks forward
to working with community
based and other organizations
to design and implement
various projects in the areas
of democratic governance,
agriculture, education,
economic empowerment health
care environmental awareness,
access to clean drinking water
and sanitation.
On behalf of the clinic, Mattie
Gartor received the items
and extended thanks to the
organizations for selecting West
Point for such donation and that
the items will be used for the
intended purposes.
MONROVIA, Liberia
E
mily Abaleo, 38, sits
on a narrow bench,
squashed between her
snoring son and two
younger daughters who pass the
time by elbowing one another
in this city's West Point slum.
She recalls better times there,
before a deadly virus hit, before
a quarantine to stop it and before
it killed her husband.
B.E., or Before Ebola, was a
time just a few short months ago
before everything changed and
life here in the slum became even
harder.
"It has been diffcult to feed these
children as a single parent," she
says. "Life is so unbearable
when you are under quarantine."
Abaleo's husband died of Ebola
in early August when the disease
swept the slum that sits on a
peninsula on the western edge of
this capital city. In response, the
government sealed off the district
with barbed wire in an attempt to
enforce a strict quarantine and
a dawn-to-dusk curfew to curb
growing unrest against it.
As a result, thousands of people
estimates put the population
of West Point at 75,000 are
EBOLA QUARANTINE MAGNIFIES MISERY


chafng under the restrictions
as Ebola continues to spread
like wildfre in the cramped
conditions of the township.
The hardest hit of three West
African countries that mark the
epicenter of the virus' deadly
spread, Liberia has lost 2,413
to the virus, nearly half of the
5,000 killed by Ebola, mainly
in Liberia, Sierra Leone and
Guinea.
Children play in the West Point
neighborhood, where many
people have died from Ebola,
on Oct.17, 2014 in Monrovia,
Liberia.(Photo: John Moore,
Getty Images)
At the same time, another 2,000
Liberians have been infected
since the outbreak started in
spring. West Point is not ground
zero that would be Lofa
County in the north but it's
close.
Liberia may be witnessing
a slowing in the spread of
the virus, World Health
Organization offcials said last
week, cautioning that it would be
false to say the outbreak is under
control.
"We're seeing a reversal of that
rapid rate of increase to the point
that there seems to be a decline
right now," WHO Assistant
Director General Bruce Aylward
told reporters. "But that would
be like saying your pet tiger is
under your control."

OLD ROAD RESIDENTS RECEIVES EBOLA INFORMATION CENTER
Monrovia
V
ivian Cooper,
29, expressed
excitement over the
newly constructed
Ebola information and public
hand washing center for the
residents of Chugbor on the old
road Saturday.
I am very happy because
this place will save us and
our children from this deadly
disease.
Pauline Kwabo, Founder and
CEO of a local Institution Tohde
Resource Center explained
that it was upon a request of
a woman that the institution
should try to help the youths of
the community.
With support from their German
counterpart ARAGUA, Kwabo
says the institution came out
with such idea of constructing
the center which she says would
also serve as temporary jobs for
the youths.
The institution was established
to provide support for under-
privileged and teenage girls in
the community but due to the
Ebola outbreak, they decided to
provide Buckets and construct
an information center for the
community.
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CORRUPTION WATCH
Henry Karmo (0886522495) henrykarmo@frontpageafricaonline.com
Monrovia -
P
resident Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has held discussion with
a delegation of the European Union, headed by the
Director, Humanitarian and Civil Protection Operations
(DG ECHO), Jean-Louis DE Brower at her Foreign
Ministry offce in Monrovia.
Mr. DE Brower and delegation are on the fnal leg of a three-
nation tour to assess the current status of the Ebola outbreak in
the worse affected countries which includes Guinea, Sierra Leone
and Liberia.
According to an Executive Mansion release, Mr. DE Brower
informed President Sirleaf that he was dispatched to the region by
the European Union to get from the governments and partners an
update on the outbreak and inform them about plans to work with
the affected countries and the global community on building upon
the interventions already in place.
The EU envoy told the Liberian leader that EU Heads of State
met two week ago to determine the continents response to the
Ebola pandemic and will work with the three governments and
international partners to scale-up its fnancial and other forms
of support. He pointed out an initial 600 million to scale-up to
about 1 billion by the end of this year.
He disclosed that the EU has already taken the decision to appoint
an Ebola Coordinator to the region who will be announced soon.
We are also keen on working with Liberia to ensure that the
country can be declared Ebola free soon so as to focus on what
can to be done to solve the attending economic and other related
crisis due to the Ebola outbreak, Mr. DE Brower indicated.
The EU Director for Humanitarian and Civil Protection Operations
further informed President Sirleaf that the EU will also set up a
humanitarian evacuation system for the timely evacuation of
international humanitarian workers who will be affected by the
Ebola virus to medical facilities in EU member states within
48 hours and added that they will also support training and the
delivery of food and other logistics.
Mr. DE Brower assured that the EU will convene a stock-taking
conference by the end of November to prepare for the fnal phase
of the fght to eradicate the virus and will also target its support to
the rebuilding of the healthcare system of the affected countries.
He informed President Sirleaf that volunteers have begun coming
forth for deployment to the affected countries.
For her part, President Sirleaf welcomed the visiting EU offcial
and pointed out that the EUs intervention as outlined by Mr. DE
Brower are consistent with what is already being done by the
government and its partners.
She pointed out that all Ebola-related interventions will now be
aligned and integrated with the regular healthcare system as a
way of beginning the process of rebuilding the system. We must
ensure that everything we do now is not just with the aim of ending
the outbreak but to ensure that we come out with a stronger and
effcient healthcare system that will be capable of containing any
future outbreak of the infectious disease, President Sirleaf said.
EU COMMITTED TO
HELPING LIBERIA
KICK OUT EBOLA


DG ECHO Director Jean-Louis DE
Brower Meets President Sirleaf
Departing Grand GEDEH LAWMAKER NOTORIOUS FOR LEADING OVERTURNS
RECONSIDERATION SENATOR?
Monrovia
L
egislative records
show that Senator
Isaac Nyenabo of
Grand Gedeh County
a member of the 52nd and
53rd Liberian Legislature has
the highest number of motion
for reconsideration on issues
relating to the Executive Branch
of Government discussed on the
foor of the senate.
Senator Nyenabo is on record for
fling motions for reconsideration
on the foor of the senate on many
issues with executive interest at
stake. Some of the most recent
motions for reconsideration fled
by Senator Nyenabo include;
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
communication requesting for
more powers, the case with
former Monrovia City Mayor
Mary Broh and the latest being
the decision by 14 senators to
communicate with the President
requesting the retirement of
Health Minister, Dr. Walter
Gwenigale.
Motions for reconsideration are
privileged motions raised by
members of the Legislature who
feel dissatisfed on issues and
believe that his or her colleagues
are proceeding wrongly on
certain matter as it relates
legislative foor politics and such
motions are made to create room
for further deliberation on the
issue.
In the Mary Brohs case
Senator Nyenabo fled a motion
for reconsideration after his
colleagues agreed with the
House of Representatives to
declare Madam Broh a Non-
governmental material for
obstructing legislative function.
Broh was accused of preventing
former Montserrado County
superintendent Grace Kpaan
from going to prison after
the plenary of the House of
Representatives ordered her
detention for gross disrespect to
the body for failing to implement
a, mandate from plenary of the
House of Representatives.
Kpaan was told to reinstate the
Montserrado County Project
Management Chair whom she
suspended; something according
to the county Legislative Caucus
was in violation of the county
resolution. That plus many others
alleged violation led plenary
to recommend imprisonment
for the former Superintendent
a process which Madam Broh
obstructed.
The Plenary saw the former
city Mayor action as an affront
to them and obstruction of their
function which amounted to
legislative contempt and pleaded
with their colleagues in the upper
House (senate) to join them in
passing a vote of no confdence
in Madam Broh , thus declaring
her non-governmental material.
It was at that juncture that
Senator Nyenabo fled a motion
for reconsideration after it was
agreed bymajority the senate
members that they support
their colleagues in the spirit of
collaboration but that process
was delayed by a Motion for
reconsideration by Nyenabo.
Plea for more powers
Senator Isaac Nyenabo also fled
a motion for reconsideration
into the recent incident where
the President requested the
Legislature to approve her
request for more power under
the state of emergency as a result
of the outbreak of the Ebola
Virus.
Senators at the time agreed to
deny the President request after
it was debated for two days and
on the second a vote was taken
but Senator Nyenabo fled a
motion for reconsideration for
what he called a procedural
error because according to him
Senator Clarice Jah (Chair on
executive) who previously
debated on the matter was made
to preside in the absence of the
Pro-Temp Gbehzongar Findley
something he saw as violation
of the senate rules. According to
him she did not have the moral
backing to preside on the same
matter she debated.
Nyenabo Stalls Gwenigalies
Retirement Letter
Senator Nyenabo also fled
a motion for reconsideration
Thursday after the Senate voted
on the under fre health Minister
Dr. Walter Gwenigale whose
issue has been lingering in the
corridors of the legislature for
the past six months.
The senators agreed that they
write President Ellen Johnson
Sirleaf requesting her to retire
the health Minister who Medical
reports show that he is ill and
needs to rest.
The senators decision came
after the minister failed two
times to reappear before them
for questioning because he is ill
which was backed by a medical
report from a reputable Liberian
Medical doctor, Dr. Robert
Kpoto.
Why always Nyenabo?
According to the Grand Gedeh
lawmaker who is respected by
his colleagues for his level of
experience in legislative politics,
he normally fles motions for
reconsideration to delay the
decision of his colleagues to
allow what he calls a political
intervention.
Senator Nyenabo said: There
are two intents -one to correct
the foor because of error and
the second item is to afford time
because sometimes we make
decision in a rush than you
miss the point so you need to
waste time sometimes to delay
the decision so that a political
intervention in legislative
politics can take place.
He said the world over a motion
for reconsideration is also
intended to bring to the table
the aggrieved and the accused to
have a dialogue and the decision
could cause a fatigue to the
lawmakers on a particular matter
which subsequently means the
motion succeeded.
Senator Nyenabo served as
Senate Pro-Temp in the 52nd
Legislature but was later voted
out by his colleagues. He was
recently nominated by President
Sirleaf as an Ambassador
At- Large to Europe pending
confrmation.
CORRUPTION FIGHTS BACK: LACC
STANDS BY REPORT AMID ATTACKS
Monrovia -
T
he Liberia Anti-
Corruption
Commission (LACC)
is aware and takes
note of a series of sponsored
propagandas in the media
against the Commission by
individuals opposed to the
governments anti-corruption
fght. These individuals have
planted paid agents in the media
to discredit and misrepresent
the LACC following a MICAT
press briefng by the Executive
Chairperson to update the
people of Liberia on the status of
corruption cases.
These propagandas are allegedly
being orchestrated by some
accused persons or their paid
agents. They have allegedly
dished out money to these paid
agents as a result of a midnight
meeting held on the Robertsfeld
high way, with the intent to
weaken and discredit the
Commissions resolve to pursue
the prosecution of individuals
accused of corrupt practices.
The LACC stands by its report,
and therefore wishes to assure
the public and its partners that it
remains resolute and unshakable
in the fght against corruption
and will ensure that the accused
are brought to justice.

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IN BRIEF
ARAB LEAGUE WARNS OF
JERUSALEM 'RED LINE'


Cairo (AFP) -
T
he Arab League
warned Sunday that
Israel has reached a
"red line" after fresh
clashes in Jerusalem, urging
international pressure to stop
what it branded "violations" in
the holy city.
Clashes around the fashpoint
Al-Aqsa mosque compound --
the third holiest site in Islam and
Judaism's holiest -- prompted
Israel on Thursday to close the
site for a day.
Al-Aqsa and adjacent
neighbourhoods have seen
months of violence, with the
mosque compound a rallying
point for Palestinian resistance
to perceived Jewish attempts to
take control of it.
"Israel has reached a red line,"
Arab League deputy chief
Ahmed Ben Hilli said after an
assembly of the 22-member
bloc's delegates.
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IRAQI KURDS JOIN FIGHT AGAINST
ISLAMIC STATE IN KOBANI
FAR-RIGHT ISRAELI MP VISITS AL-AQSA
COMPOUND, DEFYING NETANYAHU
BEIRUT/MURSITPINAR
Turkey (Reuters) -
I
raqi Kurdish fghters have
joined the fght against
Islamic State militants
in Kobani, hoping their
support for fellow Kurds
backed by U.S.-led air strikes
will keep the ultra-hardline
group from seizing the Syrian
border town.
Idriss Nassan, deputy minister
for foreign affairs in Kobani
district, said Iraqi Kurds using
long-range artillery had joined
the battle on Saturday night
against Islamic State, which
holds parts of Syria and Iraq as
part of an ambition to redraw
the map of the Middle East,
"The peshmerga joined the
battle late yesterday and it
made a big difference with their
artillery. It is proper artillery,"
he told Reuters.
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -
A
far-right politician
who wants Jews to
be allowed to pray at
Jerusalem's al-Aqsa
compound visited the site on
Sunday, defying Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu's calls
for restraint after clashes this
week between Israeli police and
Palestinians.
Sunday was the frst day the
compound, known to Muslims
as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews
as Temple Mount, was open to
non-Muslims since an Israeli-
American activist was shot
and seriously wounded after
speaking out against the prayer
ban.
DEFIANCE IN
OUAGADOUGOU
Ouagadougou (AFP) -
T
he Burkina Faso army
seized control of the
national television
headquarters and
the capital's main square on
Sunday in defance of calls by
the international community and
thousands of demonstrators to
hand over power to civilian rule.
Troops moved in to Place de la
Nation in Ouagadougou, setting
up barricades and removing
thousands of people who had
gathered to denounce the army's
power grab after the turbulent
ouster of president Blaise
Compaore on Friday.
Soldiers from the presidential
guard also fred into the air to
disperse protesters as they took
control of national broadaster
RTB and cleared out all staff,
AFP correspondents at the scene
said.
The military stepped into
the power vacuum left after
Compaore stepped down in
the wake of violent street
demonstrations over his 27-year-
rule of the west African state that
some have likened to the Arab
Spring.
But international mediators
brandished the threat of sanctions
if the army refused to back down
and allow a civilian transfer of
power.
The UN envoy for west Africa,
Mohamed Ibn Chambas, told
a news conference in the
Burkinabe capital that he and
African leaders had pressed the
demand in a meeting with the
country's top military brass.
If the army refuses, "the
consequences are pretty clear,"
he said. "We want to avoid
having to impose sanctions on
Burkina Faso."
The US State Department
also called on the military to
immediately transfer power to
civilian authorities.
Hundreds of thousands of
protesters, furious at plans
to extend Compaore's rule in
the impoverished landlocked
country, had massed on the streets
of Ouagadougou on Thursday,
some going on a rampage and
setting the parliament and other
public buildings ablaze.
Under Burkina Faso's
constitution, the speaker of
parliament was supposed to
step in as interim head of
state following the president's
resignation.
- 'Zida go!' -
But the army instead named
the second-in-command of the
presidential guard, Lieutenant
Colonel Isaac Zida, as head of
the transitional authority.
Zida said he was appointed to
ensure a "smooth democratic
transition" and promised to
consult with the political
opposition and civil leaders.
But several thousand people
joined a march against the
military on Sunday.
"No to the theft of our victory,
long live the people!" said one
banner, while others read: "Zida
go!", "Zida is Judas."
The mediators from the United
Nations, the African Union
and the Economic Community
of West African States told
Zida and other military leaders
that civilian rule needed to be
restored.
They "assured us that they had
well understood the message,"
Chambas said.
But US State Department
spokeswoman Jan Psaki voiced
international mistrust at the
army's move, saying the United
States condemned its attempt to
"impose its will" on the people of
Burkina Faso.
"We urge civilian leadership
to be guided by the spirit of
the constitution of Burkina
Faso and to move immediately
towards free and fair presidential
elections," she said in a
statement.
Opposition fgures have said
around 30 people were killed in
Thursday's violence that hit the
capital and at least one other city.
AFP could confrm only four
deaths.
Opposition and activist leaders
had issued a statement after
the takeover demanding a
"democratic and civilian
transition" in the country of
nearly 17 million people.
"The task of managing the
transition falls by right to the
people. In no case can it be
confscated by the army," it said.
Compaore and his wife have
taken refuge in neighbouring
Ivory Coast where they are being
put up in a luxury government
mansion in the capital
Yamoussoukro.
- Bitter disillusionment -
The crisis in Burkina Faso --
known as Upper Volta in its
era as a French colony before
becoming independent in 1960
and changing its name in 1984
-- is the worst since a wave of
unrest three years ago.
From March to June 2011, a
wave of army mutinies swept
the country, alongside public
protests over high food prices,
unemployment and the looting
of property by troops.
Compaore was only 36 when he
seized power in a 1987 coup in
which his former friend and one
of Africa's most loved leaders,
Thomas Sankara, was ousted and
assassinated.
In the manner of a number of
sub-Saharan African leaders, he
clung to power for the decades
following, being re-elected
president four times since 1991.
The uprising that fnally forced
him out was sparked by plans to
change the constitution to allow
Compaore to stand yet again for
elections next year.
He leaves bitter disillusionment
behind. Burkina Faso languishes
at 181 out of 187 countries on the
UN Human Development Index.

Burkina Army Defant As Protesters Denounce Power Grab
'ONE GAME TOO FAR'
The downfall of Burkina Faso's president
DAKAR (Reuters) -
I
n the build-up to this past
week's mass protests in
Burkina Faso that ended
Blaise Compaore's 27-year
rule, statesmen from French
President Francois Hollande to
former U.N. Secretary-General
Kof Annan sent him messages
with increasing urgency.
The meaning was clear: step
aside with reputation intact and a
high-profle international job, or
risk an undignifed exit.
But Compaore stood frm. Even
with hundreds of thousands
protesting his plan to rejig the
constitution to extend his rule,
he still hoped to outmaneuver his
rivals one more time.
The former soldier had survived
many attempts to unseat him
since he seized power in a 1987
coup that killed his former
brother in arms Thomas Sankara,
a leftwing hero.
In doing so, Compaore gradually
reinvented himself from a
notorious backer of rebel groups
and ally of the late Libyan leader
Muammar Gaddaf to a wily,
regional peace-broker.
In the end, however, the man
popularly known as 'Beautiful
Blaise' spectacularly misjudged
the people he had ruled with
a mixture of democracy and
repression for nearly three
decades.
"He played for many years and
he won. This was one game too
many and he lost," Gilles Yabi,
an independent West African
political analyst, told Reuters.
"He miscalculated and didnt
think there would be this level of
protest."
Realizing his mistake too
late, Compaore withdrew on
Thursday his plan to change
Burkina Faso's 1991 constitution
so he could stand for re-election.
But protests intensifed and he
had no choice but to fee the
Kosyam presidential palace and
seek haven in neighboring Ivory
Coast, governed by his frm ally
Alassane Ouattara.
His fall revealed the gulf between
those he ruled and Western
governments, who saw him as
a useful ally against Islamist
forces in the turbulent Sahel.
Before the celebratory horns
and whistles had died down,
the military had stepped in. The
army chief of staff announced
he had taken control, only to be
ousted in his turn by a senior
fgure in the presidential guard
hours later.
Despite condemnation of the
militarys intervention from the
opposition, the United States and
the regional Africa Union bloc,
Compaore's fall was still hailed
as a warning to several longtime
African presidents mulling
moves to stay in power.
"If Blaise had been allowed to
stay it would have sent a message
to the old club of African leaders
that they can do whatever they
want," said Rinaldo Depagne,
head of the West Africa Project
for the International Crisis
Group (ICG). "Now they see that
they have to listen to the streets."
IN SANKARA'S SHADOW
The death of Sankara - whom
Compaore had helped to sweep
to power in a 1983 leftwing
revolution - cast a shadow upon
his regime. Compaore went on to
win a series of elections, initially
unopposed but then against an
opposition that cried foul.
Yet Sankara's legacy was not
forgotten. Protesters waved his
photograph and signs reading
"Sankara look at your sons."
The 1998 murder of Norbert
Zongo, a journalist who was
investigating corruption and the
mysterious death of the driver
for Compaore's brother Francois,
underscored darker methods
employed by the state apparatus
to maintain authority.
"The country was peaceful but
people have never forgotten the
bloody episodes," Yabi said.
In her farewell cable to
Washington in 2009, outgoing
U.S. ambassador Jeanine
Jackson described a president
taking the country in the right
direction through hard work.
Others, who saw the Compaore
machine from the inside,
remember differently. "He
managed things through
intimidation, killings and
corruption," said one former
offcial.
Compaore sailed to victory in
the last presidential election
in 2010 with 80 percent. The
result masked anger over scant
improvement in the lives of
Burkina Faso's 17 million
people.
Perched on the Sahara's southern
rim, Burkina Faso has long
been one of the least developed
nations on earth. It is a cotton
producer and has attracted
several foreign gold miners. Aid
funds, however, still cover 80
percent of government spending.
In 2011, soldiers mutinied over
unpaid housing allowances.
Angry students and ordinary
people joined them, protesting at
rising food prices, police brutality
and lack of development.
Compaore survived and
swiftly reshuffed his military.
But it showed that rivals could
capitalize on anger at inequality.
"A once-admired focus on
grassroots development has
faded, while a well-connected
elite has grown prosperous," said
Paul Melly, associate fellow of
the Africa Program at Chatham
House.

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Sports
SPORTS
The former Croatia midfelder believes that between 2010 and 2013 the
Barcelona attacker played on a level that nobody had ever previously reached
MOURINHO: CHELSEA FANS ARE TOO
QUIET, IT'S LIKE AN EMPTY STADIUM
The Blues were made to work hard to preserve their four-point Premier League lead
against QPR on Saturday and the Portuguese believes the supporters must improve
J
ose Mourinho has accused
Chelsea fans of not being
vocal enough in their
support of the team,
likening games at Stamford
Bridge to the experience of
playing in an empty stadium.
The Blues maintained their
four-point lead at the top of
the Premier League with a
hard-fought victory over QPR
on Saturday, Eden Hazard
winning and converting a late
penalty after Charlie Austin had
cancelled out a stunning Oscar
opener.
Chelsea were pushed hard by
their west London rivals after
a signifcantly less ruthless
performance than often seen at
Stamford Bridge this season,
and Mourinho believes the home
support must take their share of
responsibility for his team's lack
of killer instinct.
Everyone knows how much I
feel connected to this club and
the fans," the Portuguese told
reporters. "At this moment its
diffcult for us to play at home,
because playing here is like
playing in an empty stadium.
The team then starts playing like
its a quiet, soft game at home.
Its diffcult to get that strong
start where the players, team and
fans at Stamford Bridge [are all
together].
I was today looking around and
it was empty, but not in terms of
people because it was obviously
full. Thats what frustrating."
REAL MADRID TOP AFTER
BARCA LOSE AT HOME


MADRID (Reuters) -
B
arcelona followed
up last weekend's
3-1 defeat at
Real Madrid with
another reverse on Saturday,
squandering a host of chances to
lose 1-0 at home to Celta Vigo
and handing the lead in La Liga
to their arch rivals.
Barca forward Neymar hit the
crossbar twice and team mate
Lionel Messi did likewise once
before hesitation in the defence
let in Celta forward Joaquin
Larrivey to score 10 minutes
after halftime at the Nou Camp.
As the home side strove in vain
for an equaliser, Messi, who
remains one goal short of La
Liga's scoring record of 251,
sent a free kick against the
corner of the goal frame in the
80th minute.
BALE SET TO FACE LIVERPOOL
CASILLAS: THIS COULD BE THE BEST
REAL MADRID TEAM I'VE PLAYED IN
G
areth Bale has
handed Real
Madrid a ftness
boost ahead of their
Champions League clash with
Liverpool after returning to
training following a hip injury.
The Wales international was an
unused substitute in Real's 5-0
victory at Levante on October
18 and has missed the club's
last three matches entirely
against Liverpool, Barcelona
and Granada.
However, the 25-year-old
appears to be nearing a
comeback after taking part in
Real's fnal training session
before their return match with
the Reds in Europe on Tuesday.
"Bale joined the group for the
week's last training session,
during which Cristiano Ronaldo
and Marcelo worked alone and
performed running drills out on
the pitch," read a statement on
Real's website.
"Bale completed a series of
demanding dribbling, passing
and shooting circuits."
I
ker Casillas is beginning to
think that the current Real
Madrid team is the fnest he
has ever played in.
The 33-year-old goalkeeper
frst broke into the Blancos'
senior squad as a teenager in
1999 and was a member of the
star-studded sides that won
Champions League titles in 2000
and 2002.

PROSINECKI: MESSI IS THE BEST EVER
R
obert Prosinecki says
that Lionel Messi is
the best player of all
time, arguing that
for three seasons the Argentine
achieved unprecedented levels
of excellence.
The Barcelona attacker won the
Golden Ball at this summer's
World Cup for leading his
country to the fnal, where they
were beaten 1-0 after extra-time
by Germany.
However, Messi's form and
ftness have been the subject of
much debate for the past year,
with some pundits arguing that
he has lost his passion for the
game and others suggesting that
injuries have robbed him of a
little pace.
Prosinecki freely admits that
Messi was not at his best last
season but still maintains that
the 27-year-old remains without
equal - despite the sensational
goalscoring form of Real Madrid
ace Cristiano Ronaldo over the
past 12 months.
"For me, Messi is No.1," the
former Madrid and Barca
midfelder told Jutarnji. "Okay,
last season wasn't so great, but in
the previous three he played as
no one ever before."
Messi's partnership with
Barca team-mate Neymar has
fourished this season but the
pair have ended up on the losing
side in their frst two games since
being joined up front by summer
signing Luis Suarez.
Despite the back-to-back defeats
to Real Madrid and Celta,
Prosinecki is in no doubt that
the three can excel alongside one
another in an attacking trident.
"Johan Cruyff, who was my
coach and I respect him a lot,
says Messi, Neymar and Suarez
can't play together," the Croat
acknowledged. "Well, I say they
can.
"Ego can create problems, but
Neymar and Suarez know Messi
is No.1 and they are very hungry
for trophies, especially Suarez
who has none.
"They disappointed against Real
but are still best team ever!
"I am Real fan but if you would
ask me who I would want to
coach, I would say Barcelona."
Staying on the issue of coaching,
Prosinecki conceded that while
he thinks Bayern Munich
boss Pep Guardiola is the best
tactician in the game today, he
feels Diego Simeone deserves
to be named Fifa's Coach of the
Year for leading Atletico Madrid
to the Liga title in May.
"My vote goes to Guardiola,
although we all have to admit
Simeone had the biggest
achievement because Real,
Barcelona and Bayern have
Ferraris and he has only a BMW,
yet still won the league," he
joked.
Prosinecki spent three years at
Real Madrid, and one at Barca,
during his illustrious playing
career.
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PRAYING AGAINST EBOLA
H
undreds of
Christians
from different
denominations
on Friday, October 31
showed up on the Fair
Grounds, Buchanan City
Grand Bassa County to end
three days of fast and prayer.
The turnout was described by
many Buchanan residents as
the second largest in recent
years with the fist been the
appreciation program for the
county teams following their
victories in the county meet
ALPHA DAFFAE SENKPENI

COMPASSIONATE LEADERSHIP CALL
Montserrado County Senatorial Candidate Dr. J. Christopher Neyor Wows West Point Monrovia -
R
esidents of the slum
township of West
Point have bestowed
honor upon the
President and Chief Executive
Offcer (CEO) of Morweh
Energy Group in Liberia, Mr.
Christopher Z. Neyor, for his
exemplary contributions to
citizens of the township and
Liberia at large.
With a population of over
50,000 residents, West Point is
the largest slum community in
Liberia. It is located in district
# 7, Montserrado County.
Mr. Neyor who is also the
former President/CEO of
the National Oil Company
of Liberia (NOCAL), was
honored on Friday, October 31,
2014 at a colorful ceremony
held in the township.
The ceremony was attended by
hundreds of citizens, mainly
youths, women and elders
as well as the Development
Superintendent of Montserrado
County, Mr. Sylvester Lama.
He was honored by separate
groups including the National
Board of Child Rights
Advocates, Women and Elders
groupings, amongst others.
Speaking during the ceremony,
the citizens recounted the
numerous contributions made
by the Ex-NOCAL boss
towards the empowerment of
young Liberian citizens.
They noted that the honor is
a sign of appreciation to Mr.
Neyor for his tireless role
played in coming to the aid of
the township during times of
disaster.
It can be recalled that sometimes
ago, Mr. Neyor presented the
amount of LD$100,000 to the
Commissioner of the township
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of West Point, Madam Miatta
Flowers, as contribution to
sea erosion victims in the
township.
Over 3000 persons were made
homeless and properties worth
thousands of United States
Dollars were damaged as a
result of the sea erosion.
A one Million Liberian Dollar
scholarship scheme has also
been launched in honor of the
late Shakie Kamara who was
shot dead in the township of
West Point.
Little Shakie was killed on
August 20, 2014 when AFL
soldiers fred live bullets to
enforce a quarantine operation
in West Point.
Speaking shortly after he
received the accolades, Mr.
Neyor expressed shock over
the honor bestowed upon him
by the West Pointers.
How can you honor me when
our work has not yet started?
We still have a far way to go
in West Point, Montserrado
County and Liberia. The
primary benefciaries that we
want in our country will begin
with you the young people.
We came in West Point to
memorialize Shakie Kamara
because we are called to do so
and we did not do it for your
honor, he stated.
He said compassionate
leadership is needed in Liberia
to help move the country
forward in a positive direction.
Mr. Neyor furthered that
compassionate leadership must
be there to mourn or celebrate
with its citizens during times of
happiness or sorrows.
He stated that young people
must be empowered through
education to guarantee the
future of Liberia noting that,
the education of one person
can transform a whole family.
He said a leadership that is not
compassionate or connected to
its people, subjects the citizens
to slavery.
The Montserrado County
Senatorial candidate used
the occasion to expressed
regret over the dismissal of
the President of the National
Health Workers of Liberia
(NHWAL), Mr. Joseph Tamba,
and Secretary General, George
Williams, by Health and Social
Welfare Minister Dr. Walter
Gwenigale.
The pair was among 22 health
workers that were dismissed.
But however, about 20 of the
dismissed health workers have
been reinstated while the two
others remain out of job.
Dr. Gwenigale has vowed
that the two health executives
would not be reinstated as
long as he remains head of the
MOHSW.
But Mr. Neyor noted
that the Unity Party (UP)
led-government is not
compassionate to its citizens
because of the rejection of
numerous appeals from several
institutions including the
Liberia Council of Churches
(LCC), the National Traditional
Council of Liberia (NTCL), for
the two health executives to
return to work.
He, however, commended
residents of the township
of West Point for the honor
bestowed upon him.
THOUSANDS SHOW-UP IN BUCHANAN TO END 3 DAYS PRAYER earlier this year.
Before the indoor service
at the Unification Pavilion,
they paraded the principle
streets of Buchanan singing
and dancing praises to God.
Rev. Amos Boakarie,
Chairman of the Full
Gospel Church, Bassa
Chapter and also one of
the organizers of the fast
and prayer said Liberian
Christians throughout the
country embarked on the
process based on a direct
mandate from God through a
revelation instructing all the
churches should gathered to
pray.
People may think that
this (prayer) is about only
Ebola but it goes beyond
the boundary of Ebola, as
far as the church is concern
God has already dealt with
the issue of Ebola, Rev.
Boakarie. We are praying
for God to help us with
many other problems we as
a nation are face with, he
told reporters.
According to the organizers,
they are seeking achievement
from God on three basis
which include total healing
for Liberia, resurrection,
and destroying walls and
barriers against the nation.
Speaking at the indoor
service, Pasor Daniel Fuah
told the congregation that
God is calling all Liberians
to come back to him and he
will heal the nation if they
repent, adding that God will
deal with those responsible
for the unbearable conditions
Liberians find themselves.
The organizers also told
reporters that several fast
and prayer services were
held in all the districts of
the county while Christians
all over the country held
prayers respectively.
Since the outbreak of the
Ebola virus in the country
the Liberian Christian
community have held
several fast and prayer
services across the country
seeking Gods intervention
to help end the epidemic.
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REFRESHING EBOLA RESPONSE
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Task Force Ends Training In Buchanan for 5 Counties
Buchana, Grand Bassa
County -
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superintendents
and their respective
health offcers,
clinical supervisors, health
directors, and Community
Base Organizations (CBOs)
as well as water and sanitation
experts have all completed a
two day training organized by
the National Ebola Task Force
to implement the Community
Care Centers (CCC), a new
response to the Ebola virus.
The CCC is a community
driven and ownership
strategy that brought together
participants from Lofa,
Gbarpolu, Grand Cape
Mount, Rivercess and Grand
Bassa Counties in Buchanan
City, Grand Bassa County
from October 31 November
1.
Dr. Francis Kateh, Deputy
Incident Manager of the
National Ebola Task Force
told FrontPage Africa on
Saturday, November 1, at the
close of the training that the
workshop is expected to see
participating counties take
ownership of CCCs that will
be set up in their counties. Dr.
Kateh emphasized that the
CCCs will serve as a bridge
between the communities and
the ETUs.
During the heat of the crisis
(Ebola), we realized that
there were lack of beds at
the ETUs and because of this
we had to develop a system
that will serve as the bridge
between the community and
the ETUs, he said.
Dr. Kateh said suspected
Ebola patients that come
through the CCC as long
as they are easily isolated
from the household, the
community will take them to
the care center while their lab
results are being determine
and if positive those patients
will then be transfer to the
treatment units.
He said the concept of the
Community Care Centers
was initiated after the holding
centers failed , adding that
the CCCs are set to make
some rapid intervention in
providing care for patients
because it takes three days
to two weeks to set up one
instead of an ETU that
requires a lot.
Social and psychosocial
workers will work with the
community and the county

administrations will also work
to ensure that communities
are involve while health
workers and CBOs will go
into the communities to
sensitize the people about
the CCC process and how it
works.
People are doing different
innovative things to contain
this crisis, so we know that
if we are rolling it out to the
community we should have
county authority involve
and they can go back and
sensitize the people to get
them involve too, he said.
The Buchanans training
was the fnal of a three
series workshops with the
frst and second taking place
in Monrovia and Harper
City, Maryland County
respectively.
Already, Dr. Kateh said three
of these centers are under
construction in Monrovia,
one in Tubmanburg, another
in Ganta, Nimba County and
one is being completed in
Margibi County.
He said the delay in kicking
off activities at these care
centers was completing the
training and since it has now
been done, each county will
now determine the location
for the CCC in their county to
make it more effective.
The workshop in Buchanan was the fnal of three other trainings in Monrovia and Harper, Maryland County
Counties are expected to do
their own mapping and the
National Ebola Task Force
will support them so they
can take ownership of these
centers.
What we want is to use this
method permanently, so at
the end of Ebola we will still
have our hospital attached
to these CCCs which can be
incorporated into the essential
services at the hospital, Dr.
Keteh added.
RIGHT TIME FOR CCC
Responding to the timing
of the strategy and its
implementation especially
with reports surfacing that
there are decline in the
number of Ebola cases in the
country, he argued that there
are uncertainties in dealing
with disaster.
It (disaster) depicts what
action should be taken at the
appropriate time, so Ebola at
this level has never been like
this, so we had to use every
mechanism that come forth.
Since weve set up the CCCs
and noticed that the cases are
declining we have to come
up with the Rapid Response
Team so this is a continuous
driven thing because of the
trend the disease is taking,
Dr. Kateh noted.
Dr. Kateh also revealed that
the lack of funding delayed
the CCCs projects across the
country but with money and
support coming in, he added
that the Incident Management
Team of the National Ebola
Task Force is now working to
achieve the target goal.
PARITICIPANTS
OPTISMISTIC
Dr. Wilmot Smith, Rivercess
County Health Offcer, one
of the participants agreed
that the CCC approach will
bridge the gap between the
community and the health
centers in the county, adding
that it is helpful based on the
separate county situation and
challenges.
He said as participants
theyve learned lessons from
the Lofa County situation and
how it can be used to help
county health centers and
their best practices to curtail
the Ebola disease.
Gbarpolu County Health
Team Clinical Supervisor,
Bennie J. Clarke described
the training as an eye opener
while an epidemiologist
from Sinoe County, George
Williams added that the
CCC will help to quickly
isolate patients who are
symptomatic.
Dr. Francis N. Kateh, Deputy Incident Manager of the National Ebola Task Force, is
also the Medical Director at the Jackson F. Doe Hospital in Nimba County
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Manchester City 1-0 Manchester United: Aguero Wins Derby After Foolish Smalling Red
C
hampions Manchester City continued
their recent derby dominance with a
1-0 Premier League win over 10-man
Manchester United on Sunday.
Aided by Chris Smalling's sending off during a
goalless opening period at the Etihad Stadium,
Manuel Pellegrini's men took control after the
interval as Sergio Aguero grabbed the decisive
goal, his 10th in the league this season.
The Argentina striker's effort condemned United to
a fourth successive league loss to their rivals for the
frst time since 1970 and ensured Louis van Gaal
was defeated in his maiden all-Manchester clash.
Anticipation was high as City attempted to end a
three-game winless run in all competitions and their
hopes were raised towards the end of a breathless
frst half, with Smalling given his marching orders
after picking up two stupid yellow cards.
That, combined with centre-back
partner Marcos Rojo being withdrawn
through injury in the 56th minute,
proved crucial as the hosts took the
points.
City, already without star man David
Silva, were dealt another blow when
Aleksandar Kolarov limped off in the
warm-up, with Gael Clichy coming
into the XI.
United had full-back issues of their
own after Rafael da Silva picked up
a knock in training to leave Antonio
Valencia in an unfamiliar role.
Valencia was immediately tested, too,
beaten by Aguero - who subsequently
forced a frst save from David de Gea.
But United responded quickly, Adnan
Januzaj volleying just wide after
being teed up by Robin van Persie's
cushioned header.
The visitors continued to look
threatening, with the likes of Angel
di Maria and Wayne Rooney - back
from suspension - buzzing around in
dangerous areas.
Yet the game then took on an end-to-
end nature, with De Gea making world-
class saves to deny Jesus Navas and
Aguero in quick succession.
A decisive moment came in the 38th
minute, however, when Smalling - who
had already picked up a cheap yellow
card for impeding Joe Hart as the City
goalkeeper attempted to punt downfeld
- few into an ill-judged challenge on
James Milner.
The frst-half drama did not stop
there, with City twice seeing loud
penalty appeals turned down following
challenges from Marouane Fellaini and
Rojo.
City were unsurprisingly positive at the
start of the second period, epitomised
by Pablo Zabaleta fnding himself in
the United box to volley over.