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WHEN WILL HELP COME FOR FORMER LIBERIAN

INTERNATIONAL SAYON DAVIES, NOW A STROKE VICTIM?
DYING SLOWLY
When I am dead, cars will park here and people will be asking how is the
mat? Okay, I am sending four bags of rice for the people on the mat to eat. But
here is man who is still alive and needs all the help in this world to recover.
Why dont you give him his flowers now? - Sayon Experience Davies,
Former Football, Liberias Lone Star
Sports - pg.15
LIBER IA VOTES 2014 - YOUR GUIDE TO THE 2014 SENATOR IAL ELECTIONS
A THREE HORSE RACE
BONG SENATE ELECTION
More than 12 candidates representing various political parties are

juggling for the position. Among them there are three front-runners from
three of the major political parties operating in Bong County.
p8 & 9
KIMMIE WEEKS
FORMALLY ENDORSES
BENJAMIN SANVEEE
Says young people should claim
60% of House and Senate
Your Vote is your Voice Vote your Nation & Vote Right
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Friday, November 28, 2014
Monroviahe rhetoric of what is building up to be an intense

political campaign season is beginning to fly with
candidates using various campaign stops and
platforms to gain an edge on their opponents.
Thursday was no exception with George Manneh, Weah,
the political leader of Liberias main opposition Congress
for Democracy Change and one of the leading contenders
for the senatorial seat of Montserrado County, George Weah
throwing jabs at one of his main rivals, the son of President
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf who is running as an independent in the
December 16 race.
Weah fired up his supporters by saying that Robert Sirleaf
could never achieve what his mother, the sitting President has
failed to do in the last 8 years.
Weahs supporters and some political observers say the
presidents presidential pitfalls are becoming a lightning rod
for Robert Sirleafs opponents.
Weah recently received the endorsements of 14 out of the 17
lawmakers in electoral districts in Montserrado, who have all
vowed to campaign for his election.
On Thursday, Weah scoring yet another political gain with his
endorsement by Electoral District # 6 in Montserrado County,
told thousands of supporters who turned out for the rally that
electing Robert will be vain, saying the son of the Liberian
leader cannot achieve what his mother has failed to do over
the past years.
What his mother did not achieve, he cannot achieve it.
They judge you from the home you come from, when you
come from good home and you go out and exemplify those
attributes, your people say the boy is a good kid. The person
they go to is your parents who brought you up. When you are
bad child with bad attributes they will say the house the man
come from his parents did not train him, said Weah,
I bring Hope
Weah told supporters that the election is not about him but a
change for the belter for the people of Montserrado County.
I believe in humanity and in my country and the people that I
love. You know my attributes; you know what I have done for
you and what I am capable of doing for you. I bring trust and
hope to the senate Weah further said.
In the wake of allegations that some candidates in the
Montserrado race are using money to buy some electorates
voters registration cards, the CDC political leader cautioned
the electorates that election is about choice and they should
not give into selling their voter registration cards in exchange
for money. Lets give the people the opportunity to choose,
election is about choice.
Weah cautioned that although the CDC has won Montserrado
singlehandedly during the last two elections, this time around
the election is a united front between the CDC and several
other political parties including the Liberty Party, Unity Party
and people from other political parties.
Montserrado County District #6 lawmaker Edwin M. Snowe
who led the zonal heads in the district in endorsing Weah said
I believe in humanity and in my

country and the people that I love. You
know my attributes; you know what
I have done for you and what I am
capable of doing for you. I bring trust
and hope to the senate - George M.
Weah, senatorial candidate, Congress
for Democracy Change
his district is fully behind the election of Weah to the Senate.
Ambassador Weah, for and behalf of District # 6, Montserrado
County and in my own name as the legitimate, representative
of this district I do hereby present to you these responsible
women and men the trust of this district, said Snowe.
The lawmaker said his support for Weah will go beyond mere
endorsement as he vowed to campaign in all corners of the
district to ensure that Weah is elected to the Liberian senate.
Snowe promised: We will not stop here; we will work in every
corner of this district to ensure that December 16, 2014, you
will be elected as the next senator of Montserrado County.
Several supporters of the Weah and the CDC who turned out at
the political rally expressed different views on their quest for
supporting Weah for the Senate.
Supporter Throws 2017 Hint
Patrick Manjo, Jr. said I will vote for George Weah because
right now Liberia is the most dirty country in the world, look at
me at 37 years I am still sleeping on mat.Weah can make things
around in this country.
Chea Nimley also said he is supporting Weah for what he has
done for the country over the years.
I am voting Ambassador Weah based on his competency he
exhibited over the past, said Nimley.
Nimley added: George Weah can make a change, not only at
the Capitol but mind you 2017 when he becomes President he
will make the difference. Liberia needs a passionate leader and
George Weah is passionate.
An enthusiastic female supporter, Beatrice Nah said she is
voting Weah because she wants freedom and better living
condition. We buying cup of 25 and our children need to go
to school, Beatrice said.
Another supporter, Emmanuel Saah, saidWeah is the best
person who can make the difference by providing jobs. He
will provide jobs for us and make things better said Saah.
Weahs endorsement by District #6 comes on the heels of a
fracas during which his supporters and those of his opponent,
Rob Sirleaf physically exchanged insults leading to injuries
and vandalism of vehicles and other properties.
Two Unity Party lawmakers, Bill Twehway (Montserrado
County, District 3) and Henry Fahnbulleh (Montserrado
County, District 6) who recently endorsed Weah candidacy
were also in attendance.
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AN ELECTION OFFENSE: NEC CAUTIONS AGAINST CAMPAIGN VIOLENCE
he attention of the National Elections Commission

(NEC), has been drawn to reported acts of campaign
violence by supporters of some candidates contesting
the 2014 Special Senatorial Election in Montserrado
County.
The Commission finds these reports disturbing and unacceptable,
and hereby condemns same in the strongest terms. Accordingly,
the Commission warns that all political parties and candidates
will be held accountable for their own actions and those of their
supporters in regard to any violation of the laws controlling this
electoral process.
The Commission wishes to unequivocally state that the
qualification of an individual as a candidate to contest the Special
Senatorial Election is not absolute or irreversible. The NEC will
therefore not hesitate to utilize its power under the laws of Liberia
to revoke the candidacy of any individual caught violating the
laws governing this process.
Section 10.22 of the New Elections Law of 1986 states, It shall be
an election offense for political parties, when having their political
rallies and demonstrations, to abuse another political party or its
leader by the use of profane language or slogan, tending to reflect

on such party or its leader or a particular ethnic group or groups.
Additionally, in keeping with Article V, Section 2 of the Code of
Conduct promulgated by political parties in 2011 and reaffirmed at
a recent IPCC meeting, political parties resolved that they would
not obstruct, break up, disrupt or cause to be broken up meetings,
rallies or other activities organized by other political parties; nor
shall they interrupt or prevent speeches and the distribution of
leaflets and the pasting of posters by other parties.
It is important to note that in addition to the regulations referred
to above, the Chairman of the Commission, with the exception
of one candidate, met individually with all other candidates in
the Montserrado County senatorial race, during which time each
candidate affirmed his/her commitment to the conduct of an
issue based and violent free political campaign. The Commission
expects that these candidates will scrupulously live up to their
respective affirmations.
Accordingly, the Commission expects and requires that all
campaign activities will be conducted in a civilized manner; void
of name calling and use of foul language.
The Commission also recalls that during a regular IPCC meeting

held early this month, political parties and candidates were
urged to submit their campaign schedules for the purpose of
monitoring and regulating their campaign activities to avoid
clashes and conflicts with other contestants. The NEC wishes to
call on all parties and candidates that have not complied with this
requirement to do so without further delay.
The Commission says it has also received information that some
individuals are engaged in the habit of purchasing voter cards.
The NEC says this practice is criminal and as such, inhibited by
law.
Due to the seriousness attached to these matters, the Commission
will meet with all candidates contesting the Montserrado County
Senatorial seat at its headquarters at 2p.m. on Tuesday, December
2, 2014.
In conclusion, the NEC says it remains committed to the conduct
of free, fair and transparent election as well as the enforcement of
all laws controlling the electoral process irrespective of the party
or individual involved.
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FrontPage COMMENTARY
EDITORIAL AMERICA WORKS FOR FIRESTONE;
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Commentary
NO NEED FOR ELECTION

CAMPAIGN VIOLENCE IN
LIBERIAS FRAGILED
DEMOCRACY
Any form of violence at this time when the eyes of the

world is watching, praying and hoping that Liberia
ride through this crisis will send a bad signal and
message that Liberians are a bunch of unserious
people in need of some serious political therapy.
EBOLA-HIT Liberia received a Doze of potential reality Wednesday
when rival supporters of football legend George Manneh Weah and the
independent candidate Robert Alvin Sirleaf clashed in the PHP Community,
the headquarters of Sirleaf.
THE CLASHES came just days after the National Elections Commission
declared open the start of the political campaign season for the upcoming
Special Senatorial elections slated for December 16, 2014.
VARIATIONS OF WHAT may or may not have triggered the melee has
been cluttering the social media circuits with supporters of both sides
laying to their shares of the spoils of what has now set up a prelude to what
many anticipate would be a rather contentious elections.
MR. SIRLEAF, in a statement late Wednesday took aim at the CDC he
blamed for the incident he described as a cowardly act of desperation
and fear, suggesting that the grassroot party is in a panic mode due to
the increasing and overwhelming support his campaign is receiving
throughout the county. It continues to sadden us that an institution like
the CDC are again are returning to the same "violence at all cost model."
The perpetrators of this wanton act of violence must be brought to justice.
Our campaign journey will remain a peaceful one throughout the entire
democratic process, as we have faith in the good people of Montserrado
County whom deserve a positive future.
WEAH ON THE OTHER hand riled up his supporters with jabs of his own
at Sirleaf.
SAID WEAH: "The behavior here today show that Robert Sirleaf does not
mean well for this country. The attitude should in no way discourage you
from supporting CDC; but rather should motivate you to do more."
REPRESENTATIVE ACAROUS Moses Gray(District 8, Montserrado
County) a former secretary general of the CDC told FrontPageAfrica late
Wednesday that the party is saddened by claims from the Sirleaf camp. It
saddens us that Mr. Sirleaf and his team will Seek to shamelessly issue a
Statement that seeks to shift blame instead of cutting off his brutal attack
dogs who provoke a barbaric and uncivilized situation, throwing stones at
our political gathering. Their actions today to attack the vehicle off our
flag bearer and senatorial aspirant, Ambassador. Weah is tantamount to an
assassination and needs immediate redress.
THE CDC is demanding an inquiry into the matter insisting that it was the
Sirleaf camp which triggered the melee. We wonder why the police took
so long to arrive as all candidates need equal protection. We have instructed
our supporters to remain law abiding but we want the Sirleaf team to know
that this barbaric act on their part must be the last of its kind. The NEC must
act now so as to avoid further act on the part of Mr. Sirleafs handful of
supporters. Also The PHP field is not for Mr. Sirleaf or his campaign team.
The property belongs to the Government of Liberia and the field is intended
for the community use like the one built in Slipway.
THE INCIDENT while not as damaging as it could have been drew riot
police who quickly arrived to restore order, but not after several properties
were seen damaged as a result of riot from supporters of both sides. A
despondent Weah urged his supporters not to be discouraged especially in
their beliefs.
HISTORY HAS NOT taken too kind to Liberia and elections.
AS FAR BACK as 1955, when S. David Coleman's Independent True Whig
Party and its ally the Reformation Party were barred from participation
in the presidential elections and took their appeal to the Supreme Court,
tensions have been at the front and center of elections in Liberia. Coleman
and other Independent True Whig and Reformation Party officials were
charged with treason and sedition, after an alleged attempt on the life of
President William V. S. Tubman. Coleman was killed in a reported shootout
when security forces attempted to arrest him at his Clay-Ashland home.
COLEMAN HAD RISEN to the position of Chairman of the True Whig
Party during the reign of President Edwin Barclay (1930 1944). But
relations between the pair deteriorated to such an extent that the two became
political opponents. Coleman then successfully joined William Tubmans
campaign for the presidency but in 1954 switched back to Barclays
camp that rivaled with Tubman for the presidency. After the defeat of exPresident Barclay in the May 1955 presidential elections, the assassination
attempt took place (June 22,1955). Coleman, one time Minister of Interior
under President Tubman, was accused of being implied in the assassination
plot, was hunted down by security forces and killed on June 27, together
with his oldest son under conditions that have never become very clear. The
facts that surrounded The Plot That Failed have never been satisfactorily
verified.
THE OCTOBER 15, 1985 election was the first since the April 12, 1980
military coup that brought Samuel Doe to power.
OFFICIAL RESULTS SHOWED that Samuel Doe won the presidential
election with 50.9% of the vote, just enough to avoid a runoff and his
National Democratic Party of Liberia(NDPL) won large majorities in both
houses of the national legislature.
IRONICALLY, the polls were marred by allegations of widespread fraud
IS PRESIDENT SIRLEAF TOO?

J. Yanqui Zaza, Jyanqui@aol.com, Contributing Writer
he adage that says He Who Pays the Piper Calls the Tune
or the common knowledge that lobbyists write legislation or
influence politicians crossed my mind when President Ellen
Johnson Sirleaf stated that she didnt want to think about
why Firestone Rubber Plantation illegally transferred governments
revenue to warlord Charles Taylor. After Dr. Amos Sawyer implied
that the Sirleaf government should review Firestones decision to
finance Charles Taylor war with governments revenue, President
Sirleaf said, during the 11/18/2014 Frontline Documentary story
(Firestone and Warlord) aired by PBS, that she didnt want to think
about investigating the illegal transfer of Liberias funds.
Predictably, President Sirleaf doesnt want to investigate Firestone,
all because of her relationship with America, a country that works for
big business. So, yes, if America works for Firestone, as stated by a
Firestone's representative in the Documentary, so is President Sirleaf,
who has and continues to benefit from her relationship with America.
Therefore, instead of discussing why or why not President Sirleaf
doesnt want to think about Firestone financing Charles Taylors war
against innocent people, the question should be, why America didnt
help to end the Liberian civil war.
Was there an interest in Liberia that America needed to protect?
Certainly, it was profit-rights, but not human-rights. Dr. D. Elwood
Dunn, President William Tolberts former Minister of State for
Presidential Affairs did share some of America's interest in Liberia.
He said, commercial relations between the United States and
Liberia have benefited U.S. interests at the expense of the majority
of Liberians. In the 1920s, U.S. demand for rubber was growing
in conjunction with the growth of the U.S. auto industry. To break
British dominance in the global rubber market, the Firestone Tire and
Rubber Company (Firestone) sought, with assistance from the U.S.
State Department, a concession from the Liberian government to tap
Liberias significant rubber resources. According to some scholars,
Firestone didnt only fail to carry out many of its promises to develop
Liberias infrastructure, but used the loan to keep Liberia permanently
weak and underdeveloped. In addition, the Firestone agreement gave
America and the company ownership of any minerals or oil found in
the leased area, he stated.
With such a significant business interest, America, like any
capitalistic country, didn't embrace the idea of a strong government
that would have denied many of the sweet heart deals President
Sirleaf government has signed in favor of big business. I guess, had
America believed that it would usher into power business-friendly
leaders, the U.S. would have helped to end the war in 1990. For
example, the white House would have allowed the Assistant Secretary
of State, Herman J. Cohen to carry out the promise to airlift President
Samuel Doe to Togo. Mr. Cohen, during an interview with a PBS
journalist, stated that he communicated with the White House that
he had promised to airlift President Doe to Togo, but he never got
an approval. Alternatively, the killing of President Samuel K. Doe
wouldnt have been videoed and circulated, thereby, mitigating
the pain and humiliation inflicted on President Does ethnic group,
which dominated the military and paramilitary institutions. America
was or should have been aware of the rivalry and the 1985 armed
conflict between Does ethnic group and Prince Johnsons ethnic

group. Having reneged on the promise to airlift President Doe, and
subsequently, lured Doe to his death, of course, based on the advice
of U.S. officials, did add fuel to the conflict.
Big business rejecting nationalist leaders or effective government
that increases employees wages, raises corporate taxes or enforces
labor and environmental laws is not limited to Liberia. Profiteers
despise dictatorial, but nationalistic governments of China, Libya,
Cuba, etc., but at the same embrace dictatorial, and business-friendly
governments in Togo, Ivory Coast, Democratic Republic of Congo,
etc. Why? Investors search for Profit rights, but not human rights.
Guess what, the idea of big business embracing weak government
or ineffective government is not limited to developing countries,
according to Jeff Sommer. Mr. Sommer said Wall Street seeks
governments (Republican government, Democratic government
and, or a divided government) in Washington that are ineffective. He
explained in an article called Does Wall Street like Gridlock how
and why profiteers dont like an effective government. (NY Times,
11/23/14). He said that when Washington is absorbed in political
posturing and sniping that it cant manage to write regulations to
increase wages, raise taxes or enforce laws, etc., stock prices go
up. Nowadays, the rising political polarization in the U.S. Congress
correlates closely with rising income inequality in America, stated
Keith T. Poole, professor of political Science at the University of the
State of Georgia.
Not knowing what America wanted or the interest of America,
Liberians as well as peace-loving advocates did campaign for America
to end the war. At a U.S. Congressional Hearing on Liberia, statement
givers pleaded with officials to end the war, according Dr. Elwood
Dunn. They stated that if the warring factions did honor Americas
call for a ceasefire and lay down their arms in 1990 in preparation
to evacuate American citizens, the warring factions would have
obeyed Americas demand to end the war. The Catholic Archbishop
of Monrovia, the late Michael Francis, was quoted as saying that a
few well-trained U.S. soldiers would have made the rebel soldiers
terrorizing the capital just throw away their guns and run away,
stated Dr. Dunn.
In Americas belief, ending the war without ushering into power an
effective government wouldnt have resulted into awarding the many
sweet heart deals to big business. So, it adopted strategic ploys such
as Firestone financing Charles Taylor, Taylor refusing to honor peaceagreements or arming new warring factions in order to continue the
war until citizens such as Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, warlords, etc. are
electable. Americas delay did pay off. The delay in ending the war
resulted into the loss of lives of many professionals; forced others into
exile, while others do not wish to serve in government.
Consequently, the lawmakers elected in 2006 and 2011 are weak to
ask President Sirleaf to investigate Firestones illegal remittance of
governments revenue to Charles Taylor. As, the saying goes, big
business preferred political leaders are just de facto employees of big
business. And President Sirleaf, a good friend of big business, may be
loyal to big business than to her governed.
and rigging that the current president who ran as a senator for Montserrado
County rejected the results even though she was declared the winner.
IT WAS WIDELY believed that Jackson F. Does Liberia Action Party which
officially finished second was the actual winner and that Doe had the ballots
counted in a secret location by his handpicked staff.
THE SAD REALITY is the results of those elections triggered the events that
led to years of a bloody civil war as multiple coup attempts, human rights
abuses, corruption and ethnic tensions followed, leading to the 1989 civil war
and subsequent death of Doe in September 1990.
SADLY, IT APPEARS that the death of Doe and the civil war has had very
little impact on Liberians.
IN NOVEMBER 2011, Hundreds of protesters clashed with the police and
United Nations peacekeepers leaving at least one person dead the day before a
presidential runoff that the opposition has vowed to boycott.
ALL THIS AFTER international observers described the first round of the
presidential election the first since 2005 and only the second since Liberia
emerged from its devastating 14-year conflict as free and fair.
AT A TIME when Liberia already has its hands full dealing with a major health
epidemic; a deadly Ebola virus outbreak, these elections must offer promise
for a fragile democracy and hope for many languishing at the bottom of the
economic.
ANY FORM of violence at this time when the eye of the world is watching,
praying and hoping that Liberia ride through this crisis; will send a bad signal
and message that Liberians are a bunch of unserious people in need of some
serious political therapy.
WE HAVE COME too far and witnessed so much political turmoil; yet, life for
many poor and indigenous people, remain the same.
THOSE WHO CLAIM to be seeking public offices in hopes of rescuing
people out of poverty and suffering have been riding on the backs of voters
and constituents for years.
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SENATES REJECTION SYNDROME
PHIL GEORGE TOP COMMENTER
President Sirleaf should fire whoever recommended Mr. Werner to her
for nomination as Minister of Health. This is a disgrace to our country
that a person, a former group home worker with no experience as a
healthcare administrator would be appointed to such critical office is
reprehensible. I hope the senate will stand on principles and not do
the foolish thing by reconsidering this individual for brown envelope.
We all remember the disaster of Robert Kilby. Thanks everyone for
strongly pushing back on this crazy nomination by President Sirleaf.
What the heck is wrong with Ellen? It seems Liberia has become the
dumping ground for mediocre Liberian professionals from the United
States. It's absurd!
JESSE FAHNGON TOP COMMENTER METROPOLITAN
STATE UNIVERSITY
"Mr. Presiding Officers and my colleagues, I move and if I can
be seconded, that a MOTION OF BROWN ENVELOPES BE
CONSIDER IMMEDIATELY before we can confirm the Nominee.
So Second ..."
NYEMADE WANI TOP COMMENTER UNIVERSITY OF
LIBERIA, MONROVIA, LIBERIA CAMPUS
After a careful scrutiny of the resume and credentials, the common
sense is lacking, the illiteracy is too high, the greed is too much,
the stupidity is rampant, and we Liberians have observed that the
Senators lack the requisite qualities to perform in the best interest of
the Liberian people. We therefore reject each and every one of them.
GEORGE K. FAHNBULLEH TOP COMMENTER
This was not about any transferred aggression. Mr. Werner is simply
not qualified. Working in a Philadelphia group home for wayward
youth, does not make you a "clinical therapist." Knowing how to take
care of sick children, does not make you a pediatrician. He is simply
not qualified to build the healthcare system in Liberia.
BENJAMIN ART TOP COMMENTER
Mr. Fahnbulleh, one wonders if you have already forgotten that this
is a well known pattern of behavior by the Liberian Senate. This
is how one Jesse Fahngon puts it ""Mr. Presiding Officers and my
colleagues, I move and if I can be seconded, that a MOTION OF
BROWN ENVELOPES BE CONDIDER IMMEDIATELY before we
can confirm the Nominee. So Second..." How about considering that?
TARNUE MOLUBAH GBELEWALA TOP COMMENTER
Don't worry Mr. Werner, the oldma already have the brown envelopes
ready for those fools.
MASTER SIRYON UNIVERSITY OF LIBERIA
But when the Senate says Mr. Werner does not have the requisite
qualities and qualification to become the Health Minister, could they
SPELL OUT those requisite qualities and qualification they are talking
about? Let's have those deficiencies on book and be informed about
them, so that when the Senate rethinks their stance which they may do
when the brown envelops get delivered, then we will know how Mr.
Werner has quickly attained those missing qualities in no time. And
why the FPA reporter in his story did not answer this question about
the missing qualities and qualification highlighted by the Senate is
something to ponder over too.
FREDERICK JAYWEH TOP COMMENTER EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR AT CENTER FOR IMMIGRANTS AND
IMMIGRATION SERVICES, (CIIS)
Really? How balanced was the House of Senate when it confirmed
Atty. Samuel Kofi Woods who had no formal training and education
to head the Ministry of Public Works? When Atty. Woods was
confirmed by the Senate as Minister of Public Works, he had no
degree in Engineering from any University that I know of. Why pick
on Mr George Werner these late days? Let those in the Senate that
don't love and appreciate Mr. Werner, leave him alone.
GEORGE K. FAHNBULLEH TOP COMMENTER
Any person with in a licensed occupation would show up in the
following database search. Mr. Werner does not show up as ever
having a license in Pennsylvania. http://www.licensepa.state.pa.us/
SELTUE R KARWEAYE SR. TOP COMMENTER 299
FOLLOWERS
Heheheh Complete scam.
GEORGE E. TAYLOR
Sometimes we miss the issues terribly and present misguided
views. What are the issues? Credentials or certification? The issues
lie in whether or not Mr. Werner has an education and measurable
experience that supports his ability to work as lead manager in Public
Health. I think he has demonstrated that he has. Does he have to be
a licensed clinical therapist to be considered as a clinical therapist?
No. I do not know if he is or isn't certified, but the key point is that it
is not an issue for his nomination. (Some states in the U.S. in which
a person with a masters degree in education or psychology may
practice counseling or psychotherapy without a license.) A health
healthcare system can not be built by an individual and it is not the
role of the health minister, so to say Mr. Werner is not qualified to
build the healthcare...
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WERNER NOT QUALIFIED TO BE

HEALTH MINISTER IN LIBERIA
The Editor,
Mr. Werner wrote:
t a time when Liberia's health system has been

decimated by the Ebola Virus Disease, and the
management has shown inept and incompetent, the
President of Liberia, has chosen to name a person
totally unqualified to lead in the building of the healthcare
system.
Liberians have quickly forgotten, just a few months ago, our
President was begging the world for help or the country would
die. The international community has rushed in, and seeing the
need to make a change at the Ministry of Health, the President
appointed George Werner as the new Minister of Health.
The problem is Mr. Werner has no background in healthcare,
zero, nada, zip, nothing! He has taken to embellishment of his
work in a Philadelphia Group Home (6 years and 9 months)
and referred to his title as a "Clinical Therapist." Much of
the information which follows was garnered directly from
Mr. Werner's LinkedIn page, and further research into the
institutions he lists.
Sadly neither the Government of Liberia, nor the Liberian
newspapers even took the time (all of 3 hours) to research and
validate any of the claims made by Mr. Werner. They have all
simply parroted Mr. Werner's statements and wished him well.
"As a clinician, one hopes to help ameliorate the effects of

interpersonal violence on society's most vulnerable and to
be a part of discovering the causes of interpersonal violence.
However one evaluates interpersonal violence, there are grim
consequences for victim, perpetrator, and the wider society.
Individuals who commit acts of violence against others,
like my father, are human beings in need of some degree of
rehabilitation."
This leaves me wondering why Mr. Werner did not channel his
expertise to the rehabilitation of ex-combatants in Liberia?
According to Mr. Werner's LinkedIn page:

June 2003 - March 2010
"The Care Coordinator is responsible for providing supportive

services to individuals with mental illness living independently
in the community. The Care Coordinator assists the program
participant to identify and connect with community resources,
monitors the progress of each participant toward
obtaining goals, and provides ongoing coaching to support
participant's wellness."
This was the last job Mr. Werner held in the United States, for
7 months. Can any person read the job description and try to
make the case that this job provides the requisite experience to
be Minister of Health of Liberia?
Therapist
Pennsylvania Clinical Schools
<http://www.hospitalsoup.com/listing/31658-pennsylvaniaclinical-schools-a-residential-treatment-facility> Pennsylvania
Clinical Schools was a residential treatment facility (a group
home) run by the State of
Pennsylvania for wayward youth. The facility was closed in
2010.
Because the facility was closed, there is no way to verify, what
Mr. Werner actually did at the facility other than being a group
home aid. There are however, several studied deductions we
can make which support the fact that Mr. Werner was not,
repeat, was not a "Clinical Therapist."
To be a Clinical Therapist, in most US states, requires a state
occupation license. The State of Pennsylvania is one of those
states. Fortunately Pennsylvania publishes the license of every
practitioner. Pennsylvania also grants licenses by reciprocity
with other states, and those licenses
acquired in other states are documented in the database. You
can search the Pennsylvania License Database <http://www.
licensepa.state.pa.us/Search.aspx> here.
The Pennsylvania License Database show NO RECORD of
GEORGE KRONNISANYON
WERNER ever having a license as anything, in Pennsylvania or
any other state, let alone a "group/clinical" therapist.
In a 2005 piece written for the Perspective, entitled "Perceptions
and Beliefs about Interpersonal Violence" Mr. Werner was
already brandishing his 2 years as a group home aid (he began
working at PCS in June 2003), and referring to himself as a
"clinician."
March 2010 - September 2010

Clinical Coordinator
Resources for Human Development, Inc.
<http://www.rhd.org/> Resources for Human Development,
Inc. is an organization which among other things, provides
staffing and management of group home workers. A search of
employment opportunities from their website (http://www.rhd.
org/RHDCareers/JobListings.aspx), the job of a Care
Coordinator is described <http://www.fahnbulleh.net/docs/
CareCoordinator_RHD.pdf> here:
Civil Service Agency:

2013 - Present
Mr. Werner as served for 14 months as the Director General
of the CSA. Somehow after 14 months at CSA, with his other
experience shown above, we are to accept that he is qualified to
be Minister of Health.
I would challenge Mr. Werner to go beyond phrases like "I was
admitted into the prestigious program." Being admitted to a
program means nothing. Why did he not say "I completed.."
None of what Mr. Werner has presented of his background and
experience qualifies him to be Minister of Health.
There are far more qualified Liberians, IN LIBERIA and
Internationally whose leadership, experience, and domain
knowledge far exceed the group home knowledge of Mr.
Werner, who are qualified for the job.
President Sirleaf needs to take the lives of the Liberian people,
and her job, much more seriously.
"The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot
read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn."
~ Alvin Toffler
George K Fahnbulleh
Solutions Architect
gkfahnbulleh@lakepiso.com
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Countyhe December 16 special
senatorial election in
Bong County seems
not to be a race for the
faint-hearted. It is a contest in
which the people of the county
would elect a senator to preside
over the affairs of the county for
the next nine years.
More than 12 candidates
representing various political
parties are juggling for the
position. Among them there are
three front-runners from three
of the major political parties
operating in Bong County.
They are Senator Jewel HowardTaylor, the incumbent senator,
who is contesting the election
on the ticket of the former ruling
National Patriotic Party (NPP),
Ranney Banama Jackson of the
ruling Unity Party (UP) and
Augustus Jonathan Flomo of the
Congress for Democratic Change
(CDC).
The candidates have, in the last
couple of weeks, traversed the
nooks and crannies of the county,
canvassing for votes. Each of the
candidates has tried to project
themselves as the best choice for
the people in the county.
This is evident in the mammoth
crowd that gathers at every
political rally to listen to what
the candidates have in stock for
the people if into power. The
crowd was also evidence that
their candidates have proved
themselves to be men and woman
who have a lot of followers and
the capacity to win the number
one seat in the county.
At different points HowardTaylor, Jackson and Flomo
have shown how important the
election is to them and that its
outcome would directly and
indirectly affect the forthcoming
senatorial election in the county.
Also, the election is important
because, unlike the 2005 and
2011 elections this would be the
first time since the end of the
civil war more than ten years
ago, that an incumbent senator
seeking re-election. With all
these, the political class sees
the Bong senatorial election,
as very interesting considering
their strengths, weaknesses,
opportunities and chances of
each of the candidates.
Jewel Howard-Taylor
She remains a candidate to beat.
Jewel, a former lady of Liberia
has been telling whoever cares to
hear that she is the only candidate
that can offer Bong County
people the best leadership at the
moment and prepare the county
for a better future with her eightpoint agenda.
She has been telling voters as
well not to support charlatans,
who would mess up the political
process, loot the treasury and
bring the county back to the era
of financial trouble.
A lot of factors seem to favor
Senator
Howard-Taylor
in
her quest to return to power
for another nine years. These
include the reconstruction of
roads in the county, development
of infrastructure and other
achievements in the last nine
years her leadership.
It is also obvious that the senator
is scientific in her approach to
governance and very strategic
in planning and execution of her
programs, so much that she has
penetrated the leadership of all
the unions and associations in
the county. All these have added
up to brighten her chance of re-
A THREE HORSE RACE
BONG SENATE ELECTION

More than 12 candidates representing various political parties are juggling for the position. Among them
there are three front-runners from three of the major political parties operating in Bong County.
Selma Lomax, selma.lomax@frontpageafricaonline.com
(L-R)Incumbency factor could work in Howard-Taylors favor; UPs Ranney Jackson (right) has received massive endorsements in recent weeks.
election.
Also, the decision to complete
most of her projects in the first
nine years has further given a
boost to her achievements. She
takes glory for that. HowardTaylors academic standard and
her oratorical prowess are other
added advantages for the gaptoothed senator.
Apart from the power of
incumbency which makes her
have access to enough funds
for the campaign, the county
machinery of power put the
incumbent senator at advantage.
Also, the presence of chiefs
from all of the 13 administrative
districts in the county at her mega
rally last week, has contributed
immensely in shaping public
opinion in Howard-Taylors
favor.
Another opportunity HowardTaylor has is the fact that she is
the only female candidate in a
race of the 13 candidates, and one
of three candidates from lower
Bong County. That means she
is likely to get more votes from
women of the county, shares
votes from lower Bong County
with her two opponents, who
would have divided them from
their homes and also share votes
from lower Bong County.
In spite of all her achievements,
Howard-Taylor has weaknesses
that might work against her
come December 16. One of the
major weaknesses is lack of
sufficient political tolerance for
the opposition. Her critics are
not relenting in accusing her and
her party of pulling down and
destroying billboards and posters
of the opposition parties after all
financial requirements have been
paid.
This may force the electorate
to give sympathy votes to the
opposition. But her campaign
organization has refuted the
insinuation
explaining
that
opposition candidates have a way
of instigating violence and other
demeanor and turning round
to accuse the NPP loyalists of
the offences they themselves
committed.
The major threat to her re-election
is the campaign claims that she
hails from Lofa County. Many
Kpelle natives are believed to
be planning to punish the former

first lady by voting against her.
Ranney Banama Jackson

Jackson, candidate of the UP, and
a former superintendent of Bong
County made tremendous impact
at the grassroots development
during his tenure. He also made
some mistakes, before he was
asked to resign by President
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf in 2010.
Jackson is telling the people of
Bong that he is seeking their
mandate to enable him correct
some past mistakes as well as
serve the people better.
The former superintendent seems
to be a man of the people. From
the day he emerged as candidate
of the UP, his popularity has
soared. Political pundits describe
him as the man-on-the-street. He
is a grassroots politician, who
understands the needs of the
common man.
Hes rich in native intelligence.
His strong belief in what he
calls stomach infrastructure,
which involves giving people
in need quick relief rather than
asking such person to follow due
process puts him in the minds of
the people.
His popularity among the
common people explains why
he easily defeated Cuttington
University
president
Dr.
Henrique Flomo Tokpa during
the UP primary in June
One thing with Jackson is that
hes not afraid of any contest.
Hes so sure of himself that
he always insists on primary
election for the emergence of the
candidate. In 2011, he opposed
the emergence of a handpicked
consensus candidate, insisting
that all aspirants should test
their popularity with the partys
delegates.
According to him, any aspirant
who is afraid of going for primary
can never win general elections
in the county; such a candidate
will be afraid and only be relying
on rigging to win. At last, he
won the UP primary in 2014.
Being in the UP, which controls
the entire leadership of the
county, at a time the party is
determined to break the backbone
of the NPP in the county, Jackson
CDCs Augustus Flomo could capitalize on the partys growing popularity in Bong.
has a lot of opportunities to not

only get financial support but
also logistics support.
When
Jackson
was
superintendent, he recruited
many people into the county.
For his benefactors, now is
payback time, as these people are
rooting for him. Also, his support
for teachers, when he was
superintendent, would produce
positive support, as one good
turn deserves another.
Jackson has some weaknesses
which can ruin his electoral
fortune. Among the weaknesses
is his domineering attitude
which some of his fellow party
men are not comfortable with.
When he gets annoyed, he may
criticize anyone that crosses
his way. In such situations, he
will confront anybody without
being diplomatic. His brushes
with some traditional leaders
in the county may constitute an
impediment to his aspiration.
Nobody can say for sure whether
the chiefs in the county would
be comfortable with his third
consecutive trial or not, as some
of them were said to have missed
deposition by the whiskers when
he was Deputy Minister for
Operations, Ministry of Internal
Affairs. Again, the elite and
powerful stakeholders in the
county, on whose toes Jackson
had reportedly stepped may not
be comfortable with his bid.
Another weakness of the exBong superintendent is his
get-it-done-quickly
attitude.
His critics say he did a lot of
things that were not properly

documented during his tenure.
They point to controversial
poultry project and others which
landed him in trouble. The major
threat to Jacksons bid is the
alleged corruption allegation
that reportedly sparked his
suspension in 2008.
Augustus Jonathan Flomo
Flomo, who is flying the flag of

the Congress for Democratic
Change (CDC) in the election,
is an experienced politician and
Accountant with more than 21
years of working experience.
Contrary to an earlier impression
that he had no political structures
and that he just wanted to play the
role of a spoiler in the election,
the Panta-born Accountant has
proved himself to be in the race
to win.
His long years of experience
in the art of mobilizing people,
which started about 13 years
ago when he was a campus
politician at the Cuttington
University, where he contested
for the position of president of
the student council government
of the institution and won, is a
plus for him.
His position as the acting Chief
of Party of the International
Executive Corps, a USAID
founded group, has given him a
sound knowledge of how to win
people and get votes.
Flomos experience as a former
class room teacher has prepared
him fully for the challenges
ahead.
His affiliation with the youths
of the county, particularly
those of the Tubman United
Methodist School in Gbarnga,
has increased his acceptability.
Also, the number of projects he
has attracted to Bong County
is another thing that has added
value to his campaign for the
lone senatorial slot.
His nomination of a Muslim
man, Lucinee Kromah, as his
campaign manager, is also
an added advantage. With
this gesture, he would take
advantage of religious sentiment
in the county to win some
votes. Besides, Muslims in the
county are already tickled by the
nomination of one of their own as
his campaign manager. All these
will play some significant roles
on the day of the election.
In spite of his promises to the
people of the county, political
observers in the county feel
that Flomos party doesnt have
enough financial muscles and
moneybags, like the NPP and UP,
to confront strong opposition. It
is believed that the bulk of the
money being spent is from him,
as people are wondering if he can
cope with the financial demands
of electioneering campaigns.
Be that as it may, the question
ahead of the election is: who will
win among the trio? This is the
question the voters are bound
to answer on December 16. The
election could surely produce
surprising results. `
GOVERNMENT DENOUNCES
ELECTION VIOLENCE
Campaign Heads Will be Responsible

for Misconduct of Supporters
Al-Varney Rogers
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Labor Ministry intends to implement work permit for Ecowas citizens

J. Kortu Nyandibo, MOL director of communications
Lighe (at the head of the table) and leaders of the Ecowas citizen in Liberia
he Ministry of Labor (MOL) has announced

a plan to begin the enforcement of regulation
#17, section two, category B of the Labor
Practices Law promulgated in 2009 to govern
the issuance of work permit to Ecowas citizens working
within the informal sector.
The regulation categorizes non-Liberians applying for
work permit into three: non-African aliens, African
aliens and Ecowas citizens. Accordingly, as promulgated,
it states that Ecowas citizens who seek employment
within the informal sector shall pay a work permit fee of
US$100 annually.
Labor Minister NetoZarzarLighje made the disclosure
on November 20 when he met with the heads of the
various Ecowas citizen groupings in Liberia as part of
his ongoing consultations with stakeholders.
Attorney Lighe said that the exercise is intended to
implement theregulation
that legitimizes the status of Ecowas-citizens and to
encourage the transition from the informal to the formal
sector.
He noted that Ecowas citizens operating and working

within the informal sector must meet the threshold
of L$200,000 annual turnover and above in line with
the Ministry of Commerce and Industrys petty trade
regulation.
Addressing representatives of the Ecowas citizens in the
informal sector, Lighe also said that the official launch of
the exercise will take place in January 2015.
He admonished the Ecowas citizens leaders to help the
ministry by creating awareness amongst their various
members.
Lighe said his ministry, is collaborating with the Ministry
of Commerce and the Bureau of Immigration and
Naturalization, will ensure the successful implementation
of the scheme.
In response, the heads of the Ecowas citizens in Liberia
welcomed the ministrys decision and promised to remain
law abiding and supportive of the governments drive.
Ecowas-citizens present at the meeting include: the
Sierra Leonean, Nigerian, Guinean, Ghanaian and Fula
business communities.
AU PAYS COURTESY CALL ON POLICE CHIEF
Monroviahe Head of Mission

of the African Union
Support to Ebola
Outbreak in West
Africa Maj. General and dr.

Julius Oketta has praised the
resilience of the people of
Liberia in their endeavor to fight
the deadly Ebola Virus from the
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Monroviahe government of Liberia says campaign heads will be held

responsible for any misconduct their supporters exhibit
during campaign rallies.
Heads of campaign team will be held responsible for
any misconduct. We should cast our votes and not intimidate other
people, Information Minister Lewis Brown told journalists Thursday
at the ministrys weekly press briefing.
The governments statement comes in the wake of violence clashes
Wednesday between members of football legend George Weahs
Congress for Democratic Change and members from the camp of
Robert Sirleaf, son of President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf who is running
as an independent candidate in the upcoming race.
On Wednesday CDCians and Sirleafs supporters were seen throwing
stones at each other in the PHP community where Sirleafs campaign
headquarters is located.
The government immediately sent in the riot police to rescue the
situation, no arrest was made but the government threatened to punish
campaign heads for any violence carry out by their supporters.
Information Minister Lewis Brown said Liberia is no longer the place
where people should put fear in people for wanting to exercise their
rights.
Vote for your party, vote for your candidate and why you think you
can be better; do not allow yourself to slip in threatening the peace,
Brown added.
Brown continued: We will not accept anyone to drill the peace and
democratic process, make no mistake about that, we urged everyone
to stay in the rules.
The minister said Liberia has paid too much to allow itself to fall back
to its ugly past; adding that Liberia will remain a democratic country.
Minister Brown said the government is under obligation to ensure a
free, fair and transparent election that is reflective of the views of the
Liberian people, as he warned the CDC and Sirleaf supporters not to
repeat the Wednesday violent incident.
Rev. J. Emmanuel Z. Bowier, a former Information Minister called
on young people not to allow themselves to be used by politicians.
You do not have to go all out fighting and hurting each other. Do
not allow people to use you; you can elect who you want, you dont
have to fight.
Bowier said, Liberians are not prepared to run anymore adding that
young people should not get involve
in violent act in these elections. We cannot go down that road again.
I know some young who had a bright future but got caught up in
demonstrations and died, said Rev. Bowier.
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Country, but warned Liberians to

avoid sources of Ebola.
The AU Ebola Envoy said while

the country is significantly
progressing in the fight against
the spread of the deadly virus, it

will be helpful for Liberians to
avoid complacency and work for
the betterment of the country in
the wake of the deadly outbreak
which claimed the lives of many
Liberians.
Dr. Oketta said , the sources of the
virus must be avoided during this
time of the political campaign,
and called on Liberians to avoid
crowded areas including beaches
which he said may lead to some
one contacting the virus at the
detriment of the entire country.
He maintained that the AU will
continue to support the countrys
efforts in fighting the virus and
help it return to its normal status.
He said while the country is
experiencing the largest outbreak,
he was hopeful that Liberia will
overcome this nightmare which
he said has taken the lives of

many Liberians.
He lauded the efforts of the
Liberia National Police for its
contributions to the fight against
the spread of the virus in the
country, stressing that both civil
and military efforts are needed to
save the country and its people
from the virus.
We are proud of the contributions
your institution has made since
the outbreak of the virus in
the country despite logistical
constraints, but with the support
of International Community
including the AU this virus
will be defeated in the shortest
possible time, the Ugandan
General said in his interaction
with officers of the Liberia
National Police Thursday, at the
LNP Headquarters on Capital
Hill.
Welcoming the AU Ebola Envoy
to the Headquarters of the Liberia
National Police, LNP Director
Col. C. Clarence Massaquoi
praised intervention of the AU in
the fight against the spread of the
Ebola Virus in the Country.
He said the LNP will continue
to lead the fight against the virus
until the country is Ebola free,
and lauded the AU for the gesture
to train over four hundred police
officers to enhance the Ebola
fight.
The LNP Boss re-echoed the
Police instruction that all beaches
are to remain closed until the
country is Ebola freed. He called
on Liberians to be mindful that
the country is not yet freed of the
virus, but urged them to practice
to measures that will narrow the
spread of the virus.
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--By the Public Affairs Department (NOCAL)
As the Liberia Basin Bid Round 2014 enters the

final stages, NOCAL deems it fruitful and necessary
to provide further explanation and context regarding
the Liberian Participation Component.
NOCAL would like to point out that the Bid
Rounds timetable was designed to facilitate rapid
investment into Liberias oil sector, and provide
much needed resources to the country. Hence a
rapid but appropriate timetable that is proceeding as
scheduled.
The bidding window for the four blocks on offer
(LB-6, LB-7, LB-16, LB17) closed as scheduled,
and bids were opened by independent advisors
Ernst & Young (EY) in London on 17 November,
in the presence of NOCAL officials and NOCALs
data partner TGS Nopec. EY provided a report to
NOCAL, which is engaging selected bidders to
conclude PSCs. Once concluded details will be
announced.
The evaluation assessed whether local companies
who pre-qualified under the Liberian Participation
Component designed to promote local content
have been able to form viable partnerships. That
ultimately depends on discussions between partners
in a bidding group.
The role of NOCAL in creating the Liberian
Participation Component was to put in place the
incentives to promote participation of Liberian
businesses in this bid round. Under the Component,
International Oil Companies (IOCs) have an
incentive to give a percentage of ownership to
ECOWAS companies and/or a Liberian company
when they bid for one of the four oil blocks on offer.
The percentage shares vary depending on what bid
option the IOCs choose.
Bids that included an ECOWAS or Liberian partner
received an adjustment in the amount of money they
bid as Signature Bonus--an uplift of 20%. The
uplift provided an incentive to IOCs to find local
and regional partners.
Whether they have been able to do that depends
ultimately on qualified Liberian companies stepping
forward. It is important to stress that the way the
Bid Round was designed to promote participation
by domestic companies is unprecedented, especially
in a non-producing country where local companies
are rarely prioritized. Thus, even if none of the final
winning bids included a Liberian partner, this design

will still have had a significant impact to stimulate
local activity.
The Liberian Participation Component is all about
developing the capabilities of Liberian companies to
take part in the upstream petroleum sector. In practice
that means Liberian companies will take part in and
benefit from different links along the value chain,
including providing support services and products
to exploration companies. It also means Liberian
firms having equity in offshore acreage.
All these areas come under the umbrella term Local
Content, and the aim of NOCALs Local Content
strategy is, as other countries have done, to make
sure that Liberia does not just get revenue from
the oil sector, but also gains technical know-how,
jobs, skills, and home-grown businesses. Ultimately
these are the things that secure Liberias long-term
prosperity and economic diversity.

The important issue to understand is the need in
Liberia for Local Content and skills development, as
business capacity is currently very low. Any Local
Content strategy has to take care not to yolk IOCs
into obligations that they cannot viably meet and
thereby handicap the development of our own oil
sector.
There is a wide spectrum of countries with very
different oil sectors and prospects. Some are massive
producers, with oil close to the ground that is easy
and cheap to pump. Others have large deposits but
deep underwater. Each country presents a unique
bundle of characteristics of geology, geography,
regulations, infrastructure, politics and culture,
which together make up the prospects and risks
inherent to it.
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Equity share is not ownership of a block, but
a share of the rights (like a lease) to explore that
block and then, if you find oil, to produce oil from
it under the terms of the PSC. Equity share is like
owning shares in a company. It brings benefits (like
dividends) but also responsibilities (like providing
investment money). For the state and citizen share,
that responsibility to provide money is carried by
the company, and paid back from produced oil.
NOCAL as Champion
Frontier Country
Liberia is close to the highest risk end of that
spectrum, in so far as:
1) Liberia does not yet have a confirmed, commercial
discovery. In other words it is not clear yet if Liberia
has oil in quantities that can be profitably pumped.
The discoveries so far are promising, but not definite.
2) Liberias deposits are offshore, and even the nearshore blocks are very deep water. That means it is
more technically difficult and more expensive to
drill exploratory wells (up to $200 million per well);
which also means Liberia cannot do the exploration
itself because the country does not have the skills or
finances yet to do so.
3) Liberia has been struggling to recover from a
prolonged war period. Its systems of government,
laws and regulations are still developing and
solidifying. For some investors, Liberia also has
some corruption image problems. Whether justified
or not, that perception creates uncertainty and risk
for companies.
4) Liberia has very few workers qualified for skilled
jobs in the oil sector. This means companies have
to bring the skills they need form abroad, which is
expensive.
Together, from the perspective of an oil company,
the above factors combine to make Liberia what
is called a frontier oil prospect. (Frontier means
highest risk). In addition, recently the oil price has
seen a sharp slump, which fundamentally changes
the economics for exploration companies making
it harder for them to invest in projects and take risks.
At the same time, because Liberia does not have the
in-house skills, technical knowledge and financial
resources to do exploration, we must rely on making
partnerships with IOCs that do have these skills
and resources. That is why Liberia uses Production
Sharing Contracts (PSCs) a way to shift all the

early costs of exploration onto the company, by
promising in return to share any oil that is eventually
produced and compensate the company in the end.
Because Liberia is very high risk, it means that it
has to offer enough incentives to the company to
make the potential reward worth the risk and entice
them to come and explore. The percentages being
designed into the current bid round and probably for
the pending new law (10% state share, 5% citizen
share) are already driving as hard a bargain as
possible on behalf of Liberia pushing the limit of
what companies will accept.
Remember that Liberia gains many other benefits
apart from its equity share like production share,
royalties and taxes.
It needs to be clearly pointed out also that contrary
to some suggestions/assumptions, NOCAL does not
have anywhere near the financial resources to buy
an additional 30% of a block. This would require
tens of millions of USD. Most of NOCALs income
comes from data fees and surface rentals, and all
revenue, except that needed for NOCALs budget
and investments, is paid directly to the Ministry of
Finance.
It is essential that Liberians also grasp the difference
between Production Share, and Equity Share.
Under a PSC, in addition to royalties and taxes,
the company will also share part of the petroleum
produced with the government either in cash or oil.
So PSCs are different from a Concession agreement,
which is like a landowner who leases his land to a
farmer to plant rice but only receives rent for the land
but none of the harvest. A PSC is like a landowner
who leases his land to a farmer to plant rice and
receives payment for the land as well as some of the
rice harvested. This is Production Share a share of
oil produced.
To critics and less informed commentators, it must

be pointed out time and again, that NOCAL has
been the progenitor, the champion, the crusader and
inspiration behind the now much talked about Local
content and Liberian participation component. They
should know that it was NOCAL (by way of the
Hydrocarbon Technical Working Committee set
up by the Government) that had begun pushing the
envelope on this component not today or yesterday,
but for the past few years--long before the concepts
became fashionable lately.
This pursuit for emphasis on local content and
domestic participation is strongly reflected in the
NOCAL formulated National Petroleum Policy,
which ultimately and heavily inspired the local
content and local participation aspects of the draft
Petroleum Act and the NOCAL Act currently before
the legislature. Indeed, a good amount of time was
spent in discussing the local content theme during
subsequent national consultations organized early
this year by the Lower House on the Oil-related
Bills.
In fact, over three and a half years ago, NOCAL
commissioned a desk study on how to increase
local content in the countrys hydrocarbon
development. Drawing on the experiences of
several successful oil exploration and producing
countries, the unpublished study came up with best
and realistic international industry practices in this
regard. It illuminated the pathway to how Liberias
socio-economic development will be developed
by supporting the countrys Small and Medium
Enterprise (SME) sector.
It posited, inter alias, that Liberias current state of
socio-economic development will be improved by
business linkages to the countrys SME sector and
accomplish the goals of increasing employment,
access to health care delivery services, and decrease
poverty indices by increasing income and promoting
food security. Together with other reflections and
discussions and field studies around the issue, the
study report inspired the NOCAL Petroleum Policy,
which in turn influenced much of the local content
component of the draft Petroleum Act before the
House.
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KIMMIE WEEKS
FORMALLY ENDORSES
BENJAMIN SANVEEE
LAW & ORDER
6b
Says young people should claim

60% of House and Senate
orld renowned Liberian activist Dr. Kimmie

Weeks has formally endorsed Mr. Benjamin
Sanvees bid for Senator of Montserardo
County.
Dr. Weeks first public political
endorsement was made last week when he released to social
media a document titled ten reasons why I support Benjamin
Sanvee for Senate.
In the document, which has gone viral on social media, Weeks
outline points behind his decision to publically endorse and
support a candidate in this years Senatorial race.
Weeks
noted: None of these decisions have been easy to make
knowing the magnitude of the effect and the fact that, once Ive
decided, it would be a decision Id have to stand by regardless
of the consequences. Weeks said that his decision to endorse
a candidate was motivated by the weight and implications the
forthcoming elections carried.
In outlining his primary reason for supporting Sanvee, Weeks
notes that is was driven by the fact that Sanvee represented
Liberias youthful majority. Said Weeks: Personally, I believe
that 60% of the House and Senate seats should be held by
young people, under the age of 40, if we are to have a truly
representative legislature. He went on to note: Born in
1981, Benjamin Sanvee represents the dreams and aspirations
of my own generation. Born a year after the 1980 coup, we
did not experience the years of stability prior to Liberias first
successful military takeover. By the time we were about to
enter our teens, our entire lives were torn apart by the first full
scale civil war our nation had seen. Since then, weve been
a generation struggling to find our footing in a rocky portion
of our countrys history. Only a person who has experienced
these difficulties and struggles first hand can truly claim to be
able to represent the 60% of our population who fall in that
demographic.
In his statement, Dr. Weeks outlined several factors motivating
him to support Sanvees candidacy including Sanveesinnovative
platform on overhauling Montserrados education, health care
and agriculture sectors as well as creating opportunities for
housing, jobs, and supporting the growth of small business
enterprises. I want to see a candidate who is clean, does not
have all the baggage that needs to be supported and I know
brings a fresh set of eyes and ideas, and has not become
disillusioned, Weeks said and continued: Im ready for out of
the box thinking and creative problem solving. We need to stop
doing what has been done repeatedly when we elect the same
school of thoughts. Simply put, Sanvee is refreshing.
He outlined that although Sanvee might not have the name
recognition or finances as other candidates, he nevertheless
trusted and believed in his ability to make a difference. There
are many candidates who come to the table and say I am
running because I have the resources to do so, or I have the
popularity to draw crowds. Sanvee came to the table with
the knowledge that he did not have an abundance of either, but
what he did have was a strong vision, much determination and
a mindset that he would work and do whatever it took to reach
out to the masses, observed Kimmie Weeks.
Weeks went on to encourage young Liberians not to be
disenchanted but to make wise and informed choices in casting
their votes for a candidate. Our future is in our hands. This
is our opportunity to cease it and shape the future we want.
The Three Defendants Leaving Court
WE ARE GUILTY
Three Armed Robbers Plead Guilty To LBDI Attempted Robbery
Kennedy L. Yangian kennedylyangian@frontpageafricaonline.com 0777296781
Prosecuting Attorney
A
Monrovia -
t the start of their

trial,
three
out
of
five
alleged
armed robbers who
attempted to rob the Liberia
Bank for Development and
Investment (LBDI) branch in
Gardnerville last November,
pleaded guilty to the act without
any sign of remorse.
The three men sitting in dock at
the Criminal Court D at the
Temple of Justice told the court
Thursday that they were guilty
after the courts clerk read the
indictment to them that charged
the three defendants with the
charges of armed robbery and
criminal conspiracy.
Are you guilty, yes we are
guilty said the three defendants
who responded together when

the clerk poised the question to
them.
The fourth defendant in person
of Andy C. Thomas pleaded not
guilty while the fifth defendant
Beyan Taylor was ordered
released by the prosecution to
serve as a state witness against
the rest of the defendants but
his release annoyed the three
other defendants who say that
his release was unfair to them
because he was the one that
masterminded the attempted
robbery.
The state wont have release this
man because he is the one that
put us in this trouble that we are
in today said the three armed
robbers who were seen at the far
corner of the court murmuring
carries arms.
Defendant Thomas currently on
bail is accused to have provided
his assigned gun to the armed
robbers the allegation he had to
comment on when he takes the
witness stand in a separate trial
from the rest of the defendant.
According
to
the
court
indictment the five defendants
Joseph Okoro, Beyan Taylor
alias Dr, Grammy, Andy C.
Thomas alias Cabman, Hilary
Bernard and Izuagie Israel alias
J.J.C. on November 8, 2013 at
about 4:00 pm while employees
of the LBDI Branch in JJY
Gardnersville was about to shut
down the men armed with guns
and cutlasses rushed into the
bank and put the employees at
gun point asked them to lie down
and demanded the key to the
banks vault.
The indictment further that the
men was unable to carry out the
robbery due to the resistance put
out by some of the employees but
Lafayette C. Gould
in an attempt to escape from the
over the release of defendant bank some of them were arrested
with the help of community
Beyan Taylor.
However, a source closed to members while the others were
the prosecution who begged for pursue and arrested thereafter by
anonymity told FrontPageAfrica the police.
that the release of key defendant However, despite the confession
Beyan Taylor was intended to of the three defendants that they
help the prosecution to provide were guilty the presiding Judge
the needed evidence that one of Nelson Tokpa ordered the trial
the defendants Andy C. Thomas proceeded with until it reaches
is the one to have provided the its logical conclusion in line with
arm used during the time of the the law.
attempted robbery the claim he The defendants are represented
has to address when he goes on by the Public Defense Office
headed by Cllr. Elijah Cheapoo,
separate trial.
Defendant Andy C. Thomas who Atty Jallah Zumo and others
had pleaded not guilty according while the prosecution is
to the source is a police officer represented by Lafayette C.
within the Liberia National Gould Sr. Senior Legal Counsel
Police (LNP) assigned with the Ministry of Justice and Atty.T.
Police Support Unit one of those Ciapha Carey Asst. County
auxiliary units of the LNP that attorney Montserrado County.
Monrovia
iberias Minister of
Gender, Children and
Social
Protection,
Julia Duncan Cassel
has alarmed that in the wake
of the Ebola epidemic which
is an emergency health and
development issue, women and
children are still being violated.
Different forms of violence
ranging from sexual violence,
domestic
violence,
child
abuse and harmful traditional
practices are still being
perpetrated against women
and children, the minister
said Thursday at the launch of
the 16 Days Activism recently
in Monrovia, with the Global
Theme for this years 16 Days
of Activism, Call to ActionIntersection between Violence
against Women and Health!
The national theme for this year
is For the Health of Women
and the Nation; Take Action
to End Ebola and All Forms of
Violence against Women!
The minister told the gathering
that rape has been and is still
an issue in Liberia but revealed
that since the Ebola out Break,
there has been more rape cases
and other violence against
women reported.
According to the Ministry of
Gender, Children and Social
Protection GBV statistics,
January to September 2014,
a total of 942 cases were
reported. Of this number
450 were rape cases, Says
Minister Cassel.
The minister averred that
domestic
violence
which
includes persistent non support as well as abandonment
and
spousal
battering
accounted for 467 cases.25
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GENDER ISSUES
VIOLENCE
AGAINST
WOMEN
Gender Minister Julia Duncan Cassel
Mae Azango, mae.azango@frontpageafricaonline.com
cases were harmful traditional

practices as well as other forms
of violence. She said 401 of the
450 reported rape cases were
perpetrated against children
between the ages of 0-17 years.
Between July to September,
80% of these survivors were
denied access to medical
services due to the health
workers fear of contracting the
Ebola virus. Two children ages
10 and 13died as a result of
rape during this period.
Minister Cassel said this years

16 Days Campaign reiterates
the call to action to prevent
violence
against
women
as well as highlights the
health implications including
increased women vulnerability
to HIV and the need for women
to have better access to health
services especially in the
wake of the Ebola outbreak in
Liberia.
The minister added that the
Ebola Virus Disease has greatly
affected the health of women in

Liberia and there is a need for
concerted efforts of everyone to
ensure the preventive measures
are followed and appropriate
measures are put in place to
adequately respond to the virus.
In order to create an enabling
environment where women
and girls can live healthy lives,
free from all forms of violence,
there is a need to demand
not just good intentions, but
well - coordinated and funded
Mae Azango, mae.azango@frontpageafricaonline.com
rs. Vera Kamara

Manly,
Head
of Women and
Children Unit at
the Liberia National Police has
warned parents against sending
their children on the street and
allow them to grow up into
normal lives.
Manly told FrontPageAfrica
in the backdrop of the launch
of the 16 days of Activism
recently in Monrovia, that her
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STOP ALL FORMS OF
WE WILL PROSECUTE PARENTS FOR CHILDREN

SELLING ON STREETS - VERA MANLY
Monrovia
Frontpage
office has started removing

the children from the streets
because things were getting out
of control.
The agency has in recent days
targeted several market places
to raise awareness about the
16 days of activism. Give the
child opportunity to become a
child again, because we will be
coming after you and this time
around, we will persecute you
in court. This time around, we
wont keep the children but the
parents, said Manley.

Manly said issue of the children
selling in the street is a serious
challenge. Because if you
remove the children from the
streets, there should be some
other measures put into place
to either rehabilitate them.
In observance of the 16 days of
activism, Manly said her office
will be raising awareness in the
market to women on the issue
of gender-based violence and
domestic Traficant, which she
said is a serious issue.

Many children are selling
on the streets today because
of domestic Traficant. People
usually go into the interior in
towns and villages to bring
other peoples children under
the pretense of sending them
to school and in the end you
find these children on the street
selling, without proper care,
Said Manly.
She
also
stressed
on
encouraging mothers and
parents to stop sending the
children in the street and public
gathering because of the Ebola
situation.
Mary George, a physicallychallenged woman called for
punishment of parents who
send other peoples children on
the street to sell. We should
take legal action against parents
who go in the interior to bring
people children to the city,
and say they will send them to
school, but they will be treating
children bad and sometimes
big men can rape the children
for nothing because men do not
have shame. Sometimes car
can knock these children down
and some of them can die, so
those parents find doing so,
should be taken to court.
strategies by the Government,

civil society, communities and

international bodies. There is a
need to move away from talk
and take action.
Mary George, a physicallychallenged resident on Gurley
Street offered her interpretation
of the day she says is crucial
to women in Liberia. I
understand the sixteen days
of activism, to mean older
men who are in the habit of
marrying small, small girls
that are old enough to be their

children, is not good.
George
called
on
the
government to take steps
mostly against the Muslim
men who are in the habit of
marrying small girls because
it is their tradition. They
must know that we have laws
that say they must not do it, so
they should be arrested when it
happen.
George lamented the fact that
many parents marry their small
daughters to fifty year old men
or above because the men have
money or property, which it is
not good.
Asked whether she would give
her daughter to a wealthy older
man to marry, she quickly
answered: God forbid, I will
never allow my daughter to
marry an old man because of
money. It will be better for
me to hustle on the street for
me and my child to eat instead
of giving her to one old fifty
year or sixty five year old man
because of money. Therefore,
I am advising my friends
who are always giving their
small children to old man to
marry because of money to
stop, because the child is your
future.
NO COMPLACENCY
ABOUT
EBOLA
Red Cross Official Warns as Pacific
International Lines Donates to Cause
Massa F. Kanneh massa.kanneh@frontpageafricaonline.com/ 0886848625
Monroviaacific International Line has donated US$30,000 to the

Liberian National Red Cross for the fight against Ebola.
Making the presentation of the cheque to the LNRCS the PIL
line Sales Manager Teah Wolloh said that the contribution
is the companys way of identifying with the Red Cross and other
international aid agencies in fighting the deadly Ebola virus that has
so far claimed the lives of more than 2000 Liberians.
Fayiah Tamba, Secretary General of the LNRCS thanked the company
for the gesture but also used the occasion to caution Liberians about
their behaviors and movements during the ongoing senatorial
campaign season.
Tamba said it is too soon for Liberian to start taking risks with their
lives as the virus spreads through contact and sweat. The campaign
season, she said could spell doom if people are not careful.
Taking a look at the statistics, according to Tamba, shows that the
numbers are declining in Liberia but that doesnt mean for Liberians
should be complacent because the numbers continue to rise in
Liberias next door neighbors Guinea and Sierra Leone.
Tamba added that if Liberians start feeling pleased and comfortable
and ignoring the basic things that led to the numbers decline, the
country might have a relapse.
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GOVERNMENT HONORS OUTGOING EU HEAD OF DELEGATION,

AMBASSADOR ATTILIO PACIFICI AT INVESTITURE CEREMONY;
PRESIDENT SIRLEAF LAUDS HIS MANY ACHIEVEMENTS FOR LIBERIA
Monrovia
resident Ellen Johnson
Sirleaf has admitted the
departing Ambassador
Extraordinary
and
Plenipotentiary and Head of
Delegation, European Union
(EU), His Excellency Attilio
Pacifici, into the Order of the
Star of Africa with the Grade of
Grand Commander.
According to an Executive
Mansion release, the Investiture
Ceremony
and
Farewell
Reception, which took place in
the Foreign Ministrys C.Cecil
Dennis, Jr. Auditorium on
Thursday, November 27, was
presided over by the President,
in her capacity as Grand Master
of the Orders of Distinction.
Among those present at the wellattended program were: Vice
President Joseph N. Boakai;
Cabinet Ministers and other
senior officials of Government;
the Doyen and members of
the Diplomatic Corps; and
traditional leaders, among others.
In her remarks, before the
conferral of the distinction
upon Ambassador Pacifici,
President Sirleaf told him that
his tenure comes to an end
when they should have been
celebrating the tremendous
achievements made over the
last five years of collaboration;
but the unwelcomed intrusion of
the deadly Ebola virus outbreak
has muted the national mood for
celebrations. We would have
preferred therefore were you to
stay on a little longer with us,
she pleaded.
The Liberian leader indicated
that since the Ambassadors
arrival here five years ago, the
country has accomplished much
in partnership with the European
Union. Your assignment in
2009 which coincided with
the coming into force of the
Lisbon Treaty saw the EU
Office here transformed into
a fully-fledged Delegation of
the EU to Liberia, she said,
noting that the partnership went
from humanitarian assistance to
development cooperation.
She furthered that with passion
and drive, Ambassador Pacific
helped to bring about the
realization of the Liberia-EU
Dialogue which under Article
8 of the Cotonou Agreement
provides the space for wide
ranging discussions between

the two sides covering areas
of mutual concern including
democracy, good governance,
human rights, and sustainable
peace, among others.
With the Dialogue, our relations
with the EU have entered a new
stratum. The entry into force in
2013 of the Liberia-EU Voluntary
Partnership
Agreement
on
governance and trade in forestry
products improves our prospects
for increased revenues from
this vital natural resource while
protecting our environment,
President Sirleaf stated.
She noted further that a
framework
for
discussions
have been set which will lead
to the conclusion of a LiberiaEU
International
Fisheries
Agreement;
adding
that
Liberia has also joined others
in the region in concluding
the
Economic
Partnership
Agreement with the EU which
will help to bolster the Liberian
economy.
President Sirleaf recalled that
under his stewardship as Head of
the EU Delegation here, Liberia
has successfully utilized the
approximately US$277 million
committed in the 10th EDF to
fund projects in Liberia in the
areas of energy, infrastructure,
health, institutional support,
elections,
decentralization,
education, food security, forestry,
amongst others and the EU has

increased its engagements with
Liberia in all relevant areas of the
countrys development agenda.
Furthermore, under the 11th
EDF, the EU is providing
Governance
through
State
Building Contracts, Education,
Energy and Agriculture, the
Liberian leader indicated.
Despite all that Ambassador
Pacifici has done, President
approximately US$348 million

over the period, 2014 to 2020 to
support priority sectors including
Sirleaf reminded him of some

unfinished business. Among
them, she highlighted the issue
of visas for Liberians and the

hardship they endure when they
have to travel to neighboring
countries to obtain visas before
embarking on their journeys
to EU countries or in transit
there. It is our ardent wish,
she said, that working with
your successor, this concern and
others will be prioritized.
Though he was departing at
the time that the country is still
confronted by the onslaught of
the Ebola virus, President Sirleaf
expressed deepest gratitude to
the EUs response to the crisis
from the onset of the epidemic.
On behalf of the Government
and people of Liberia, President
Sirleaf bid him farewell and
implored the blessings of long
life and prosperity upon him
and for success in his future
endeavors.
Responding,
Ambassador
Pacifici said during his five
years in Liberia, there have
been so many opportunities to
talk, to understand and to act;
but undoubtedly many more
opportunities have been missed
and many issues unresolved.
He said the Liberia-EU Dialogue
is supposed to offer the perfect
avenue to address any issue and
to understand each other better
but it has not gone according to
plan. We have to find a better,
more interesting, and useful way
to hold our dialogue, he said,
suggesting a less formal, more

focused and more restricted.
Despite
his
departure,
Ambassador Pacifici is optimistic
that the EU Ambassadors and his
successor will find a satisfactory
way to hold future EU-Liberia
Dialogues, successfully finalize
the negotiations for partnerships
and mutual interests, and soon
sign the 11th EDF National
Indicative
Programme
and
undertake
together
actions
which are crucial for the future
of Liberia in the areas of health,
education, security, justice, fight
against corruption, agriculture,
key infrastructures and more
importantly for the creation of a
common vision shared by all.
I am sure we will find a more
effective way to bring together
what Liberia needs with what
Europe can offer in a way which
is of mutual benefit and interest,
he stressed, adding that Europe
has a lot to offer and the crisis
both parties are going through,
in different ways, can help bring
both parties closer together than
ever before.
Ambassador Pacifici noted that
his mission here, by definition,
remains largely unaccomplished
as few things have been done
but far more are still pending.
He urged President Sirleaf to
accord the same treatment to
his successor, Ambassadordesignate,
EU
Head
of
Delegation, Ms. Tiina Intelmann.
Before the reading of the Citation
and Conferral of the Distinction,
the Minister of Internal Affairs
gowned Ambassador Pacifici,
presented him with a staff
of authority, and named him
Paramount Chief of Tehr District,
Bomi County, the newest district
in the country.
Ministries of Foreign Affairs,
Finance
and
Development
Planning, National Elections
Commission, General Auditing
Commission, Liberia Refugee,
Repatriation and Resettlement
Commission, Liberia Electricity
Corporation, among others
presented gifts to Ambassador
Pacifici, thanking him for
initiatives through which most of
these entities benefited.
President Sirleaf proffered a
toast, to which the Ambassador
responded. A farewell reception
followed.
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REGULATOR
STILL
IN LACC
DRAGNET
TO
LIBERIA,
WITH
LOVE
and whatever cleats he'd had

brought with him were gone,
gifted away, within days.
"These starving areas that we
were in, everybody had smiles
on their faces," Underhill
recalls. "It was hard to believe
that people in this country are
so choosy about what they
have or don't have, or what
(you'll) give them or won't
give them, and these people
don't have a square of dirt to
stand on, and everybody was
smiling. The kids wanted to
play, everybody was great."
Well, not everybody. Red tape
with Liberian customs slowed
the process, and government
interference left Underhill
shaking his head.
"If you're bringing a dollar
over there, they're going to
figure out a way to get 80
cents of it," he says.
But Leo persisted, calling
in favors from old friends
and clearing a path for the
eventual delivery of the
soccer gear. With Sampson
by his side, he also visited his
father's grave -- he'd passed
away after Leo moved to the
United States -- for the first
time.
"I saw his face, and he was
very, very sad," Sampson
says. "It cut deep into his
soul, for sure."
+++
The soul pushes. The heart
abides. I can do all things
through Him who strengthens
me. Philippians 4:13.
"I believe that sums up Leo,"
Sampson says. "Nothing
can slow him down when he
makes up his mind that he
wants to do something."
They want to build a public
library in Liberia, to give kids
free access to books, more
platforms to read and learn
on their own. They want to
partner with an orphanage
there, or even perhaps even
start their own. They want
to give a Liberia slowed to a
crawl the legs to walk again.
Kids first. Always.
"We celebrate Thanksgiving
back home, too," Leo
says. "It's celebrated here
differently. And I respect that
and enjoy that.
"But Thanksgiving, to me, has
always been a day of being
thankful and just appreciating
life in general itself, for
everything that comes with
it."
The sunrise. The snow. The

smoke. The leaks. The razzing
from teammates.
"I think he's realized he's
going to have to take on
something a little newer,"
Underhill cracks.
"Money is just a way help
somebody else out. It's not a
way to help him get a house
or fancy clothes or a better
car. Money is just a way to
get somebody else something
that they want."
Light. Dreams. Hope.
During a gas run after
practice last week, the Impala
died. Hundreds more kids
in Liberia will live. In Leo
Gibson's world, that's the
greatest blessing of all.
Commission
Higherthankful
Education to
Director
General
Kansas City
socceronplayer
put kids
firstlong Corruption tale
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -t had a mind of its

own, one that teetered
cheerfully
toward
insanity. After 200,000
miles, Leo Gibson's white
1998 Impala smoked like a
chimney and leaked like an
old set of pipes. It overheated
constantly,
stalled
at
inopportune times. It handled
the extreme cold and heat of
the Plains with equal, almost
comical, ineptitude.
Any time a friend suggested
he get a new ride -- which was
often -- Leo would remind
them about priorities, what he
was saving for, where those
nickels were better spent.
"He'd say, 'Listen, man, it's
getting me where I need to
get to,'" Worteh Sampson, an
old friend and fellow native
Liberian, says with a laugh.
"'We're putting this money
into charity and trying to
sponsor this trip to Africa.'
"He puts himself second. To
everything."
Kids first. Always.
Although they didn't really
get the significance of the
old Impala, either, even as
they piled in, six or seven at
a time, en route to a soccer
practice or clinic.
"My kids ask me the same
question: 'Hey, Leo, why are
you driving this car when
your friends are driving this
car?'" he recalls.
Don't pro athletes drive
Beamers or Jags? Or trucks
that could crush a strip mall?
Sampson laughs as he thinks
on this, just as he did every
summer, when he got the
same phone call and the same
exasperated voice.
"And I'd tell him, 'I know it's
overheating,'" Sampson says.
"'Everything on that car is
going to fall apart soon.' But
that's him, man."
+++
On weekends, Leo is a
forward with the Missouri
Comets of the Major Arena
Soccer League (MASL).
During the week, he's a
one-man soccer missionary,
driving that old Impala to
camps, practices or tutoring
sessions,
spreading
the
Gospel and picking up goods
for Kick For Christ, a charity
he started three years ago to
collect soccer equipment for
children in his native Liberia
and inner-city youth around
greater Kansas City.
Kids first. Always.
This past spring, they counted
enough equipment to fill
nearly 500 boxes, stacked
inside a 20-foot container to
ship overseas.
"I grew up with some things
that I never wished on
anybody," Leo says. "But it's
because of everything that
I've gone through growing up
that's gotten me to appreciate
life."
While you give thanks for the
turkey and the stuffing, for
the Seahawks and the Niners,
the discount codes and free
shipping, Leo will give thanks
for another sunrise, for grace,
for peace.
Then, as now, the simplest
blessings are the biggest.
Civil war tore his homeland
in west Africa asunder from
1989-1996 and 1999-2003.
There were nights -- many
nights, too many to count -where he and his family slept
outside, "so we could see who
was coming at us so we could
run for it.
"And it was just daily life.
Every day we would hope and
pray to see the next day. And
nothing else mattered."
A lifetime's wounds are a
decade's scars. In 2002, Leo
was granted refugee status in
the United States, where his
mother had already settled.
"It's hard to understand, being
a Christian, as a kid, what it
means," says Sampson, one
of Leo's former teammates
with the Detroit Ignition.
"So going through what we
went through puts things
in perspective for us, to
understand what that means.
We are blessed. We've
got to find a way to share
this blessing and (affect)
somebody else's life. And I
think that's where it comes
from."
The soul pushes. The heart
abides. When the Ebola crisis
stunned Liberia, Leo was
forced to postpone the mass
delivery -- hundreds more
boxes of soccer gear -- that
had been planned for spring.
Now he's collecting medical
gloves, masks and hand
sanitizer to go along with
the balls, gloves and pads,
shipping what he can when
he can.
"I'm fortunate; I have
11 brothers and sisters
(there), and I can sent them
whatever they need to assist
themselves," says Leo, who
me to be at peace. But for the

most part, I'm just praying.
Whatever happens, God has a
plan for it, and trust in that."
+++
Leo is the Comets' Alex
yet.'"
Underhill met Leo through a
charity auction a few years
back; he was one of his son
Jacob's favorite players.
They became firm friends
played soccer at King College

in Bristol, Tenn. "(We're
collecting) for people who
don't have people like me in
America."
While his new country wrestles
with its divisions, where
the national conversation is
about anger, mistrust and
misunderstanding, here's a
man trying to build bridges,
not burn them.
"It's very hard," Leo says.
"I'm a person of faith and I
believe everything happens
for a reason. Just staying in
constant communication with
my family and my friends via
Facebook or via phone helps
Gordon, its rock and its spine.

The 5-6 forward leads the
MASL in goals (12) through
the club's first four games.
Last season, he paced the
circuit in points (76) and
assists (25) as the franchise
won the Major Indoor Soccer
League title. He's been named
to the All-MISL team three
times since 2010; in October,
he signed a three-year
contract with the club.
"I'll ask him, 'Why haven't
you signed yet?'" pal and
confidant Rick Underhill
says. "And he'll say, 'Because
they haven't given me enough
money for Kick For Christ
after that, with the Underhills

joining Leo on missions to
Haiti and, earlier this year, on
that aforementioned trek to
Liberia.
"The neighbors thought we
were moving," Underhill
chuckles, "when the container
was parked at our house."
Leo flew over with the
Underhills and other local
families to distribute the
equipment, only to find that it
wouldn't be coming on time.
Forced to improvise on the
fly, Leo and his party gave
whatever they had on hand.
Ergo, each village got a soccer
ball -- they'd started with 50 --
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PURGING MUGABE
IN BRIEF
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
WITHOUT POWER DUE TO
EAST COAST STORM
ore
than
350,000 electric
customers
from Maine to
Virginia were without power this
morning, after a storm dumped
a sloppy mix of rain and snow
along the East Coast.
New
Hampshire
residents
experienced the heaviest level of
outages, with more than 180,000
electric customers there reported
without power this morning.
More than 78,000 customers in
Maine lost power, along with
55,000 customers in New York.
The storm system grounded
hundreds of flights and turned
highways
hazardous
along
the congested Washington-toBoston corridor Wednesday,
fouling up transportation on one
of the busiest travel days of the
year. Further travel issues are
expected today.
HONG KONG (AP)

ong Kong police
arrested 11 more
people in a second
night of scuffles
with demonstrators angry at
having their 2-month-old prodemocracy protest camp in
a volatile neighborhood shut
down, officials said Thursday.
Police also said they arrested
seven of their own officers for
assault in connection with the
Oct. 15 beating of a handcuffed
protester during a violent
nighttime clash.
None of the seven officers were
identified. There was public
anger when they were caught
on camera apparently kicking
and punching the protester in
a dark corner of an underpass
where hundreds of police were
battling activists.
BURKINA FASO'S TRANSITIONAL
GOVERNMENT TO REVIEW SOME
MINE CONTRACTS
urkina
Faso's
transitional
government
will
review some mine
contracts signed under former
President Blaise Compaore,
responding to concerns that
exploration
permits
were
granted in opaque conditions,
new mines minister Colonel
Boubacar Ba said. Gold is
the West African nation's top
commodity and the country
exported 32 tonnes in 2013.
It had been expecting to
increase output this year with
new projects from developers
TrueGold,
Gryphon
and
Roxgold.
CHALLENGERS IN ZIMBABWE
Vice President Mujuru's committee ouster signals factional

power-play as president's 91st birthday approaches.
HONG KONG POLICE ARREST

PROTESTERS, 7 OFFICERS
WORLD NEWS
Harare, Zimbabwe ice President Joice

Mujuru has been
ousted from the
ruling
Zimbabwe
African National Union Patriotic
Front's
powerful
Central Committee, raising
the spectre that she could be
deprived of political power in the
government.
Mujuru lost her Central
Committee bid on Wednesday
after a provincial executive
committee
rejected
her
nomination papers, the first time
in Zimbabwean history that a
vice president had ever been
elbowed out of a party election
while holding that position.
Mujuru has long been a leading
contender to succeed the current
president, 90-year-old Robert
Mugabe, but the ouster signals
she has fallen from grace,
insiders say, and marks one
of the most stunning upsets in
the ruling party's 51-year-old
political history.
Mugabe's wife, first lady Grace
Mugabe, has been accused of
launching a purge of Mujuru's
closest supporters within the
ruling Zanu PF in a bid to stymie

the VP's challenge to President
Mugabe. Zanu PF's elective
congress is scheduled in the
capitol Harare on December 2.
Mujuru was widely regarded
as a potential successor within
the party, but analysts see the
crusade against her as meant to
neutralise her as a threat. Grace
Mugabe is rising to the top ranks
of Zanu PF, amid suspicion that
Mugabe could be grooming his
wife to eventually succeed him.
Purging challengers
Nine out of 10 Zanu PF
provincial chairpersons allegedly
linked to Mujuru have been fired
after a vote of no-confidence and
replaced with what observers
have called friendly, if not
pliable, comrades loyal to the
first lady.
Mujuru's ouster marks an abrupt
end to her slow rise through the
Zanu PF leadership, a path that
many expected would make
her the first female president in
Zimbabwean history. Formerly a
guerrilla who went by the name
"Spill Blood" in the liberation
war that ushered in Zimbabwe's
black majority rule in 1980 after
a bitter bush war against the

white-led minority government,
Mujuru, 59, is the widow of the
late liberation war hero Solomon
Mujuru.
It is perhaps the most significant
jolt to the establishment since the
start of a crusade spearheaded
by Grace Mugabe and the
state-controlled media, which
has openly accused Mujuru of
"corruption, fanning factionalism
and treason". Mugabe's wife has
also accused Mujuru of plotting
to assassinate the president, who
turns 91 in February.
While
Mujuru
has
not
commented on her loss in the
Central
Committee,
which
essentially dethrones her as
Mugabe's deputy in the party, she
has staunchly denied the graft
and high treason accusations.
"I stand ready to defend myself
before the party, and in any court
of law on any of the allegations
made against me, at any time,
in accordance with the laws of
Zimbabwe," Mujuru said in a
November 16 letter published
in privately owned Zimbabwean
newspapers, the Daily News and
Newsday. Mujuru has described
the charges as "malicious,

defamatory and irresponsible".
Mujuru has been accused of
breaching party discipline by
allegedly leading a faction to
succeed Mugabe, who was
controversially re-elected as
Zimbabwe's president last year
in July amid accusations of ballot
fraud by the local opposition.
One source, who talked to
Al Jazeera on condition of
anonymity, claimed aides to
the
Zimbabwean
president
"contrived" the recent "false
claims" of an assassination plot
allegedly engineered by key
Mujuru allies to undermine her
credibility as a potential future
Zanu PF leader.
Many Zimbabweans say she
should take over the leadership
because of her outstanding
contribution in the liberation
war, business acumen, and wide
social base.
'Watching from the terraces'
In the past several weeks, senior
aides loyal to Mujuru, including
spokesman Rugare Gumbo,
have been fired after an alleged
intelligence sting recording,
in which he is allegedly heard
saying Mugabe needed to stop
the vicious attacks on Mujuru,
otherwise the president himself
would be removed from power.
Gumbo, who was suspended
for five years last week in a
closed-door meeting of Zanu
PF's politburo, said Mugabe
accused him of plotting against
his leadership.
"It was the president himself
who accused us of plotting to
overthrow him," Gumbo said.
"We will be watching from the
terraces."
Gumbo and the Zanu PF party's
administration secretary are
also accused of masterminding
a plot to assassinate Mugabe by
hiring Israeli and South African
hit-men, according to the state
media.
Grace Mugabe has used
nationwide rallies to slam

members of the Mujuru faction's
alleged disloyalty to her husband
and has employed a bitter mix
of threats, vitriol and caustic
diatribes at her rivals in the VP's
camp.
With Justice Minister Emerson
Mnangagwa locked in a perpetual
succession duel with Mujuru, the
Chirimanzu-Zibagwe MP has
allegedly used backing from
the first lady to consolidate his
bid to take over from Mugabe,
but the veteran Zanu PF leader
has not specified a successor
and has recently ruled out both
"contenders".
The campaign has been marked
by unrestrained attacks on
Mujuru, yet spared the rod on
the Mnangagwa faction, even
though she claims to be wholly
against factionalism.
Analysts not only view Grace
Mugabe's use of state resources
- including a helicopter and
mini-motorcade - as a symbolic
show of proximity to power, but
that she is a contender for the
presidency. She has also been
nominated to head Zanu PF's
Women League.
On the campaign trail, she has
prefaced her speeches with
"God says", or "Baba [Mugabe]
wants". She has accused top
Zanu PF officials of widening
divisions in the faction-torn
party by manoeuvring to replace
the former guerrilla leader, and
called on the Mujuru faction to
let the doddering Zanu PF leader
"finish his job".
"Mrs Mugabe's role is to say
the unsayable and finger the
untouchables. She has nothing
to lose and things will not
be the same again after her
decisive intervention," UKbased Zimbabwean scholar and
political analyst George Shire
said. "Those who think she has
other ambitions miss the point."
Raising eyebrows
Stephen Chan, a professor of
world politics at the School of
Oriental & African Studies at
the University of London, said
the attacks on Mujuru, especially
those by Grace Mugabe, raised
eyebrows in western capitals,
but the purge of her allies from
the politburo came as a complete
surprise.
ZIMBABWE VICE PRESIDENT OUSTED

FROM PARTY POST IN SUCCESSION WAR
Harare (AFP) imbabwe

Vice
President Joice Mujuru
has been ousted from
the ruling party's
powerful central committee
after being accused of plotting
to assassinate President Robert
Mugabe, state media reported
Wednesday.
A provincial executive committee
refused to accept Mujuru's
election papers ahead of a key
ZANU-PF party congress next
week after a campaign against

her led by Mugabe's wife Grace.
Mujuru's home district "rejected
her application in elections that
saw a number of other Zanu-PF
bigwigs linked to her nefarious
activities to oust President
Robert Mugabe also failing to
make it," the paper said.
Mujuru has been the target
of sustained attacks in progovernment newspapers as
factions within the party jostle
to take power when 90-year-old
Mugabe steps down or dies.

Mujuru and powerful Justice
Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa
were seen as the leading
contenders to replace Mugabe,
who has been in power since
independence from Britain in
1980.
The battle escalated following
Grace
Mugabe's
surprise
nomination to lead the powerful
women's wing of ZANU-PF,
prompting speculation that she
wanted the top job herself.
Robert
Mugabe,
Africa's
oldest leader, is expected to be
confirmed as the party's leader at
the congress early in December,
but the fight for positions on
the powerful politburo could
be decisive for the campaign to
succeed him.
Mujuru's failure to win a place
in the central committee means
she ceases to be in the party's
top leadership even before the
congress starts on December 3.
STREET PROTESTS IN BURKINA FASO

PROMPT MINISTER'S RESIGNATION
OUAGADOUGOU
minister in Burkina Faso's transitional government
seen as close to former President Blaise Compaore's
administration resigned on Tuesday following two days
of protests over his appointment, the prime minister's
office said.
The resignation is an early test for the West African country's new
leaders President Michel Kafando and Prime Minister Lieutenant
Colonel Isaac Zida who will lead until elections planned in 2015.
Compaore resigned and fled the country in late October following
protests over his bid to amend the constitution to extend his 27
years in power. A brief period of army rule under Zida ensued
before he ceded to African Union pressure to hand power back to
a civilian ruler.
Frontpage
Sports
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SPORTS
WHEN WILL HELP COME FOR FORMER LIBERIAN

INTERNATIONAL SAYON DAVIES, NOW A STROKE VICTIM?
DYING SLOWLY R
RONALDO EQUALS RAUL IN

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GOALS, STILL
BEHIND MESSI IN RECORD CHASE
eal Madrid forward

Cristiano
Ronaldo
equaled
Raul's
Champions League
goals tallyby netting the winner
in Wednesday night's 1-0 victory
at Basel.
The Portugal international struck
10 minutes before the break in
Switzerland, tapping home a
cross from Karim Benzema for
his 71st goal in Europe's premier
club competition.
As a result, Ronaldo now shares
second place in the all-time goalscorers' standingswith Madrid
icon Raul and is just three shy
of record-holder Lionel Messi,
who hit a hat trick in Barcelona's
4-0 win at APOEL on Tuesday
evening.
When I am dead, cars will park here and people will be asking how is the mat? Okay, I am sending
four bags of rice for the people on the mat to eat. But here is man who is still alive and needs all the
help in this world to recover. Why dont you give him his flowers now?
- Sayon Experience Davies, Former Football, Liberias Lone Star
W
Monrovia -
Danesius Marteh, danesius.marteh@frontpageafricaonline.com
hen will help

come for Sayon
Davies is the
question
on
his mind and that of family
members.
The football great dubbed
Experience was a member of
the Liberian national team that
won the six-nation tournament
in 1979 but is now a beggar,
desperately in need of help.
Life, Sayon says, has not been
rosy since he came down with
stroke in 2009.
Well, it has not been easy but I
give God the glory. It has been
six to seven years now since
I have been sick. I have been
unable to move. It was you who
gave me a hand-up to be able to
get here and sit down. So you
should know that it has been
tough; it has not been easy, he
said in tears while still upbeat
that he will recover before his
death.
GHANA: AVRAM GRANT APPOINTED

NEW BLACK STARS COACH
From a footballer and coach to

stroke victims
Sayon makes the terrible journey from his room.
His left side is paralyzed and

his routine journey from his
bedroom to the front view of his
house can take him at least 15
minutes.
But how did it all go bad for a
footballer and ball juggler, who
played in Germany and Spain
and could tap football on his shin
while sitting.
It started in 2009. One evening I
was sitting to that house [pointing
his right hand] you are looking at
there. It was around 6:00PM. I
just felt like somebody stripping
comb on my head and down by
left side. In a few hours, I wasnt
to myself again.
Later, I found myself in
Redemption Hospital. It was my
sister who explained everything
to me. She said they took off
my clothes and bathed me like
a baby with cold water. And
usually, I dont like cold water.
I didnt even know all this. My
sister said I was unconscious, he
said while acknowledging some
improvements in his condition.
In his playing days, Experience
was an unstoppable express train
in central midfield but it appears
he has smashed through too
many defenses and the wheels
are starting to come off to the
extent that hes now unable
to transfer knowledge in his
wheelchair.
died sooner than later if it had

not been for his sister and few
friends.
My sister, Doryen Peters,
is a very good lady who has
been catering to me since then.
Since day [at midday], I have
not eaten. If she doesnt have
it in the morning, then it will
be 4:00-5:00PM before I can
eat something. The little she
can find, two or three pieces of
doughnuts, she will bring it for
me to eat.
Adds the football great: I will
eat and drink water and thats
it [for the day]. Alfred Sayon
has been a good friend but I
dont see him like before. He
has been a nice friend in the
past. Over three months ago, he
gave Omari Jackson US$30 to
buy a bag of rice. I can receive
information that he can come to
New Kru Town but he doesnt
visit me. Sometimes, let him
come to see me whether he has
money or not, Sayon said while
recounting the assistance of an
anonymous helper who gave
him US$100 in 2012, former
Liberian internationals and
ex-Deputy Youth and Sports
Minister Dionysius Sebwe,
who gave him a bag of rice on
February 14, 2012.
Doryen to the rescue
Liberia Football Association

(LFA)president Musa Bility has
says the LFA has no budget to
Experience says he could have
Segregated favors?
cater for ailing footballers, who

played for the national team(s)
but it spent more than US$7,000
during the home going of Frank
Jean Seator in February 2013.
Some lovers of admirers of the
game wonder whether the LFA
is being selective with its rare
assistance package to those who
donned the red, white and blue
outfit?
The
Liberia
Football
Association to help me? I dont
think so because in my playing
days they will tell us your go
and well send the per diems
through the embassy and that
will be a different story when we
get there. I remember we were
going to Ghana and they say they
will send the per diems through
the ambassador.
We got to Accra and the
ambassador told us that da
your talking it for me to hear it.
Nothing your people has sent.
That was either in 1974 or 1975.
So now that I am not playing
how much help can they give
me? Maybe, they will do it for
other former Lone Star players
but I dont want any help when
I am dead, he added while
decrying the governments lack
of assistance to ailing athletes.
While he appreciates the
handouts, Sayon said he wants
a medical assistance that will
enable him to recover from stroke
and admits missing football.
Sayon says football has been his
life, now only fond memories
keep him going. I missed it a

lot. It has been part of my life
from my youth days. When I
see the little children playing
[football], my heart can bleed.
Then my son will come and say
papa, papa dont cry. And I will
wipe my tears quickly so that he,
too, doesnt end-up crying like
me, he added.
Sayon is all too familiar with
the Liberian tradition where,
sometimes funds are spent on
a dead person more than when
he or he or she is alive. When
I am dead, cars will park here
and people will be asking how
is the mat? Okay, I am sending
four bags of rice for the people
on the mat to eat. But here is man
who is still alive and needs all
the help in this world to recover.
Why dont you give him his

flowers now?
I will not even know the grey
or blue coat suit they will put on
me. You will not even know the
color but they will put it on you.
And give whole lot of tributes.
That is what Liberians are good
at. This man was this and that but
when he was alive what did you
do? he asked in tears.
If calls for help from President
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, George
Weah and others aredisregarded
and his condition gets worse,
there could be a big pile of cards
of sympathy and or flora designs
outside his familys house in
the Borough of New Kru Town
when God calls him from labor
to rest.
ormer Chelsea boss

Avram Grant has been
appointed the new
coach of Ghana.
The 59-year-old has signed a
27-month deal to take over from
Maxwell Konadu, who had
been in temporary charge since
Kwesi Appiah left in September.
He will start work on Monday
and his contract will finish at the
end of February 2017 - after that
year's Africa Cup of Nations
finals.
Israeli Grant has only six weeks
to prepare the Black Stars for the
2015 Nations Cup in Equatorial
Guinea.
The Ghana Football Association
have given Grant a target of
"doing well" at the upcoming
tournament and to win the event
two years later.
PELE HOSPITALIZED FOR

URINARY INFECTION
razil
legend
Pele has been
transferred to a
special care unit
following treatment for a
urinary infection.
The Albert Einstein Hospital
in Sao Paulo stated the
74-year-old three-time World
Cup winner had been moved
after
suffering
"clinical
instability".
Reports had suggested Pele,
admitted on Monday, was in
intensive care.
Pele, a World Cup winner in
1958, 1962 and 1970, was
initially discharged from
hospital on 13 November
after surgery to remove
kidney stones.
Sports
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EUROPA LEAGUE:
WOLFSBURG 0; EVERTON 2
LUKAKU, MIRALLAS
LEAD THE WAY
Everton are through to the
knockout stage as Group H winners
after victory at Wolfsburg
1-1 draw in the other group game

between Krasnodar and Lille meant
the Toffees progressed regardless of
the result in Germany.
Three points ensured top spot, however, as Romelu
Lukaku powered home before half-time after
Wolfsburg's Ivan Perisic had a goal ruled out.
Kevin Mirallas sealed victory in the second half
with a goal on the break.
Everton, four points ahead of Wolfsburg at the top
of the group, progress to the last 32 with a game to
spare as they look to secure a first European trophy
since 1985.
Both sets of players went into the game unaware
of the scoreline in the group's other fixture, which
kicked off one hour earlier.
Each side knew, however, that a win would

guarantee qualification and that might have played
its part in a frenetic start.
Wolfsburg, with eight wins from their last nine
games, were immediately on the offensive as
Perisic lashed into the side-netting while Aaron
Hunt drew a full-stretch save out of Tim Howard.
Sylvain Distin hit the bar with a downward header
between those chances but Wolfsburg should have
been ahead midway through the half, when Perisic
was wrongly ruled offside when he stabbed home
from close range.
It was a let-off for Everton, and a crucial one, as
they hit Wolfsburg on the break just before halftime.
Distin's header aside, the visitors had barely
threatened in the first 45 minutes but snatched the

lead when Lukaku received a pass from Kevin
Mirallas, outmuscled two defenders and ran
through on goal before finishing calmly.
Knowing that defeat would leave them needing
at least a draw in their final game against Lille,
Wolfsburg again pressured the Everton defence in
the second half.
The hosts were again denied when former Arsenal
striker Nicklas Bendtner had a header ruled out for
offside, but also Everton looked dangerous on the
break - though Aiden McGeady somehow contrived
to sidefoot over when presented with an open goal.
However, Everton wrapped up the win with another
breakaway goal as Lukaku sent Mirallas away and
the forward confidently slotted home.
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t a time when Liberia's health system has been

"As a clinician, one hopes to help ameliorate the effects of

According to Mr. Werner's LinkedIn page:

"The Care Coordinator is responsible for providing supportive

March 2010 - September 2010

Civil Service Agency:

Rodney D. Sieh, Managing Editor, 0886-738-666;

COUNTY NEWS TEAM

A THREE HORSE RACE

Friday, November 28, 2014

BONG SENATE ELECTION

Selma Lomax, selma.lomax@frontpageafricaonline.com

be planning to punish the former

Ranney Banama Jackson

has a lot of opportunities to not

things that were not properly

Flomo, who is flying the flag of

Friday, November 28, 2014

Campaign Heads Will be Responsible

Labor Ministry intends to implement work permit for Ecowas citizens

he Ministry of Labor (MOL) has announced

He noted that Ecowas citizens operating and working

AU PAYS COURTESY CALL ON POLICE CHIEF

Monroviahe Head of Mission

Africa Maj. General and dr.

Monroviahe government of Liberia says campaign heads will be held

Country, but warned Liberians to

the spread of the deadly virus, it

he said has taken the lives of

Friday, November 28, 2014

THE OIL DEBATE

As the Liberia Basin Bid Round 2014 enters the

winning bids included a Liberian partner, this design