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Bishop Mai Roberts of the Faith Healing Temple dies at 97 Monrovia – The Right Reverend, Bishop Mai Roberts of the Faith Healing Temple Church of Jesus Christ, has died. Bishop Roberts, who went to be with the Lord Jesus Christ early Monday, January 28, died at 97. According to family sources, funeral arrangements will be announced later. Born Mai Barclay to a humble mother, Sarah Reeves and a former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Anthony Barclay, Sr.— her father was the son of former President Arthur Barclay. She joined the Faith Healing Temple in 1971 as a minister under its founder, the legendary Wilhelmina Bryant Dukuly. She took over as head pastor of Faith Healing Temple following the demise of Dukuly in 1990 amid huge doubts over whether she could ably fit in the shoes of the outspoken founder. She did and resoundingly too. During the 1990 crisis, Mother Roberts refused to depart the country despite having the opportunity to do so. Turning the Faith ...

Liberian president George Weah. Photo: Getty Images. There were high expectations that Liberia’s president would tackle corruption and boost the economy, but he has struggled with entrenched interests and demands of patronage. George Weah’s election as president of Liberia in January 2018 was widely hailed as a popular victory over ineffective or corrupt politics and was the first peaceful handover of power since the end of the Liberian civil war. Seen as a victory of the people over a political system viewed as ineffective (at best) or corrupt (at worst), Weah’s election brought with it the high expectations of not just his support base but the country as a whole. However, despite early signs that he would take on bureaucratic excess and corruption, rebuild infrastructure and drive economic development, Weah’s first year in office has been haunted by the old guard of Liberian politics, hampered by limited resources and dogged by controversies over missing money. Continuity se...

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Hawa Bangura, a Sierra Leonean woman tried and found guilty of human trafficking, will have to spend eight years of her life in a Liberian prison. She was sentenced on Thursday, January 17, 2019 by Presiding Judge Roosevelt Willie when he rendered the final judgment in the human trafficking case involving Defendant Bangura who has been detained at the Monrovia Central Prison since her arrest on November 30, 2017. Though, one guilty of human trafficking by law is required to spend the maximum sentence of 10 years, Judge Willie of the Criminal Court”A” at the Temple of Justice stated that the court could not sentence Defendant Bangura for 10 prison years because report obtained by the court from the Probation Office about her character shows that she had no previous criminal record. Judge Willie then ordered the Ministry of Justice to work with the Ministry of Gender and that of the Foreign Ministry to ensure the repatriation of the two victims involved with the case back to S...

 MONROVIA, Montserrado – Youth and Sports Minister Zeogar Wilson says he is pleased with the just-ended 2018-19 National County Sports Meet. The national sporting events began on Sunday, December 16, 2018, across four different venues in Liberia and concluded on Sunday, January 13 at the Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex, where fans turned up in their numbers to support their favorite counties in the quarterfinals, semifinals, and final stages. Unlike the previous tournament where the lack of organization was widely seen, the 2018-19 event turned out to be different, with significant improvements, which surprised many Liberians. For the first time in the history of the event, teams wore customized jerseys and played with customized balls which carried the names and logos of the companies that sponsored the event. With the improvement in the organization of the tournaments, Liberians across the world were excited as they expressed their joy when watching the games that were bro...

Dr. Grace Dinkins By David A. Yates Dr. Grace Dinkins, a Liberian surgeon is in the country to contribute her quota. Dr. Grace-Ann Dinkins, a Liberian surgeon based in the United States of America, arrived in the country on Wednesday, January 16 to meet with senior government officials, including Montserrado County District#9 Representative Munah Pelham Youngblood. Dr. Dinkins is a Liberian awards athlete from the 1984, 1995 and 2000 summer Olympics in the U.S. According her travel itinerary, while in the country, Dr. Dinkins will hold discussions with the government and some humanitarian groups to identify priorities, particularly underprivileged girls. Dinkins is the chief executive officer (ECO) of the Africa Investor Group (AIG), a company that helps medical institutions and other humanitarian organizations. She is also a general surgeon based in Lynwood, California, Dr. Dinkins is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the U.S. including College Medical C...

President of Liberi George Weah  Ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) party Montserrado County District #7 Representative Solomon George says plans are underway by the CDC to crown President George Manneh Weah as First Priest and Prophet of Liberia. Making the disclosure over the weekend, Rep. George warned that those making mockery of the President for opening a Church will be cursed by God.The CDC lawmaker was being honored by a group calling themselves “Strategic Journalists Committee,” for his outstanding oversight and representation role played in 2018. Mr. George stresses that President Weah would have been praised if he were to open a Zoe Bush for some ungodly people in the country. Rep. George argues that no matter President Weah’s affiliation with other secret cults or organizations like the Mason, he will still serve Christ Jesus. Meanwhile, Rep. George has expressed frustration at the first sitting of the 54th Legislature, especially the House of Re...

Liberia National Police  Liberia’s Police Chief Col. Patrick Sudue has appealed to the New York Police Department in the United States to assist in building the criminal investigative capacity of the Liberian Police and to develop coordination between the two entities in ensuring the fight against terrorism, cyber crimes and transnational crimes. Liberian Police Spokesman Moses Carter told journalists in Monrovia Tuesday, 8 January that Col. Sudue held meeting with some authorities at the New York Police Department (NYPD) in person of Joseph Reznick, Deputy Commissioner of Internal Affairs; Thomas P. Galati, Chief of Intelligence; and John B. Hart, Deputy Chief Executive officer, Intelligence Bureau. Additionally Col. Sudue has asked UN executives that LNP should be accorded the opportunity to second one of its personnel at the UN Headquarters in New York to serve as liaison from LNP to the UN.He also requests that the LNP be given the chance to serve on future UN missions. M...

Liberia Hipco  The All Liberian Music Festival will be organised by entertainment company Uprok Events. The company's CEO T Mark Korpu said the event would take place at the Antoinette Tubman Stadium in Monrovia on 14 March. It would feature performances from several A-list artists and bring together producers and record label scouts in search of new artists. "The festival is predicated upon the need to sow neatly and tightly the loose intra-cultural relationship in Liberia by using music as a potent weapon of intercultural understanding, and medium of appreciation for the country’s arts and culture," Korpu said. He said being the first of its kind in Liberia, the festival was also aimed at promoting unity among Liberian music industry players – something which had been lacking over the years. "We will also like to announce that certain percentage of the total revenue generated will go to a development project to aid the industry, a...

Geraldine Barclay King  WOONSOCKET – The Northern Rhode Island Council of the Arts has announced the names of five contestants for the title of queen of the 2019 Mardi Gras Ball festivities. The Mardi Gras Ball will take place on Saturday, Feb. 23, at St. Ann Arts and Cultural Center, 84 Cumberland St. Festivities will include music and dancing with Jeff Gamache and Runaway Train and the featured zydeco band Squeezebox Stompers. A full Cajun buffet will be served. Tickets are $30 in advance and can be purchased by calling Lorraine Cloutier at 401-762-9072 or from the contestants. The title of queen and two princesses will go to the contestants who sell the most raffle and event tickets. Tickets for the raffle are $1 each, and prizes will be drawn on the night of the Mardi Gras Ball. First prize is $500 cash; second prize is a $300 gift certificate to Mohegan Sun; third prize is a $100 Visa card; and fourth prize is a $50 gift card to Savini’s Pomodoro Restaurant. The queen an...

German soccer club Paderborn 07 has signed two forwards from the United States, including former Tyler Junior College standout  Mohammed Kamara, to help its bid for promotion back to the Bundesliga, TJC coach Steve Clements said. The second-division club announced Kamara, after a year with UCLA, will join the Paderborn , German club. Khiry Shelton is joining from Major League Soccer's Sporting Kansas City. The 21-year-old Kamara (6-0, 170), who was born in Monrovia, Liberia, scored five goals in 14 games for UCLA. He signed a deal through June 2020 with Paderborn, worth around $300,000, Clements said. The 25-year-old Shelton, who made his MLS debut in 2015 for New York City, was getting a contract through June 2021. “They fit well with our way of playing with their qualities," Paderborn managing director Markus Kroesche said.  Paderborn was relegated from the Bundesliga in 2015. After gaining promotion from the third division last season, the team ...

Police in Grand Kru County are interrogating the City Solicitor of Barclyville Sauda Blamo and three other persons, including a clan chief in connection with the death of a man identified as Oldman Beah, 25. The deceased reportedly drowned on December 30, 2018 in the Dorbor River in Bottoh Poe town, Bolloh District, Grand Kru County. His remains were discovered on December 31, the following day. According to the Police, City Solicitor Blamo allegedly ordered the burial of the late Oldman Beah without proper investigation. The victim, who hailed from Nimba County, was working at a goldmine in Grand Kru when he me met his demise.In a related development, Police in Grand Kru have also charged a 40-year-oldman Arthur Teah with rape and aggravated assault for sexually abusing a 66-yearoldwoman Theresa Popoe on New Year day, January 1, 2019. The accused reportedly escorted the victim on her way from an entertainment center and raped her on a football field in the county.Meanwhi...

By ALJA New Castle, Delaware- The Association of Liberian Journalists in the Americas (ALJA) says its attention has been drawn to media reports regarding the fast pace at which Liberia's President, George Manneh Weah, is accumulating material wealth, mainly real estates in the country since his ascendency to the nation's presidency nearly a year ago. ALJA says in a country where majority of the citizens barely survive on less than one US dollar a day coupled with the lack of social services as a result of economy hardship, it is deeply troubled by the speed at which President Weah and some members of his inner circle are amassing costly real estates. According to an ALJA press release issued on January 15, 2019, the Association quoting media reports cited the 46-unit building complex being constructed on the Robertsfield Highway in Margibi County by President Weah and his US 150 thousand dollars house, which is being rebuilt in Sinkor, Montserrado County, as some...

 The National Council of Chiefs and Elders of Liberia (NACCEL) has frowned on early child Marriage in Liberia, calling government to take action against the practice here. Leaders and members of the council spoke at a dialogue Tuesday, 8 January in Monrovia, requesting government to put stop to any other harmful traditional practices against women and children. The dialogue was organized by NACCEL in collaboration with the Ministry of Internal Affairs with support from the United Nations Population Fund.The group recommends that government takes immediate action in stopping teenage pregnancy by denouncing early child marriage in all sectors of society. The comments from the traditional leaders were contained in a declaration on ending teenage pregnancy signed by Chiefs of the 15 counties at the close of a recent traditional leaders’ dialogue in Monrovia. They note however that it is their right to know their tradition which they are charged to promote and protect in a positiv...

According to LIB Life, Jaredo and his former records labelmate Davero are in a love relationship. The pair are yet to officially announce their rumored relationship; however a leaked photo of them kissing in a lonely place and a number of public appearances by the two of them suggests the two are an item. The source added the two have been dating for more than a month now and things are actually moving on well between them by hanging out and getting to know one another. “Both artists are madly in love with each other and want to make the relationship serious,” the source said. Jaredo’s new love, Davero, who worked with the SOG record label for a while, is one of Liberia’s emerging female singers. As a highly successful star in her own right, Davero, 26, is currently one of the top grossing female artists in the country and has shared stages with top artists like Nigerian artists Davido, Kcee, Flavor and Tekno. She is also MTN LMA’s best female artist of the year (2018). Wh...

 The Criminal Court “A” at the Temple of Justice in Monrovia has sentenced a woman believed to be 26 years old, Jonetta Pinky Abul to 25 years imprisonment for murdering her fiancé, Morris Johnson. In his final judgment Monday, 7 January, Judge Roosevelt Z. Willie ordered that Pinky serves 22 years behind bars, and three years on parole, based on proof of good behavior.But both prosecutors and defense counsels have taken exception against Judge Willie’s ruling. Government lawyers are contending that the law here is clear that the punishment for murder is life time imprisonment or death by hanging; while the defense too announce that they will appeal against the judge’s decision before the Supreme Court of Liberia. Prosecutors say Pinky killed the late Morris at her S.K.D. Sports Complex Community residence on 14 June 2018 with a kitchen knife that she says she brought forth to scare the deceased during a night time altercation with the deceased. But she denies the charg...

Wilkes-Barre DPW worker Martin Dartoe talks about how he detained a man in the city Monday night after observing a police foot chase. ‘I just reacted and I’d do it again,’ Dartoe said WILKES-BARRE — Martin Dartoe wasn’t looking to become a hero Monday night, he was just trying to do the right thing. The off-duty Wilkes-Barre Department of Public Works employee helped detain a suspect who was fleeing from state police following a traffic stop, according to a release by troopers. Suspect Jason Alexander Hackett allegedly showed signs of intoxication and dropped packets of suspected heroin as he fled. But Hackett didn’t get very far, thanks to quick thinking by Dartoe, a former college wrestler and native of Liberia. “I was born in war-torn Africa,” Dartoe said. “I just reacted and I’d do it again.” According to a criminal complaint filed by state police, a trooper attempted to stop Hackett, operating a 2015 Jeep Cherokee, for traveling 50 mph in a 35 mph zone on Kidder Street a...



 MONROVIA, Montserrado – The head coach of the Liberian national team, Thomas Kojo, has invited 26 locally based players for Lone Star’s training camp ahead of the crucial 2019 African Cup of Nations qualifiers against D.R. Congo in Kinshasa on March 22. The list, which includes four goalkeepers, eight defenders, 10 midfielders, and four strikers, is dominated by LISCR Football Club, which is represented by nine players. The 2018 Liberia Football Association First Division champions, Barrack Young Controllers, followed with eight players while the LPRC Oilers has four players included. Nimba United, Monrovia Club Breweries, NPA Anchors, Watanga Football Club and second division side FC Bea Mountain each have one player represented. The names of Kojo’s selected players were released by the Liberia Football Association through its official Facebook page. Players will have their medical examination before beginning training on Wednesday, January 16 at the Antoinette Tubman Stadium...

 Liberia’s National Housing Authority (NHA) and Chaste Mutual Investment Limited of Nigeria have reached a deal for the construction of 100,000 housing units.According to the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the two institutions, Chaste Mutual will provide financial and technical support towards the construction of the housing units, while the NHA will be responsible for the architectural work. At the signing of the pact Tuesday, NHA’s officer-in-charge Tonia D. Johnson represented her institution, while Chaste Investment Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Ayo Olatunde was there for his firm. Madam Johnson welcomed such investment to construct “affordable” homes for Liberians, noting that the NHA will work along with the Ministry of Internal Affairs to acquire lands in Grand Bassa and Margibi counties for the implementation of the project. She expressed excitement about the interest of investors who want to work with the NHA which would enable it live up to its responsib...

Liberia's president Joseph Jenkins Roberts  Complete Transcript Monrovia November 7th 1839 Mr B. Coates Dear Sir             From the caption of this you will perceive that I am again in Terifirma. “In the land of the free and the home of the Oppressed.” Rejoice with me! For I assure you Sir I was hartily sick of America and rejoiced to hear it said embark & be off. My treatment in Am. sometimes bore hard, particularly when traveling. In justice to same I must say whenever I met with Gentlemen I found no difficulty. It was lamentable however I too often found vagabonds under that Garbs. Enough of this             We had a fine passage of thirty eight days out from Norfolk. Peace and concord existed among all; the Missionaries were very agreeable, all enjoyed good, except Mr. Teage who took Cold after a few days which brought on the plurisey a...

Liberia: Grebo people and kola nut Any one who enters the village of the Grebo tribe must be offered the bitter nut as indication of welcome. The golf-ball sized nut is split into many thin wedges and the stranger dips the nut in pepper dust and bites down, followed by a sip of Cane Juice.   11 Health Benefits of Kola Nut 1. Boost Energy It works as a stimulating agent and regulates heart rate by increasing the circulation. Its circulating nature provides proper oxygen to all parts of the body including the brain.  That’s the reason it has a wide spectrum of pharmaceutical industries. It is often used as a cognitive booster as it raises the level of oxygen in the brain and helps you to focus on the task by increasing concentration level. Being rich in glucose and starch it generates a lot of energy and gives you delighted effect. These nuts also heal your injured area readily because of increased blood flow rate. 2. Promotes Weight Loss If you want to g...

When it comes to Liberian food, the country is best known for its exquisite taste. Citizens of the world have impressive reaction to Liberian cuisines. To celebrate its endless culinary creativity, we're throwing our list of 10 most popular Liberian dishes. 1. Palmbutter with rice. 2. Potato Greens with rice.   3. Cassava Leaf with rice. 4. Torborgee with rice 5. Fufu with soup 6. GB with soup   7. Fufu with palava sauce 8. Eggplant with rice 9. Dried rice with fish 10. Jollof Rice