By Augustine N. Myers – Continuous heavy rainfall across Liberia due to the on-going rainy season, is indeed becoming a serious problem, especially to those residing around low land areas. The latest is the GSA Road Community in Paynesville, a sub burg of Monrovia in Montserrado County. Thousands of the residents are forced to leave their respective homes for safety because of the heavy down pour of rain, due to an on-going local road construction by a Company known as SSF. The Company was hired by the Liberian government through the Public Works Ministry to carry out the pavement of... Continue Reading
…As Teachers Benefit From Training : By Augustine N. Myers – A major training program to build to capacity of hundreds of Liberian teachers, have taken place in Paynesville, Montserrado County. The 3-day Teachers’ Empowerment Program was organized by the Servants of God Outreach Ministries (SOGOM Harvest) located in the ELBC Community, Paynesville, in collaboration with sixteen Americans from the Harvest Bible Chapel in Michigan, the United States of America. Dr. Paul lectures a cross section of Liberian Teachers at the 3-day exercise The workshop which ran from Monday, June 27 thru Wednesday, June 29 brought together three hundred teachers from Montserrado, Grand... Continue Reading
By Kizito Makoye, Dar es Salaam – Tanzania has stopped plans to build a tarmac road across Serengeti National Park. Minister for Tourism and Natural Resources, Ezekiel Maige, confirmed to this reporter that the government has considered recommendations of the Environmental Impact Assessment study carried out prior to the project, thus it has resolved to rescind its plans for the sake of the park’s ecosystem. Mr. Maige, however, insisted that the existing gravel road in the park would still be used for tourism purposes. Tanzania proposed a 50km highway across the park in its bid to stimulate economic activities of... Continue Reading
HARARE, 1 July 2011 (IRIN) – A combined effort by donor agencies, foreign governments, local organizations and the Zimbabwean government is slowly improving the water infrastructure while reducing the chances that cholera will return. The UN Children’s agency (UNICEF) agreed to supply water treatment chemicals until the end of June 2011 but this has been extended until March 2012, by which time it is hoped that the local government authorities will be able to purchase their own water treatment chemicals. “Thus far, water treatment chemicals worth over US$10 million have been procured, including over 25,000 tonnes of aluminium sulphate, 700... Continue Reading
By Nangayi Guyson (in Kampala, Uganda) – The International Criminal Court on Monday issued an arrest warrant for Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi, accusing him of crimes against humanity. The Hague-based court also issued warrants for two of Col Gaddafi’s top aides – his son Saif al-Islam and intelligence chief Abdullah al-Sanussi. Despite the issued warrant, Libyan Col Muammar Gaddaf is still very strong and his vows of fighting along war is becoming eminent. NATO Air strikes started by hitting Libyan military bases, camps and so many other military operation places but this has done nothing to do away with a strong... Continue Reading
