…Amidst Calls By Him for The President To Give Way To A New Leadership – By: Augustine N. Myers – Ahead of the general and presidential elections scheduled for next year, 2011, many Liberians especially those residing abroad have become returning home to prepare to participate in the pending elections. One of such is Mr. T.Q. Harris, a politician who was one of those that contested the elections in 1997 and lost to Mr. Charles Taylor, Liberia’s former President now facing trail in the Hague. Mr. Harris who has since be residing in the United States, has returned home to... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, December 15th 2010 |
By: Augustine N. Myers – At least 1, 800 refugees from neighboring Ivory Coast have crossed over to Liberia, in the wake of political tension in that West African Country. Local authorities of the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees (UNHCR) said there are more Ivorian refugees expected to arrive in Liberia and other 200 in Guinea. According to the UNHCR, some 2,000 people, mostly women and children from Cote d’Ivoire have entered neighboring Liberia and Guinea amid the political deadlock precipitated by the dispute over the results of the Ivorian Presidential elections, the United Nations Refugee Agency said Monday.... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, December 14th 2010 |
By: Augustine N. Myers -….As Both Countries complete 2-week visit to Bangladesh- After years of civil war, Sierra Leone and Liberia water, sanitation and hygiene sectors are said to be faced with numerous technical, materials and financial challenges. As a means of addressing these challenges and in an effort to accelerate access of the people of Sierra Leone and Liberia to safe drinking water, improve sanitation and good hygiene behavior, seven Liberians and two Sierra Leoneans recently attended nearly two weeks of learning exchange in Dhaka, Bangladesh. According to a dispatch, five civil society organizations and two Directors from the... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Thursday, December 9th 2010 |
By: Augustine N. Myers – As the political fewer gets underway ahead of the 2011 general and presidential elections, Liberian politicians, especially those from the opposition camps are doing every in their power to stop the second term bid of Africa’s first female democratically elected President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf who considers herself a formidable force in next year’s election. The two major political parties that came second and third respectively to President Sirleaf in the 2005 general and presidential elections that were contested by twenty two candidates, have disclosed plans to form a merger to defeat the incumbent President. The... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, November 23rd 2010 |
By: Augustine N. Myers – The Vice President of the Republic of Liberia, Joseph N. Boakai, Sr., has observed that in critical times, a Country is better off when women lead. According to the Vice President, he has seen this happen first hand by justifying his argument by giving example with the leadership of Liberia’s President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. V.P Boakai pointed out that Liberia enjoys an enduring and excellent partnership with all the major international Organizations and Countries of the world. Our partnership, according to him, is producing results that are unparalleled to any time in our existence as... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, November 23rd 2010 |
