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Tuesday, July 14, 2015
Massa F. Kanneh massa.kanneh@frontpageafricaonline.com; 0886848625
Monroviaear and disappointment is growing at the only major

public school in the Borough of New Kru Town
Community on the Bushrod Island, D. Tweh High
School as students and school administrators are
expressing frustration over what they are terming as inaction
from government to avert a looming disaster of sea erosion,
which has already wiped away the wall of the fence around the
school complex and threatening the main building.
The Atlantic Ocean which was far away from the school years
ago has made its way closer, wiping away private buildings
and has now completely destroyed the fence surrounding the
school, gradually cracking the main school building.
Blamo Toe, the student council president of the school told
FrontPageAfrica Monday that since last academic year he and
others have been in the vanguard, drawing the attention of
national government to their plight, but said there is inaction
on the part of government to protect the school.
Toe explained that it is so frustrating and disheartening that
the school is gradually being swept away by the sea and there
is no effort from national government including the lawmaker
from District #16, Representative Edward Forh to address the
situation.
D. Tweh is one of the renowned and the only government
senior high school on the Bushrod island that has produced
government officials such as Honorable Edward Forh and
Honorable Milton Teahjay who are all alumni of this same
school, and we cannot see this school that has produced
politicians and future leaders and continues to produce future
leaders to be swept away like this, said Student Toe.
Toe said he had to appear on a radio station last year for the
same issue to call the attention of the national government
adding that he is still shocked that it has taken this long for
government to come to their aid.
The government has been slow in helping the situation,
right after the school fence there was a main car road and
thousands of homes all have been carried away by the sea and
the government is failing to realize that this situation will also
reduce the landscape of Liberia.
He told FPA that almost all students around the Bushrod Island
and beyond are anticipating enrolling at this same school for it

is the only senior high and public school, saying if the school
is swept away those students on the Bushrod Island will find
difficulty in acquiring education.
RELOCATION NOT GOOD
Toe said if the government is delaying because they anticipate

relocating the school, it will not be a good idea because the
whole of Bushrod Island depends on the school.
He noted that relocation will cost the government some
serious pressure and money and time to do so.
The student advised that they are calling for the government
to block the sea like was done at the Freeport of Monrovia.
If the government has any intention to relocate this school
you know how long it will take to erect such a building? We
will still be going backward in the school system he said.
He added What we really want for the government to do is to
block the sea, if the government has any intention of relocating
the school it will not be fine. To relocate this school it will take
lots of process and lots of time another pressure and a lot of
money for the government. So what we expect the government
to do is to block the school because not only the school is being
affected now, lots of residential areas along the coast.
Toe narrated that each year the sea destroys thousands
of homes along the cost thereby displacing Liberians and
indicated that the only referral medical facility in the area, the
Redemption Hospital could also be affected by the sea erosion.
He said each time the sea hits, they normally call the attention
of their Lawmaker who usually comes and see with no further
action taken to help.
Each time it happens, we invite honorable Forh to come and
he will come and see and that will be the end of it. We will not
see any action, Toe explained.
EDUCATION MINISTER VISITS SCHOOL
The student leader narrated that Education Minister George

Werner visited the school three weeks ago with a team of
engineers to access the situation and promised to get back
after the survey and estimates.

I am concerned that madam Ellen has no interest in education
because if she will just look at institution like D. Tweh to
be swept away because a lawmaker did not bring it to her
attention or never made any recommendation and so for that
reason she will look until they can bring it to her knowledge, it
means that she will not be doing the students of D. Tweh good
and the nation as a whole and the world at large, Toe decried.
The D. Tweh student leader observed that it will be a stigma
to the national government to look at historical building like
D. Tweh to go away because the lawmaker has not brought it
to her attention.
Many students of D. Tweh explained that they are always afraid
while in class since in fact the fence and lots of residential
areas have been consumed by the sea.
Our lives are in dangers, we are future leaders, the government
should show more concern about us anything that affects us
it should affect the Liberian government and it should affect
Madam Ellen Johnson Sirleaf directly said Toe.
PROTEST THREAT
The students are threatening protest action if nothing is done

to address the situation.
Any failure to attend to our plight the next option will be
for us to march to the foreign ministry with placards with
inscription please help our school from erosion. We are still
observing that as our plan B we dont believe in words we
believe in action. You can come and talk to us we will listen to
you because you are our leaders but we want to see action that
the only thing that will satisfy us Toe concluded.
Momoh K. Sambollah, Vice Principal for Student Affairs of the
institution also admitted that there is serious panic amongst
the students body; teachers and school authorities concerning
the erosion.
Dean Sambollah told FPA that several government officials
have visited the school and have identified the problem but
said they are still waiting to get appositive result to save the
school.
Said Dean Sambollah the situation is causing panic within
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D. Tweh is one of the renowned and the only government senior high school on
the Bushrod island that has produced government officials such as Honorable
Edward Forh and Honorable Milton Teahjay who are all alumni of this same
school, and we cannot see this school that has produced politicians and future
leaders and continues to produce future leaders to be swept away like this.
- Ezekiel Toe, Student Council leader, D. Tweh High School.
the students, teachers and administrators, everyone is afraid that if nothing is

done, one day we may just be sitting here and the sea will come and take the
building.
The Vice President said D. Tweh is the only public and senior high school on
the Bushrod Island and noted that he hopes that the central government will
see reason to safe this school as soon as possible.
It is unfortunate that no attention has been given, it is not too late to save the
school. We are just reminding the national government that the sooner is the
better. We are appealing to Madam President to come to our rescue and save
the school for future generation, Vice Principal Sambollah said.
WEST POINT RESIDENTS LAUNCH RELOCATION EXERCISE
In another development, West Point residents Monday told FPA that they are
planning to host a sensitization program that will educate residents of the
township about a relocation process.
Over three thousand residents are said to be homeless due to sea erosion in
the Township.
The Chairman of the Disaster Victims Association based in West Point,
Rev. Demore W. Moore told the FPA that since the government of Liberia is
contemplating relocating them (West Pointers), the Disaster Victims are
planning to host a formal program sensitizing residents about the relocation
plan by government.
As government is planning to relocate us, we ourselves are having formal
program to sensitize our people about government plan to relocate us on
the Bomi Highway. We are asking all humanitarian groups and well-wishers
or sympathizers to come to our aid, the sea erosion is making our people
homeless every day, and we as leaders of this community need to stand and
keep talking to our women and children who are seen during night hours in
search of sleeping places, he noted.
He explained that the sea is gradually overtaking the entire West Point, saying
government needs to take swift action in dealing with the situation.
Rev. Demore further noted that over one thousand family heads have been
recorded by the Disaster Victims Association, disclosing that efforts are
underway to do the total calculation of all of the victims.
It has been observed that many residents in the Township especially those
living near the sea have already parked their belongings and only sleeping in
their homes awaiting the sea to carry their houses.
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You see my house, half of

it already gone I am only
waiting for the water to carry
the remaining portion, as you
can see all of my things have
been taken from the house
only my mattress that I sleep
on at night is in the house, I
have distributed by things
among friends until I find
place to go, Fatu Freeman, a
mother of two children told
FPA Monday.
Fatu narrated that her kids
are currently not in school
because they have no home,
I sent them to my mother
place in New Kru Town
because it is risky to have
them in West Point not going
to school and the high risk
from the sea, she explained.
In June the West Point
Community was hit by sea
erosion which left several
people homeless including
two schools.
Several residents of West
Point have been appealing
to the government to help
relocate them to avoid
further disaster.
The Atlantic Ocean has
extended deep into the
land in the West Point area,
a situation that is very
threatening to the community
and other communities
located along the Ocean.
More than 200 primary
school students also lost their
school to the erosion and
have been using a very small
church in the community to
continue their education.
The Global Harvest Institute
Nursery students were seen
out in the open field of Kru
Beach reciting their lessons
in order to provide room for
the other students to learn.
The students were forced to
use the outside due to the
lack of school building.
The erosion wiped two
schools and few houses in
the township leaving scores
of students out of school and
residents homeless after a
heavy pour of three days rain
in Monrovia.
The
heavy
downpour
destroyed the Global Harvest
Institute and the Love Our
Children First Step Schools
all in the West Point Slum
Community.
The principal of the two
schools, Mrs. Musu Beyan
and Christopher Tolbert at
the time launched appeals
to national government and
international partners to
assist the students return to
school.
The two principals described
as disgusting and troubling
the erosion that obstructed
the children learning process,
especially during the time
the schools are deep into the
third marking period of the
academic school year.
This is disturbing to the
learning process of our kids,
can you imagine we cannot
even see the debris of the
schools, we are talking about
here because the sea has
wiped the entire schools
away, Mrs. Beyan noted.
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EDITORIAL TIME FOR LIBERIA
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GLARING SEA
EROSION DANGER
NEEDS URGENT
ATTENTION
MONROVIA IS LOCATED near the Atlantic Ocean and also

contains other smaller bodies of water including the Du River
which is found in almost every location in and around Monrovia.
OVER THE LAST few years, the Atlantic Ocean has been making
rapid advances, stretching deep in the land area, threatening
several communities mainly those lying along the Ocean.
THE DENSELY POPULATED communities of West Point, New
Kru Town and other locations along the Sinkor belt near the
Ocean including the 24th street community are some of the
communities threatened by the sea erosion.
OVER THE PAST few months, sea erosion is pushing West Point
deeper into the land area and residents have been calling on
government to help relocate them to avoid disaster.
IN EARLY JUNE this year thousands of people in West Point were
made homeless with at least two schools destroyed with kids
left without schools, using private buildings for learning as a
consequence of sea erosion.
SOME RESIDENTS WHO spoke to FrontPageAfrica at the time
appealed to government to help relocate them. Veronica Lincoln
32, mother of 7 children at the time said she and her children
have been made homeless and now have nowhere to sleep as
they only begged a neighbor to allow them stay for short time.
THE GOVERNMENT MUST come and help us to see how best
they can handle us. We are not going to be here. The only thing
we need is sleeping place for us, we dont have sleeping place,
we need somewhere we can be Veronica told FPA at the time.
MORE THAN 200 primary school students also lost their school
to the erosion and have been using a very small church in the
community to continue their education.
RELIGIOUS LEADERS, POLITICIANS and community leaders in
West Point have been appealing to government to intervene to
avert a much bigger catastrophe but these appeals are yet to
yield any fruitful results.
WHILE THE PEOPLE of West Point are crying from sea erosion,
residents of New Kru town, on the Bushrod Island are also afraid
that if nothing is done to tackle the erosion the entire Point Four
could be wiped out soon.
THE EROSION HAS destroyed many homes and the only
government school in the area, D-Tweh Memorial high school is
at the verge of being wiped away as the fence to the building has
been undermined as well.
STUDENTS AND THE administration of D. Tweh have made
numerous appeals for urgent attention to protect the school
from being wiped away by the approaching sea erosion but
nothing is being done to remedy the dangerous situation.
THE HEAD OF the D. Tweh High School student council, student
Blamo Toe told FPA Monday that the government is doing
nothing to solve the problem as the sea continues to encroach
on the school.
The government has been slow in helping the situation,
right after the school fence there was a main car road and
thousands of homes, all have been carried away by the sea, and
the government is failing to realize that this situation will also
reduce the landscape of Liberia, student Toe lamented.
AUTHORITIES OF THE D. Tweh School are mainly appealing for
the government to help block the sea from moving further.
AT SOME LOCATIONS in Harper, Maryland County, a solid wall
containing rocks and concrete was constructed during the
administration of one of Liberias former presidents to help
prevent the ocean from encroaching on Harper City.
MONROVIA, THE CAPITAL city has no such wall in place along
the Atlantic Ocean to safeguard the city from sea erosion.
IT IS CERTAIN that disaster is nearing should government not
act promptly to protect communities such as West Point, New
Kru town and other locations near the ocean.
ANY MAJOR SEA erosion in West Point and New Kru Town, two
densely populated communities will lead to national disaster
which could result to loss of lives and properties and cost
government huge sums of money to handle.
TO AVERT SUCH situation, the government needs to act quickly
and find solution to the sea erosion by listening to the many
appeals from people in the affected communities rather than
waiting for a disaster before acting.
IT IS TIME to act fast as the problem of sea erosion is glaring and
needs urgent attention.
TO MOVE FORWARD
By Jones Nhinson Williams; Contributing Writer
o one needs to recount tales of adversity

to know that Liberia is in a bad shape. This
misfortune appears worse today than ever
and the causes of Liberias social, political
and economic problems lie not with the poor and
uneducated, but with the politicians and educated
leaders who have directly and indirectly caused wars
and confusions while at the same time remained the
beneficiaries of the spoils over others labor. This
is wrong and must stop now! I urge all Liberians,
with immediate effect, to develop a new strategy for
effective social change. We must embrace peace and
national reconciliation now.
Millions of Liberians in-country, in refugee camps and
abroad are suffering. Thousands of Liberian mothers
are dying from childbirth and infants are murdered
by economically imposed malnutrition.
School
children go to school hungry. Young Liberian high
school and college graduates do not even learn how
to write grammatically correct sentences. Teachers,
nurses, and police officers who earn unlivable
wages are not even paid on time sometimes for
six to seven months - while millions of dollars are
stolen and/or unaccounted for. Teen girls, instead
of going to school, are forced to prostitute to feed
themselves. The government has even abandoned
a group of young Liberian girls who were forced
into sex slavery in Lebanon because of hardship in
Liberia. This seems somehow even more shameful in
a nation headed by a woman president. It does not
have to be this way! It does not have to be this way
just because a select privileged few find comfort in
insatiable greed and inexhaustible thirst for power
and wealth. It does not have to be this way when the
future of Liberian children looks even bleaker than it
was 100 years ago. It does not have to be this way
when those who continue to squander the countrys
wealth while consistently creating economic and
political havoc keep their children and families living
in plush comfort. It does not have to be this way when
other nations around the world, particularly those
in our region, are making steady progress in human
development while ours continues to plummet into
impoverishment.
It is time for change. It is time for peace and
reconciliation. Mahatma Gandhi once said: There
are many causes that I am prepared to die for but
no cause that I am prepared to kill for. I call upon
every Liberian, citizens and politicians alike to come
together to work for a better, peaceful Liberia!
I especially call upon those in power, those who have
turned a blind eye while portions of the national
wealth have been stolen and while mayhem has
ensued. It is time to commit to and say that you
are willing to sacrifice for Liberia and your fellow
Liberians rather than continue to participate in our
downfall. Together, we must become the change we
want to see in our country and that must start today by
a genuine peace building and reconciliation process
that must include all, from Charles Taylor, Prince
Johnson, G.V. Kromah, George Boley, Sekou Damate

Konneh, Thomas Niminee Yaya, Amos Sawyer, H.
Boima Fahnbulleh, Harry Greaves to President Ellen
Johnson-Sirleaf and every other citizen of our beloved
motherland.
I urge President Ellen Johnson- Sirleaf and her
administration to prioritize the need for real social
and economic change with a push for national peace
and reconciliation. We must move past selective
justice and forge national unity for the future of our
country. The world cannot and will not always help
us if we dont help ourselves. The time for progress
is now!
I urge all opposition politicians, including Charles
Brumskine, George Weah, Mills Jones, Benoni Urey
and others to quiet their anxiousness for state power,
cultist and tribal leaning politics and divisive tactics
and join the effort for peace and national reconciliation
beginning now! We must not stop because peace
and reconciliation require ceaseless efforts. The
challenge is for all of us, including President Ellen
Johnson-Sirleaf and the future leadership, to take the
honest and tireless lead in this process for creating a
better Liberia. Here is how we can begin:
1. Support and staff the National Peace and
Reconciliation Commission with a mandate to seek
and promote true peace and reconciliation from
every village, town and city. This is a must because
dwelling on the past when the present is worse and
the future is gloomier than the past would not serve
Liberias future.
2. Support transparency and the rule of law by
ensuring that theft of public funds and resources is
not only exposed but prosecuted under the full weight
of the law.
3. Minimize the greed and corruption by focusing
on collective national prosperity that ensure that
national and regional development overshadows the
questionable compensations of loyalists and friends
in government.
4. Support and empower related watch-dog
institutions in the country, especially those set
up by the government, including the General
Auditing Commission, The Liberia Anti-Corruption
Commission, the Public Procurement Commission
and others to do their work accordingly.
5. Ensure that political opposition does not translate
into tribalism, personal and collective antagonism
we must foster a culture of respect and tolerance in
our political life.
As Liberians and a nation, we can do all of these
things when there is a leadership and President Ellen
Johnson-Sirleaf must demonstrate that leadership
now! We can fail to do any of these things when our
president does not provide the leadership every
Liberian needs from her now.
Williams is president and CEO of the New Liberia
Foundation, and head of the U.S.-based Jewish Family
Services International Refugee program.
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CUT: WHO WILL THE FEEL PINCH
DAVID MURRAY TOP COMMENTER BARUCH COLLEGE &

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY(MBA)
Any discussion of these unconscienciously(sp?)
outrageous salary and perks should commence with the publicly
availed corresponding salary and perks of HER EXCELLENCY
ELLEN JOHNSON-SIRLEAF, her personal staff and the office of
the Ministry Of Presidential Affairs-POST HASTE!
For heavens sake why is the President, by example, not the first
to also bear the burden of her own belated austerity initiatives?
Why are her salary, perks and associated benefits not available
for public scrutiny? Has the GAC audited HER EXCELLENCY? If
not-WHY NOT,I ask?
Specifically, yet again, I ask the HONORABLE LEGISLATURE,
GAC, etc to demand a line item forensic accounting of her
reported US$30million arbitrary travel budget! To whom
belong the millions of accrued FREQUENT FLIER MILES?....the
President personally or the LIBERIAN PEOPLE?!
SHARPE MALEKEBU TOP COMMENTER WORKS AT SELFEMPLOYED
It took ten years to realize that your employees are overpaid,
underutilized, and underperformed. Wow!
ARTHUR VAYE PROFESSOR AT UNIVERSITY OF LIBERIA
At times I wonder if Liberian Journalists can research their
story or they write because there is computer before them. How
can Atty Kofi Woods lied to you. When he served as Minister
of Labor and Public Works, he took Board Fees as Statutory
Board members. The records are there. I was part of several
different audit teams that came across Kofi Woods name. Please
check LEC Board Fee payment records, NOCAL, National Social
Security and Welfare Corporation Board Fee payment and list
goes on. The writer of this story can come to request these
entities under the Freedom of Information Act and you will get
it free. Stop being lazy and stop misleading your readers!!!!!
MORRIS KIAZOLU TOP COMMENTER
This a blatant lie prove it
ELIJAH BARNARD TOP COMMENTER UNIVERSITY OF
LIBERIA
Mr. Vaye, What's the difference between a statutory board
member and a board member? Are there differences in board
fees and benefits for these two members?
MOSES HARRIS TOP COMMENTER WORKS AT RETIRED
Pay cut my foot, she will replace the so called cuts with board
fees; she will appoint her friends to various boards in order to
compensate them for the "cut in pay." Another thing I noticed
about this government is that it keeps appointing individuals
to positions that may/may not be enacted by the Legislature,
for example, Asst. Superintendent for this and that; I wander
whether the Senate is checking as to whether these positions
are included in the Acts creating these entities or are they just
blindly confirming those appointed by Madam President?
ARTHUR VAYE PROFESSOR AT UNIVERSITY OF LIBERIA
At times I wonder if Liberian Journalists can research their
story or they write because there is computer before them. How
can Atty Kofi Woods lied to you. When he served as Minister
of Labor and Public Works, he took Board Fees as Statutory
Board members. The records are there. I was part of several
different audit teams that came across Kofi Woods name. Please
check LEC Board Fee payment records, NOCAL, National Social
Security and Welfare Corporation Board Fee payment and list
goes on. The writer of this story can come to request these
entities under the Freedom of Information Act and you will get
it free. Stop being lazy and stop misleading your readers!!!!!
JESSE FAHNGON TOP COMMENTER METROPOLITAN
STATE UNIVERSITY
And our GOVERNMENT calls this austerity measures (after
2006-2015)? Belated! This is hypothesis; there r overwhelming
loopholes to get them back to the former.
MORRIS KIAZOLU TOP COMMENTER
Complete nonsense this government is sick
Massa Washington Top Commenter Clinical Supervisor/
Therapist at Wes
Is this not double standard at most, to have past Ministers in
Ellen government now making noise about salary disparity
when many of them were with the government for up to ten
years, collected their share of the bonanza salary and benefits
and made their millions. Did these people not know then that
their huge salaries and benefits was unfair to the rest of Liberia
people? They sat there, supported Ellen rogue government,
got their share of the loot and now want to preach equality
and human rights. We are not fooled though, it is this type of
hypocrisy that is killing Liberia.
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A CLASH BETWEEN CASH AND CHARACTER

AMONG LIBERIAN YOUTH: A REJOINDER
The Editor:
he young generation of Liberia is experiencing a serious

integrity crisis as dishonesty increases at a high-speed
in a small country still struggling to rise above poverty,
ignorance and disease. The clash between moral and money
in Liberia is gaining prominence very fast as most young citizens
continue to chase big pockets and purses in search of survival
and better living condition. The moral bank of this 21st century
generation is encountering rapid recession and if urgent measures
are not taken to prevent its overall downfall, Liberia might slip into a
pit of social, economic, and political extinction.
The struggle to hurriedly amass wealth and gain instant influence
among Liberian youth is a common practice nowadays as most
of them continue to sell their self-respect for just anything. This
insistent attitude of compromising character for cash is so evident
to an extent that it has given Liberia an unpleasant image among
comity of nations. The campaign to bury uprightness and satisfy
short-term goals has taken center stage. This egoistic syndrome
is infecting every stratum of our society and judging from existing
reality, our nation is gradually turning into a belly-driven society
where credibility no longer matters.
As greed takes precedence in Liberia, the need to anxiously harvest
affluence is becoming a normal routine, especially among youngsters.
It is evident today that indignity is succeeding dignity in a country
widely known for its ill-transparent history. The semblance of
corruption is everywhere and almost every young man or woman
is unwilling to cultivate a path of sincerity and honesty. It is not
just enough to preach the gospel of generational change through
sweet words, but it is important to go beyond its real meaning by
showcasing good deeds. The sustainability of any vibrant nation is
tied around an innovative young generation whose ultimate vision is
built upon great principles.
A huge number of young comrades in Liberia have become
professional beggars and gamblers due to their inability to invest
more time to hard work and the insensitivity of their government
to create an enabling environment. They get themselves involved
with unethical ventures which undermine human dignity. It is
difficult for good ideas to spring out from within them because they
are always seeking gravy. They are not willing to make sacrifice
and endure economic hardship for even one minute. As a result of
this, they usually roam around like dying parasites busy hustling
to survive. They have taken this indecent habit as a specialty and
what is even more disgusting is that they go about slandering others
just to accomplish their naked ambitions. They sometimes appear
blameless, but they walk in the shadow of vagabonds and vagrants.
In an unfortunate quest to satisfy their economic thirst, they refer to
dishonorable people as honorable. They call thieves as heroes and
heroines. They describe exploitative characters as humanitarians and
philanthropists. They label warmongers as freedom fighters. They
pay homage to rascals. They maneuver everyday to seek unmerited
rewards from pillagers and political miscreants. They march in long
line behind their slave-drivers day after day, blowing trumpets of
deceit and falsehood. Against their own will and consciences, they
bend their heads in shame to spread visible lies about individuals
they know nothing about. They careless about protecting their
reputation as they market their integrity cheaply. They line up their
empty pockets to fill them with illicit cash from their paymasters.
Surely, they are puppets and charlatans masquerading as champions.
These infamous imposters and ingrates are polluting every echelon
of our State.
Does Liberia really have a future with this greedy young generation
soon to take over? Can anyone depend on this young population for
good leadership when it is already experiencing integrity deficit?
Will there be a new Liberia of change for generations yet unborn?
How do young Liberians intend to make their country a better place
when they lack an attribute of trust? How can any young person
think about achieving vision 2030 when he/she is making less effort
to ensure corruption is fought and corruptors are imprisoned? These
are questions that seem very easy to answer considering current
happenings.
A new era is possible in Liberia if young people are willing to make

wise choices. A dawn of a new day can only come if virtues outshine
vices. It is mindless for any young person to trade his/her prestige for
unworthy benefits. The struggle is not about cash, but character. It is
not about money, but moral. It is not about rewards, but reputation.
It is not about self, but others. Until young comrades can understand
these hard truths and earnestly put them into practice, our country
will make no progress. It is time for Liberian youth to abandon selfseeking objectives and engender a real sense of patriotism.
In Liberia today, an alliance of blind loyalists is budding rapidly.
The society has abundant of pay agents who continue to indict
individuals with good reputation into a web of mere fabrication.
There is an ongoing spree of character assassination in almost
every sector as bootlickers and certified crooks intensify their
money-eating campaign. Dishonesty is a common way of life for
most Liberian youth as they use their tone so loudly in defense of
people with bad records. The primary concern of these gullible footsoldiers is to bark at anyone who tries to expose their bosses. Every
morning they wake up, they monitor and call on almost all the talkshows busy trying to portray a good image of their employers and
tear apart those who have refused to give in to their sinister agenda.
They wander from one government office to another hustling every
day in an attempt to maintain their false economic status. Due to
their cowardice mentality, they appear like modern clowns in some
quarters.
What is even more disappointing is that the number of movements
in defense of immoral characters in Liberia is too many. If it is not
movement for the re-election of candidate X, it is movement against
candidate Y. If it is not Citizens in defense of Hon. X, it is Masses for
the election of Hon. Y. Even though, I recognize the fact that there
are some genuine movements and organizations whose ideological
concepts are based on firm convictions, but many of these self-styled
movements and interest groups are money-driven and principledrained. In this day and age, it is good for people to express their
dissatisfaction through protests. This is what a true democratic
system requires. It is sad to note that some young comrades in
Liberia are using protests as a means of fund-raising and survival.
They allow themselves to be used by big pockets to protest without
understanding why they are protesting. This fake mode of operation
among Liberian youth got to stop now!
The mindset of most of our peers needs to change if our society must
make real progress and play a leading role in transforming Africa. It
is time for this emerging generation of young Liberian compatriots
to refine their worldview and define their role if they must make
impact locally and globally. They must reinvent a new moment to
protect their integrity against abnormal tendencies. They must
reconnect themselves to a model of truth-telling. They must redesign
their thought pattern in conformity with moral tenets. By doing so,
this young generation will once more embrace an image of respect
and reliability. Certainly, they will rewrite a history of great legacy
worthy of public honor.
The time to selflessly advocate for youth empowerment,
employment, and education is now. Therefore, this government will
not take youth-related issues seriously until young people stand up
with courage and credibility to demand what rightfully belongs to
them. This can only happen if young Liberians unite to fight against
unpatriotic practices. The future is ours; as such, we must redeem it
from a cartel of high-class tricksters who continues to misrepresent
the true character of this generation.
The campaign for change is not about cash, but character. It is not
about reward, but reputation. It is not about money, but moral. It
is not about possessions, but persistence. The struggle for equality
and justice is not about capital, but consistency. Above all interests,
Liberia is Supreme!
About The Author: Martin K. N. Kollie is a Liberian youth activist,
student leader, an emerging economist, and a young writer. He is
currently a student at the University of Liberia reading Economics
and a member of the Student Unification Party (SUP). His passion
is to ensure a new Liberia of socio-economic equality and justice for
ALL. He can be reached at: martinkerkula1989@yahoo.com
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CLLR. TUBMAN LOOKING TO

HEAD OPPOSITION PARTY
CDC STANDS BETTER

CHANCE WITH ME
The CDC will stand a better chance of winning if I sat in the drivers seat with no disrespect to Weah
because he will continue to have a 30% of vote in Montserrado County but I can be a better leader for
the CDC. I want to stay in the CDC where I have made a lot of sacrifices. - Cllr. Winston Tubman
Henry Karmo (0886522495) henry.karmo@frontPageafricaonline.com
On his relationship with Senator George Weah who many in

the CDC say will be the standard bearer of the party come
2017 he said, his relationship with Senator Weah has been
cordial because over times they have spoken via telephone
and discussed issues, some of which are personal.
He made it clear in the interview that he as a politician is
still interested in becoming Liberias next president and this
vision has given him the courage to come out of retirement.
I retired and I have decided to come back and be active
because I am still interested in the presidency, he added.
Weah the best man
In response to Cllr. Tubman assertions, Mr. Nathaniel McGill

Chairman of the CDC via mobile phone disagreed with his
former political leader and said Weah is the best man to
lead the CDC to victory come 2017.
I am one person who supported Cllr. Tubman in 2011
but right now I think Weah is the right man. I think what
the learned Cllr. should be doing is to see how he can
reciprocate that good that Weah did for him in 2011 by
making him standard bearer for the CDC despite a very
strong resistance from other party officials, McGill said.
BOAKAI A TRC COVER-UP
Monroviallr.
Winston
Tubman,
former
Standard
bearer
of the opposition
Congress for Democratic
Change (CDC) says he is
considering coming out
of retirement to lead the
CDC as it next standard

bearer in the pending 2017
presidential and legislative
elections.
Cllr. Tubman in an interview
with
FrontPageAfrica
said with him as standard
bearer of the CDC in 2017
the party is likely to win
the presidency compare

to George Weah with no
disrespect to Weah in his
words.
Cllr. Tubman said: The
CDC will stand a better
chance of winning if I sat
in the drivers seat with no
disrespect to Weah because
he will continue to have a

30% of vote in Montserrado
County but I can be a better
leader for the CDC. I want to
stay in the CDC where I have
made a lot of sacrifices.
The former CDC standard
bearer also said he welcomes
efforts by other opposition
political parties to form a
stronger opposition bloc.
He disclosed that other
political institutions have
contacted him and asked
him to be part of their
parties something he said
could add more flavors to
the collaboration with the
CDC.
Cllr. Tubman in response
to question as to why he
thinks the CDC lost the
2011 presidential election
to its major rival the ruling
Unity party of Ellen Johnson
Sirleaf said; I dont think
we lost what, I said than
was that we will recognize
the Unity party as winner
of the process for the sake
of peace and I still hold that
position.
Commenting on Vice President Joseph Boakai latest

pronouncement of wanting to replace his boss President
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Cllr. Tubman said, the idea behind
President Sirleaf wanting Boakai to replace her is to
continue to protect her, Senator Prince Johnson and other
from the recommendations in the Truth and Reconciliation
Commission (TRC) report.
During the runoff of the 2011 elections Senator Johnson
described Sirleaf as the lesser of the two evils. It was not
because she would have made a better president than
me but because he knew that Ellen has for the past six
years protected herself, him and others against the TRC
recommendations and that is what Boakai has being
proffered to continue, Cllr. Tubman said.
He told FPA that personally he believes that President
Sirleaf and others should respect the TRC report and
recommendations by implementing them but expressed
fear that President Sirleaf has violated the part that calls
for her to stay out of politics for 10 years.
I Know Boakai, he is a good man and as a good man he
would make a good President but I think if he runs now it
will be as if the president is running for a third term, the
former CDC standard bearer noted.
He questioned the loyalty of lawmakers harboring
ambitions to become president because according to him
lawmakers are contributing to most of the problems of
under development and bad governance facing the country.
SUPPORT SALARY REDUCTION
He further supported President Sirleaf recent

pronouncement of reducing cabinet Ministers salaries and
is calling on people feeling dissatisfied to challenge the
process in court but in his words it was the right of the
president to do so if she so desire.
He is also calling on president Sirleaf to consider doing
same for herself.
Cllr. Tubman also repeated his comments against President
Sirleaf when she won the Nobel Peace Prize that she did
not deserve it because according to him it helped in giving
Liberia the support it got from international partners
during the Ebola crisis.
SALARY CUTS
Frontpage
LIBERIA POLITICAL PARTIES SLAM GOVERNMENT OVER
O
Monrovia -
pposition Parties in
Liberia have lashed
out at Government
for slicing salary of
civil servants while members
of the cabinet has given
themselves a pay increase,
something which sources
say emanated from a cabinet
meeting .
Speaking on the TBS on the
Truth FM Radio on Monday
June 13, 2015, the Chairman
of the Alternative National
Congress (ANC) , Mr.
Lafayette E. Orishall Gould
who appeared jointly on the
show with Mr. Nathaniel
McGill of the Congress for
Democratic Change (CDC)
on behalf of their colleagues
of other political parties
wondered,
why
would
government aim to tamper
with integrity institutions such
as GAC, LACC or the NEC
when in fact the remunerations
for these institutions were set
by the National Legislature and
passed into law.
Mr. Gould for his part opined

that for the government to do
such without the input of the
Legislature that have passed
these budgetary allocations into
law is tantamount to subjecting
the cabinet higher than the
Legislature and wonders as to
the intend of such policy and
avers that same amounts to
interference. Speaking further

Mr. McGill lamented that if the
Government was serious about
affecting positive changes
in the lives of its citizenry, it
would not exempt the LTA or
the Bureau of Maritime and
go after NEC, GAC or the
LACC who he describes as
front line integrity institutions.
Mr. McGill said he and Mr.

Gould had the blessing of all
registered political parties
in the country and that they
were united on this issue to
ensure that these 3 institutions
are not affected by this new
Government policy especially
at a time when preparations for
2017 has to begin in earnest.
It can be recalled that this paper

reported about a plan salary cut
affecting public corporations,
commissions and autonomous
agencies of government while
increasing the salaries of
cabinet Ministers.
According to our sources,
political parties has been
meeting over the weekend
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and vowed to communicate to

the President of the Republic
of Liberia, Her Excellency
Madam Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
for a face to face meeting in
an attempt to dissuade the
President from including the
NEC, LACC and the GAC
which they find critical to the
sustainability of the fledgling
democracy now in Liberia.
Information emanating from
the weekend meeting of the
parties hinted this paper that
the parties are united on the
matter and plans on writing
the International Community
if the President does not
give credence to their plea.
Our sources indicated that
political Parties are afraid
that the Executive wants
to begin to exercise undue
influence on the National
Elections Commission ahead
of the 2017 elections thereby
disenfranchising them.
Observers are now pondering
as to how this will play out
since the President is on record
for not succumbing to pressure
of any sort and whether or
not there could be exemption
for any of the commissions
as advanced by the Parties.
Meanwhile, The President
has recently appointed Mr.
Bokai Dukuly at the National
Elections Commission to fill
the void left behind by the Late
Cllr. Asumana Kromah who
passed on.
RALLYING TO REBUILD LUX FM
Man 39, Arrested For allegedly Forging Marriage Certificates
Monroviahings
turned
sour Monday for
defendant
James
Roberts reported to
be a document processor when
he was booked by authorities
at the Center for National
Record and Document Agency
(CNDRA)
for
allegedly
printing
fake
marriage
certificates.
Defendant
Roberts
now
charged with forgery, economic
sabotage and theft of property
was arrested by officers of
the Liberian National Police
(LNP) on July 2, 2015.
A Police charge sheet in the
possession of FrontPageAfrica
indicated that the arrest
of defendant Roberts was
predicated upon a complaint
filed to the LNP by Madam P.
Bloh Sayeh, Director General,
Center for National Document
Record Agency (CNDRA).
She alleged in the complaint on
July1, 2015 at about 10:00 am
that a gentleman identified as
Soko S. Sirleaf took a marriage
certificate/license with number
0=0767-15, bearing the name
Joseph Dandy and Meg Lousia
Weleh to the CNDRA for
filling.
The
CNDRA
Director
continued in her compliant to
the LNP according to the police
charge that Soko Sirleaf upon
presentation of the certificate,
authorities at the CNDRA
detected that same was fake.
Part of the fake certificate
also in the possession of
Kennedy L. Yangian kennedy.yangian@frontpageafricaonline.com 0777296781
Defendant Roberts (center) wearing stripy blue T-shirt

FrontPageAfrica
reads:
License is hereby granted to
any acclaimed clergyman,
judge of circuit court, justice
of the peace between Soko
Successful Sirleaf and Joyce
Sayan Momolu.
Other parts of the alleged fake
certificate reads: according
to the laws of the Republic of
Liberia on the date and time
below, date of marriage 7th
December A.D 2013, place
of marriage, Peniel Worship
Center, Kesseley Boulevard,
and Gardnesville.
According to her during an
interview with Soko Sirleaf
at the CNDRA office, he

informed the authority that it
was defendant Roberts who
allegedly gave US$80.00 to
process the marriage certificate
in question.
The CNDRA boss stated that
based upon the revelations of
Soko Sirleaf the matter was
reported to the police to trace,
identify and arrest defendant
Roberts because his actions
sabotaged government revenue
collection and undermines
the integrity of the legal
instrument.
According to the police during
investigation conducted with
defendant James Roberts

based on the allegation levied
by Soko Sirleaf, Roberts
denied any knowledge of ever
processing the three marriage
certificates in question.
The police charge sheet further
that during its investigation it
was able to retrieve the three
faked marriage certificates
bearing serial numbers 0-076715,0-4420-13 and 0-0620-12
bearing the names Michael S.
Forkpa, Dorothy Yekeh and
Soko Successful Sirleaf.
Other names the police say
were discovered on the alleged
faked certificate were Joyce
Sayan Momolu and Joseph
Dandy/Meg Louisa Welsh
while it was also discovered
that James Roberts is a known
documents processor
According to the police based
on the facts and circumstances
discovered during investigation
it resolved to charge defendant
James Roberts with the crimes
of theft of property, economic
sabotage and forgery which are
all in violation of Chapter 15
chapter 15 sections 15.51 and
15.60 and 15.70 of the reversed
penal code of the Republic of
Liberia.
Defendant James Roberts
who was forwarded to the
Monrovia City Court at the
Temple of Justice Monday was
ordered detained by the court
at the Monrovia Central Prison
pending court trial.
University of Liberia Radio Station

Hit by Fire, eyeing comeback
MonroviaRally to raise fund for the rebuilding of the University of Liberia

Radio (Lux FM) which was gutted by fire in March this year will
be held on Wednesday July 15, 2015.
The Blue Ribbon Committee, charged with the responsibility to
raise support to rebuild the University of Liberia radio station, will hold a
grand fund raising rally on Wednesday, July 15, 2015 in the auditorium of
the University of Liberia on Capitol Hill.
The committee, made up of alumni of the Mass Communication
Department, the alumni association of the UL and the UL Student Union,
was set up to assist the Mass Communication Department raise support
for the renovation of a building provided by the UL Administration on its
Fendell Campus to house the radio station.
After nearly two months of planning, the committee has set Wednesday
as the date for the grand rally. According to the committee it has written
several people including public and government officials, the business
community and people of good will.
Vice President Joseph Boakai is also expected to attend the rally. We are
confident that people will respond to our call for help. It is an opportunity
to have their names written down in the history of the Masscomm
department as people who came to the aid of the Department and its
journalism students who desperately need the radio station to do practical
work, station manager Euriahs Togar said.
We need the station back on air before school reopens in September this
year, and we are confident that people will come out to support this effort
being led by the Blue Ribbon Committee, he added.
Responding to a question about the role of the University in this effort, Mr.
Togar said the low budgetary support to the university, which is affecting
its smooth operations, makes difficult at this point to assist financially.
He however pointed out that the institution has provided great moral
support including the provision of the building on its Fendell campus
which will now house the radio station.
The International Research and Exchange Board, IREX, who gave us
the equipment that were destroyed in the fire, has ordered a new set of
equipment that should be in the country at the end of July. It is now up to
us to prepare the site and the building before the equipment arrive. We
are confident we can complete this task with the support of the people
weve written as well as friends, partners and well wishers, Mr. Togar
concluded.
Lux FM was established in 2007 under the chairmanship of the late
Professor Joe W. Mulbah. The station was established to give students the
needed opportunity to get hands-on knowledge on radio journalism.
The station was completely destroyed by fire on March 21, 2015 caused by
electrical fault in one of its air conditioners. An estimated US$31,000.00 is
needed to complete the renovation of the building.
Speaking to FrontPageAfrica, Station Manager, Togar said the fire started
when a radio presenter was conducting a live show (Stars on LUX) with
a Liberian gospel musician Alice Ndoleh. He said the presenter noticed
a sudden electrical spark in the Air conditioner. He explained that the
presenter immediately ran out of the generator house to put the breakers
off, but it was too late.
The Manager said the destruction caused the station is not only a blow
to students of Journalism, but the entire University student populace.
According to him, besides providing useful information for students, the
station provides internship opportunities and also training, serving as the
source of information for the communities.
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Monroviautgoing
Central
Bank Governor John
Bestman has sharply
reacted to comments
attributed to the bank
suggesting that loans given
out are political campaignoriented.
He said it was unfortunate
that people who should be
aware of the function of the
CBL will make statements that
will bring the bank to public
ridicule.
Speaking at his farewell dinner,
outgoing Governor Bestman
said, Despite the success
which are key including
financial inclusion by the
Central Bank of Liberia there
are some people who seek to
politicize the work and intent
of the Bank in promoting the
well-being of Liberia
They continue to make all
kinds of irresponsible remarks
about the direction of the bank
including insinuating that the
money be used to promote
scenes from the account of the
Central Government. This is
false and misleading and the
accusations are baseless not
one penny of Government is
spent on the ongoing Stimuli of
the bank, he states.
Mr. Bestman continued: It
does seems to me that some
people are vex because the
Central Bank is meeting the
needs of the Liberian People
to our quest to improve their
wellbeing, but as the famous
song says if you vex burst.
He added that the Central
Bank is the clearinghouse for
all transaction in the country
adding that all members of the
board of Governors of the bank
take a fidelity oath to protect
the agency and no matter of
propaganda can stall the work
of the bank.
Let people know that the
Central Bank is the clearing
house for all transaction in
the banking system, let them
be aware as members of the
board of Central Bank of
Liberia, we took a vitality oath
never to disclose anything in
line with our duties, we have
the judiciary responsibilities
to protect the integrity and
confidentiality of the banking
system, added Bestman.
The CBL outgoing Governor
recalled a story from a spiritual
leader of a certain farmer who
made a trap to catch rat and
all of the other animals on the
farm said the trap for rat and
not them, but surprisingly the
trap caught a snake and the
snake bit the farmers wife,
the herbalist ask for chicken
bone to heal the farmers wife
so they killed chicken but the
farmers wife died.
And for the repast they killed
Goat and the feast they killed
cow at the end the farmer
himself died, all of the animals
died including the farmer and
his wife meaning the trap that
was made for the rat is still
running around; so you see
time trap is not for rat alone.
In a harsh tone, Mr. Bestman
warned those he said are bent
on trying to spoil the work of
the bank those who intent
to spoil the motivation of
the Central Bank should be
mindful that the central bank
knows about every single
transaction in this country
nothing can save you from us.
It can be recalled the House of
Representatives called for an
Skeleton in Their Closet

- Outgoing CBL Board Chair Warns Detractors
Bettie K. Johnson /betty.johnson@frontpageafricaonline.com
CBL Executive Governor Dr. J. Mills Jones in speech
Executive Governor Dr. Jones hands a present to outgoing Governor John Bestman
Mr. Charles E. Sirleaf, Deputy Governor for Operations,

Central Bank of Liberia making remarks
NPA suspended Manager Matilda Parker, Former Lands, Mines and Energy
Minister Eugene Shannon and Bomi County Senator Morris Saytumah
audit of the Central Bank noting that they wanted to

know the whereabouts of the money being spent by
the bank to run campaign in favor of CBL Governor
Mills Jones.
Reacting to claims, Mr. Bestman said, the internal
audit they calling for will disclose their own skeletons
quite sufficient.
He boasted of the newly dean of the Central Bank
Governors, Dr. David Farhat adding that he is a man of
high esteem and character.
Mr. John Bestman served the Bank for 11 years
disclosing that he was the youngest there since Gyude
Bryant Administration
On the issue of National Currency, Mr. Bestman said
it was not the right time for the country to use single
currency as the country continues to experience
budget shortfalls and challenges.
Liberia follows the dual currency regime as USD and
LD as legal tenders. I know that as nationalist we must
have to seek a single currency; as Liberia now we cant
use a single national currency exclusively because we
must produce more exports and save more money as
a source of value with the low level of productivity in
the country Bestman observed.

He continued: It is not the appropriate time to have
the Liberian dollar as a single currency, while the dual
currency is a double edge sword yet it has been good
Those who intent to spoil the

motivation of the Central Bank
should be mindful that the
Central Bank knows about every
single transaction in this country
nothing can save you from us. The
internal audit they calling for will
disclose their own skeletons quite
sufficient- John Bestman, retired
Governor, Central Bank of Liberia.
for Liberia in ensuring micro economic stability.

He commended President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf for the
confidence reposed in him, as his retiring from public
service will guarantee gains made by Unity Party led
Government nonreversible.
Additionally, Central Bank Governor named him as
a role model for younger generation as he strived to
bring the bank to where it is now.
He added that it was fortunate that he worked with
outgoing Governor Bestman as they both shared the
same ideas, and vision during his time with the bank.
Dr. Jones said serving the public mainly the voiceless
was the priority of the Bestman.
He said his work is not done and we will continue
to call him for his role played in the economic
empowerment and we believe that the train has not
stopped as we believe in his philosophy, he states.
The program brought together several persons as
Blue and White illustrated the hall.
Some of the guest included Cllr. Gloria Musu Scott,
Ophelia Hoff- Saytumah, Dr. Togba Nah Tipoteh,
Senator Morris Saytumah and staffs of the Central
Bank of Liberia among others.
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Mr. Richard Walker, Director of Banking CBL chats with colleagues before the start of the ceremony
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CBL Director of Finance Dorbor M. Hagba along with staffs of the Central Bank of Liberia
Cultural performance by Crusaders for Peace at the ceremony
CBL staffs along with Dr. Jones in Middle

Daily Observer Managing Editor Kenneth Y. Best along

with Pennoh Bestman with hands folded with others at the dinner
Dee- Max Kemayah (Gray shirt and Coat) retired Governor

John Bestman and Dr. Mills Jones with others
Dr. Togba Nah Tipoteh in Brown, Liberia Business Association Dee-Max Kemayah
(Center) and Bomi Senator Morris Saytumah in chat

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LIBERIA'S 'PLANET OF THE APES'

CHIMPS FACING STARVATION
Monkey Island (Liberia) (AFP) speedboat laden with

fruit approaches and
four
chimpanzees
come bounding over
from the dense forest, screeching
excitedly as volunteers throw
them pineapple and mango
chunks.
The apes are part of a colony
of former research lab captives
enjoying retirement uncaged
on an atoll deep in the jungle
of southern Liberia, known as
Monkey Island.
The only significant inhabitants
of the six islets, the chimps have
been living an idyllic existence,
fed by human volunteers on
their very own 'Planet of the
Apes' -- a nickname given to the
archipelago by local media.
But the colony of 66 chimps
has been at the centre of an
international storm since the
New York-based blood bank
funding it announced in March it
was stopping the cash.
The New York Blood Center
(NYBC), which carried out about
30 years of biomedical research
on the animals, had publicly
committed to their lifelong care
after they were retired in 2005.
The Humane Society of the
United States (HSUS) is
supporting the colony through
emergency fundraising as the
Liberian government and the
blood bank lock horns over who
should be responsible for their
care.
"NYBC may believe that people
will forget and that this will go

away, but I can assure you that
it won't," HSUS vice-president
Kathleen Conlee told AFP in an
email from Washington DC.
"They are absolutely responsible
for the long-term care of these
chimpanzees."
Conlee described the chimps'
care costs -- estimated at $30,000
(27,000 euros) a month -- as "a
mere drop in the bucket for this
organisation that has hundreds of
millions in revenue annually".
- 'Moral obligation' The Liberia Biomedical Research
Institute (LBRI) entered into an
agreement with the NYBC in
1974 to carry out research in a lab
about 65 kilometres (40 miles)

southeast of Monrovia, capturing
or buying the chimpanzees.
The research project had gained a
world class reputation in the field
of viral infections, particularly
hepatitis, by the time it ended
and the NYBC appeared to make
a commitment to the chimps in
retirement as a reward for their
contribution.
NYBC director Alfred Prince
wrote in the American Society
of Primatologists Bulletin in
2005 that Monkey Island was to
become "a dedicated full-time
sanctuary".
"NYBC
recognises
its
responsibility to provide an
funding the chimps' care.

"I find it completely shocking and
unacceptable that NYBC would
abandon these chimpanzees and
discontinue support for even
their basic needs," she wrote.
AFP emailed and telephoned
the NYBC but the centre did not
respond to requests for comment.
- 'No different from humans' John Abayomi Zeonyuway, a
volunteer at the institute, showed
AFP the animals' care routine on
a recent visit to Monkey Island,
a 25-minute speedboat ride up
the John River from Roberts
International Airport.
As the boat approached the
first of the islets, a nine squarekilometre patch of jungle known
as Island Five, a welcoming
party of four chimps began
screeching and jumping up and
down excitedly.
"This is their way of saying that
the food is here," Zeonyuway
explained as he threw pawpaws,
bananas and other fruit for the
animals.
Zeonyuway visits the colony
every second day, and each
endowment to fund the sanctuary

for the lifetime care of the
chimpanzees," he wrote.
The chimps are entirely reliant
on humans for their survival,
as there is no year-round fresh
water supply or enough food on
their islets.
LBRI head Fatorma Bolay
said initial emergency funding
from the HSUS, pooled with
cash from other sources, had
probably saved the animals from
dehydration and starvation.
World-renowned
chimpanzee
expert Jane Goodall sent an open
letter to the NYBC in May urging
the organisation to consider its
"moral obligation" to continue
LTA TRANSITIONS
To New License Regime
Monrovia he
Liberia
Telecommunications
Authority has finally
made the transition
to its new Universal License
Regime. The Universal License
Regime is a technology neutral
License Regime which allows
Operators to deploy wide
range of technologies without
having to seek an individual
license for each technology,
as has been the practice in the
industry.
The new License Regime, a
technology neutral licensing
approach, is the primary
incentive of the new license
regime
and
should
be
commended by the sector.
Such
open
technology
authorization will open the
sector to improved services
that are technology driven,
innovative, accessible and

functional. The new license
will also increase investment
in
the
sector
because
investment would no longer
be constrained by additional
license fees as in the past.
Unlike the old license regime
which limited the technology
a licensee was authorized to
use, the new license authorizes
the use of a wide range of
technologies in the provision
of
telecommunication
services.
After months of discussions
with the stakeholders, the LTA
promulgated new Regulations
that provided for the migration
by Operators to the new
Universal License Regime.
Following the promulgations
of the Regulations, the LTA
and the Operators engaged in
negotiations for the migration
time he does a mental roll call

to ensure all are present and in
good health.
"I can't see Samanta. Bullet is
here -- he's already eating," he
called out to his crew as the rest
of the residents came to join the
feast.
The boat then proceeded to
Island Four, 15 minutes away,
where the clan of 10 apes
included four unplanned babies,
the result of failed vasectomies,
according to the HSUS.
Birth control efforts have since
been stepped up so that the
population doesn't grow further.
At all six of the islands the
routine was the same: an excited
greeting and a feast for the
animals.
"The chimps are part of me. I am
glued to them because I see them
every other day," Zeonyuway
told AFP.
"They are no different from
humans. They fight and they
make peace. They need help,
they need attention. We cannot
afford to lose these animals to
hunger and sickness."
by Operators to the new

Regime.
Sources
inform
FrontPageAfrica that Cellcom
Telecommunications
Inc.
(Cellcom), one of three GSM
Operators in the country,
was the first and is the
only Operator, thus far,
to
successfully
conclude
negotiations with the LTA
for the migration.
The
negotiations, which took place
last week and lasted into the
wee hours of the weekend,
were reported to have
been very meticulous with
concessions made on both
sides. Following successful
negotiations, both the LTA and
Cellcom, on Saturday evening
signed the new technology
neutral (Universal) License
Regime; thus making Cellcom
the first Operator to acquire
the new Universal License.

According to our source, the
license fee under the Universal
License Regime will now be
based on a 3% surrender of
gross turnover, instead of a
fixed annual license fee. This
fee is in addition to other
regulatory fees for spectrum
and number blocks, as well as
Administrative fees.
Industry watchers say Cellcom
has gone along with the new
license regime in continuation
of its growing reputation
as a service provider in
Value Added Services and
the utilization of latest
technology (4G) to provide
new services and products
to its subscribers. The new
license
regime
provides
Cellcom another opportunity
to continue to lead the
industry in new services
and products. One industry
analyst told FPA that the
LTA has again demonstrated
astute leadership ability and
maturity in regulating the
sector by transitioning to a
more flexible and conducive
license regime.
Added a source privy to the
negotiations: The fact that the
LTA have already concluded

a new license with one of the
service providers shows that
they were able to address
the concerns for an orderly
transition from one license to
another, especially in respect
of how the fees are treated
under the new license. I had
expected that the negotiations
would have been more
difficult because initially, the
LTA demands with respect
to fees were exorbitant and
not consistent with the spirit
of the new licenses. The
action by LTA Commissioners
to conclude negotiations
and sign a License with one
of the Operators clearly
demonstrates the LTA and
Operators desire to promote
a vibrant telecommunications
sector for the good of Liberia.
For this, we must recognize
and applaud such effort.
Contacted
Monday,
the
management
of
Cellcom
declined comment on the new
License Regime. A spokesman
intimated that the LTA would
be the appropriate party to
issue a statement.
Observers
are
now
speculations as to whether the
LTA has truly decided to take a
new course and deliver on its
mandate. Could the LTA have
finally got it right? Whether
this is a sign of things to come
remains to be seen.
DONT BE CORRUPT
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Judge Cautions Jurors Ahead of August Term of Court

Bettie K. Johnson /betty.johnson@frontpageafricaonline.com
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Monroviahe Managing Director of the Equity Assurance

Company Liberia LTD has called on the Liberian
Government and its people to create enabling
environment for foreign and local investors to invest
substantially in the Liberian economy.
Director Isahola Akintunde stated that Liberia needs to open
the economy to encourage more investors instead of creating
several bureaucracies, which hinder the appetite of potential
investors coming to invest in the country.
Director Akintunde made the assertion at the weekend when
he launched the Book entitled The Liberia of My Dream
written by Steven S. Kolubah held that Monrovia City Hall.
He noted that Liberia has great potential for investment in
every sector of the society that would contribute meaningfully
to growth and development of the Liberian economy, if
investment will be prioritized seriously at the developmental
agenda of Liberia.
He stressed that for Liberia to move forward in its development
drive, government needs to encourage potential investors just
from the sub-region, but across the globe to help transform
the socio and economic development.
Director Akintunde emphasized that Liberia needs others
to assist in its development process when she does not the
potential to instituted rapid growth and fostered major
developmental drives now.
Earlier, the Author Steven S. Kolubah said it is essential for
Liberians to have a national dream that will enable every
Liberian to foster major development in every sector in the
society.
Author Kolubah stated that the lack of national vision over the
years has deprived Liberians the rights to benefits from the
natural resources that could improve the human potential and
skills to transform the development of the country.
He noted that several Liberian leaders at the presidency
level were not able to strategically develop the capacity
of the nations human resource, which is critical for the
transformation of the any society around the world.
He lamented that Liberia at 168 years of existence, continue
to remains underdeveloped is worrisome for the young
generation and it is about time that every Liberian or
government should begin to follow the national vision which
must be set up by Liberian people for the developmental
agenda of the country to move forward.
Author Kolubah emphasized that Liberians should be
problems solvers, instead of becoming problems that need
solution, which have been undermining the growth and
development of Liberia.
Monrovias
the
Liberian
justice
system
strives to improve
there continues to
numerous outcries of jury
tempering.
In the 2013 US State
Department Human Rights
Report on Liberia, it was
stated that the pool of jurors
remained limited by the
low literacy rate and they
are subject to influence
and
corrupt
practices,
which undermines their
effectiveness and neutrality.
On Monday, 15 grand jurors
were selected to read case
files and draw indictment
against defendants ahead of
the opening of the August
term of Court and during the
selection, it was observed
that most of the incoming
jurors are High School
students while few are
College students.
The Jury law calls for
15 jurors to be selected
through local leadership in
communities.
On remuneration, each juror
is required to be paid over
US$250 as they are to work
for 21 days and if their cases
are not adjudicated in a term
they will be paid extra mainly
the petit jurors.
Speaking to the jurors at
the Temple of Justice, Judge
Roosevelt Willie, Presiding

Judge of Criminal Court A
said it is unfortunate that
jurors will come and bring
the judiciary system to public
disrepute as most of them
come to engage in corruption.
He said We dont want you
coming here and spoiling
the judiciary name; we are
struggling for the best out of
this branch.
The judge further added And
just to inform you, the next
jury selection will be done
through LISGIS, voter roll
update so that we wont have
complications during the
selection, most of you people
come here to get money.
LAWYERS LINKED TO JURY
TEMPERING
Lawyers representing the

legal interest of EcoBank in
the case involving Embassy
Suites
versus
EcoBank
alleged that one of the
jurors visited the offices of
lawyers representing the
legal interest of the Plaintiff
in the case at the Henries and
Henries Law Firm.
Atty. Arthur Johnson of
the Sesay, Johnsons Law
Offices one of the lawyers for
EcoBank, claimed that they
have sufficient evidence to
authenticate that one of the
jurors in the case in person
of Elizabeth Belly visited the

Henries and Henries Offices.
Atty. Johnson said Juror
Elizabeth on January 6 visited
Cllr. Cooper Kruah at his law
office on Benson Street from
5 PM to 7: 43 PM, which
contravenes the behavior of
jurors of the Liberian jury
system.
Elizabeth Belly was a
juror serving in the case
titled:
Embassy
Suites
Versus EcoBank at the
Civil Law Court. During the
proceedings, she was also
caught in the presence of
many lawyers and court
officials
communicating
with one of the plaintiffs
witnesses in person of
Bobby on the floor of the
Commercial Court. She tried
to escape so that she would
not be reported to the Judge,
but she now went ahead and
reported to the Judge that we
assaulted her, Atty. Johnson
explained.
By the rules of the court and
the rules of Civil and Criminal
Procedure Laws regarding
the trial of cases by jurors,
a juror is prohibited from
communicating with parties
who have interest in the case
while sitting as a juror.
However, Cllr. Kruah has
denied the allegation made
by Ecobank lawyers against
him.
JUDGE
PROCEEDINGS
SUSPENDS
Attempted jury tempering

has compelled Judge Blamo
Dixon of Criminal Court A to
temporary halt proceedings
in Antoinette Nettie Peters
murder trial.
Prosecutors claimed that they
saw jurors Nathan Chea and
Rachael Kun Suah at different
locations
communicating
with defendant Jefferson
Dahns family members,
praying the Court to conduct
an immediate investigation.
Jefferson Dahn is the man
who
allegedly
stabbed
Antoinette Nettie Peters on
January 3, 2013.
However, Jurors Chea and
Suah denied the allegation
when they were probed by
the Court.
Interestingly, after the Courts
investigation, Judge Blamo
publicly announced, Since
the investigation does not
need to ask for call log from
any of the GSM companies,
the findings are hereby
reserved to be delivered
anytime during the trial.
He also warned the panel by
saying, You have to follow
the case. Ask your questions,
and dont be intimidated.
Behave as though nothing
had happened. Dont be
afraid.
Although the Court did not
make its findings public,
Judge Dixon chose to allow
Chea and Suah to continue
to serve as jurors in order
to help the Court decide the
case.
Prosecution further alleged
that on Wednesday, the day
after the court adjourned
proceedings, juror Nathan
Chea spoke with a man
named Gabriel, whom they
claimed is a family member
of defendant Dahn.
They said the interaction
took place on the Capitol Bypass Community, which is a
few meters from the Temple
of Justice, where the case is
being tried.
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BILLIONS
MOBILIZED
To End Maternal and Child Mortality
OBITUARY
DEATH ANNOUNCEMENT
HENRY HAGGIS
THIS IS TO ANNOUNCE THE SUDDEN

DEATH OF HENRY HAGGIS, WHO DIED ON
THURSDAY JULY 2ND 2015. HE WAS BORN
ON 1983 IN THE CITY OF BUCHANAN,
GRAND BASSA COUNTY. WAKE KEEPING
OF THE LATE HENRY WILL BE HELD ON
THURSDAY JULY 16 AT THE RESIDENT OF
DECEASE GRAND MOTHER IN BUCHANAN,
GRAND BASSA COUNTY, WHICH WILL BE
FOLLOWED BY THE FUNERAL SERVICE ON
FRIDAY JULY 17,2015 AT THE METHODIST
CHURCH IN B.J TOWN @ 9:30.THIS
ANNOUNCEMENT WAS GIVEN BY FELEX
GBAR, BROTHER OF THE DECEASE ON
BEHALF OF THE FAMILY.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopiahe United Nations, the

World Bank Group,
and the Governments
of Canada, Norway
and the United States joined
country and global health
leaders today to launch the
Global Financing Facility (GFF)
in support of Every Woman
Every Child, and announced
that $12 billion in domestic
and international, private and
public funding has already
been aligned to country-led
five-year investment plans
for womens, childrens and
adolescents health in the four
GFF front-runner countries
of the Democratic Republic of
the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya and
Tanzania.
Launched at the Third
International Financing for
Development Conference, the
GFF is a key financing platform
in support of the United
Nations
Secretary-Generals
Global Strategy for Womens,
Childrens and Adolescents
Health and the Sustainable
Development Goals.
At the launch, the World
Bank
Group
announced
a new GFF partnership
with its International Bank
for
Reconstruction
and
Development (IBRD) to raise
funds from capital markets
for countries with significant
funding gaps for reproductive,
maternal, newborn, child
and
adolescent
health
(RMNCAH). This groundbreaking partnership expects
to mobilize between $3 to
$5 dollars from the private
capital markets for every $1
dollar invested into the GFF.
The Government of Canada
is jumpstarting this initiative
with a $40 million investment
towards two focus areas: one
that prioritizes strengthening
front-line health systems
and scaling-up of community
health workers, and another
that focuses on the control
of malaria to reduce child
mortality.
The Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation, Canada, Japan, and
the United States announced
new financing commitments
totalling $214 million. This is
in addition to commitments
previously made by Norway
and Canada of $600 million
and $200 million, respectively,
to the World Bank Groupmanaged GFF Trust Fund.

The GFF has set in motion an
unprecedented
movement
among
countries,
United
Nations
agencies
and
multilateral agencies including
the World Bank Group, the
Global Fund to Fight HIV/
AIDS,
Tuberculosis
and
Malaria, and Gavi, the Vaccine
Alliance, as well as public and
private sector financiers and
civil society organizations, to
increase and align funding in
support of countries health
priorities and plans, to drive
transformative improvements
in the health of women, children
and adolescents everywhere.
Todays announcements are
a first step to help close the
$33.3 billion annual funding
gap for RMNCAH.
The GFF partners also
announced the next group
of eight countries to benefit
from the GFF, with the goal of
supporting 62 high-burden
low- and lower-middle income
countries within five years.
The GFF is adding Bangladesh,
Cameroon, India, Liberia,
Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal
and Uganda as the second
wave of GFF countries.
New GFF-IBRD Partnership
to Leverage Private Sector
Investments for Maternal,
Child and Adolescent Health
A key aim of the GFF is to
mobilize
private
sector
resources that, in addition to
public sector resources, help
close gaps in the financing
of essential interventions
required to improve the
health of women, children
and adolescents. To this end,
the GFF is partnering with
the World Bank Groups IBRD
to raise funds from capital
markets for countries with
significant funding gaps for
RMNCAH.
The IBRD finances its lending
activities by issuing bonds in
the capital markets, leveraging
its equity to bring in private
sector financing for sustainable
development. The new GFFIBRD partnership will mobilize
the capital markets for better
outcomes for maternal child
and adolescent health, by
using the overall IBRD funding
platform, issuing Sustainable
Development Bonds with a
health focus, and designing

innovative
risk-sharing
structures.
The Government of Canadas
$40 million investment to
jumpstart this partnership
and leverage funding from
private capital markets will be
directed toward investments
in two focus areas: one that
prioritizes
strengthening
front-line health systems
and scaling-up of community
health workers, and another
that focuses on the control
of malaria to reduce child
mortality. These monies will be
used as performance payments
to countries, due upon the
achievement
of
agreedto outcomes, significantly
reducing countries borrowing
costs
while
incentivizing
performance.
Further
investments in this partnership
will unlock significantly more
resources from the private
sector, with an objective of
raising up to $1 billion in
private capital.
In support of Every Woman
Every Child, the Bill &
Melinda Gates Foundation is
committing $75 million over
five years to the GFF Trust Fund
to advance the Global Strategy
for Womens, Childrens and
Adolescents Health.
The GFF Trust Fund is
catalyzing the work of the
broader facility by providing
grants to countries linked
to World Bank Group loans
for health and supporting
countries to prepare health
financing
strategies
that
anticipate the transition of
countries from low- to middleincome status. The GFF Trust
Fund aims to secure universal
access to essential services
for every mother and every
child by ensuring that official
development
assistance
does not displace domestic
resources for the sector and
charting a path to sustainable
domestic financing for health.
Other GFF partners are making
commitments through incountry financing for countryled maternal and child health
investment plans. This includes
a US$50 million commitment
to the GFF from the U.S. Agency
for International Development.
This funding will support the
Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya and
Tanzania to scale up national

strategies and efforts to end
preventable child and maternal
deaths. The Government of
Japan pledges $33 million to
support maternal and child
health initiatives in Kenya.
In addition, Canada commits
$16 million for the start-up
and establishment of a global
Centre of Excellence for
strengthening civil registration
and vital statistics, in support of
the GFFs efforts to contribute
to
universal
registration
by 2030. By improving the
quality and availability of data
on every birth, death, cause
of death and marriage, GFFsupported countries will be
able to better monitor and
track their investments in
maternal, newborn and child
health.
GBCHealth, a coalition of
companies and organizations
investing their resources to
make a healthier world, is
committing to raise capital
for the GFF from its network
of companies through its
Health Credit Exchange, a new
performance-based
funding
initiative.
About the Global Financing

Facility in Support of Every
Woman Every Child
The GFF is a key financing
platform of the United
Nations
Secretary-Generals
Global Strategy for Womens,
Childrens and Adolescents
Health. It is a country-driven
financing partnership that
brings RMNCAH stakeholders
together,
under
national
government
leadership
and ownership, to provide
smart, scaled and sustainable
financing to accelerate efforts
to end preventable maternal,
newborn, child and adolescent
deaths by 2030.
The child mortality rate in
low-income countries is more
than 15 times higher than in
high-income countries. And
maternal mortality is nearly
30 times higher. Yet, with over
100 million childrens lives
saved since 1990, the Lancet
Commission on Investment
and
Health
documented
the feasibility of a grand
convergence in mortality
between low-income countries
and
the
best-performing
middle-income countries, with
a return of nine to 20 per dollar
invested.
The GFF will be a key driver
of this convergence. Its results
framework will be aligned with
the Global Strategys results
frameworks and with the new
Sustainable
Development
Goals.
The GFF is an essential
part of the paradigm shift
in development financing,
emphasizing the essential
but changing role of official
development assistance in
unlocking domestic resources
and private flows and focusing
on results. It has the potential
to act as a pathfinder for
financing the SDGs in the post2015 era.
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WORLD NEWS
AVOIDING EURO EXIT

RONT
Greece reaches deal with creditors
ESCAPE BY TOP DRUG LORD A STRONG

BLOW TO MEXICO'S GOVERNMENT
MEXICO CITY (AP)

he capture of drug lord Joaquin Guzman was the
crowning achievement of President Enrique Pena
Nieto's government in its war against drug cartels, a
beacon of success amid domestic woes. That makes the
bold escape by "El Chapo" from a maximum security prison all
the more devastating.
A widespread manhunt that included highway checkpoints,
stepped up border security and closure of an international
airport failed to turn up any trace of Guzman by Monday, more
than 24 hours after he got away.
Widely considered the world's richest and most powerful drug
trafficker before his capture last year, Guzman slipped down
a shaft from his prison cell's shower area late Saturday and
disappeared into a sophisticated mile-long (1.5 kilometer-long)
tunnel with ventilation, lighting and a motorcycle apparently
used to move dirt.
"All the accolades that Mexico has received in their counterdrug efforts will be erased by this one event" if Guzman is not
recaptured, said Michael S. Vigil, a retired U.S. Drug Enforcement
Administration chief of international operations.
UAE EXECUTES WOMAN CONVICTED

OF US TEACHER'S MURDER
Abu Dhabi (AFP) he United Arab Emirates carried out a rare execution
Monday, putting to death by firing squad an Emirati
woman convicted of the jihadist-inspired murder of a
US school teacher, media reported.
Alaa Bader al-Hashemi, 30, was executed at dawn after
President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan approved the
death sentence against her, said the official WAM news agency,
citing prosecutors.
The National, an English-language daily, said Hashemi had been
put to death by firing squad.
Hashemi was sentenced to death last month for stabbing to
death mother of three Ibolya Ryan, 47, in a toilet of an Abu Dhabi
shopping mall on December 1, 2014.
IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL EDGES CLOSER

BUT ZARIF SAYS TALKS MAY GO ON
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VIENNA (Reuters) ran and six world powers appeared close to a deal on
Monday to give Tehran sanctions relief in exchange for
limits on its nuclear program, but Iranian officials said
talks could run past their latest midnight deadline and
success was not guaranteed.
Diplomats from Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and
the United States wore grim expressions as they met and U.S.
Secretary of State John Kerry sat in silence when asked if the
deadline might be extended or if he could rule out an extension.
"There shouldn't be any extension," Iranian Foreign Minister
Mohammad Javad Zarif was quoted as saying by the semiofficial Fars news agency. "But we can continue the talks as long
as necessary."
BRUSSELS (AP) -fter

months
of
acrimony,
Greece
finally clinched a
bailout
agreement
with its European creditors
on Monday that will, if
implemented,
secure
the
country's place in the euro and
avoid financial collapse.
The terms of the deal, however,
will be painful both for Greeks
and their radical left-led
government, which since its
election in January had vowed
to stand up to the creditors
and reject the budget cuts they
have been demanding.
Before it can get 85 billion
euros ($95.07 billion) in
bailout cash and support for
its banks to reopen, the Greek
government will have to pass a
raft of austerity measures that
include sales tax increases,
reforms to pensions, and labor
market reforms.
Greece will be on a tight
timetable to implement its
reforms a reflection of
how little its creditors trust
the government to honor a
deal. Greek Prime Minister
Alexis Tsipras infuriated his
European partners last month
when he called for a popular
vote against economic reforms
the creditors has proposed.
The Greek people voted against
those proposals, but will be

horrified to see that they now
face even tougher measures.
Both sides acknowledged the
bitterness that marked their
negotiations and kept them
negotiating nine hours past a
Sunday midnight deadline.
"Trust needs to be rebuilt," said
German Chancellor Angela
Merkel, adding that with the
deal, "Greece has a chance to
return to the path of growth."
In a first step toward getting
its bailout loans, the Greek
government has to pass a
set of measures into law by
Wednesday.
Measures include an increase
in the sales tax and reform of
the pension system. In later
weeks, Greece will have to
open to competition industries
that have long been protected,
such as the energy sector.
Labor laws will be made more
flexible.
If it meets these requirements,
Greece will get a threeyear rescue program and a
commitment to restructure its
debt, which is unsustainably
high at around 320 billion
euros, or around 180 percent
of annual GDP.
Tsipras argues that because of
these concessions Monday's
deal is, despite the tough
austerity, actually better for
Greece than the proposals

Greeks voted down just a week
ago.
"We managed to avoid the
most extreme measures,"
Tsipras said. "Greece will fight
to return to growth and to
reclaim its lost sovereignty."
He said he had managed to
avoid a demand by some
creditors to transfer Greek
assets abroad as a form of
collateral and to avoid the
collapse of the banking sector.
Greeks seemed mainly relieved
that the country was not facing
financial collapse.
Kostas Lambos, a pensioner,
said things would be "difficult
in the beginning" but people
had to understand the severity
of the situation.
German Chancellor Angela
Merkel, left, speaks with
French President Francois
Hollande, center, and
"This was a necessary step for
the country to emerge from
the dead ends that had been
created in the last few years,"
he said.
Greece's banks, which have
been shut for two weeks,
were still closed on Monday
and limits remained on cash
withdrawals. Without a deal,
they faced the prospect of
collapse within days as they
are steadily drained of money.
than 11,000 people across

West Africa since late 2013, but
had abated in recent months. A
new flare-up in Liberia is seen
as a setback in the fight against
it.
"The battle can be won, but
it requires sustained effort,
very careful negotiation with
communities and perfection
in follow-up of everybody who

has been a contact, David
Nabarro told a media briefing
in Cape Town.
He
said
under
normal
circumstances, an infection
rate of 30 people a week would
be considered "a major, major
outbreak".
"Probably about one third of
these people are not coming
from the contact list, which
means they are surprise cases,
and thats a big worry," Nabarro
earlier told a conference
organized by the World Health
Organization.
Infection rates are down from
the peak of the crisis. But
Liberia reported a 17-yearold boy tested positive for the
virus on June 30 - almost two
months after the country was
declared free of Ebola.
AFRICA'S EBOLA OUTBREAK HAS

NOT RUN ITS COURSE: U.N. ENVOY
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) frica's

Ebola
epidemic has not run
its course and around
30 people are still
getting infected each week, the
United Nations' special envoy
for the disease said on Monday.
The worst recorded outbreak
of the virus has killed more
When the banks will be able to

reopen will depend on whether
the European Central Bank
decides to increase emergency
credit to Greek banks now that
a bailout deal with Greece has
been clinched in principle. It
was unclear whether the ECB
would make such a decision on
Monday or after Greece passes
its first batch of reforms.
French President Francois
Hollande said the Greek
parliament would convene
within hours to adopt the
reforms called for in the plan
and he celebrated Greece's
continued membership in the
euro.
Losing Greece, he said, would
have been akin to losing "the
heart of our civilization."
Other European officials were
less emotive.
"The Greeks have to show
they're credible, show that
they mean it," said Jeroen
Dijsselbloem, president of the
eurogroup of eurozone finance
ministers and a longtime critic
of the Tsipras government.
The creditors said they would
help Greece in the short term
deal with its debt repayments
since any bailout agreement
was not imminent. Greece will
need help making a 4.2 billion
euro debt repayment on July
20. It is also in arrears on about
1.5 billion euros owed to the
International Monetary Fund
since June 30.
If the talks had failed, Greece
could have faced bankruptcy
and a possible exit from the
euro, the European single
currency that the country has
been a part of since 2002. No
country has ever left the joint
currency, which launched
in 1999, and there is no
mechanism in place for one to
do so.
Greece had requested a threeyear, 53.5 billion-euro ($59.5
billion) financial package,
but that number grew larger
by tens of billions as the
negotiations dragged on and
the leaders calculated how
much Greece will need to stay
solvent.
Liberia, the country worst
hit by the outbreak, had
been hailed as an example
for neighboring Guinea and
Sierra Leone, which are also
struggling to stop the spread of
the disease.
Olawale Maiyegun, social
affairs director at the African
Union Commission, said it
seemed communities were
forgetting a key "ABC" or
"avoid body contact" rule and
becoming complacent.
"Where is the ABC rule? I saw
people dancing together, I was
alarmed in (Sierra Leone's
capital) Freetown, Maiyegun
told journalists at the same
briefing.
The Ebola outbreak has
galvanised a global response.
Last week donor countries
pledged another $3.4 billion
in addition to $1.8 billion of
unspent money in an effort to
eradicate a disease that has
wreaked economic and social
havoc.
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Sports
LIBERIAS HOWARD WEBB IN THE MAKING AT 11 YEARS
PASSION FOR REFEREEING

Little Isaac Gborlie calls on Lifra to recognize and develop him
Danesius Marteh, danesius.marteh@frontpageafricaonline.com

and Varflay Kamara, varflaykamara@gmail.com
Gbarnga, Bong Countye is widely known in Gbarnga,

Bong County as Isaac Pupo,
the lanky midfielder who
played for Caldwell Super
Stars, Monrovia Club Breweries, LPRC
Oilers and Barrack Young Controllers,
had fewer stints in Europe and
represented Liberia at youth and senior
levels.
But 11-year-old Isaac Gborlie is not
a footballer and has no intention of
becoming one. He enjoys being in the
middle of the park.
Hes yet to be certified but is arguably
the smallest footballing referee in
Liberia.
Gborlie has made a passionate appeal to
the Liberia Football Referees Association
(Lifra) to admit him into their noble
profession and help to
develop his God-given talent.
Speaking to Radio Gbarnga sports
recently, Gborlie said it would be difficult
to realize his potential and live up to his
dreams as a promising referee without
being recognized by Lifra.
He wants Lifra to develop and have him
as a registered/licensed referee.
Gborlie said he developed interest
in refereeing in 2012 from going to

the David Kuyoun Sports Stadium in
Gbarnga to watch practice sessions.
According to him, he was later used
alternatively as assistant referee (or
linesman as it is popularly called
in Liberia) where he practiced and
performed to the expectation of officials
and players.
Gborlie was quick to point out that
he has known the rules of football
practically and hopes of academically
learning what to guide against when
supported to participate in seminars in
the near future.
Parented by his mother after the death
of his father, Gborlie stands as the sole
hope for him and his mother for the
provision of food when contracted
to officiate in league and old-timers
tournaments in Bong County.
With former English referee Howard
Webb as his mentor, Gborlie believes
he can oversee games in the national
county meet when given the chance.
When handling big games, Gborlie puts
behind him fear and after-the-match
attacks and issues cards for reckless
tackles.
He is a fourth grade student at the World
Overcomers Elementary and Junior High

School in Gbarnga and is also calling on
goodwill individuals to help him with
scholarship to nurture his skills.
Liberias chief referee Larmine Kamara
told Radio Gbarngas Sports Line
program that Lifra has heard about
Gborlie and disclosed that discussions
are underway for him to be recruited for
Lifra under-15 program.
He said Lifra seriously takes into
consideration age and education, but
encouraged the promising referees to
be studious and not to sway away from
the morals of becoming professional
referee.
Kamara is at the same time calling on
the county to guide and support the
education of Gborlie.
At the same time, Lifra secretary-general
Isaac Montgomery has called on Gborlie
to at least pursue a high school diploma.
Montgomery disclosed that Gborlie
could still benefit from a new program
that was recently launched by footballs
world governing body.
Many pundits, who called on the
program, said all eyes are now on Lifra
to make the young referee turn into one
of Liberias best.
FEMALE LONE STAR SUFFER HUMILIATING HOME DEFEAT

A. Macaulay Sombai, sombai121@gmail.com
Monroviahe Lone Star of

Liberia Under 20
female
football
squad
hope
of
reaching the group stage
of the 2016 FIFA Under 20
women world Cup suffered
a major setback over the
weekend.
The Lone Star headed by
Captain
Kebeh
Lamine
setback came on Sunday after
she suffered a 7-1 humiliating

defeat at the hands of the
Super Falcons of Nigeria in
the first leg of the competition
preliminary round played
at the Antoinette Tubman
Stadium (ATS) in Monrovia.
Lone Star trouble started
when Striker Eujah Esther
Olubunmi who scored hattrick for the Super Falcons
got the match opening goal
for the visitors in the 16th
minute through spacing

after she and several of her
teammates kept the defense
of Lonestar under intense
pressure during the first 15
minutes of the game.
The visitors increased their
pressure on Lone Star after
realizing that the home side
was totally suffering from
three of the most important
qualities that a team needs
to possess in a match against
her
opponents-including
speed on the ball, ball control
and strength, which Lone
Star is far away from.
There were 10 corner kicks
in the entire match and out of
the 10 only two were in favor
of the home side with the
Nigerians winning eight.
Uchendu Chinaza love got the
Falcons second goal in the
32nd minute from a rebound
after a shot on goal by her
teammate Emenayo Ugochi

Cynthia from the 20th yard
for goal but the ball hit the
bar.
Olubunmi who scored hat
trick for the Falcons got
the third goal in the 41st
minute through spacing after
she received a clear pass
from midfielder Bokiri Joy
Ebinemiere in the penalty
box of the lone Star.
But Kanries Sayee of the
Lone Star reduced the score
to 3-1 against the home
side in the 45th minute
through a rebound shot
after goalkeeper and Captain
Chiichii Sandra Nguyum
denied the first shot by Ruth
Wesseh from shaking the net
which ended the match first
45 minutes in favor of the
visitors.
Things got worse for the
home side after defender
Jessica Kofa was red carded
in the 49th minute after she
brought down a striker of
Nigeria in Lone Star territory
that led to a defensive kick.
The Super Falcons began
the second half with more
pressure than the first half
against the home side with
total ball control, several
shots on target and in the
56th minute the game higher
scorer Olubunmi hit in her
last goal to make it 4-1
against the Lone Star.

The visitors increased lone
Star frustration in the 70th
and 89th minutes after
strikers Olosogbosere Mary
Nunumwen
scored
the
Falcons six goal from the 20th
yard through a marvelous
shot and substitute Ugochi
Cynthia hit in the visitors
seven goals through spacing
after defender Bernice Willie
blundered in her own 18
yard box.
Lone Star made two changes
with the hope of making a
comeback but that dream did
not materialize.
Jacqueline Gooding went
in for Felecia Wilson and
Pauline Agbotu replaced
captain Lamine all in the
second half.
On the other hand, the
Super Falcons also made
two
substitutions
after
striker Adeboyejo Yetunde
Oluwatosin was replaced by
Ukwuoma Ogechi Precious
and Chinaza Love replaced
by Nunumwen.
If the Lone Star is to advance
to the group stage of the
competition she must make
a 7-0 comeback away against
the Super Falcons, which is
very impossible.
Frontpage
Sports
MAN CITY GAMBLES

ON STERLING
Former Liverpool Man Has The Talent But
Manchester City Need To See It Every Week
aheem
Sterlings
49m
acquisition
is
the
instant
reinvigoration
Manchester City require. Since
Carlos Tevez, David Silva,
Sergio Agero, Yaya Tour
and Mario Balotelli arrived at
the Etihad Stadium between
2009-11 the club has suffered
a quality and glamour deficit.
Fernando,
Fernandinho,
Aleksandar Kolarov, Edin
Dzeko, Stevan Jovetic, Eliaquim
Mangala, Jess Navas, Jack
Rodwell, Javi Garca, Scott
Sinclair. The Sheikh Mansour
sales receipts have too often
been marked John Lewis rather
than Harrods as a long list of
middling rather than boutique
purchases were made.
With Sterling to don the sky
blue livery next season, City
signal an end to this. The team
is refreshed and renewed.
This single transfer means
the XI Manuel Pellegrini can
choose will be injected with a
desperately needed cocktail
of pace, youth, flair, skill
and rawness that make the
20-year-old second only to
Wayne Rooney in the England
hierarchy.
Yet for some the jury remains
out. Is the kid merely a
mercenary? A puppet of
his agent, Aidy Ward, and a
chancer yet to prove himself?
Prime fodder for the what
has he ever done in the game?
merchants.
One answer to the last question
is to have made himself an
established international as a
teenager and started Englands
opening World Cup game at
Brazil 2014 against Italy in
the vaunted No10 position. To
shunt Wayne Rooney out to
the left as Roy Hodgson was
moved to do to his captain is
no shabby entry on the Sterling
CV. To rip apart Manchester
United at Old Trafford when
asked to play as a trequartista
for virtually the first time as
Sterling did in Liverpools 3-0
victory at Old Trafford
two seasons ago is also no
skeleton in the career closet.
That afternoon of 16 March
2014 was when the former
Queens Park Rangers boy
announced he could be a bona
fide superstar. When the teamsheet fell and Brendan Rodgers
had named the 19-year-old
as the playmaker, the fulcrum
ofLiverpool at the home of their
auld enemy, the cognoscentis
eyebrows were raised.
Yet by the time Sterling was
replaced on 72 minutes he had
put the swagger and fluidity
into a crushing win for the
visitors. Here was irrefutable
evidence of Sterlings star
quality and potential to pilot
his career on a skyward
trajectory.
Raheem Sterlings selection
in the No10 role for Englands
World Cup match against Italy

was confirmation of the high
regard in which he is held by
Roy Hodgson. Photograph:
Tom Jenkins/for the Guardian
This becomes Sterlings great
challenge now: to elevate his
displays to world-beater level
on virtually every game day. It
is the mark of the very best and
how Pellegrini and fans hope
he will perform. If he does
so, personal satisfaction and
team glory are the dividends.
Sterling can be the difference
in winning the Premier League
or not. He can be the man who
propels City beyond the last
16 of the Champions League
(where they have fallen in the
past two years) and into the
competitions business end.
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In doing so Sterling would
ease the burden on David Silva
as team magician with his
own ilk of X-factor. Pellegrini
continually states he wishes
his City to play just one way:
on the front foot, constantly
steamrollering the opposition.
What Sterling can bring is a
differing method of attack.
A variety featuring strength,
direction,
scintillating
dribbling and a Roadrunner
turn of heel.
In his time as one of Liverpools
three amigos, alongside Luis
Surez and Daniel Sturridge,
Sterling thrived. Now he can
join Silva and Agero to form
Citys own frightening attack

trio. What Sterling certainly
has is no excuses. In Aprils
BBC interview that made it
clear he wanted out of Anfield,
Sterling said: Its not about
the money at all. Its never
been about money. I talk about
winning trophies throughout
my career. Thats all I talk
about. I dont talk about how
many cars Im going to drive,
how many houses Ive got. I
just purely want to be the best
I can be.
He has his wish. He is
surrounded by a far better
class of footballer than at
Liverpool. He is at a club that
has paraded two Premier
League championships in
three seasons and which has
serious pretensions to add the
European Cup to the trophy
room. So now is the time for
Sterling to show he deserves
the big move worth 180,000
a week and the chance to stack
up the honours he claims are
craved.
But the emphasis shifts. The
onus is on him. Sterlings
quest is to be a serious factor
in ensuring Manchester City
regain the league title and
the club becomes a genuine
continental
heavyweight.
Achieve this and his 49m fee
will be viewed a snip.
the Primeira Liga side.

Casillas' exit led to uproar
among some Madrid fans, who
feel the Spain international
was driven away from his
boyhood club by Perez, while

the goalkeeper's parents also
hit out at the club's president.
Nevertheless,
Perez
has
stressed that he never wanted
Casillas to leave and that it was
the glovesman's own decision
to depart.
"There has been a lot of
pressure on him in the past
two years. I have to accept
his decision, but I wish he
would have ended his career
here," Perez said at a press
conference.
"No one from Madrid asked
Iker to leave the club. There
was an offer from Porto and we
took it into consideration.
"Iker has the right to leave
because of everything he has
done for this club. The same
happened with Raul. Nobody
walks out of the back door
here.

"Iker arrived at this club at
the age of nine and leaves
having won everything. I am
sure that for many years to
come the Madrid fans will
remember Iker as one of the

most legendary players ever.
We have to worship our idols.
I have asked for our players to
be respected more than once.
"Iker has every right to start
a new phase and he will do so
in a great team and a fantastic
city. Iker is - and will always
be - a great person and a good
human being.
"Iker wanted a low-key
farewell. We are looking at a
suitable tribute, something he
deserves. The doors of Madrid
will always be open to Iker.
"Some people try anything to
harm me. There are always
people who have something
against me and use any excuse
to criticise me.
"I have always come out to
defend Iker when it comes
to the behaviour of our fans.
It is not part of our values to
publicly criticise our players.
"We have spoken to Porto
about a potential tribute game
on August 12."
the Santiago Bernabeu instead.

The 34-year-old goalkeeper
announced his decision to
leave for Porto at the weekend,
signing a two-year deal with
SPORTS
WENGER: I NEVER
CONSIDERED GOING
FOR STERLING
rsene
Wenger
insists
Arsenal
were never in
the running to
sign Raheem Sterling as the
winger closes in on a record
move to Manchester City.
The 20-year-old is primed to
become the most expensive
Englishman of all time as he
nears a 49 million switch to
the Etihad Stadium, though
had been linked with a host of
other clubs.
Real Madrid were rumoured
to have been tracking the
England international, while
Chelsea and Arsenal were
both thought to be monitoring
the situation, with Sterling
understood to prefer a return
to London.
OFFICIAL: SCHWEINSTEIGER
JOINS MANCHESTER UNITED
PEREZ: I WANTED CASILLAS TO RETIRE AT REAL MADRID
eal Madrid president

Florentino Perez has
insisted that he did
not push Iker Casillas
out and wanted him to retire at
Page 15

astian
Schweinsteiger
has
completed
his
move
to
Manchester United from
Bayern Munich, signing a
three-year contract with the
Red Devils.
The Germany international
flew into Manchester over
the weekend, underwent a
medical on Sunday and has
now penned personal terms to
seal his 14 million move.
PEDRO DISCUSSES
MOURINHO RUMOURS
arcelona winger
Pedro
has
dismissed reports
he has spoken to
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho
about a summer switch
to Stamford Bridge - but
admitted he has received
numerous offers.
The
Spain
international
struggled for game time at
Camp Nou last season, with
new signing Luis Suarez
having formed a formidable
front three with Lionel Messi
and Luis Suarez.
The Blaugrana have since
lowered his buy-out clause
to 30 million in order to
facilitate a summer sale
and it has been claimed that
Mourinho has been trying to
convince Pedro to move to
London.
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