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Monrovia
he Cellular giant, Lonestar Cell MTN has
rejected findings in a leaked report by the Liberia
Telecommunications Authority suggesting that GSM
Operator without prior authorization from the LTA,
reinstalled or reactivated a telecommunications dish, which
can be used to supply broadband data capacity from the Ivory
Coast to Liberia.
In its findings, the team reported that after careful assessment
of the three GSM mobile operators sites in Grand Gedeh and
Nimba it observed that a microwave dish has been installed at
the same height and in the same position as the decommissioned
microwave dish connecting Lonestarcell/MTN to Ivory Coast
at Lonestarcell/MTN site at the border town of Toe Town.
The finding furthered In Yekepa on the old mine mined by
LAMCO, Cellcom and Lonestarcell/MTN dishes seem to have
orientation directed away from the Ivory Coast and Guinea.
The report recommended that Lonestarcell/MTN should
be requested to provide purpose and function of the newly
-installed microwave dish at Toes Town, the team further
recommended and also called on the LTA to purchase a compass
to facilitate future exercises. The LTA and Lonestar Cell have
in the past been involved in exchanges over compliance with
regulations.
In December 2012, the Board of Commissioners of the LTA
reached a decision to suspend the operating license of Lonsetar
cell. LTA Chairperson Angelique Weeks at the time announced
that the decision was taken as a punitive measure resulting
from failure of the Lonestar to comply with the LTAs directive
to restore fully interconnection with Comium Liberia, another
GSM service provider at the time. It remains to be seen what
action the LTA will take against the two GSM service providers
for their actions.
But on Monday, Dr. Laurence Konmla Bropleh, the companys
Corporate Affairs Executive, responding to a FrontPageAfrica
inquiry Monday, said in a statement that the GSM company
has not re-commissioned a previously decommissioned
telecommunications dish located in Toe Town, Grand Gedeh
County and that it is not receiving broadband data capacity
from the Ivory Coast as is being speculated by an incomplete
leaked LTA fact finding due diligence report
Said Dr. Bropleh: While Lonestar Cell MTN acknowledges

that the terms of its current International Gateway License
issued by the LTA give the company the right to establish
satellite and other links with international carriers and networks
and, though it has written the LTA informing of its intent to
reconnect the previously disconnected telecommunications
dish, it has not done so as yet.
Lonestar Cell MTN notes that a technical team from the
Liberia Telecommunications Authority visited its facility in
January, 2015 and observed that there was no traffic between
Lonestar Cell MTN and its sister network in the Ivory Coast.
To date, there has been no change.
But Weeks, was quoted in a local daily Monday as saying that
LTA previously had the dish removed and Lonestar Cell MTN
has not received the National Regulators authorization to
reinstall it.
According to the LTA, Lonestar Cell MTN risks serious
penalties if it is determined that the GSM company reconnected
the dish or has been receiving data capacity from neighboring
Ivory Coast.
Dr. Bropleh recalled that Lonestar Cell MTN, a member

of the Cable Consortium of Liberia has invested over 2.5
Million United States Dollars in the Africa Coast to Europe
(ACE) fiber optic to Liberia and is an effective user of same.
It is to Lonestar Cell MTNs advantage to have all its traffic
on the fiber optic, which is why Lonestar remains in active
negotiations for the usage of the fiber duct.
Fiber optic is an internet connection that provides fast speed
internet to users and some African countries are currently
benefiting from the technology. Internet service in Liberia is
very slow as compare to other countries and installing a fiber
optic will be a relief to many, but perhaps a dip in revenue for
GSM internet providers.
Bropleh said Lonestar Cell MTN, a partner in support of the
Government of Liberias development agenda will never act
in contrary manners that will undermine the governments
agenda. Lonestar Cell MTN remains compliant with all of
its tax obligations to government and can fathom no reasons
while this should ever change.
Lonestar MTNs denial comes in the wake of confirmation
of a leaked report published by FrontPageAfrica last week
by Angelique Weeks, the Chairperson for the Liberia
Telecommunications Authority (LTA).
Weeks was quoted in a local daily Monday as confirming the
existence of the leaked assessment report of a preliminary
due diligence mission conducted by the entity to validate
suspicions that a previously decommissioned Lonestar Cell
MTN telecommunications dish had been reinstalled.
The report noted that the LTA was contemplating dismantling
the telecommunications dish in question, which is mounted
on a tower in Toe Town, Grand Gedeh County bordering
neighboring Ivory Coast.
According to the report, the telecommunications dish appears
to be positioned where a previous Lonestar Cell MTN dish was
removed and decommissioned by the LTA in August 2012 and
quoted Weeks as saying that the dish will be taken down the
first week in February to ensure that pending completion of
the investigation, there is no capacity coming from the Ivory
Coast.

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FrontPage COMMENTARY
EDITORIAL FOCUSING ONLY ON THE NEGATIVES
Commentary
NO ALIBI FOR REQUIRE BEHAVIORAL CONSISTENCY

LEBANONS
CRUELTY; DEATH F
OF LIBERIAN
GIRLS A BIG
SHAME
By Ambrues M. Nebo, neboambrues@gmail.com/nebo1975@yahoo.com, Contributing Writer
FOR A PROTRACTED period, reports have emanated

from Lebanon that several Liberians girls who were
deceived and promised high paying jobs and taken to
Lebanon are being subjected to abuse and inhumane
treatments.
WITH LEBANON HAVING large number of its
citizens residing in Liberia, who are mostly involved
in trading, the relationship between the two countries
is somewhat coordinal since these Lebanese in
Liberia are enjoying good business and employment
environment.
BESIDES THE VERY few Lebanese who commit
or some accused of commission of crimes, who are
currently facing trial in the court, citizens from that
country are provided all the freedom Liberians enjoy,
making it a strange occurrence for Liberians to be
subjected to such treatment in Lebanon.
AS A MATTER of respect, Lebanon is bound to
reciprocate the level of protection the Government and
people of Liberia are according their citizens here in
Liberia rather than treating young Liberians girls as
sex slaves and bastards, resulting into deaths.
LIKE OTHER NATIONALS around the world, people
move from one country to another in search of greener
pastures and opportunities which Lebanon must not
use as an alibi to treat young Liberians like criminalsas they are humans.
NIGERIANS, GHANAIANS, LEBANESE and many
other nationals from other countries are found in
nearly every country around the world, all looking out
for better opportunities.
LEBANESE IN LIBERIA are here for business, jobs
and other opportunities and the level of warm friendship
extended them by the people of Liberia is an indication
that all humans are equal and should be treated in the
rightful manner irrespective of nationality or race.
THE GOVERNMENT AND people of Lebanon have
no reason whatsoever for the treatment meted out
against these young Liberian girls.
EVEN MORE DISTURBING is the careless attitude
of the Government of Liberia in ensuring the return of
the girls to their homeland.
NEWS ABOUT THE ill-treatment of the girls emerged
months ago as were reported consistently in the media
both locally and on the internet. The Government of
Liberia was aware about the appalling situation facing
its citizens but has been slow in acting to bring relief.
THERE IS ABSOLUTELY no explanation why a
responsible government with a Ministry of Foreign
Affairs chose to sit supinely and watch its citizens die
in bondage.
rom the Liberian context, I have observed that some people

believed that the best way to gain fame or popularity as
an advocate, activist, opinion leader or politician is by
dwelling or focusing on the negative aspects of leadership
in government. This kind of way of gaining fame and popularity that
suggests behavioral consistency has prompted an inquiry that led to
the above caption.
Lets first of all consider the meaning of negatives. For the purpose
of this article, negatives in leadership simply focused on what is
lacking, shortcomings, weak spots, daunting challenges that lingered
or stand in the way of progress, achievements. It can be unintended or
latent errors derive from actions, decisions or policy that those on the
extreme side as libelers capitalized on. Besides negatives that are very
explicit without relying on a Rocket Scientist interpretation, libeling
anything as negatives sometimes is relative or in the eyes of the
beholder. In other words, what the general public may not consider or
see as negative, the libeler can paint that situation so as to influence or
shift the focuses or attentions of the general public to see it negative.
For example, During the President 2015 State of Nations Address to
the National Legislature, she commended all of the heroes, people
of Liberia and the International Community for the significant fight
against the deadly Ebola virus by specific recognition to few persons.
The public in general did not perceive not particularly mentioning the
name of Hon. Saah Joseph for his heroic effort as something negative.
Few politicians hoping to be in solidarity with Hon. Saah Joseph
attempted to paint the action as negative on grounds that it was unfair
for the honorable name to be left out in the speech. To really prove
that libeling an action or anything to be negative lies in the eyes of
the beholder, Hon. Saah Joseph who should be hurt publicly asserted
that he was never bothered by the President not calling his name in
her speech. He further declared I am in the President heart what a
complete contradiction capable of shaming those who attempted to
paint the President action as negative?
Premise on the fact that those who dwell of focus on the negatives
generally fall under activism, lets us examine the roles associated
with the term.
Whether in politics, social, civil rights or opinion leader, activism
consists of efforts to promote, impede, or direct social, political,
economic, or environmental change. From these roles, it is safe to
rationalize two significant impressions. The essence of focusing on
the negatives which is the first impression is to help those in leadership
desist from ongoing action or impede an attempt inimical to changes
in society or organization.
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As for the second impression, to promote change which is in the
affirmative suggests the focus on the positives as well. In other words,
it means telling the general public or those accountable to about how
the changes have significantly impacted the society. It is also about
achievements and gains made by the leadership.
It can be argued that some may want to aloof applauding the efforts or
gains which also implied promoting change from the role of activism.
One of the reasons could be seen as a compromise that is capable of
reducing the fame or popularity of the activist.
Whether focusing only on the negatives is donor or sponsor driven

as many would want to argue, let it be borne in minds that this
side of activism cannot conform to what can be termed as best
practices. Moreover, dont be astonished to realize that focusing on
the negatives only contravene the principle or concept of objectivity
that every political, social, civil, religious etc. activist must portray
as one of the distinctive imputes or roles. The life of Albert Porte as
described by President Tubman and others arguably fits this assertion
as an example.
Arguably, you will embrace the assertion that there should be no
behavioral inconsistency of activists that only focus on the negatives
when appointed or called into leadership. In other words, it is
expected that an activist who has focused on the negatives must not
close blind eyes on the emerging negatives when called to serve in the
same organization that he/she never saw the positives.
According to history of Liberia, it can be inferred that the late Albert
Porte probably knew that he would have experienced the difficulties
of retaining behavioral consistency as a critics and so never worked
with the very Tubman government that he never saw anything
positives about. For example in his letter to President Tubman dated
25 August 1951, the President replied. I have never known you to
compliment any administration, but you always look for what you
think to be the weak spots in it. I think this is an evil spirit and an evil
eye which will not do you or the country any good. Supposed every or
most persons had the same spirit, what would happen to the country?
(From Nyanseors Achieves of Liberian & African History).
When the same Albert Porte was given advisory position in the
Samuel K. Doe government with about $600.00 monthly salary which
could be lucrative by then, he retained behavioral consistency. On
one occasion, Porte wrote a letter to President Doe that portrayed the
negative. For example see the excerpt below.
Unless you do not care and continue to follow the stubbornness,
greed and indifference of the late Tolbert, you need to seriously
contemplate on the consequences of your actions. It is my patriotic
duty to warn you that this attitude could plunge us into unpredictable
low depths [] It will give me no satisfaction to tell you later, if I
happen to be around, I told you so. (Albert Porte, A lifetime Trying
to Save Liberia, By Kenneth Y. Best)
2
Debatably, you will again embrace the assertion that their failures
to retain behavioral consistencies result into loss of popularity or
influence in society. Probably, the terminology coined by Liberians
Gravy Seekers derived from the behavioral inconsistencies of these
activists.
In conclusion, there are many people in contemporary Liberia
that attempted to emulate the posture of the late Albert Porte but
demonstrated behavioral inconsistencies when called into leadership
positions. Just do a keen but meticulous profile retrospections, the
enlightenment will come. Focusing on the never negatives as in the
case of President Tubman description of Albert Porte must never
be motivated by personal greed or aggrandizements. It must be an
emerging character provoked and throughout times sustained by a
true sense of patriotic duty.
THE GOVERNMENT HAD sufficient time to rescue

the girls since the news of their worsening conditions
broke out but for months nothing has been done with
the girls living in awful conditions and two deaths now
reported.
GOOD FOREIGN RELATIONS is not only about
talking and begging friendly governments for support to
Liberia, protecting the rights of citizens is paramount.
EVERY COUNTRY HAS the obligation to protect its
citizens but in recent time Liberia has proven incapable
of protecting its citizens outside the shore of the country.
IN TURKEY, LIBERIANS who were shot had to
endure terrible conditions for weeks with claims from
the government that it had done what the citizens were
actually saying were not reaching them. In Kenya,
another Liberian who was held at the airport against
her will because of stigma from Ebola also suffered for
days before rescue finally came her way.
IN GHANA, LIBERIANS are normally flogged, some
killed with no concrete response from the Government
of Liberia.
A BEGGING GOVERNMENT cannot wave the rights

of its citizens simply because it has to go out to these
same countries for hands out, Liberians rather die in
poverty and be subjected to inhumane treatment by
other countries with inaction from our government.
THE RIGHTS OF Liberians must not be gamble for
foreign assistance, this must stop.
LIBERIA MUST TAKE a step further in protecting
the rights of its citizens outside the country by seeking
their welfare through ensuring their return back home
when things go bad for them away from home.
AIR TICKET TO get suffering Liberians back home is
a constitutional and moral obligation of the government
same as other countries that evacuate their citizens in
time of crisis away from home.
LEBANON TOO HAS a lot to explain regarding the
plight of the Liberian girls as Liberians have been so
good to them. There is no reason o pay good with bad.
IT IS TIME both the Lebanese and Liberian governments
to take steps in ensuring the safe evacuation of the
remaining girls.
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LIBERIA'S SPEAKER
COMPROMISED: LEGISLATIVE
BLOC DEMANDS PROBE
DAVISNY2005 (SIGNED IN USING YAHOO)

Noise ? What noise ? Sometime ago , the President nominated someone
to head a ministry . But it took one Senator to question or so to speak
( make noise in the Senate ) concerning the integrity of the nominee ,
who was named in the audit report of the GAC about some corrupt deals
, and his nomination was put on hold by the Liberian Senate waiting
clarification from him about those deals . A few good men still exist in
the unrighteous political house of the Liberian Legislature . The Speaker
still maintained that his corrupt actions was in the best interest of the
country and the people . Calling for the Speaker to account for his corrupt
deal by few good men , joined by strange political bed fellows as Rep.
Snowe and other political voices , should not be ssen as noise making ,
but rather , all should join in support against this kind of corruption where
one sees himself well above the law ! Sometimes some do get away with
their corrupt deals , but that should not deter the rest of the people from
pushing forward against corruption . With 2017 just around the corner ,
support the few good men standing up in the unrighteous house of the
Liberian Legislature .
TARNUE MOLUBAH GBELEWALA TOP COMMENTER
Why are these crocks making noise, when were they informed about
Speaker Tyler's situation and why such action was not taken against Hon.
Edward Ford? If these seven representatives are really serious about the
integrity and the image of the Hon. House, I suggest they should call for
a complete audit of the Hon. House of Representative. The integrity and
the image of Senate and House of Representative, was long compromised
before Speaker Tyler's incident came to light. Most Liberian, know about
the all powerful brown envelopes going around in the senate and in the
house of representative. So why are these seven representatives pulling
rope, when they clearly know that rope will pull bush?
JESSE FAHNGON TOP COMMENTER METROPOLITAN
STATE UNIVERSITY
Noise for attraction; you guess what is unfolding behind the scene tonight.
Lib!
ROGER G. SLAWON IRR REP AT THE HERTZ CORPORATION
Why are these crocks making unnecessary noise now? Is it because 2017
approaching? Well, let me remind you Honorable Crocks that it is very
late now to change our hearts. We (voters) have cleaned up the House of
Senate and we strongly believed that the clean up process will continue
in the Lower House in 2017. It is very late for some of you so-called
lawmakers to make it right with us now. The "Die Is Cast " crocks! If you
like you can sit over the roof of the Capitol Building and shout, we the
voters will make our decisions on who stays or leaves the House come
2017. We will clean up the Lower House like we did in the Upper House
few weeks ago.
JSPHDIGGS (SIGNED IN USING YAHOO)
Let the Members sign and resolve the matter before the Silent majority
takes it under control for the people. In the main time, the speaker could
not possibly preside until the public hears the outcome.
Tell the Liberian people. I am gone in silence.
ELIJAH BARNARD TOP COMMENTER UNIVERSITY OF
LIBERIA
These so called legislators are demanding a probe of Tyler only because
they did not get their share of the bribes.
LIGORI MUSIOH SEKAJIPO TOP COMMENTER WORKS
AT FIRESTONE - LIBERIA
The louder the noise, the thicker the "brown" envelop....Like we say in
Liberia "so so technique"
EMMANUEL WRAGBOE GRAND BASSA COMMUNITY
COLLEGE
Tyler owner wahala begin
LIBERIA'S CULTURE CLASH: SANDE &

PORO SOCIETY VS MASONIC CRAFT
DAVISNY2005 (SIGNED IN USING YAHOO)
One should welcome the statements made by the ..... Gender Ministry,
we are not kicking against the practice of FGM; our approach is to
modernize it. We know that our traditional people have come a long way
with our culture and there is no way you can just wipe it off. But creating
skills training that the women can get involved in, will gradually take
them away from the practice of FGM. And I think it is the best way to
give them an alternative rather than take everything away from them,
Pointed out Rosaline Browne. " The key to ending this old aged pratice
is through education and training , which is the much better approach .
Through education , those involved in the old practice will come to see
and understand the reasons why the new way is not only better , but is
helping to improve their old culture .
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LIBERIA CAN
RISE AGAIN! F
HOMAGE TO FINANCIAL
PATRONS OF CDC
The Editor,
The Editor,
ut it will require collective efforts to get Liberia on the right

path. The refusal of the leadership to accommodate fresher
ideas, continues to place the Country in a backward position.
Government is not about suppressing the views of the
oppositions or silencing the voices of the people, rather, it is about
working together for the common good of all. It is surprising to see
how politics in Liberia has become so corrupt and partisan based.
It is not common sense when you keep repeating the same strategies
with the same players and expecting different results. It is only wise
to change the bad players and bring on board those with the right
vision for growth and productivity. Also, our leaders must be sincere
with themselves and honor the public interests by re-enforcing the
system that creates check and balance, promotes accountability and
transparency, promote health care and education, agriculture, security,
and builds the infrastructures. All these are possible when national
interest takes the place of self interest.
The problem we face as a nation is not the lack of international support
or the lack of financial and other resources to support our government's
action plans, rather, it is the lack of will, insincerity, and the lack of
credibility to achieve them.
Furthermore, putting Liberia on the path to prosperity and economic
growth and development, will also require the choices we make as
voters in the 2017 General and Presidential elections. I am sure we all
have seen and learned enough from the choices we've made over the
last 25 years or more. Electing the right people to offices of trust will
set the pace for growth.
Do not vote on the basis of partisanship or for the gifts the candidates
may offer you but base your decision on character, patriotism,
achievements in the private and public sectors, etc.
Liberia can rise again; let's act together in this time and season.
God bless you all!
Signed: Sylvester A. Diggs
sylvesterdiggs@gmail.com>
DEAD HEALTH WORKERS

FAMILY NEEDS HELP
The Editor,
'm kindly sharing my story with you. Trust you can help.
My wife was a registered Nurse, while on duty she got infected,
with EVD.
She died August 2014.
I'm left with three children. Edwin is in the 4th grade, and Quincy is in
the 7th grade. Morris is 2 years old.
My wife was the only source of income for the family, as I'm still
looking for job. School will open this month.
The Government of Liberia promised to give USD 5,000.00 to each
family of those health workers who died of ebola.
The promised was made September 2014. I submitted all the documents,
required by the Ministry of Health (MOH), November 2014.
The money will be a great help, to buy our children school materials,
and get them in school.
Best regards,
Blomoh Wilson
oliverfwilson@gmail.com>
ar too many political parties in Liberia failed to achieve State

Power through the means of grassroots democracy because of
the lack of strong financial goodwill from its members. Every
so often, a single individual will take the financial burden of
a party. Naturally, the person will determine the future and become the
sole decision maker of that political party. What do you think? Do you
think the person is wrong in determining the future of his/her investment?
Will you allow others you dont trust to determine the future of your
investment? What if we are all investors, do you think, one person will
determine the future of the party or become the sole decision maker? I
dont think so. But this is a debate we can all have.
No political or any institution for that matter can meet its objectives without
funding. As a political party, you need funding for administrative and
operational purposes including but not limited to media and propaganda
to spread your message; decentralization of the organization in every part
of the country to make your presence felt by recruiting and spreading
your partys platform; trainings; workshop materials; flyers; vehicles; gas;
computers to keep planning and membership info; cost of building to host
partys offices in the country; and etc...You can not undertake all these
project without funding to pay for labor, materials, and rents.
As CDC-USA Financial Secretary in consultation with the rest of
the financial team, it is our responsibility to safeguard the financial
viability of the party. We are a strong supporter of institutionalization
in which members paid their dues and other taxations to prevent the
monopolization of the decision making process by one individual. It is
strategically and equally important to appreciate contributors and explain
to them how their money was spent. Based on this theory and appreciation
being a fundamental human need in confirming that ones contribution
is valued; it is our intention to publish the names of contributors by the
end of every year starting with the year 2014 to inform others that these
contributors are the bloodline of our organization and what their money
has accomplished in CDC.
On behalf of CDC and its leadership, we want to express our deepest
thanks and admiration to all of you that contributed to the financial growth
of CDC in 2014. Those generous contributions from partisans like you
provide the financial and moral support needed to continue our mission
in Liberia. In the light of those faithful financial contributions, you have
demonstrated your deep commitment to our work of delivering our people
from the unspeakable horrors of poverty and the unpunishable massive
public corruption to a road of prosperity for all. Your financial support
has repeatedly played a key role in our success during the year 2014, like:
the primaries, 2014 convention & Policy Conference in Maryland-USA,
fight against Ebola, Poll watchers support, Purchased of ID Card Machine
and etc....
The Top 10 Consistent and Highest Contributors mentioned in the
financial reports submitted for 2014 are Isaac Vah Tukpah, Lorenzo
Andrews, Galakpai Howard, Joseph Jackson, Arthur Zakama, Isaac
Zawolo, Varney Karnley, James Larsah, Rufus Arkoi and Fatuma Zinnah.
These consistent and highest contributors must be admired by all, for they
have shown their unwavering loyalty in supporting the financial survival
in the implementation of CDCs projects consistently throughout 2014.
To be among the Top 10 Consistent and Highest Contributors during
subsequent years as it was this year, you must contribute consistently in
three or more categories (Dues & Taxations) in which all members are
expected to contribute. Next, you will be ranked from highest to the lowest
amount paid. If two or more people have the same amount, the frequency
of payments will be considered with the highest number of consistency
taking the lead. Any contribution in which all members are not given the
chance to contribute will not be measured during our tallying at the end of
the year. For example, ticket for ball during CDC gathering or application
fee for a position and etc will not be tallied for the Top 10 spot.
In conclusion, many Liberians have put their trust in visioning a
prosperous future for their children through a CDC led government. Let
us not let them down in continuing the grassroots democracy because
such movement gives birth to a government for the People, of the People,
and by the People.
Long live the Peoples Party!
Varney Karnley
CDC-USA National Financial Secretary
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He says he feels the vaccines are

safe and volunteering is a way of
contributing to the Ebola fight.
Before you get enrolled
into the program, youll go
through the whole nine yards
of understanding the DOs and
DONTs; the benefits and the
risks associated with it and
all of the research behind the
vaccine., he said.
They explain to you why
theyre researching this vaccine.
There are some people who are
going to be on the actual vaccine
and some group is going to be on
the actual placebo, which is Salt
Water. We dont know who is
taking what, but is just a trial. Its
just like a normal vaccination,
just a small pain.
Mr. Tolbert Nyenswah, Assistant

Minister for Curative Services
at the ministry of Health, also
the head of Liberias Ebola
Response, said the vaccine is
administered to people without
any complications and who have
not been exposed to the virus.
He said people who take the trial
vaccine would not be knowingly
exposed to the Ebola Virus.
It doesnt mean we will expose
you to the Ebola Virus, but we
will follow you up for a certain
time and monitor you and
see whether or not your body
develops that anti body as we
call it that when you have Ebola
then your body can fight against
the disease because thats the
essence of vaccines, he said.
Continued Mr. Nyenswah: A
vaccine is intended to build up
your bodys resistance; your
bodys immune system so that
when you come in contact with
a disease that youre taking
vaccine for that disease wont
catch you. That does not mean
that people would be exposed
to Ebola. This vaccine is not
intended for one single person

this vaccine is intended for
people above the age of 18.
Mr. Nyenswah said people who
take the trial vaccine would be
followed up to understand the
effectiveness of the trial. He said
the trial vaccine was randomly
administered with Ordinary Salt
Water to see how it works.
UNCERTAINTY, WILLINGNESS AND CURIOSITY, AS A SEARCH

FOR A REMEDY TO EBOLA INTENSIFIES IN WEST AFRICA
FACES OF LIBERIAS VACCINE TRIALS

Im encouraging others out there to come and be part of the trial. Some people say if you take the injection
you will die, others say you will get Ebola but it is not so. - MERCY NYUMAH, Ebola Trial Volunteer
Monroviaiberias bout with the

deadly Ebola Virus
has left the deadlyvirus-hit nation in
desperation for a cure and
despite the continued slowing
of the disease over the last two
months, the drive for a vaccine
that would put a permanent end
to the disease is on.
On Monday, many Liberians
cued up at the Redemption
Hospital,
volunteering
themselves as guinea pigs for the
trial vaccine meant to prevent
people from catching Ebola.
Despite
being
seemingly
brainwashed by some members
of their community who told
them that there would be
horrible consequences if they
volunteered to take the vaccine,
those who finally decided to get
the inoculation said they did not
see the reason why people would
discourage others from taking a
trial vaccine, though a cure for
the disease is something that
people wished for during the
height of the epidemic.
Mercy Nyemah is a resident of
New Kru Town where the trial
is taking place says she showed
up to be part of the first batch
of twelve persons who took the
vaccine and explained that her
being part of the process was
based on conviction and working
with the Ebola Response.
I volunteered to take the vaccine
because I work with the Ebola
Task Force as an active case
finder, she said. I cant preach
the message to people to carry
out the preventive measures
and hearing about the trial of
this vaccine and not be a part. I
decided yesterday to be part of
this trial thats the reason I came
to do my test.
Mercy says she was tested for
HIV and AIDS and also for
Pregnancy adding: I did all
of my tests, I feel normal, the
process is ok. I did tests for
malaria, HIV and pregnancy
and everything was negative, so
I came here to do the injection.
Nyumah is calling on others to
join the cure for a vaccine and
help Liberia and other affected
countries fight the deadly virus.
Im encouraging others out
there to come and be part of the
trial. Some people say if you take
the injection you will die, others
Wade C.L. Williams, wade.williams@frontpageafricaonline.com
say you will get Ebola but it is

not so, she said.
Please dont listen to them. Im
encouraging all of my friends out
thee to come and be part of this
trial to prevent ourselves and our
country from Ebola.
Zodu McGill, a resident of New
Kru Town, Borbor Garage, who
also volunteered for the vaccine,
says his decision to volunteer
was to protect family and friends
from the disease that has cost
the lives of over four thousand
persons in Liberia alone.
I took the vaccine because I
do not want Ebola to infect my

internal body or that of any of my
family members and friends,
she says.
Ebola is very dangerous it can
kill people so quick. Im not
feeling sick, only my arm is
burning and Im feeling a bit of
pain in it. I want people to come
and take this vaccine out of
concern for their health.
Stephen McGill a volunteer
who took the vaccine at the
Redemption Hospital Monday,
says the trial vaccine signals
hope for a breakthrough in the
Ebola epidemic. He said the start

of the trial in Liberia signal hope
for a country that has suffered
so much from the disease that
currently has no cure.
I volunteered because I feel
that when the success rate is one
hundred percent the region will
benefit a lot because we have
the Ebola virus in this part of the
world, says McGill.
At least this is the first time
history will be made being part of
the first people who volunteered
to have the vaccine for Ebola
taken. I think it is a worthy
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cause. Ive been reading a lot,

Ive been following the stories
and Ive been hearing about the
different reports on Ebola all
over the world, where it started.
Most of those who took the
vaccines seem to have no fear
at least yet about what would
happen to them after they take
the vaccines. McGill said before
the vaccines are administered,
they are thoroughly educated
about the merits and demerits
of the process and how safe it is
and the consequences that may
arise as a result of side effects.
Exercise Caution, Survivor

Says
Despite the rush for a cure for the
deadly disease, some who know
what it feels like to contract
Ebola say care has to be taken
before the administration of trial
vaccines to immunize people
against the deadly disease.
Amos K. Jessy an Ebola Survivor
and a resident of Monrovia
expressed some reservations
about the current trial of Ebola
Vaccines in the country. Jessy
says his concerns stem from
the contraindications of the
trial vaccines on the people
who might end up taking them.
He said Liberia in search of a
quick fix to its Ebola problem
is offering its people as Guinea
Pigs to be slaughtered in the
process.
For me as an individual, that
is my personal opinion, I have
problem with the trial drug,
problem in the sense that most of
the side effects, of this trial drug,
are also symptoms of Ebola,
said Jessy.
By administering a medication
to a patient that should bring
relief at the end of the day,
helps to increase the agony of
the patient. For me, this trial
drug should be discontinued.
However as I said earlier, that is
my personal opinion.
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R
Monrovia-
epresentative
Prince Moye (UPDistrict#2
Bong
County)
who
admitted signing a Blank check
for transaction at the legislature
says he will welcome any
investigation from the Liberia
Anti-Corruption Commission
(LACC) on the matter.
The Bong County lawmaker
recent comments comes in
the wake of calls by some of
his colleagues that the LACC
should rather investigate Moye
for violating section 1 part
A.10,16, 17, 20 of the Public
Financial management law
(PFM) and not the speaker of
the House of Representatives
or deputy speaker.
According to one of the
lawmakers calling for Moyes
investigation, Representative
Garrison Yealue (NUDPDistrict# 4 Nimba County), his
colleague from Bong County
as a Professional accountant
with years of experience in
financial transaction acted in
violation of the law governing
financial practices.
Yealue said: The LACC
cannot be looking for the rouge
when she has already seen the
person who came out of the
House with the money?
The lawmaker said Moye has
openly told the public that he
signed blank checks and under
financial laws anyone who
signs blanks checks accept to
take responsibility; so Moye
should be investigated.
POLITICS
BLANK CHECKGATE
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LAWMAKERS WANT BONG COUNTY COLLEAGUES INVESTIGATED FOR SIGNING OIL DEAL CHECKS
Henry Karmo (0886522495) henry.karmo@frontpageafricaonline.com
Moye, during an appearance

last Thursday on a local radio
talk show, the Truth Breakfast
Morning Magazine, in response
to the deputy House speakers
disclaimer in the US$1.2
million, admitted signing
two blank checks during the
nationwide draft petroleum law
consultation.
The Bong County lawmakers
revelation came in the wake

of a recent comment made by
the House Deputy speaker that
he and the Speaker do not sign
financial documents and that he
is only aware of $US900,000
and not US$1.2 million as is
being reported.
In a statement Monday, the
Bong County lawmakers said,
his comments on the Radio
was not made out of ignorance

because according to him,
he was instructed to sign the
checks by the House Deputy
speaker.
Said Moye: We have a transit
account at the Central Bank
of Liberia in the case of the
oil consultation we signed a
voucher of 1.2 million so we
what we should be discussing
is who withdrew the money

from our coffers and not who
signed the checks. I signed
the checks knowing that we
had one million United States
dollars to be spent.
Continued Moye: We are
ceremonious
signatories
to these accounts. I am an
honorable man that is why we
have an account department at
this legislature and that is the

position we are in right now.
Asked if he was under pressure
to sign the two blank checks
before his departure for the
U.S., Moye said he was not
under pressure and claimed that
under the rules of the House of
Representatives,
lawmakers
take orders from the Speaker
and Deputy Speaker.
Section 57.4 B of the House of
Representatives standing rules
states that all matters relating
to the finances of the House of
Representatives are subject to
the speaker or Deputy Speaker.
Last week Deputy House
speaker Hans Barchue denied
receiving $US1.2 Million from
the National oil Company of
Liberia on behalf of the House
of Representatives.
According to the Deputy
Speaker, at a news conference
last Tuesday, there is no
basis for submitting himself
to the LACC despite a
communication
form
the
LACC to him, informing
him that it has launched an
investigation into the US$1.2
million given to the House of
Representatives by NOCAL to
enhance the consultation.
DR.
FODAY
KROMAH
SOMERSAULTS
Withdraws Writ of Prohibition Against Senator-Elect Sherman
Kennedy L. Yangian kennedy.yangian@frontpageafricaonline.com 0777296781
Cllr. Thompson Jarba Lawyer Representing Dr. Foday Kromah
Monrovia he stalemate in the

election result of
Grand Cape Mount
County came to
an end Monday with the
withdrawal of the Writ of
Prohibition filed before the
Supreme Court of Liberia
against the winner of the
Senatorial election Cllr. Varney
Sherman.
Cllr. Sherman, the chairman
of the ruling Unity Party (UP)
was announced the winner

by the National Elections
Commission (NEC) in the justended Senatorial elections held
in the country last December
but is yet to take his seat in the
National Legislature due to a
protest filed against him to the
Supreme Court by one of the
candidates, Dr. Foday Kromah
.
Despite winning the election
with a very high percentage
of 61.7%, Dr. Kromah had
asked NEC not to certificate

Sherman as winner due to what
he referred to as alleged fraud
and irregularities discovered in
some of the voting precincts in
the county during the conduct
of the election.
Following weeks of legal
wrangling before the Supreme
Court, lawyers for Kromah,
on Monday prayed the high
court to dismiss the petition
before the it as he was longer
interesting in pursuing the case
further.
Your honors, I want to tell
this court to please drop
this case because my client.
was no longer interesting in
pursuing the case any further
due to appeal made to him
the communities, friends and
also his supporters said Cllr.
Thompson Jarba.
Following his appeal, lawyers
representing Cllr. Sherman
under the guidance of Cllr.
Moses Payegar welcomed the
move by Cllr. Jarba and prayed

the high court to act upon the
bill of information filed to
the high court by Cllr. Jarba
to dismiss the case against
senator-elect Sherman.
While, Cllr. Joseph Blidi the
lead lawyer for the National
Election Commission (NEC)
informed the high court that
at first the hearing officer of
NEC in the county heard the
complaint but an appeal was
taken by Dr. Kromah to the
board of commissioners of the

who ruled to dismiss the case
Your honors let me inform
this court that for now we
dont have any complaint from
Dr. Foday Kromah before the
National Election Commission
(NEC) said
Cllr. Joseph
Blidi.
Upon his assertion, Chief
Justice Francis Korkpor stated
that the high court was going to
rule on the bill of information
very soon which will pave
the way for the certification of
Cllr. Varney Sherman by the
National Election Commission
(NEC)
Matter suspended ruling in
this case is reserved said
Chief Justice Francis Korkpor.
The writ of prohibition against
Cllr. Sherman brings to six the
number of election related cases
pending before the Supreme
Court awaiting determination
by the full bench.
Other related cases filed
before the Supreme Court are
Lahai Lassana versus, Morris
Saytumah of Bomi County,
Roseline Sneh versus Alfred
Chie of Grand Kru County,
Bhofal
Chambers
versus
Gbleh-bo Brown of Maryland
County,others
include,
Jonathan Boye Charles versus
Commany Wesseh of RiverGee
County and Dr, Ansu Sonnie
and Saah Gbollie versus Jim
Wombe Tornonlah of Margibi
County.
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A
Monrovia-
s Liberia shows
improvement in the
fight against the
deadly Ebola virus,
organizations and institutions
that contributed to the success
are receiving appreciations for
their contributions.
A team of 92 Kenyan medical
volunteers currently in Liberia
as part of the African Union
Support to Ebola Outbreak
in West Africa (ASEOWA)
dispatched to help fight Ebola in
the country has been lauded by a
group of Liberians.
A group
comprising
33
Liberians who graduated from
the University of Nairobi in
Kenya, under the banner, K-33
(Kenya-33),
on
Saturday,
January 31, 2015, held a
welcoming ceremony for the
92 Kenyan medical volunteers
applauding the team for their
contributions to Liberia.
K-33 is an organization of
Liberians who were sent to study
in Kenya in January 2011 by the
General Auditing Commission
(GAC) of Liberia, during the
administration of then Auditor
General John S. Morlu, II.
They obtained MBA (Masters
of Business Administration
Degrees) in several different
disciplines from the University
of Nairobi along with Certified
Fraud
Examination
(CFE)
certification from the Kenyan
Charter of the Association of
Certified Fraud Examiners.
Speaking at the program
which took place at the Julia
A. Marshall Memorial Farm
in Central Virginia, outside
Monrovia, K-33 Chairman,
Dioh Cox Podee, said he and his
colleagues decided to rousingly
welcome the Kenyan Delegation
in appreciation to African
solidarity they continue to show,
especially during Liberias
health crisis.
Podee added that the occasion
was intended to laud the presence
of the Kenyan delegation
because since they (members
of K-33) returned, they have
been sharing the good news
of Kenyans, recognizing the
brotherly accommodation they
received in Kenya during their
studies.
You have responded positively
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The Kenyan medical volunteers and K-33 Officials at the occasion
LIBERIANS GROUP LAUDS

KENYAN MEDICAL TEAM
and because we dont want your
presence to go unnoticed, we
decided to officially welcome
you, he told the Kenyan
Delegation.
According to Podee, K-33
is determined to use what he
referred to as Kenyan model
to help improve the business
climate in Liberia, disclosing
the incorporation of a business
group called K-33 Ventures.
We want to localize the Kenyan
business model we saw, into
our Liberian setting. Like the
agriculture, like the transport
sector we saw, we believe that
we can create more jobs in the
supply chain using the African
model to do that, he stated.
Podee revealed plans by some
Kenyan investors to soon begin
investment in Liberia, terming
it as a positive sign, especially
where the African model is
used instead of borrowing from
different culture.
He avowed: We will continue to
interact with you, as we continue
to interact with some people
in Kenya, and we are sure that

collaboratively we can make the
difference.
The K-33 Chairman also praised
members of his group for making
the program a success, giving
special thanks to Niasehkar
Gluaseay,
Communication
Director, who was also the lead
organizer of the program.
For his part, the Kenyan Medical
Team Leader for Liberia and
Sierra Leone, Dr. Shikanga
O-tipo, praised members of
K-33 for the warm welcoming
reception
and
pledged
willingness to working with
them.
Dr. O-tipo said their response
is to show African solidarity in
helping to fight Ebola in Africa
and restore basic health services
in West Africa, especially Ebolahit countries.
According to him, it is incumbent
on all Africans to assist whenever
there is a problem in any part
of the continent, saying, Your
problems are our problems.
At the same time, the Kenyan
Medical Team leader stressed

the need for concerted efforts if
Ebola must be eradicated totally
in Africa, giving the assurance
of his team to help restore basic
health services in West Africa,
especially Ebola-hit nations.
Dr. O-tipo, who said he is leading
170 medical volunteers-92 in
Liberia and 78 in Sierra Leoneexplained that they have been
in West Africa for two weeks,
preparing local health workers.
While Ebola is being eradicated,
Dr. O-tipo said there is a need for
international partners to remain
in West Africa to put into place
mechanisms that will prevent the
recurrence of Ebola outbreak.
Delivering special remarks at
the occasion, the patron and
visionary of K-33, Dr. Musa
Dukuly, a senior economist
for the West African Monetary
Union (WAMU), recounted the
friendship of Kenyans and longstanding ties between Liberia
and Kenya.
Dr. Dukuly, who also studied in
Kenya and other East African
countries, spoke on the theme:

From Kenya to Kenya, with
the view that, though the medical
volunteers had travelled miles,
they were still at home due to the
common cultural values the two
nations share.
He recalled how Liberia assisted
Kenya in its emancipation in the
1960s and since then, the two
countries continue to collaborate
in building their human resources
and improving other sectors, as
demonstrated by accepting the
Liberians (K-33) and others to
study at various universities in
Kenya.
In Kenya, Liberians were not
harassed, molested or did not
undergo any form of violence,
he noted, assuring the Kenyans
the similar hospitality is
demonstrated by Liberians as
well as Kenyas response to the
Ebola outbreak.
The head and representative
of Ethiopian and Zimbabwe
medical teams respectively also
graced the occasion, and praised
K-33 for the reception.
Reading a brief history of K-33,

Milton Vambah, said they were
33 Liberians sent by GAC in
January 2011 to study at the
University of Nairobi, through
the vision of then Auditor
General John Morlu, II in
addressing the human resource
drought in Liberia.
When they returned in December
2012, they embarked on a project
to incorporate themselves into a
group that will keep the dream
of John Morlu and also help
upcoming generation as well as
assist in improving the Liberia
business sector.
Following series of discussions,
they held a retreat in Buchanan,
Grand Bassa County early this
year, where they adopted the
name K-33 and eventually
K-33 Ventures, intended to
import and export goods to and
fro Liberia and Kenya.
Some members of K-33 are now
assigned at different public and
private institutions and places.
industrial accident has not

been finally established.
The minister added: It is also
noteworthy mentioning that
the Liberia National Police
and the Liberia National Fire
Service had earlier conducted
a
preliminary
forensic
investigation into the cause of
the explosion.
Minister Lighe asserted that
in a bid to ensure that some
victims of the explosion
receive a befitting burial, an
amount of US$ 4,500.00 has
been provided by the LAC
management to relatives of the
deceased.
The Labor Minister has
meanwhile disclosed that
a three-man team from the
manufacturing company of the
equipment, that exploded will
this week arrive in the country
to carry out a comprehensive
investigation into the cause
of the explosion. He said the
company would work with
the Governments institutions

including the Ministry of
Internal Affairs, EPA and LNP.
Said Minister Lighe: The
Ministry of Labor wants to
fully assure the Liberian people
that the victims will receive the
full required benefits based on
the law.
He called on the workers of
LAC to immediately return to
work and assured them that the
ministry is making appropriate
recommendations with issues
raised by them to the LAC
management after the final and
comprehensive investigation.
On January 19, 2015, a huge
fire explosion occurred in the
factorys boiler of the Liberia
Agriculture Company (LAC),
which claimed the lives of
about six workers of the
company while nine persons
are undergoing treatment at
the S.D.A Cooper Hospital in
Monrovia.
GHANA, I. COAST REJECT LACS BURN VICTIMS

LIBERIA SAYS INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY
Stephen D. Kollie, Stephen.kollie@frontpageafricaonline.com;0776329124
Minister Neto Zarzar Lighe
Monroviahe Ministry of Labor

says it has learned
that efforts by the
Liberia Agriculture
Company s management
to seek medical treatment

for victims of a recent fire
explosion from Ghana and
Ivory Coast has failed because
authorities in both counties
rejected request from the
company to fly the victims

there for further medical
treatment.
Addressing
the
Ministry
of Information daily press
briefing, Labor Minister Neto
Zarzar Lighe revealed that the

Ministry has already ordered

a preliminary investigation
into the fatal explosion,
maintaining that the cause
of what he described as an
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LABOR ISSUES
PROTEST ENGULFED
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NATIONAL PORT AUTHORITY

Massa F. Kanneh massa.kanneh@frontpageafricaonline.com or 0886848625
Custom Brokers in action
Monrovia he Custom Brokers

Association
of
Liberia staged a
protest
Monday
demanding that the National
Port Authority address the
many challenges they are faced
with especially as it relates to
the clearing of goods at the
NPA.
Speaking in an interview with
FrontPageAfrica a member
of the Association who only
identified himself as Wesley
said that they are striking
because the port authority have
made operation inconvenient
for the brokers there by hiking
custom bill.
Unlike before, Wesley said
shipments are cleared based on
the type of goods but no w to
clear a 20 Feet container from
the Freeport of Monrovia costs
around US$9,000.
Said Wesley; We do pre shipment inspection and they
go back to revisit and charge us
more money, in the past when
we summit to them, they give
Monrovia urvey
conducted
by a local based
non-governmental
organization engaged in
trauma healing and reconciliation
says the lack of basic social
services including safe-drinking
water is a major challenge for
people in some highly Ebola hit
communities in Monrovia.
According to Straight From the
Heart, at the end of a 21-day
campaign of temperature taking
in two communities in the Clara
Town and Doe communities,
they observed that residents in
the area lack access to toilet
facilities, drainages, Clinics with
90 percent of children out of
school.
The latest revelation by the
organization survey contradicts
President
Ellen
JohnsonSirleafs recent annual message
declaration in which she said
67% of the countrys population
have access to drinking water.
The group said Ebola has
cause a lot of problems in
these communities and Ebola
us one bill but now, they will

go back and give us additional
bills.
The group is demanding that
NPA revert to the normal
operation rather then hiking
and charging more money for
the brokers.
Wesley added that the
shipping company, BIVAC is
a credible institution, which
also is involved in this Preshipment assessment process,
so NPA redoing assessment
paid depending on the type of

goods. But now it is not like
that, you cannot revisit my
goods and demand for 100
percent and also demand for
more penalty and charges. They
are disrespecting us, and we
NPA boss in meeting with Custom brokers at the Association office in free port
containers.
The Association is demanding
that the NPA stop undermining
is questioning the entitys

credibility.
What they did before was, we
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forcefully turned some women

to widows, children to orphans
and workers to jobless.
Mrs. Maima Pelham, Chief
Executive Officer of Serene
Health for all Mobile Clinic, in an
interview with FrontPageAfrica
said during their 21-day period
of temperature taking, her team
came in contact with a survivor
identified as Stephen, 30,
revealed that he lost his father,
mother and sister.
Stephen, according to Mrs.
Pelham, is left with 13 people to
take care of and he is now jobless
making life complicated for him.
Mrs. Pelham further claimed
that with boots on the ground,
engaging communities at the
frontline, and raising awareness
in the fight against Ebola,
community-based organizations
concerned about people with
high temperature will be taken
to ETUs.
Some community members
expressed disappointment in
their leaders from community
to higher level for not giving
them assistance and attention
will continue to go slow until

these things are addressed,
Wesley said.
MONROVIA
This time we do assessment

and submit to custom. In the
past when we submit to them,
they will give you one bill, but
now when we pay and we go
back, they give us additional
tax.
He said they should be charged
based on what they as brokers
submit to the NPA adding:
You cant reappraise goods
for 100 percent and demand for
penalty and other charges.
Wesley said all the changes the
custom should make should be
done in consultation with the
Brokers but decisions are made
unknown to them.
Meanwhile, the head of the
NPA Matilda Parker in a
meeting with the Custom
Brokers Association, assured
the brokers that they would
meet to address the concerns
raised.
Until then, the Association
said they will not returned to
work until their plights are
addressed.
NPA pensioned employees
protest
Also the over 1800 pensioned

employees of the National Port
Authority stormed the NPA
premises in demand for their
life insurance benefit entitled
them.
Speaking
with
FrontPageAfrica,
John
Freeman said that since 1972,
the NPA introduced a pension
scheme with the American Life
Insurance Company (ALICO),
and from that moment, the
employees
salaries
were
deducted until the 1980
military Coup d etat.
Freeman said since after the
war, they have been pensioned
by NPA, they have not been
able to receive their benefits,
until 2011 they went into
agreement with NPA.
According to Freeman, the
1.5Million that president Ellen
Johnson Sirleaf has claimed
she allotted for the pensioned
employees, fourth payment
are yet to be made, which has
prompted them to come to the
NPA in their numbers.
Said Freeman; The first time
we receivedUSD260, the
second was USD105 third
payment was 132USD but the
fourth one where we should be
receiving USD132 is still on
hold. When we come they will
tell us to go come back. See
how old we are they will keep
us in the sun, it is not fair.
In the memorandum of
understanding, the NPA and
former beneficiaries of ALICO
the government demanded that
it will offer a grant payment of
one million five hundred eighty
five thousand eight hundred
and eighty
united states
dollars
(USD1,585,880.00).
in the Memorandum of
understanding,
the
NPA
said that it would make
USD500,000.00
available
in 2011 and that the balance
one million eighty -five
thousand eight hundred and
eighty united states dollars
(USD1.085,880.00)
will
be paid annually in equal
installments over a period of
five years on the anniversary
day
of the first payment
beginning in the year 2012.
RESIDENTS IN CLARA TOWN COMPLAIN

OF LACK OF ACCESS TO DRINKING WATER
As local group conclude 21 days temperature checking
Henry Karmo (0886522495) henry.karmo@frontpageafricaonline.com
during their period of illness.

They even claimed that when
they were sent home they were
told to eat enough food and take
medications but those things
were not given to them. Presently,
residents say, most of them are

not working because all of their
work places refused for them to
resume work, because they have
been infected, Pelham said.
Community residents urged the
government to visit their citizens

in these communities to see their
living conditions.
On January 12 local and
International civil society and
community-based organizations
launched 21-days of temperature

checks to help create awareness
and combat the deadly Ebola
virus in Liberia. The project
was launched under the Theme:
Listening to Communities;
Engaging Community Partners
to Know Ebola and Prevent
Transmission of EVD 21 Days
Body Temperature Check.
According to Agnes Mam FallahKamara Umunna, Executive
Director and Founder of Straight
From the Heart and One Liberia
Radio, the project is a significant
step by local and international
non-profit
organizations to
create awareness in communities
in and around Monrovia on
the importance of prevention
mechanisms, which includes
21 days of body temperature
monitoring.
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MOC COMMENCES INSPECTION

ON LIBERIAN BUSINESSES
OPEN TO
TRIAL
LIBERIA LEAD EBOLA RESEARCHER

TO TAKE EBOLA TRIAL VACCINE
Al-Varney Rogersalrogers2008@
gmail.com 0886304498
Monroviaiberia lead researcher on the Ebola vaccines Stephen

Kennedy has volunteered to form part of the clinical
Ebola vaccine trial.
Kennedy said that he will lead by example by
showing up to form part of the trial.
I was on my way to take my vaccine but I got a call to come at
this press conference [Ministry of Information] so by tomorrow
I will be there to take the vaccine, Kennedy said.
The lead researcher decision comes against the backdrop that
Some Liberians do not want to volunteer for fear of contracting
the virus. The trail first phase will cover six hundred volunteers
but experts fear the trial may not reach that number due fear
amongst the Liberian populace.
But Kennedy says that the number of volunteers showing up
on day one at the trail center is a positive signed that the study
might reach its target.
Kennedy said, before noon five persons have been vaccinated
adding that it is a positive signed that the study will reach its
target for the day.
Kennedy said, the vaccine center at redemption will take
twelve volunteers a day adding that first phase will absorb six
hundred volunteers.
The first six hundred vaccinations will occur at the newly
renovated clinical research unit of the redemption hospital,
said.
The Clinical trial in Liberia on two experimental Ebola
vaccines is partnership by both the Liberian and the American
government.
The partnership for research on Ebola vaccines in Liberia
study is designed to determine if giving a single dose of a test
vaccine will prevent Ebola virus disease, National Institute of
Health Clinical Director Clifford Lane said.
Lane said, the two vaccines to be tested in this study are the
ChAd3-ZEBOV vaccine, manufactured by Glaxo SmithKline,
and the rVSV-ZEBOV vaccine, manufactured by Merck/
NewLink.
Lane said, the two vaccines selected for this study were
recognized by the World Health Organization panel of experts.
Lane said, the study protocol has been reviewed by health
institutions in both Liberia and the United States.
The study protocols has been diligently reviewed for scientific
rigor and ethics, and has been approved by the U.S Food and
Drug Administration, an Institutional review Board of the U.S.
National Institutes of Health, the National Research Ethics
Board of Liberia, and the Liberia Medicines and Health
Products Regulatory Authority, Lane said.
Approximately 27,000 healthy adult volunteers are expected
to participate in the Study at 10 or more clinical centers in and
around Monrovia.
Kennedy added, that legal aspect of the research is carryout by
the Ministry of Justice
These study involve several parts, the legal and medical
aspects, we are actively and primarily engage in the medical
prism, the ministry of Justice is having discussion on the trail.
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Monroviahe
ministry
of
commerce and its
partners is expected
to commence an
inspection exercise within the
country.
According to the ministry the
exercise is geared providing
protection
for
consumers
and ensuring that businesses
continuously comply with the
standard regulations.

The inspection
exercise which
is to be done quarterly on
businesses starts February 9
and ends March 9 2015.
The ministry added that the
Inspections will focus on three
cardinal areas:
Business
Registration
Enforcement which is intended
to ensure that all businesses are
registered in the country.
General Market Inspection
that
includes
prevention
of unwholesome products,
packaging
and
labeling
of products and
Market
Surveillance that deals with
Monitoring and price tagging
of products in the country.
At the same time the National
Standard Laboratory will
conduct gas Station Calibration
inspection from February 9 to
March 9, 2015.
The ministry of commerce
said the inspection on the gas
station is intended to ensure
that consumers receive the
Bettie Johnson, betty.johnson@frontpageafricaonline.com
required quantity of petroleum

products that are purchased
from various gas stations.
Meanwhile, the commerce
ministry
has
encouraged
the business community to
cooperate with the inspection
and to ensure that all inspectors
before inspecting their business
should present:
(1.) A Ministry of Commerce
Industry letter of inspection
authorization.
(2.) Business bill of rights;
(3.) A signed Ministry of
Commerce and Industry photo
Identification card.
It can be recalled Liberias
commerce minister Axel Addy
called on inspectorates at the

Ministry to be professional
when carrying out their duties
in the field.
Speaking at a program
marking the distribution of
inspectors 10% bonuses to
over 20 inspectors the MOC
boss said the manner and form
inspectors carryon their duties
will attract more revenues from
businesses.
We have Put in place
inspectorate
reform
that
will bring setting level of
professionalism and dignity
to the work of inspection,
and as you can recalled we
jointly work together in
putting in place guidelines for

inspection particularly general
and
specifically technical
inspections. He said
Minister Addy added disclosed
that process started last year
that inspection will be done
with respect.
According
to
Commerce
Minister, Addy said the
awarding of the 10% was to
encourage inspectors so that
they can continuously inspect
businesses.
Furthermore, The Ministry
of Commerce and Industry
remains committed to service
delivery and the promotion of
private sector partnership.
NEW EBOLA HOTSPOT

Five new cases reported in St. Paul Bridge Community
Stephen.kollie@frontpageafricaonline.com/0776329124
D
Monrovia -
espite tremendous
efforts by the
government
of Liberia and
international partners aimed at
eradicating the deadly Ebola
virus, it seems the fight is
becoming difficult to reach
an end as new cases of Ebola
are again being reported in the
country.
For the past few days, Liberia
which was recording dozens
of Ebola cases daily was only
battling with the last five
confirmed Ebola cases but that
record is now on a slippery
path as five new Ebola cases
have been reported in the St.

Paul Bridge Community in
Montserrado County
Addressing
the
Ministry
of Information daily Ebola
press
briefing,
Assistant
Health Minister and Head
of the Incident Management
System Tolbert Nyenswah
explained that the government
has identified a fresh Ebola
outbreak in the St. Paul Bridge
area, describing it as the St.
Paul bridge cluster infection
chain.
Minister Nyenswah named
Zubah town, Gbangay town as
well as Creb Hole communities
in the St. Paul Bridge area as
the major hotspot of the new

Ebola outbreak.
Five new cases have been
reported in seven days in
those communities. From
Jan 12 to Feb 1, 2015, fifteen
confirmed cases have been
reported, all from Montserrado
and seven cases are now in
the ETU,Minister Nyenswah
said.
According
to
Minister
Nyenswah, what is more
troubling is that the contacts
of the disease are escaping
from the hotspot and moving
in to unaffected regions in the
country.
They are denying and leaving
Montserrado to go areas like

Lofa, Margibi and Bomi that
have been freed of Ebola for a
very long time but we brought
them back so that they dont
infect those counties, he said.
Nyenswah revealed that one
of the escaped contacts died
in Margibi County recently
but the Ministry is now testing
specimen from the contact to
determine the result.
He indicated that another
contact left the same St. Paul
Bridge area and drove to the
Bomi county ETU to report
himself, despite the existence
of several Ebola Treatment
Units in Montserrado.
Said Minister Nyenswah:
This is troubling! We have to
stop in Montserrado County.
When you are told that you
are a contact, remain in your
home for twenty-one days.
We are not crazy people to say
you are a contact. We prove
epidemiologically that yes, you
are a contact, that you have
earlier a primary or secondary
contact with a confirmed case.
Speaking in a frustrated tone,
the Assistant Health Minister
said the government will not
hesitate to invoke the Public
Health law and the anti-Ebola
regulation to punish people
who will infect others by
migrating from one community
to another.
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GOVERNMENT RELEASES OFFICIAL

PROTOCOL FOR THE FUNERAL OF
FORMER CHIEF JUSTICE LEWIS
PAYING HOMAGE

The Government of Liberia has released the official protocol

for the funeral arrangements for His Honour Cllr. Johnnie
N. Lewis, former Chief Justice Supreme Court of Liberia.
Cllr. Lewis died on January 21, 2015 at the John F. Kennedy
Medical Hospital at the hour of five O'clock post meridian.
According to a Foreign Ministry's release, the Book of
Condolence for former Chief Justice Lewis will be opened
at the Temple of Justice from Monday, February 2 to
Tuesday, February, 3, 2015, beginning at Nine O'ClocK
ante meridian to Five O'Clock post meridian daily.
On Wednesday, February 4, 2015, the remains of the
former Chief Justice will be removed from the Samuel A.
Stryker Funeral Home at Three O'Clock post meridian and
taken to the Temple of Justice for one (1) hour of viewing
and later taken to the St. Thomas Episcopal Church on Camp
Johnson Road for one night of wake keeping commencing
Six O'Clock to Nine O'Clock post meridian.
On Thursday, February 5, 2015, beginning at Ten O'Clock
ante meridian, funeral rites will be said at the Centennial
Memorial Pavilion, Broad Street followed by repast at the
Monrovia City Hall. Thereafter, the body will be returned to
the Samuel A. Stryker Funeral Home.
The remains of former Chief Justice Lewis will be conveyed
to Greenville, Sinoe County, Republic of Liberia, on Friday,
February 6, 2015, for another night of wake keeping.
On Saturday, February 6, 2015, at Ten O'Clock ante
meridian, commendation of the body will take place at the St.
Paul Episcopal Church followed by interment at the Lewis
Cemetery, Red Hill, Greenville, Sinoe County, Republic of
Liberia.
Signed: _____________________

Hon. Horatio Bobby Willie

Assistant Minister/Public Affairs
Sirleaf, Several Dignitaries Sign Book of Condolence For Fallen Chief Justice Lewis
PROTOCOL FOR THE SIGNING OF

THE BOOK OF CONDOLENCE
Monday, February 2, 2015

The Book of Condolence will be opened at the Temple of
Justice.
9:00am - 9:30am - The President of the Republic of Liberia
and members of the Cabinet
10:20am - 11: 50am - The Vice President & Members of the
Senate
12:00noon - 12:40pm - Speaker & Members of the House of
Representatives
1:00pm - 1:30pm - His Honor the Chief Justice & Associate
Justices of the Supreme Court of Liberia and the National Bar
Association
1:55pm - 2:10pm - Former Heads of State and Former Vice
Heads of State of the Republic of Liberia
2:40pm - 3:15pm - The Clergy & Imams
3:25pm - 3:40pm - Other Officials of Government
3:50pm - 4:20pm - Heads of Public Corporations, Autonomous
Agencies, Bureaus and Commissions
4:25pm - 4:50pm - Former Officials of Government
10:00am - 10:35am - Heads of Political Parties
10:40am - 11:20am - Heads of Civil Society Organizations
11:25 - 12:00 - The General Public
Monrovia
resident Ellen Johnson
Sirleaf has led an
array of officials of
the Government of
Liberia to sign the Book of
Condolence for the former
Chief Justice of the Honorable
Supreme Court of Liberia, His
Honor Johnnie N. Lewis.
According to an Executive
Mansion release, the solemn
and mournful ceremony took
place on the first floor of the
Temple of Justice on Monday,
February 2, 2015.
Others who signed the Book
were Vice President Joseph N.
Boakai and Members of the
Senate; Speaker Alex Tyler
and Members of the House of
Representatives; His Honor the
Chief Justice Francis Korkpor
and Associate Justices of the
Supreme Court of Liberia and
the National Bar Association;
and former Heads of State and
former Vice Heads of State of
the Republic of Liberia.
Still others who signed the
Book were the Doyen and
Members of the Diplomatic
Corps, Consular Corps, the
Special Representative of the
Secretary General of the UN
Mission in Liberia and Head

of International Organizations;
the Clergy and Imams; other
Officials of Government;
Heads of Public Corporations,
Autonomous
Agencies,
Bureaus and Commissions;
and former Officials of
Government.
On Tuesday, February 3, Heads
of Political Parties, Heads of
Civil Society Organizations
and the General Public will
sign the Book of Condolence.
The Book remains opened till
12:00 noon.
The late Chief Justice Lewis
died on Wednesday evening,
January 21, in Monrovia en
route to the John F. Kennedy
Medical Center. He was 69
years old.
In a brief statement announcing

his death on Thursday, January

22, President Sirleaf said the
late Counselor served his
country and the international
community with extraordinary
talent, intellect, knowledge
and brilliance and urged all
Liberians to grant him the
respect he duly deserves.
She
expressed
heartfelt
condolences to the official
family the Honorable
Supreme Court of Liberia,
the Liberian National Bar
Association, as well as the
biological family and friends
of the deceased.
On Wednesday, February 4,
his remains will be removed
from Samuel A. Stryker
Funeral Home at 3:00 pm and
taken to the Temple of Justice

for one hour for viewing and
later taken to the St. Thomas
Episcopal Church on Camp
Johnson Road for one night of
wake keeping commencing at
6:00 pm to 9:00 pm.
On
Thursday,
February
5, beginning at 10:00 am,
funeral rites will be said at the
Centennial Memorial Pavilion,
Ashmun Street followed by
repast at the Monrovia City
Hall. Thereafter, the body will
be returned to the Samuel
Stryker Funeral Home.
His remains will be conveyed
to Greenville, Sinoe County
on Friday, February 6, for
another night of wake keeping;
while on Saturday, February 7,
at 10:00 pm, commendation
of the body will take place at
the St. Paul Episcopal Church
followed by internment at the
Lewis Cemetery, Red Hill,
Greenville, Sinoe County.
Cllr. Lewis (69) was appointed
Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court of Liberia in 2006 until
his early retirement became
effective on September 10,
2012. In his letter to me
dated August 28, 2012, he
had cited health reasons for
stepping aside at 66 years old
then. Prior to this position, he
was appointed by President
William R. Tolbert and served
with credit and distinction as
Resident Circuit Judge of the
Third Judicial Circuit in Sinoe
County, replacing his deceased
father who also performed in
that capacity as well as Ad hoc
Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court with dignity and respect.
As Head of the Third Branch
of Government, Cllr. Lewis led
a tradition of calm judgment,
hard work and unwavering
devotion to duty; thus
immensely contributing to the
development of the country.
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Page 11
REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA
MINISTRY OF PUBLIC WORKS
SOUTH LYNCH STREET
MONROVIA, LIBERIA
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(CONSULTING SERVICES FOR TECHNICAL AND ROAD SAFETY AUDITS FOR
FISH TOWN- HARPER ROAD PROJECT (FTHRP) PHASE I
LIBERIA
FISH TOWN- HARPER ROAD PROJECT (FTHRP) PHASE I
PAVING HARPER to KARLOKEN, 50 KM
AND MAINTENANCE FROM KARLOKEN TO FISH TOWN, 80 KM
Sector: Transport
Financing Agreement Reference: ADF Loan-

ADF (FSF) Grant No.

ADB (NTF) Loan No.
21001550029693
5900155005403
2200160001089
Project ID No.: P-LR-DBO-004

The Government of Liberia has received financing from the African Development Bank toward the cost of the Fish Town Harper Road Project Phase I (FTHRP), and
intends to apply part of the agreed amount to finance the Technical and Audit Services under the Project. The project will involve upgrading from gravel to bitumen
standard of Fish Town Harper Road, Phase 1: Harper Karloken section (50 km). The Project components include: (i) Paving Harper City - Karloken Road (50 km), and
Maintenance of the gravel section Karloken-Fish Town (80 km), Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) and Supervision of Works; (ii) Project Management
(Implementation Support, Financial/Technical/Road Safety Audits, Monitoring and Evaluation) and (iii) Complementary Components: Compensation of Project Affected
People (PAPs), Capacity Building, and Awareness Campaigns - HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Gender Sensitization and Road Safety Awareness Campaigns. The Project will be
implemented for 24 months plus 12 months of defects liability period.
The services included under this Consultancy will be for both Technical Audit and Road Safety Audits.
The Services under the Technical Audit will include but not limited to the following:
1. Perform a diagnosis of the set of procedures and mechanisms used in work selection, implementation and supervision;
2. Verify whether works performed by the contractor fulfilled the concerns of quality economy and efficiency;
3. Conduct consistency of technical work and conformity with standards and specification. Verify quality of materials and measurement and valuation of works;
4. Assess performance of completed works and structures; and
5. Implementation constraints or shortcomings and propose recommendations to improve the existing arrangements.
The Services under the Road Safety Audit will include but not limited to the following:
1. Study design drawings and reports received from the client/MPW;
2. (if relevant) Study general accident statistics for the existing road;
3. Conduct site visit and inspect the entire road alignment with respect to the road environment and the existing and expected non-motorized and motorized traffic flow
paying due attention to the following:
4. Undertake photograph and or video recordings of the hazardous sites for further detailed study;
5. Identify shortcomings that may need to be mitigated to prevent road accidents;
6. Recommend mitigating measures for identified problems;
7. Prepare draft road safety audit report with the following contents:
8. Formal submission of Draft Road Safety Audit report to the design team and the client
9. Audit Completion Meeting (where the client, design team, supervision consultant or contractor participate as appropriate) and make a formal presentation and discuss the
audit findings; and
10. Provide a seminar to discuss the audit findings with the design team, client and other relevant authorities; and assist the implementation of the audit recommendations.
The Technical audit shall cover the project period from May 2014 to April 2017. The estimated duration of the assignment shall be for a period of four (4) months,
intermittently. The assignment has been divided into four audit stages: (i) Pre-Audit Familiarization (ii) Initial Audit (iii) Intermediate Audit, and (iv) Final Audit. Each Audit
shall be carried out for a period of one month.
The Road Safety Audit will be carried out in three (3) stages: (i) Detailed Design Audit (ii) Pre-Opening Audit and (iii) Post-Opening Audit. The RSA would be conducted
for period of (3) months (intermittently) within the project development, implementation and operational stages. Audit at each stage shall be carried out for a period of one
month.
The Ministry of Public Works now invites eligible consultants (Firms) to indicate their interest in providing these services. Interested consultants must provide information
indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (brochures, description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills
among staff, etc.). Consultants may constitute joint-ventures to enhance their chances of qualification.
Eligibility criteria, establishment of the short-list and the selection procedure shall be in accordance with the African Development Banks Rules and Procedures for the use
of Consultants May 2008 Edition, revised July 2012, or as may be amended from time to time, which is available on the Banks website at http://www.afdb.org.
Interested consultants may obtain further information at the address below during office hours 8:00 AM 4:00 PM Monrovia Time.
Expressions of interest must be delivered to the address below by February 3, 2015 at 3:00 PM Monrovia Time and mention Expression of Interest for Technical Audit for
the Fish Town - Harper Road Project (FTHRP) Phase I.
The Fish Town - Harper Road Project (FTHRP) Phase I
Attn: I. Richmond W. K. Harding, Project Coordinator
Ministry of Public Works
Lynch Street South
Monrovia, Liberia
Telephone: +231-880-438/223 / +231-776-686-077 / +231-555-211-976
Email: rharding@mpw.gov.lr
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INVITATION FOR BIDS
INVITATION FOR BIDS
Republic Of Liberia
Ministry Of Foreign Affairs
P.O.BOX 9002
1000 Monrovia, 10 Liberia
West Africa
Republic Of Liberia
P.O.BOX 9002
West Africa
Provision of Vehicle Repairs and Maintenance Services
For the Supply of Cleaning & Entertainment Materials
Contract Identification No.: IFB No. MFA/NCB/004/14/15
Contract Identification No.: IFB No: MFA/NCB/006/14/15
1.
The Government of Liberia through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) intends to apportion
funds from budgetary appropriation towards the cost of procuring the services of a firm to provide Vehicle
Repairs and Maintenance Services (IFB No.MFA/NCB/004/14/15) through a framework agreement.
2.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs now invites your firm to submit sealed bids for the provision
of Vehicle Repairs and Maintenance Services. Bidding will be conducted through National Competitive
Bidding (NCB) Procedures as specified in the Amended and Restated Public Procurement and Concession
Act (PPC Act).These applicable procurement procedures are consistent with the REPUBLIC of LIBERIA
Amended and restated PPC Act published and approved: September 18, 2010. You can bid for one or more
lots.
3.
The supply of these services as per MFA requirements included in Bid documents:
Item
Lot 1
Vehicles
Hyundai SonataSedan
Hyundai Accent-Sedan
Hyundai Santafe-SUV
Hyundai Tucsoni x35SUV
Renault Duster SUV

Jeep
Lot 2
Renault Logan- Sedan
Qty
1
1
3
5
Service
Routine
Maintenance
OR
Corrective
Maintenance
Routine
Maintenance
OR
Corrective
Maintenance
Lot 3
Toyota Mini Bus -15

Seater
Toyota Fortuner-SUV
Jeep
Toyota Prado-SUV
Jeep
Lot 4
Nissan Patrol-SUV
Jeep
Nissan Hardbody
Pickup
Routine
Maintenance
OR
Corrective
Maintenance
Frequency
3 Months
Nissan Civilian 30
Seater
Routine
Maintenance
OR
Corrective
Maintenance
3 Months
As per
occurrence
3 Months
As per
occurrence
4.
A complete set of bidding documents may be purchased by your entity at the below address upon
payment of non refundable fee of USD$50.00. Bid security must be submitted together with bid document,
and must be 200.00 USD in Managers check or Bank Guarantee for each lot.
5.
Qualification requirements include the following:

Current Business Registration Certificate (Liberia Business Registry);

Current Tax Clearance Certificate (Ministry of Finance);

Certificate of Incorporation (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

Financial Records for the last two (2) years;

Social Security Certificate (NASSCORP);

Past performance Records of at least four (4) previous or current clients with their addresses

and telephone numbers;

Ability to pre-finance for at least four (4) weeks; and the

Ability to ensure the Safety, Mechanical, and Road Worthiness of the Ministry's Transport
Equipment.
6.
Interested and eligible bidder may obtain bidding documents and further information from the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Bureau of Procurement from Monday- Friday
(9:00 A.M- 4:00 P.M) .
7.
Submission must be clearly marked, signed and sealed in an envelope, including other requested
information as follows: CONFIDENTIAL BID- for the provision of Vehicle Repairs and Maintenance
Services to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Fiscal Year 2014/2015 and addressed to:
Director of Procurement
First (1st) Floor
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Capitol Hill
Mobile number: +231-886-608603
Web address: www.mofa.gov.lr
8.
A pre-bid opening meeting will be held at the FSI Resource Center, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
2nd floor on Monday, February 9, 2015 at 2:00 PM to answer questions relevant to the bidding process. Six
(6) days after which, all clarification request would remain unanswered to.
9.
Bid must be submitted at the Procurement Bureau 1st Floor on or before Tuesday, February 17,
2014 on or before 2:00. Bid Opening will be done promptly after closing in the main Conference room on
the 4th Floor of the Ministry, in the presence of bidders representative or those who choose to attend.
10.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs reserves the right to reject or accept any bid submitted and to annul
the entire process for reasons to be communicated to bidders without incurring any liability.
Signed: ___________________
Stanley M. Beain
(Acting Procurement Director)
Approved: ___________________
Hon. Wede Elliott-Brownell, PhD
(Deputy Minister for Administration)
Lots
Lot 1
Lot 2
Description
Cleaning Materials
Entertainment Materials
Quantity Bid Security (US$)

Assorted 500.00 Per Lot
Assorted 500.00 Per Lot
As per
occurrence
2.
The Ministry now invites qualify business entities to submit sealed bids for the
provision of Lot #1 Cleaning Materials &, Lot #2 Entertainment Materials. Bidding will
be conducted through National Competitive Bidding (NCB) Procedures as specified in the
Amended and Restated Public Procurement and Concession Act (PPC Act). These applicable
procurement procedures are consistent with the REPUBLIC of LIBERIA Amended and restated
PPC Act published and approved: September 18, 2010. You can bid for one or more lots.
3.
The supply of Cleaning Materials and Consumable Products as per MFA quantities and
requirements included in Bid documents:
3 Months
As per
occurrence
1.
The Government of Liberia through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) intends to
apportion funds from its core budget towards the cost of procuring Cleaning & Entertainment
Materials (IFB No: MFA/NCB/006/14/15) through a framework agreement.
4.
A complete set of bidding documents can be purchase by your entity at the below
address upon payment of non-refundable fee of USD$50.00. Bid security must be submitted
together with bid document, and must be USD 500.00 per lot in Managers check or Bank
Guarantee.
5. Qualification requirements include the following:


Current Tax Clearance (Ministry of Finance);

Certificate of Incorporation (Ministry of Foreign Affairs);

Audited Financial records for the last two years;


Statements of Satisfaction from four (4) previous or current clients over the last
one

year;

Availability of Supplies at all times; and the

Ability to pre-finance for at least four (4) weeks.
6. You can obtain bidding documents or further information from the Ministry
Affairs Bureau of Procurement from Monday- Friday ( 9:00 A.M- 4:00 P.M) .
of Foreign
7.
Submission must be clearly marked, signed and sealed in an envelope, including
other requested information as follows: (IFB No: MFA/NCB/006/14/15) CONFIDENTIAL
BID- for Cleaning (Lot 1) & Entertainment Materials (Lot 2) to the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs for Fiscal Year 2014/2015 and addressed to:
First (1st) Floor
Capitol Hill
8.
A pre-bid opening meeting will be held at the FSI Resource Center, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, 2nd floor on Monday, February 9, 2015 at 1:00 PM to answer questions
relevant to the bidding process. Seven (7) days after which, all clarification request would
remain unanswered to.
9.
Bid must be submitted at the Procurement Bureau 1st Floor on or before Tuesday,
February 17, 2015 on or before 2:00 PM. Bid Opening will be done promptly after closing at
2:00 PM, on the same day in the main Conference room on the 4th Floor of the Ministry, in the
presence of bidders representative or those who choose to attend.
10.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs reserves the right to reject or accept any bid submitted
and to annul the entire process at any time for reason to be communicated to bidders without
incurring any liability.
Signed: ___________________
Stanley M.Beain
Approved: ___________________
Frontpage
INVITATION FOR BIDS
INVITATION FOR BIDS
Republic Of Liberia
P.O.BOX 9002
West Africa
Republic Of Liberia
P.O.BOX 9002
West Africa
Provision of Catering Services
For the Supply of Building Materials (Repairs & Maintenance)

1.
The government of Liberia through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) intends
to apportion funds from its core budget towards the cost of procuring the services of a firm to
provide catering services (IFB No: MFA/NCB/007/14/15) through a framework agreement.
2. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs now invites qualify business firms to submit sealed bids for
the provision of catering services. Bidding will be conducted through Restricted Bidding (RB)
Procedures as specified in the Amended and Restated Public Procurement and Concession Act
(PPC Act). These applicable procurement procedures are consistent with the REPUBLIC of
LIBERIA Amended and restated PPC Act published and approved: September 18, 2010.
3.
The supply of Cleaning Materials and Consumable Products as per MFA quantities
and requirements included in Bid documents:

Est. Floor
Estimated
Ceiling Quantities
Menu
Quantities Per Head
per Head
Item
Breakfast (Continental &
350
Local)
Lunch (Continental & Local) 350
Dissert (Continental)
350
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50
50
50
Assorted
Assorted
Assorted
4.
A complete set of bidding documents may be purchase by your entity at the below
together with bid document, and must be USD 500.00 in Managers check or Bank Guarantee.


Current Tax Clearance Certificate (Ministry of Finance);

Certificate of Incorporation (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

Financial Records for the last two (2) years;


Past performance Records of at least four (4) previous or current clients with their
addresses and telephone numbers;

6.
You may obtain bidding documents and further information from the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs Bureau of Procurement from Monday- Friday
(9:00 A.M- 4:00 P.M).
7.
Submission must be clearly marked, signed and sealed in an envelope, including
other requested information as follows: (IFB No: MFA/NCB/007/14/15) CONFIDENTIAL
BID- for the provision of Catering Services to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Fiscal Year
2014/2015 and addressed to:
First (1st) Floor
Capitol Hill
8.
A pre-bid opening meeting will be held at the FSI Resource Center, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, 2nd floor on Monday February 9, 2015 at 1:00 PM to answer questions relevant to the
bidding process. Seven (7) days after which, all clarification request would remain unanswered
to.
9.
February 17, 2014 on or before 2:00 PM. Bid Opening will be done promptly after closing
at 2:00 PM in the main Conference room on the 4th Floor of the Ministry, in the presence of
bidders representative or those who choose to attend.
10.
and to annul the entire process for reasons to be communicated to bidders at any time without

1.
The Government of Liberia through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) intends to
apportion funds from its core budget towards the cost of procuring Building Materials (IFB No:
MFA/NCB/005/14/15) through a framework agreement.
2.
The Ministry now invites qualify business firms to submit sealed bids for the provision
of Lot #1 Plumbing Materials &, Lot #2 Electrical Materials Lot #3 Gardening Materials, &
Lot #4 Finishing Materials. Bidding will be conducted through Restricted Bidding (NCB)
Procedures as specified in the Amended and Restated Public Procurement and Concession Act
(PPC Act). These applicable procurement procedures are consistent with the REPUBLIC of
LIBERIA Amended and restated PPC Act published and approved: September 18, 2010. You
can bid for one or more lots.
Lots
Lot 1
Lot 2
Lot 3
Lot 4
Description
Plumbing Materials
Electrical Materials
Gardening Materials
Finishing Materials
Quantity
Assorted
Assorted
Assorted
Assorted
Bid Security (US$)

500.00 Per Lot
500.00 Per Lot
500.00 Per Lot
500.00 Per Lot
3.
The supply of these materials as per MFA quantities and requirements included in Bid
documents:
4.
A complete set of bidding documents can be purchase by your entity at the below
together with bid document, and must be USD 500.00 per lot in Managers check or Bank
Guarantee.


Current Tax Clearance (Ministry of Finance);

Certificate of Incorporation (Ministry of Foreign Affairs);

Audited Financial records for the last two years;


Statements of Satisfaction from four (4) previous or current clients over the last one

year;

Availability of Supplies at all times; and the

6. You can obtain bidding documents or further information from the Ministry
Affairs Bureau of Procurement from Monday- Friday ( 9:00 A.M- 4:00 P.M) .
of Foreign
7.
Submission must be clearly marked, signed and sealed in an envelope, including other
requested information as follows: (IFB No: MFA/NCB/005/14/15) CONFIDENTIAL BIDfor Plumbing Materials (Lot 1), Electrical Materials (Lot 2), Gardening Materials (Lot 3),
& Finishing Materials (Lot 4) to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Fiscal Year 2014/2015
and addressed to:
First (1st) Floor
Capitol Hill
8.
A pre-bid opening meeting will be held at the FSI Resource Center, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, 2nd floor on Monday, February 9, 2015 at 1:00 PM to answer questions relevant to the
bidding process. Seven (7) days after which, all clarification request would remain unanswered
to.
9.
February 17, 2015 on or before 2:00 PM. Bid Opening will be done promptly after closing at
2:00 PM, on the same day in the main Conference room on the 4th Floor of the Ministry, in the
presence of bidders representative or those who choose to attend.
10.
and to annul the entire process at any time for reason to be communicated to bidders without
Signed: ___________________
Stanley M. Beain
Signed: ________________________________
Stanley M. Beain
Approved: ___________________
Approved: _____________________________
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IN BRIEF
WHITNEY HOUSTON'S
DAUGHTER REVIVED AFTER
BEING RUSHED TO HOSPITAL
B
(Reuters) -
obbi Kristina Brown,

the only daughter of
late pop star Whitney
Houston and singer
Bobby Brown, was found
unresponsive in a bathtub at her
Georgia home on Saturday, but
she was revived after being rushed
to a hospital, police said.
The incident comes nearly three
years after Houston, a superstar
who battled substance abuse,
drowned in a bathtub in Beverly
Hills, California, in February
2012. Authorities have said
cocaine use and heart disease
contributed to her death.
Brown, 21, was found at about
10:20 a.m. (1520 GMT) in the
bathtub at her suburban Atlanta
home by her husband and a
friend, said Lisa Holland, public
information officer for the Roswell
Police Department.
Brown's husband, Nick Gordon,
started CPR and police continued
life-saving measures until an
ambulance arrived and took her to
the hospital.
NUT RAGE: KOREAN AIR

BOSS'S DAUGHTER TREATED
CREW 'LIKE SLAVES'
SEOUL (Reuters) he daughter of the boss

of Korean Air Lines
<003490.KS>, on trial
in what has popularly
become known as the "nut rage"
case, treated flight crew like
"feudal slaves," a chief steward
said in court on Monday.
Heather Cho, daughter of Korean
Air chairman Cho Yang-ho and the
former head of in-flight service, is
on trial for breaking aviation laws
and conspiring with other company
executives to force crew members
lie about the Dec. 5 incident.
Prosecutors are seeking a threeyear prison term if she is convicted.
REBELS POUND UKRAINIAN

TROOPS AFTER PEACE TALKS FAIL
Kano (Nigeria) (AFP) suspected

suicide
bombing rocked a
presidential campaign
rally in northeast
Nigeria on Monday, as the
country braced for fresh Boko
Haram attacks before polling in
just under two weeks time.
President Goodluck Jonathan,
who had been addressing
supporters of his ruling Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) in
Gombe city, had just left the
venue when the blast happened
in a car park outside.
Rescue workers and health
officials said the bodies of two
women were brought to the
Gombe State Specialist Hospital
with 18 people who were injured.
"We have evacuated two bodies
of females we believe were
suicide bombers behind the
blast," said the rescue official,
who asked to remain anonymous
because he was not authorised to
speak to media.
The blast, confirmed by
eyewitnesses
including
a
local reporter following the
presidential convoy, came a day
after two explosions in Gombe
city blamed on Boko Haram
militants.
Sunday's attacks left at least
five people dead in a weekend
of deadly violence that also saw
the Islamists attack the key city
of Maiduguri for the second time
in a week.
Nigerian troops, aided by
civilian vigilantes, repelled the
attack while Chad and Cameroon
bombed the Boko Haram-held
town of Gamboru, on the eastern
fringe of Borno State.
Security
analysts
believe
Maiduguri, the Borno state
capital, will likely be hit again
before polling day, given its
symbolism for the group and
because it would undermine the
February 14 vote.
The election is expected to be
the closest since Nigeria returned
to civilian rule in 1999, with
the prospect of the PDP being
dumped out of power for the first
time in 16 years.
Nnamdi
Obasi,
Nigeria
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WORLD NEWS
NIGERIA ON EDGE OVER BOKO HARAM,

BLAST AFTER PRESIDENTIAL RALLY
researcher at the International

Crisis Group, said the upsurge in
violence was "predictable" and
that another strike on Maiduguri
was on the cards.
- Regional force -
Boko Haram is in control

of most of Borno and has
effectively
surrounded
Maiduguri, which is seen as
one of the few places left in
the state where voting could
feasibly still take place.
Turnout could be affected if
large numbers of people, may
of them displaced by six years
of violence, desert the city,
which with other areas in the
northeast is a main opposition
stronghold.
Capturing Maiduguri would
not only be a morale-booster
for the rebels but also likely
sink Jonathan's re-election bid
once and for all, said Obasi.
Chad's offensive comes after
the African Union and United
Nations last week backed a
new 7,500-strong, five-nation

force to tackle Boko Haram.
Nigeria's military maintains
that N'Djamena's involvement
is part of the existing agreement
with Chad and Niger for their
troops to assist in the counterinsurgency.
Chad and Niger had withdrawn
their troops from the multinational base at Baga, in
northern Borno, last year,
leaving only Nigerian soldiers
EX-IMF CHIEF STRAUSS-KAHN'S

GOES ON TRIAL FOR 'PIMPING'
YENAKIEVE, Ukraine (Reuters) -

eparatist rockets streaked
across hills in eastern
Ukraine on Monday
as rebels pounded the
positions of Ukrainian government
troops holding a strategic rail town
while both sides pressed ahead
with mobilizing more forces for
combat.
Kiev's military said five more
Ukrainian soldiers were killed in
clashes while municipal authorities
in the big rebel-controlled city of
Donetsk said 15 civilians were
killed at the weekend by shelling
in a surge of violence following the
collapse of a new peace effort on
Saturday.
Talks between Ukraine, Russia and
rebel officials in Minsk, Belarus,
had raised hopes of a new ceasefire
to stem the violence in a conflict
that has claimed more than 5,000
lives. But they broke up without
progress with Ukraine and the
separatists accusing each other of
sabotaging the meeting.
Lille (France) (AFP) x-IMF

chief
Dominique StraussKahn went on trial on
Monday accused of
pimping, four years after a sex
scandal cost him his job and a
shot at the French presidency.
The
disgraced
65-year-old
economist found himself back
in the dock -- this time in the
northern French city of Lille -accused of being at the centre of a
vice ring which hired prostitutes
for sex parties in Brussels, Paris
and Washington.
A , dressed in a dark suit, slipped
past a throng of journalists into
the wood-panelled courtroom,

where he paced up and down
with his hands in his pockets
in front of the imposing stone
bench, where more than 40
massive files were stacked.
He appeared on edge as he sat,
arms folded, while presiding
judge Bernard Lemaire read
out the charges against him and
13 co-accused, a colourful cast
of characters including luxury
hotel managers, a lawyer, former
police commissioner, and a
brothel owner nicknamed "Dodo
the Pimp".
"You are accused of aiding
and abetting the prostitution of
seven persons between March

29, 2008 and October 4, 2011,
and of hiring and encouraging
the prostitution of these same
persons," Lemaire told StraussKahn.
The trial kicked off with a request
for the hearings of ex-prostitutes
to take place behind closed
doors, which Lemaire rejected
after a brief deliberation.
Lurid details of group sex
and high-end prostitution are
likely to emerge in the trial
for "aggravated pimping in
an organised group", a charge
punishable by up to 10 years in
prison and a fine of up to 1.5
million euros ($1.7 million).
The court will also mull a request
to have the trial declared invalid,
over allegations investigations
were secretly being carried out
for eight months before the
opening of an official enquiry
-- fuelling arguments by StraussKahn's supporters that he is the
victim of a political conspiracy.
The trial will be the latest in a
series of legal woes offering a
peek behind the bedroom door of
a man once tipped as a potential
to defend the town when it was

attacked on January 3.
That led some to assume the
existing force was dead in the
water but the devastating strike
on Baga, in which hundreds
or more were feared killed,
appears to have jolted it into
action.
- Two fronts Jonathan, who has been
criticised for failing to end the
violence, could be hoping for
challenger to former French

president Nicolas Sarkozy.
The ex-head of the International
Monetary Fund, known in
France as DSK, saw his career
implode in 2011 when he was
paraded handcuffed in front of
the world's cameras after a New
York hotel maid accused him of
sexual assault.
Those criminal charges were
dropped and the case settled in
a civil suit, but six months later
Strauss-Kahn's name cropped
up in an investigation into a
prostitution ring in northern
France and Belgium.
- The 'Carlton Affair' Investigators
probing
the
"Carlton Affair" -- named after
one of the swish hotels in Lille
where local businessmen and
police officials organised sex
parties -- found some of the
prostitutes involved had been
hired to participate in soirees
attended by Strauss-Kahn.
Prostitution is legal in France
but procuring -- the legal term
for pimping which includes
encouraging, benefiting from
or organising prostitution -- is
punishable by a hefty jail term.
The crux of the case against DSK
is whether he knew the women
lavishing their attention on him
were prostitutes and whether he
played a role in organising their
a political bounce from any

military successes in the tight
election campaign, even at this
late stage.
But Mark Schroeder, from
security and political analysts
Stratfor, believes that allowing
foreign forces to operate
on Nigerian soil would be
counter-productive to him and
the country.
"This is essentially absolving
Nigeria of its long-standing
geopolitical strength as the
region's hegemon able to assist
internal and pan-West African
security stability," he said.
Schroeder, the group's vicepresident for Africa analysis,
also
considered
Nigerian
Army operations no more
than "forays", adding that a
sustained effort was needed to
claw back territory.
Boko Haram's attacks on
Maiduguri may be designed
to draw the Nigerian army
to defend the city, allowing
the group to mount strikes
elsewhere in the northeast and
defend eastern positions.
Ryan Cummings, chief Africa
analyst at risk consultants
Red24, suggested the last
two strikes may have been
preliminary tests of the city's
defences.
"Boko Haram is currently in
its most advantageous tactical
position to launch a large-scale
offensive on Maiduguri, with
the intent of actually capturing
the city," he said.
"This could be the preamble
to such a push. I still remain
sceptical as to whether Boko
Haram has the resources to
either capture or hold a city the
size of Maiduguri.
"But the sect may well be
planning to give it a go."
presence.
DSK admits to being a
"libertine" who enjoys orgies but
has steadfastly denied knowing
the women were paid.
"In these circumstances one isn't
always clothed, and I challenge
you to tell the difference between
a prostitute naked and any other
woman naked," DSK's star
lawyer Henri Leclerc, 84, said
in 2011.
But even prosecutors have been
divided over whether there
is enough evidence to prove
DSK was more pimp than
casual consumer. In 2013 state
prosecutor Frederic Fevre called
for the charges to be dropped, but
investigating judges overruled
him and ordered DSK to stand
trial.
- 'King of the party' Their probe found that DSK was
the "king of the party," and they
are seeking to prove his mere
presence gave rise to prostitution
as his entourage organised
the evenings according to his
schedule.
Those attending the gatherings
described "carnage with a heap
of mattresses on the floor", with
DSK the focus of several women
at a time in an atmosphere more
of "pure sexual consummation"
than a typical swinger's party.
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VOYAGE TO THE FAR EAST
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SPORTS
MESSI MISSES BARCELONA

TRAINING FOR
"PERSONAL REASONS"
Liberias Alex Karmo hoping to reinvent Debbahs 1999 search for greener pastures for compatriots
t is more than two

weeks since 25 Liberian
footballers left Monrovia in
search of greener pastures.
Led by Liberian Football
Players Union (LFPU) founding
president Wleh Bedell, the
lads are hoping to secure the
necessary paper works and or
visas for a voyage to Laos.
Roland Mulbah, president of the
Sports Writers Association of
Liberia, told FrontPageAfrica
(FPA) on Monday that the
delegation will leave Accra,
Ghana on Wednesday for Laos.
Officially the Lao People's
Democratic Republic, Laos is a
landlocked country in Southeast
Asia, bordered by Burma and
the Peoples Republic of China
to the northwest, Vietnam to the
east, Cambodia to the south and
Thailand to the west.
Since 1975, it has been ruled
by a Marxist and communist
government. Its population
was estimated to be around 6.8
million in July 2014.
The national sport is the
martial art of muay Lao. It is a
form of kickboxing similar to
Thailand's muay Thai, Burmese
Lethwei, Malaysian Tomoi, and
Cambodian Pradal Serey.
But football has grown to be
the most popular sport in Laos.
The Lao League, made-up of
12 clubs, is the top professional
league.
Since it started in 1990, Lao
Army FC have been the most
successful club with eight
titlesthe highest number of
championship wins by a club.
This is where some Liberian
footballers want to grab a
professional deal with some
decent wages or use it as a spring
board to higher heights.
[Today is] day nine in Ghana.
[We are] enjoying every moment
with my lads and the new
goodwill ambassador of Liberian
football, Alex Beyam Karmo.
I know you are keen to know
why the Laos-based rugged
rearguard is being described in
such manner. Just wait and read
subsequent posts and articles,
Bedell, who selected the players,
posted on facebook on January
26.
They have been training at Nania
Football Clubs academy, owned
by Ghanaian legend Abedi
Pele and had a trial match with
the club that plays in Ghanas
division one.
Liberia
international
Alex
Danesius Marteh, danesius.marteh@frontpageafricaonline.com

arcelona
have
given Lionel Messi
permission to miss
training on Monday
due to personal reasons.
The Argentina international
played a starring role as Barca
twice came from behind to beat
Villarreal 3-2 in La Liga on
Sunday, scoring the third and
ultimately decisive goal.
Messi - who has 22 league
goals this term - did not
partake in the club's recovery
session, although Barca did not
elaborate on the reasons why.
"The first team has trained on
Monday morning at the Ciutat
Esportiva Joan Gamper," read
a statement on Barcelona's
website.
SAMUEL ETO'O READY

TO QUIT SAMPDORIA
Alex Karmo (left) exchanges pleasantry with Nania FC captain

Karmo, who plays for SHB
Champasak FC in Laos, is said
to be bankrolling the trip but
FPA understands that each player
made a contribution of US$500.
Karmos club finished third in
the 2014 league but it is his
desire to see his compatriots in
Laos that has left me with plenty
talking points.
Liberia are at 115, 45 places
above Laos, on the latest Fifa
world rankings released on
January 8.
So why do young footballers
want to go there?
Well, countries or leagues
rankings dont matter to them,
at least, because football is
practically dead and buried in
Liberia.
The dreams of footballers hoping
to earn professional contracts in
Europe or America arent easily
realized.
For
example,
Liberias
participation
in
youth
competitions have been on
an adhoc basis due to the
combination of a lack of
programs, finances, good
administrators
and
trained
technicians.
Liberias
last
international
competitions were in shambles.
Players of the under-20 national
team went to camp less than four
days to their home match with
the Ivory Coast.
The necessary motivation may
have been lacking when they
were given US$100 as perdiems.
They squeezed a 1-0 victory on
May 10, 2014 but camped for
only two days to their departure
for the return leg in Abidjan
without perdiems. They were
beaten 2-0 on May 24, 2014.
The Liberia Football Association
didnt give their promised
perdiems and they seized the
jerseys meant for the senior team
on their return to the Roberts
International Airport.
Their seniors, who also had
a return leg against Lesotho
in Maseru on June 1, 2014,
endured their fair share of bad
organization.
The traveling delegation had to
wait for hours at the airport in
Accra before accommodations
were arranged and then team
manager Sebastian Collins was
used as a pawn in the game of
chess to guarantee the hotel that
A group photo of Nania FC and the Liberian players
their expenses would be paid.

Captain
Anthony
Laffor
hanged his boots about Liberia
lost 2-0, 2-1 on aggregate in
disappointment with the manner
and form the return leg was
handled.
amuel Etoo is ready

to quit Sampdoria
just a week after
completing his move
from Everton.
The Cameroon international
clashed with coach Sinisa
Mihajlovic after he refused
to attend an extra training
session following Sampdorias
5-1 defeat to Torino, in which
he made his debut as a 71stminute substitute.
The two held crisis talks after
Etoo elected to travel back to
Milan, where he and his family
are currently based, instead of
train with the squad.
the delegation visas because

it received information from
Monrovia that the team was
made-up of ex-combatants
who were purporting to be
footballers.
The likes of Isaac Bulu Ballah
OFFICIAL: WOLFSBURG SIGN

SCHURRLE FROM CHELSEA
Alex Karmo (left) greets Ghanaian legend Abedi Pele (right) before the trial match
These and many factors compel

young footballers, who see
the game as their only means
of livelihood, to look for
opportunities even in Iraq, where
Liberia honored a friendly match
for US$450,000 in May 2013.
And this trip reminds me about
the then Mark Professionals
scheduled tournament in Lyon,
France in 1999.
James Salinsa Debbah, with the
involvement of Hilary Justine
Colnoe (then DC 101 sports
producer and presenter) had
contributed US$20,000 for the
trip with the hope of increasing
Liberian professionals in Europe.
But the trip didnt materialize
because
Frances
foreign
ministry informed its embassy
in Abidjan, Ivory Coast to deny
Saar, Josiah Africa Dust Seton,

Aaron Cole, Bebe Jones, Joseph
Lepeh Lepeh Sayon, Eric Lee
Wright, Jimmy Dixon, George
Gebro, Peter Kromah, Michael
Tommy, Eric Glasgow and Doko
Wesseh were part of that failed
trip.
France, maybe, had all right to
believe an outright lie because
the rebel
Liberians
United
for
Reconciliation and Democracy
(LURD) were in Lofa County
desperate to unseat the Charles
Taylor-led government.
Ahead of their departure, may
God grant Karmo, Bedell and
playing body traveling mercies
and the realization of their
dreams.
olfsburg have
completed the
signing of Andre
Schurrle from
Chelsea, with the Germany
international signing a fourand-a-half-year contract with
the Bundesliga club.
The World Cup winner started
and scored in the Blues' first
Premier League match of
the season, away to Burnley,
but has since found firstteam opportunities limited at
Stamford Bridge.
Schurrle has made just five
starts in the Premier League,
scoring three times, most
recently in the demolition of
Swansea City, and was set to
be shunted further down the
pecking order by the imminent
arrival of Juan Cuadrado from
Fiorentina.
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www.frontpageafricaonline.com
VOL 9 NO.22
ekou Jabateh-Oliseh will

hope Seydou Doumbias
transfer to AS Roma
presents a window of
opportunity for him.
Having allowed Mattia Destro to
join AC Milan, Roma reinforced
their attacking ranks on Saturday
by signing Doumbia on a four-anda-half-year deal worth US$16.33
million (14.4 million Euros), with
the potential for an extra US$1.7
million (1.5 million Euros) in
performance-related add-ons.
The 27-year-old has been prolific
since moving to Russia in August
2010, scoring 83 goals in 129
appearances.
Doumbia was the Russian Premier
League's top scorer in 2011-12
and 2013-14, having also won
two league titles and two Russian
Cups at the Stadion Luzhniki in
Moscow.
That has prompted Roma to part
with a considerable sum for his
services as they go about looking
to reel in Juventus at the top of
Serie A.
Doumbia, who has played in
Japan, Switzerland and Russia,
will debut for Roma after the
Africa Cup of Nations as the
Ivory Coast take on DR Congo in
Wednesdays first semi-final tie.
Roma coach Rudi Garcia was
delighted to have Doumbia, who
will play alongside compatriot
Gervinho, on board.
"There's nothing more to say
about Doumbia. The numbers
speak for themselves. At the end
of next week, he'll return [from
the Africa Cup of Nations], along
with Gervinho, said Garcia.
CSKA said in a statement: "PFC
CSKA thanks Seydou for his
contribution in the successes of
the team in the past years and
wishes all the best in his future
career!"
And Jabateh will hope the time has
come for CSKA, who sold Japans
Keisuke Honda to AC Milan in
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in him as the seasons second phase
gets under on March 7.
Jabateh has occasionally featured
for CSKA signed Ahmed Musas
move from Dutch club VVV Venlo
in January 2012.
And he went on loan to Greek club
PAOK FC in January 2013, with an
extension in July 2013.
But with CSKA needing to defend
their title and the departure of
Doumbia, Jabateh was recalled from
his loan deal with Kuban Krasnodar.
He joined Kuban on July 10, 2014,
tallying 739 minutes from 12
appearances (nine as a starter) with
four goals, a red and yellow card.

Jabateh must now win one of four
slots in a midfield that has been
dominated by Zoran Tosic and
Georgi Milanov (17 apps each);
Pontus Wernbloom (14 apps), Alan
Dzagoev and Bibras Natcho (13
apps each) and Roman Eremenko
(12 apps).
And it starts with a trip to Terek
Grozny as CSKA lie second on the
table, seven points behind Zenit St.
Petersburg.
It remains to be seen if coach Leonid
Slutsky will repose confidence in
the Liberia international.
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FOR A PROTRACTED period, reports have emanated

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say you will get Ebola but it is

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is who withdrew the money

this legislature and that is the

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The Kenyan medical volunteers and K-33 Officials at the occasion

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in Kenya, and we are sure that

Medical Team leader stressed

countries, spoke on the theme:

Reading a brief history of K-33,

industrial accident has not