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Ricks Institute Alumni Association, USA, presents to Athletic Department Sporting Goods Equipment totaling Ten Thousand United States Dollars

On Tuesday, March 17, 2020, Ricks Institute Alumni Association, USA, Inc. (RIAA-USA) presented to the Athletic Department of its alma mater, a shipment of Sporting Goods Equipment of Ten Thousand United States Dollars ($10,000.00 USD).

Additionally, the Alumni Association U.S.A. Inc., launched a Ten Thousand United States Dollars, ($10,000.00 USD) Renovation Project for the Restoration of the Restrooms in The William V.S. Tubman Administration Building, (the building which houses the school’s main classrooms).

Mr. Joseph A. H. Jones, Design Group Inc. Architect/Engineer, is RIAA-USA Consultant in Liberia. Mr. Jones is also serving as Project Manager for the restrooms restoration project. The expected completion date of the above noted project is April 30, 2020. The scope of work to be covered includes, A complete overhaul of the Sewer System of the Administration Building; the Restrooms; New Piping will be laid; all New Fixtures will be installed and a complete paint job is expected to be done. Read more...

Liberia’s First Case of Coronavirus Leaves More Dangling Questions amid Claims and Counterclaims

MONROVIA – The first case of the novel coronavirus (covid-19) landed with so many controversies, leaving more questions than answers and the public wondering if precautionary measures are truly enforced by health officials at the country’s entry points, especially at the Roberts International Airport.

The first case which was announced on Monday, March 16, 2020, is believed to have come from Switzerland. The carrier, Dr. Nathaniel Blama, head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), had returned from an official trip where he attended a Global Climate Fund (GCF) conference. Read more...

Coronavirus: African states impose strict restrictions

Several African states have imposed far-reaching restrictions in a bid to curb the spread of coronavirus.

South Africa has declared a national disaster and announced a ban on travel from the worst-affected countries, while Kenya has also imposed sweeping travel restrictions.

The measures are an attempt to prevent a major outbreak on a continent with poor health services.

At least 27 African states have so far been affected by the virus. Read more...

Gasoline Shortage Relapse in Montserrado County?

Despite overcoming gasoline shortages couple of weeks ago, the petroleum suppliers are again struggling to keep the gasoline flowing at the pumps consistent with consumer demand.

Though product was brought in the country a month ago with officials of government boasting that the shortage issue had been finally resolved, it seems that not the case anymore. Read more...

Finland jails Sierra Leone man in Liberia war crimes case

HELSINKI (AP) — A Finnish court has jailed in a custody hearing a 50-year-old Sierra Leone man suspected of committing serious war crimes and crimes against humanity from 1999 through 2003 during Liberia’s bloody second civil war.

The man is suspected of several murders, gross human rights abuses in exceptional circumstances, aggravated war crimes and an aggravated rape, said the Pirkanmaa District Court during Thursday’s hearing in the southern city of Tampere. Read more...

Trump announces 30-day suspension of travel from Europe

President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced a 30-day bar on travel from most of Europe to the United States in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus — ratcheting up his administration’s response after battling criticism for previously downplaying the crisis.

In a rare address from the Oval Office, Trump said the European Union had “failed to take the same precautions” as the U.S. had implemented to contain the coronavirus outbreak, prompting his decision to temporarily suspend travel between the two continents. The restrictions will not apply to the United Kingdom, where the number of confirmed cases topped 400 on Wednesday. Read more...

‘Don’t Kill Senator Dillon’s Brother Without Giving Him Due Processes’

-Cllr. Augustine Toe, former LACC commissioner, cautions government’s lawyers

Minutes after government’s lawyers (prosecution) that are pressing to convict Oliver Dillon asked the 13th Judicial Circuit Court in Margibi County to postpone the case, Dillon’s lawyer, Cllr. Augustine Toe, who is a former commissioner of the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC), is arguing that the request is a complete violation of the fundamental rights of his client and meant to keep him silent. Defendant Dillon is currently in jail.

“If you want to kill Oliver Dillon because of his brother, you should first allow him to go through a due process,” Cllr. Toe said openly, during an argument as to whether the prosecution‘s request should be granted by Judge Mardea Tatt-Chenoweth or not. Read more...