Feature Written & Contributed By: Bill Reuben Gongo
FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 2010

The Government of the United States of America, in collaboration with the Government of Liberia, have sworn in additional 14 American Peace Corps Volunteers to serve as instructors of various disciplines, or subjects in several schools in Liberia, particular so in rural parts of the country for the next two years, with President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf welcoming the idea, expressing “Hoped and Confidence” that it will overturn massive failures of Liberian Students in the West African Examinations Council in next coming school year.

The Nigerian Contingent, Nabtt 23, serving in the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) has graduated 28 students in an intensive computer training course at its sector headquarters in Sinkor.

By: Roland Perry
The Plenary of the Liberia Senate has voted to summon three civil society organizations to appear before it on Thursday, August 12, 2010 for making statements the senate described as “disrespectful” and “inciting” against it.

By Marcus Zoleh
One of the senior government prosecutors now judge of the Tax Court of Liberia has vowed to ensure justice to all parties that appear before the court.

When Nimba County Superintendent, Mrs. Edith Gongloe-Weh, sounded an alarm bell, barely a week before the official July 26 celebrations, that all was not going well in the preparations, she may have succeeded in lowering expectations when visitors thronged Nimba for the event.

By D Kaihenneh Sengbeh (+231) 6 586 531; dakasen1978@yahoo.com

It was a day of mixed weather: the sun initially showed its sweltering prowess, making everywhere hot. Then, it became cloudy. Large droplets of rain came down, hitting the soil unfeelingly, for a while; then, the sun show its face again, this time not as sizzling as the previous.

D K Sengbeh’s Testimonial Account
Vooo-oo, vooo-oo boooom gbaa-aan! Thick brownish dust, like spiraling smoke, spewed into the sunny skies. Broken windshield scattered and fresh blood splattered. The car engine stops automatically. Yelping and groaning, vibrating across the dead-quiet densely ever-green forest intensified.

Experts in West Africa say that despite an incredible demand for fresh waters by millions of people, most of the region’s major river basins are already shrinking or drying up, with prediction that the region risks “water stress or shortage” in the next decade and half, and threatens many people’s right to access safe drinking water.

By D Kaihenneh Sengbeh
The sunbeams was mild, the weather dazzling as a cold wind blew across the newly paved road.

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