Citizens of Belle Yella Township in Gbarpolu County have commended President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf for her decision to allow sons of that Township to construct a vocational school in the area instead of revitalizing the maximum prison compound.

The Personnel and Operations Manager of Firestone/Liberia has stressed the need for the highest level of productivity, dedication and commitment by workers at his plantations company.

Senior Nimba lawmaker, Senator Prince Johnson leaves the country this week for Bamako and Dakar, capital cities of Mali and Senegal, respectively, as guest of Medi-Lab, an International medical group based in Germany with seven offices in West Africa and Luxemburg.

THE CHIEF OF office staff and Minister of state for presidential Affairs has resigned following his alleged involvement in a sex scandal.

The Special Representative of the Secretary General, Mr. Alan Doss, has commended Liberia for the tremendous progress the country has witnessed since the start of the UN peace mission in the country in 2003, but cautioned against complacency.

By: Rudolph G. Gborkeh The United Nations Mission in Liberia, UNMIL’s Coordinator, and Ambassador Alan Doss has heaped praises on personnel of the six battalion (Ukrainians) serving the Mission at its Aviation Unit at the Roberts International Airport when he awarded them UN Peacekeeping Medals at a splendid program held over the weekend.

By Rudolph G. Gborkeh The David Gueh Memorial UMC on GSA Road in Paynesville was the scene of fighting and other forms of immoral activities on Sunday February 25, 2007 when normal church worship service was abruptly halted by gruff entering into the church’s premises by several personnel of the Liberia National Police upon the alleged order of one Rev. Cooper Monjolo. At the end of the episode, one female worshipper who made an attempt to enter the church edifice in spite of tight security deployed in the premises by the LNP due to the confusion was handcuffed but later released.

The President of the University of Liberia, Dr. Al-Hassan Conteh has reiterated that the mission of the University of Liberia is to prepare well-qualified men and women for public service and contribute to the achievement of the millennium Development Goal for sustainable human development.

FOR SOME TIME now, the issue of gender, by which stress of women as priority in national development has gradually gained currency amongst other issues along with men on the same pedestal. For the Liberian scenario, there is already a full level ministerial agency created to address gender issues. The Ministry of Gender and Development, which has the catalytic role of empowering women and children, against the myriad social hurdles so that they ultimately play vital roles in the reconstruction and eventual development of the nation, has barely been in existence for the last ten years, and now we have a female leadership in Liberia.

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says government land set aside for use by marketers in the country, will not be used by private business people under her administration.