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Henry Karmo (0886522495) henry.karmo@frontpageafricaonline.com
Monroviahe current trial of Ebola Vaccines in Liberia has

left lawmakers raising question about the process
with members of the Liberian Ministry of Health.
Senator Jewel H. Taylor (NPP-Bong County)
backed a communication that invited members of the LiberiaUS Joint Clinical Research Partnership to a hearing about
benefits for people who may die as a result of taking the trial
vaccine. But appearing before the Senate on Wednesday, Dr.
Stephen Kennedy one of the Co-Principal investigators said
there will be no medical benefit given to people who may die
or suffer from side effects as a result of consenting to take
the Ebola trial vaccine. Dr. Kennedy who also took the trial
vaccine said that legal implications that could address such
an incident is under discussion with the Ministry of Justice.
Dr. Kennedy said: The ministry of justice is working with
the legal aspect, but what we at the technical level have tried
to do, is put a part of money aside to be able to address these
issues for side effects until the government completes the
legal process.
Dr. Kennedy said he is among 24 other people who
consented to take the Ebola trial vaccine and claimed that
the process is completely voluntary. He said the trial vaccine
is a partnership with the United States and Canada.
This is history in the making. I say history in the making
because this is unprecedented. Its unprecedented because
if we are able to make this vaccine work, Liberia will be
making a significant contribution to global public health
despites other research carried out in other areas, Dr.
Kennedy said.
Speaking earlier Mr. Tolbert Nyeswah the man hailed by
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf during her state of the nation
address at the legislature for his numerous efforts in the fight
against the Ebola virus urged Liberians through the senate
committee to give the process a trial.
He said, the Virus though not approved by the World Health
Organization (WHO), the world governing medical body,
there are prospects in the process and Liberia could be on
the verge of making great impact on the global health scene.
The health practitioners appearance before the Senate
Health committee comes in the wake of a communication
written by Senator Taylor to plenary about the legislature

being excluded from the process. At the end of the hearing,
the chairman on the senate Health Committee Senator
Peter Coleman (CDC-Grand Kru County) told journalist
that his committee will report to plenary on what they have
been told by the ministry of health to make decision or
recommendation.
The trial of two vaccines commenced on Monday with the
first twelve persons taking the vaccine. In October 2014,
the government of Liberia and the United States formed a
partnership to find a vaccine to prevent Ebola. The vaccine
study styled PREVAIL, is a large clinical study led by US
and Liberian researchers sponsored by the National Institute
of Allergy and Infectious Disease, which is part of the US
Institute of Health.
Information Minister Lewis Brown at a news conference
on Wednesday termed the vaccines trial as an opportunity
for Liberia to lead the world in the search for a cure and
prevention of Ebola.
We must step up to enhance the challenge of finding
a preventive cure to the deadly disease, because if we do
not, the world would not be able to prevent the virus from
recurring, he said.
Even though your fears of the trial vaccination may be
genuine, but we cannot be faulted for not trying to end an
epidemic that has the potential of re-occurrence if we do not
try our best to fight it totally.
The vaccines being administered to Liberian volunteers at the
Redemption Hospital are the ChAd3-ZEBOV, manufactured
by GlaxoSmithKline, a British pharmaceutical company
and the rVSV-ZEBOV, manufactured by Merck/NewLink in
Canada.
New Ebola case in Margibi
Margibi County Health Officer has announced a new Ebola
death in the county following nearly one month of no new
case. Dr. Adolphus Yeiah told the Liberia News Agency
Wednesday that the victim came from the St. Paul Bridge
Community in Monrovia over the weekend, noting that he
was seeking herbal treatment.
Dr. Yeiah said the victim (whose name is withheld) was taken
to Gaygbah Town, Borlorla Township in Gibi District where
he was later discovered to have died of the Ebola virus.
He noted that the County Health Team (CHT) and partners
upon hearing about the incident quickly moved into the town
and did a test, which proved
positive.
He also disclosed that 256
people from two towns Gaygbah
and Papa and nearby towns and
villages that came into direct
contact with the victim prior to
his death would be quarantined.
This latest case where a lady
brought her sick husband
into Margibi County from the
Saint Paul Bridge Community
is counterproductive. This
unwholesome behavior has
the propensity to cause the
resurgence of the virus, said
Yeiah.
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FrontPage COMMENTARY
EDITORIAL
A CRUCIAL TEST OF OUR NATIONAL
NO ALIBI FOR
Commentary
LEBANONS CRUELTY;
DEATH OF LIBERIAN
GIRLS A BIG SHAME
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 criminals- as 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.
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
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COMMITMENT TO FIGHT CORRUPTION

A Statement by the Alternative National Congress of Liberia (ANC), Contributing Writer
ow that the senatorial electionsour first elections

as a Partyare over, we at the Alternative National
Congress of Liberia (ANC) once again want to focus
on the pressing issues, including issues of corruption,
facing our country and how they can be tackled. We begin by
looking at a case that we believe represents a crucial test of our
national commitment to fighting corruption. That case involves
the investigation by the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission
(LACC) into how the leadership of the House of Representatives
spent $1.2 Million it purportedly received from the National Oil
Company of Liberia (NOCAL) to conduct a nationwide citizen
consultation process in connection with reforming our petroleum
laws.
We believe that this investigation represents a crucial test of our
national commitment to fight corruption because the investigation
seeks to hold people at the highest rungs of government
accountable for possible misuse of public funds. Accordingly, we
believe that all well-meaning Liberians, including the leadership
of the Legislature, should support the investigation and help the
LACC successfully exercise its statutory duty to "investigate the
conduct of any person, irrespective of office or status, natural or
otherwise, if the conduct of the person(s) involves corruption."
See LACC Act, Section 5.2 (b).
Regrettably, recent conduct and statements by some members of
the House of Representatives suggest that the leadership of our
Legislature does not attach the requisite degree of importance
to the LACC investigation. We note, in particular, statements
made by the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Hans Barchue, who headed the special legislative committee that
led the national petroleum law consultation process. Speaking
at a recent press conference, the Deputy Speaker informed the
public of a letter he received from the LACC inviting him "to
appear before its Chief Investigator to provide useful information
and a comprehensive expenditure [report] on the Nationwide
Consultation of the New Petroleum Law," including "vouchers
and other relevant documents." To our utter surprise, the Deputy
Speaker essentially announced in his press conference that he
will not cooperate with the LACC's investigation and produce
the information and documents requested by the Agency. We are
all the more surprised by the Deputy Speaker's decision because
none of the reasons he asserts for his refusal to cooperate with
the LACC's investigation can pass the most basic legal smell test.
First, Deputy Speaker Barchue suggests that the LACC's request
that he produce documents relating to how his committee
spent public funds violates his constitutional right against selfincrimination because he is being "compelled" by the LACC
"to produce evidence against himself." The Deputy Speaker
is plainly wrong. Like all Liberians, the Deputy Speaker may
certainly invoke his right against incriminating himself, if he
so chooses. However, it is settled that where a person is asked
to produce documents in connection with a potential criminal
investigation, he may assert the right against self-incrimination
only as it relates to his "private papers." The documents the
LACC has asked the Deputy Speaker to produce are not his
private papers. Instead, they are public documents, such as an
"expenditure report," and "vouchers and related documents, that
were generated in connection with and concern how an official
committee established by the House of Representatives and
headed by the Deputy Speaker spent public funds to ostensibly
cover costs related to an official governmental function. At most
therefore, the Office of the Deputy Speaker held these documents

as a custodian for the government. However, this does not make
the documents his "private papers" as to preclude their production
to the LACC.
Moreover, even if the right against self-incrimination applies here,
the Deputy Speaker, by invoking it, is inviting all Liberians to
witness the ugly spectacle of one of their most senior officials
refusing to cooperate with a legitimate and official corruption
investigation on the ground that he would incriminate himself
were he to do so.
The Deputy Speaker also wrongly relies on agency law to
insulate himself from the LACC's investigation. He argues that
under the "doctrine of Principal-Agent Relationship," an agent is
accountable to its principal for any act done in the name of the
agency. The Deputy Speaker thus contends that as head of the
Consultation Committee, he was acting in an agency capacity and
is therefore "supposed to make a comprehensive financial report
to the House's Plenary--the Principal, and not to the LACC. The
Deputy Speaker's reliance on agency law to avoid cooperating
with the LACC is seriously misplaced. It is true that as an agent
for the House's Plenary, the Deputy Speaker is required to report
to that body. However, that does not mean that he may not also
be required to provide information to a governmental body, like
the LACC, which is legitimately clothed with statutory authority
to investigate whether he and his committee misappropriated
government funds.
Finally, the Deputy Speaker claims he is not required to cooperate
with the LACC's investigation because in its letter to him the LACC
wrongly stated the amount of money his committee received and
the source of the money. Specifically, the Deputy Speaker said the
LACC stated in its letter to him that it was investigating how his
committee spent $1.2 million provided by NOCAL. The Deputy
Speaker claims, however, that his committee actually received
$900,000 and that the money was provided not by NOCAL but by
the "Government of Liberia through budgetary means."
The amount and particular source of the money in question are
irrelevant. The issue here is not whether the amount in question
was $900,000 or $1.2 Million. It is also not whether it came from
NOCAL or through budgetary means. Rather, the relevant issue
here is whether the amount in question is government money and
whether the LACC has statutory authority to investigate possible
misuse of that money. There can be no dispute about the fact that
the money at issue here is government money and that the LACC's
investigation falls within the agencys authority to "examine and
investigate any information, matter or report that indicates or
raises suspicion" of corruption by a public official. See LACC
Act, Section 5.2(c).
For the reasons we have already stated, the LACC's investigation
is crucially important to our fight against corruption. We therefore
strongly urge the Deputy Speaker and, for that matter, the entire
leadership of the Legislature, including the Speaker of the House
of Representatives himself, to submit themselves to, and cooperate
with, the investigation. To do otherwise would totally undermine
public faith and confidence in our governmental processes.
For the same reasons, we urge the LACC to continue full speed
with its anti-corruption work and to use all of the investigatory
and prosecutorial powers at its disposal to bring this investigation
to a speedy and successful completion in a manner that fosters
transparency in government.
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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WHAT READERS ARE SAYING

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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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REPAIRING LIBERIA'S BROKEN HEALTHCARE DELIVERY SYSTEM

The Editor,
his article presents a practical approach to fixing Liberias

broken healthcare delivery system. It offers realistic
approaches to deal with the meltdown of the system during
the Ebola crisis by offering alternatives to rebuild the
system. Since the advent of Ebola, the attention of Liberians and the
world has dramatically increase regarding the harrowing and appalling
state of Liberias healthcare delivery system. So, lets cut right to the
chase: The ensuing debate over how weak our healthcare delivery
system is isn't going to go away anytime soon. It may sound daunting,
but the reality is that these challenges are surmountable if, that is,
our leaders totally commit themselves to tackling these challenges
sincerely and with the right people leading the charge to properly
manage the change. Liberia already has the needed people, know-how,
experience, and financing to make its healthcare delivery system one
of the best on the continent. However, with strong political will from
the President, sustained encouragement from the legislature, pressure
from an informed public, and a can do attitude from policymakers
to make real change happen, Liberias healthcare delivery system can
be fixed. We too can make our voices heard by offering alternatives
in a constructive manner and presenting structural reform measures,
which can realistically fix our healthcare delivery system.
It has already been well established that Liberias healthcare delivery
system is totally broken and desperately in need of urgent repair.
Every Liberian knows that our healthcare delivery system is awfully
dysfunctional, and doesnt deliver effective and adequate care to the
vast majority of our people. And, because of its horrific condition,
it impacts families miserably and impoverishes the vast majority of
our people unnecessarily. Our healthcare delivery system is unevenly
weighted toward the privileged and urban centers and contributes
to poverty and inequity. Despite considerable increase in spending
over the past decade, our healthcare system continues to undermine
socioeconomic development by not ensuring equity or adequately
addressing the substantial increase in our disease burden. This author
believes that this is the primary reason why Liberians who are in poor
health less often move up and more frequently move down the social
ladder than those who are privileged, connected and in good health.
Because equitable and sustainable access to healthcare delivery has
not been attained in Liberia, the biggest causes of morbidity remain
malaria, respiratory infections, diarrhea, typhoid, Intestinal worms,
anemia and malnutrition. In addition, life expectancy is lower, infant
deaths are higher, and there are fewer doctors and hospital beds
available on average to Liberians. In addition, it is near impossible
for a woman to give birth in Liberia without complications due in
part to treatment, medication, location of facilities and transportation
to facilities. As a result, there is high child and maternal mortality,
recurrent epidemics and health crisis, which chronically aggravates
the system, according to WHO, the World Health Organization.
As such, over37% of children who are less than five years of age
suffer from chronic malnutrition with 7% of them suffering from
acute malnutrition, causing stunting in nearly one-third, and leaving
2 in 5 underweight, this is according to UNICEF, the UN Children
agency. Furthermore, many Liberians, particularly those in periurban and rural areas, often have to travel long distances to receive
basic healthcare. And, once they reach a hospital or a clinic, they can
only receive care when they pay the exorbitant cost for treatment
and medication. Inevitably, many ends up foregoing treatment, while
those who can afford to pay, find cost ruinous and quality of service
limited. Worst of all, medicines are loosely and cavalierly sold on the
street by peddlers hawking counterfeit drugs because the countrys
healthcare system does not have regulatory enforcement powers and
systems for dispensing drugs safely across the board.
Liberia is not a healthy country by any stretch of ones imagination,
and it has not been healthy for the past decade when numerous
opportunities and massive goodwill existed to make a real difference
in the lives of the vast majority of our people after years of terrible wars
and socioeconomic dislocation. During this period, our healthcare

delivery system was neglected and underserved, consistently relying
on bilateral organizations and international institutions to upgrade and
provide the most basic of resources, treatment, medication, supplies,
equipment and technical assistance. Today, the state of our healthcare
delivery system is one of poor population, subjected to abject poverty
and burden by diseases that have been eradicated or brought under
control in most of the world. The challenge for our country is to
implement basic sanitation, water, hygiene and medical techniques to
address our very heavy diseases burden.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Liberia lags far
behind the rest of the world, in almost all indicators of health, and forth
from the bottom behind most other countries on the continent. Since
the beginning of multiparty democratic rule in the country in 2006,
our government has continuously focused on the purchase healthcare
through direct payment by individuals, instead of facilitating some
sort of health insurance scheme to cover all Liberians regardless of
social status, income or region. In addition, widespread corruption
in the sector has cut a large slice out of our healthcare budget, thus
accounting for miserable provision of care. Furthermore, the lack
of adequate accessible health infrastructure has made it difficult to
provide services to the vast majority of our people especially those
in remote areas or in leeward counties. Imagine being seriously ill in
Lofa, Bong, Bomi or Maryland county and have to travel on bad roads
in dilapidated public transportation or motorbike taxi to a clinic or
hospital 10 miles away. In many of these cases, patients expire before
reaching their destination.
Now, lets face the facts about Ebola, which terrorize our country for
seven months. The spread of the virus put a terrible spotlight on our
countrys extremely weak healthcare delivery system.
The crisis caused our healthcare delivery system to collapse at its
core. Many Liberians who suffered from other curable diseases
during this period die and still continue to die simply because they
could not and cannot access proper and adequate healthcare. Ebola
proved that fighting disease from a prevention perspective will
always be difficult because the necessary tools, such assassination,
clean water and nutrition are still not in place in homes, clinics,
hospitals and community settings throughout the country to deal
with the most basic necessities of sustaining life, let alone illness at
a distressed period of infirmity. Ebola placed Liberian healthcare at
a critically defining moment despite the huge level of international
attention, which has had no tangible impact on primary and secondary
healthcare of our people. The lack of trust in government was a major
handicap in tackling the spread of Ebola; notwithstanding, the virus
has presented our country with a golden opportunity to rebuild our
healthcare system.
Rebuilding Liberias healthcare delivery system needs to begin by
embracing longer-term structural changes. By so doing, the strategy
should begin with an honest examination of the relationship between
the people and the government. This means the government should
launch community-based healthcare initiatives and facilities, which
should critically engage and empower local communities in the
rebuilding of our healthcare delivery system. The next two years will
determine whether or not our countrys healthcare delivery system
is structurally reformed or just tinkled with around the edges. The
kind of structural reforms, which needs to be undertaking, is crucial
to improving general health outcomes, reducing disease burdens and
cutting the mortality rates of Liberians by more than eighty percent.
Structural reforms than, needs to first deal with political leadership,
which is required from the highest levels of government to fix the
system.
By: Francis W. Nyepon, fnyepon@aol.com

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Judiciary Observes Hour of Mourning For Fallen Chief Justice Johnnie Lewis
GREAT MAN REMEMBERED

H
Monrovia-
undreds
of
employees of the
Temple of Justice
including the Chief
Justice Francis Korkpor and
Associate Justices stood for
hour in queue to pay respect
as the body of the fallen Chief
Justice Johnnie N. Lewis was
taken to the Temple of Justice
for an hour of viewing.
The mournful event held
Wednesday was one of the
protocols set by government
as part of ceremonies marking
the funeral rites of the fallen
Chief Justice who died on
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
at the John F. Kennedy Hospital
after a brief illness.
Many
legal
practitioners
including ordinary Liberians
who have spoken with
FrontPageAfrica
after
hearing the news of his death
considered him as the greatest
legal practitioners that the
country will ever remembered
due to several reforms he made
to transform the Judiciary.
This man was a great the
turn-out of many people at
this building today shows how
great he was, said Patrick
Johnson who was spotted
among several mourners at the
Temple of Justice Wednesday.
The mortal remains of the
late Chief Justice Johnnie N.
Lewis was removed from the
Samuel Stryker Funeral Home
in Sinkor at 3:00pm under a
special escort and paraded with
to the Temple of Justice for the
mournful event.
In his special statement Chief
Justice Korkpor praised the late
Lewis for the many reforms
he made in the Judiciary such
as the building of new court
houses and the rehabilitation of
others both in Montserrado and
the leeward counties.
He praised the fallen Chief
Justice for his passion and
dedication to the high court
and the judicial branch of
government. Death is a
process of life that one cant
escape. He appeared before
us yesterday and gone but his
memory is still fresh with us.
Chief Justice Korkpor asked
the family of the fallen Chief
justice to take solace and stated
that although the family of
the late chief Justice had lost
a great relative, the Judiciary
family who he has worked with
over the years will missed him
a lot.
According to governments
protocol at the end of the onehour of viewing of the remains
of the late Chief Justice his
body was taken to the St.
Thomas Episcopal Church on
Camp Johnson Road for a night
of wake-keeping.
On Saturday, February 7, 2015,
the remains of the late Chief
Justice Lewis who served the
Judiciary from 2006-2013 as
the 88th will be buried in his
hometown of Greenville in
Sinoe County.
This man was a great the turn-out of many people at this building today shows how great he was. Patrick Johnson
Kennedy L. Yangian kennedylyangian@frontpageafricaonline.com 0777296781
BE PRACTICAL
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Liberty Party Reacts to Pres. Sirleafs annual message

Stephen D. Kollie, FPA Staff Writer/0776329124
AUTOPSY
COMPLETE?
Findings into Pathologist Report
on RAPE VICTIM MA-MUSU,
Still Unreleased As Suspect is
Charged to Court
Bettie Johnson/
betty.johnson@frontpageafricaonline.com
We have done an autopsy

on the body at J.F.K and
we are awaiting the results,
but the defendant has been
charged and forwarded to the
Brewerville Magisterial court
for prosecution. Col. Joseph
B. Flomo, Commissioner
of Police, Crime Services
Department
Monroviaolice in Monrovia has

told FrontPage Africa
that autopsy has been
done on the body of
the 12-year-old rape victim Ma
Musu Fofana.
Col. Flomo said a pathologist at
the Johns F. Kennedy Hospital
in Monrovia carried out the
autopsy.
We have done an autopsy on
the victims body but we are
still waiting for the results and
the doer has been forwarded
to the Brewerville Magisterial
court, he said.
The Police commissioner for
Crime and Service Department
could not confirm if the
pathologist was a Liberian, but
said the autopsy was done this
week and the report is pending.
It can be recalled that the
family of the rape victim, said
they were shocked to see the
corpse of their dead daughter,
sister and grandchild beyond
recognition at the John F.
Kennedy Memorial Hospital,
Maternity Center Mortuary.
Sadia Kargblee, aunt of the
deceased, said she was brought
to tears when the health
worker pulled the drawer that
contained the mortal remains
of the 12-year-old rape victim
but she could not recognize her.

Yesterday we saw the body,
it was swollen up; we could
not identify the body. We only
knew it was our sister by the
clothes she wore, she told
FrontPage Africa on sometime
ago as President Ellen Johnson
Sirleaf left their home, after an
impromptu visit to the family.
The Liberia National Police
has charged Musa Kanneh the
alleged rapist with Rape and
murder.
The arrest and charging
of the suspect followed an
investigation done by the
Police upon his arrest on
January 21, 2015 in the City of
Brewerville outside Monrovia.
Minister of Gender, Children
and Social Protection, Julia
Duncan-Cassell, has reaffirmed
governments commitment to
ensure that all forms of violence
perpetrated against women are
speedily prosecuted.
Cassell appearing at the
Information Ministry regular
press briefing said violence
against
women
remains
unpunished and perpetrators
rely on the culture of impunity
to commit these acts, leaving
government with no alternative
but to exert efforts to prosecute
offenders as a deterrent.
Senator Zargo addressing the press
O
Monrovia-
ne of Liberias
opposition political
parties, the Liberty
Party has cautioned
President
Ellen
Johnson
Sirleaf to add practicality to
her governments fight against
corruption in Liberia rather
continuously
formulating
new
terminologies
about
corruption.
Reacting to the Presidents
2015 State of the Nation
Address on behalf of the party,
Lofa County Senator Stephen
Zargo said President Sirleaf
must step up her fight against
corruption by prosecuting
corrupt public officials.
Said Senator Zargo: I think
the President needs to be a little
bit practical. Every calendar
A
Monrovia-
ngry former National

Port Authority (NPA)
employees gathered
in front of the NPA
on Monday claiming that the
Liberian government and the
American Insurance Company
(ALICO) have refused to give to
them insurance money.
John
Freeman
a
former
employee in an interview with
FrontPageAfrica said that since
1972, more than 1,800 employees
of the NPA were asked to join the
pension scheme, with ALICO.
He said during that money was
deducted from their salaries to
make up for retirement.
Freeman said he was laid off
in 2001 from the Freeport of
Monrovia but is yet to receive
any benefit for the more than 25
years he worked for the Liberian
government/NPA.
The time I work for, there is
nothing to show to my children,
the government has refuse to
give us our money and we need
that money. They are depriving
us of our money, freeman said.
We are kindly asking the
American government and the
Liberian government to please
give us our money, we worked
for it and we are entitled to it.
A copy of Freemans account
year, there is a new name

given to corruption. If it is not
public enemy number one, it
is a vampire; she needs to be
practical.
He said at the initial stage of the
epidemic the LPs suggestions
and efforts in helping to stop
the further spread of the
disease were greeted with
the usual propaganda-driven
responses from the Ministry of
information.
He said members of the
liberty Party were branded
as:
insensitive,
cynical
and nave by officials of
the information ministry.
The newly inducted Lofa
Senator who replaced Sumo
Kupee, said the controversial
Minister of Health, Dr. Walter
Gwenigale became even more
aggressive towards people who

criticized the governments
slow response to the epidemic.
Continued Zargo: We were
happy, however, that truth
crushed to Earth would rise
again. In a short time, the
government adopted measures
much the same as the ones
advanced by Liberty Party and
other Liberians.
The borders were ordered
closed, units of the securities
were put on alert, a strategy
was developed for community
involvement,
greater
international involvement was
requested, and INGOs became
active in the fight.
Recounting the efforts made
by the LP in helping to combat
the Ebola virus, Senator
Zargo disclosed that the LPs
statement shows that he is

entitled to a retirement package
of US$ 49,326.83, which he said
is yet to be received.
He said the NPA has said that
the Matilda Parkers Leadership
cannot be blamed for not paying
the pensioners. The NPA stated
that it was the former leadership
of the NPAs responsibility to
settle any insurance matter with
former employees.
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
made available US$ 1.5Million
in grant money to the NPA/
ALICO beneficiaries and of this

money US$ 500,000 was going to
be made available in December
2011. The government promised
to pay the rest of the money
annually by installment over a
period of five years, which began
since 2012.
Since
then,
NPA/ALICO
beneficiaries have received three
payments ranging from US$260,
105,132
and
beneficiaries
claimed US$ 132 is still on
hold by NPA. Freeman said
pensioners are still finding it
partisans in Liberia and abroad

made contributions to caregiver institutions and other
Ebola initiatives in excess of
ten thousand United States
Dollars ($10,000.00).
He said the partys eminent
Partisan, Cllr. Charles W.
Brumskine, was involved with
seven counties, making a total
contribution of seven hundred
thousand Liberian Dollars
in support of local efforts to
purchase anti-Ebola materials.
Said the Lofa County
Senator: Before then, caregiving institutions like the
Samaritans Purse and the Red
Cross, already on the ground,
were assisting the efforts.
Liberty Party congratulates the
Government for finally listening
to the Liberian people and for
giving greater responsibility
to our international partners
without
whose efforts and

the benevolence of God,
our country would still be
experiencing the worst of
Ebola.
Senator Zargo also disclosed
that
Lofa
citizens
are
disappointed in President
Sirleafs annual message.
Continued Zargo: In the last
two elections, Lofa County
gave Unity Party all of what
she wanted. She got the largest
number of votes from Lofa.
One of those things that the
Unity Party used in Lofa was to
say we will build the roads, the
Gbarnga Mendekoma . Today
in her annual address she made
no mention of it. Lofa County
is disappointed. And our ears
are open and hoping that she
can make some clarity.
NPA/ALICO LIFE INSURANCE

MONEY
AGREEMENT
BACKFIRES
Massa F. Kanneh masskanneh@yahoo.com or 0886848625
difficult to get the money.

However, the NPA has refuted the
claims made by the pensioners
and stressed that the entity is
not holding on to the NPA/
ALICO beneficiaries money.
The Public relation officer at the
NPA Malcolm Scott said that
the NPA has settled the issue
two weeks ago. He said the NPA
has received clearance from the
Ministry of finance and Ecobank
that the pensioners have been
settled.
A
Monrovia-
FrontPageAfrica
investigation
has
established that the
fee to use toilets
has increased in the populated
Slipway community.
Slipway is one of the slums
communities in Liberia that has a
population of over five thousand
residents with majority living in
homes constructed with zinc and
limited access to pit latrines.
Access to latrines both private
and public is a problem in
communities in and around
Liberias Capital Monrovia.
Residents of communities use
nearby waterways and dumpsites
as latrines as such facility is not
available in their communities,
resulting in huge pollution as
wastes such a feces and urine are
visible in communities.
Multiple international surveys
have reported that thousands of
Liberians do not have access to
public toilet facilities, making
communities susceptible to
diseases such as diarrhea,
cholera and a contract of the
Ebola virus, amongst others.
TheophilusSewon, a resident
who says he has lived in the
community for more than 20
years, says the community has
more thaneight toilets but only
three arefunctional.
Says Sewon: Most of the
toilets in this area have runways
attached to the septic-tank
and during rainy season we
dont used it because the water
overflow the commodes while
dry season theres a limited
access to water.
One Truck for Entire Country
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MONROVIA
FEES INCREASE IN LIBERIAS SLIPWAY COMMUNITY
8 TOILETS; 3 FUNCTIONAL
We have over 8 toilets in this community and only three are operating, this community has over five thousand
and those who are up the hill come down to toilet. Theophilus Sewon, Resident of Slipway Community
Bettie Johnson/ betty.johnson@frontpgaeafricaonline.com
Mr. Sewon disclosed that the

Liberian Water and Sewer
Corporation has attributed the
failure to haul sewages to the
lack of vehicles.
The toilets in Slipway are
closed because if the septictank is full and you call Water
and Sewer, the only thing they
tell you is they are not prepared
for that, you cant depend on
the truck because they said they
have one truck for the entire
country. He said
Thompson
Yella,
another
resident in the area explains that
of eight toilets in the community,
one is considered private.Most
of the toilets have the capacity to
host at least four or five persons
at a time, but with the current
closure of five, only one private
and two toilets are functional in
the community.
Yella who says he has lived in
the community for more than
19 years, disclosed that majority

of the toilets were built in the
70s and was renovated by some
NGOs and the community
leadership.
Esteem Low for Women
Most residents in the community
use the nearby river as latrine
because they lack access to
private or public latrines;
something Martina Dukuly says
has reduced the self esteem of
mostly women who have no
alternative but to also use plastic

bags to throw feces.
Martina,a mother of three, says
she finds it difficult find places
to ease herself and has been
forced to move into the slum
community. Martina says she
earns her livelihood through
petty trading.
Mr. Joseph Otoo,53, another
resident of the community for
several years, says he and his
family have to fly their feces in a
BRIDGING UNEMPLOYMENT GAP

Al-Varney Rogers alvarneyrogersfrontpageafricaonline.com 0886304498
Monroviaome 25,000 youths

across Liberia will
benefit
from
an
employment program
designed by the Ministries of
Youth and Sport and Gender,
Children and Social Protection.
An initial threshold amount
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of $US15 million has been

identified by the World Bank
to fund the Youth Opportunity
Project, Youth and Sport
Minister Eugene Nagbe said.
Nagbe said the program will
focus on pre-employment,
social
and
household
enterprises for urban youths.
The
objective
of
this
component is to increase
the employment readiness
of youths by supporting the
development of non-cognitive
skills and positive attitudes
toward work, and provide
business opportunity support
for young people, Nagbe said.
Nagbe
added
that
the
vulnerable young in rural areas
will engage in public works in
their various communities.
The Youth and Sport Minister
asserts that life skills and
productive public work will
provide short-term income
earning opportunities.
Nagbe revealed that cash

transfer would be a key
component of the program
and added that it will provide
funding for households that are
extremely poor and affected by
the Ebola virus.
Under this project, cash
transfers will be scaled up to
reach counties that have been
affected by the economic
impacts of EVD [Ebola Virus
Disease] but also have the
highest food poverty rate,
Nagbe added.
The Ministry of Youth and
Sports has promised to open
two vocational institutions
in rural Liberia, as part of its
efforts to increase young people
employment opportunities.
Minister Nagbe said the
government will be opening
two
vocational
training
institutions.
Through the national budget,
weve begun the revitalization
of two of our many VTCs. By
the end of this month, the Klay
Agricultural and Vocational
Training Center will open its
door to students in the western
cluster area, Nagbe added.
Nagbe said, the recruits will be
trained in poultry production,
management of piggery and
vegetables production.
Nagbe continues: the Tumutu
Agricultural Center based in
Salala Bong County will be
opened in April with hope of
initially enrolling over 300
students in demand-driven
nearby bush on ground because

they have no access to toilet
nearby.
Otoo laments: We live up the
hill which is very far from the
toilets and all of our toilets up
here are closed down due to
water and I remember one of
my sons stomach was running at
night.We had to allow him toilet
in the plastic and when we throw
it,itdropped unto a woman who
was bathing.We had nothing to
say to her but to apologize but
what if it was this Ebola time
and my son had the virus, the
woman would have contracted
it.
Mr. Otto says the lack of access
to pit latrine is a major challenge
facing residents, resulting into
outbreak of water-bornediseases
which is taking a toll on
residents.
Toileting fees in the Slipway
community was previously set
at $5.00 Liberian dollars but a
caretakers for one of the public
toilets attribute the increase to
LD 10.00 in the toilet fees to the
low access of water.
The reason we increased the
fees is because we need to pay
those who can bring water for
the bathroom and you know the
issue of water here is low.
disciplines.
Nagbe said work has resumed
at the Monrovia Vocational
Training Center and added
that the new timeline for
completion is April.
The Youth and Sport Minister
added that upon the completion
of the MVTC complex, stateof-the-art machinery will be
installed in every training
workshop.
This school of excellence
will train and give employable
skills to thousands of young
Liberians, Nagbe said.
Minister Nagbe said the
Ministry has secured funding
for several short-term jobs and
training opportunities.
Minister Nagbe disclosed
that his ministry and the
German
non-governmental
organization GIZ will provide
3,000 young people on-the- job
training.
Nagbe said the Ministry has
received an initial grant of
5,000,000.00 from the Food
and Agriculture Organization
to train 500 young people in
aquaculture in four counties.
Nagbe said a Vocational
Training
Program
in
partnership with HELOG
Academy, a German Vocational
Training program is expected
to begin this week.
Nagbe said the National Cadets
Program will restart in March.
He added that those recruited
will be college students with
an average of 3.00 Grade Point
Average.
The construction of two youth
centers in Maryland and Grand
Kru Counties is on the way,
Nagbe said.
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Ministry of National Defense

Armed Forces Day 2015 Activities Tracking
Series
Friday, February 6, 2015
Jummat Service, Gurley St Mosque

13:00 hours
B.
Saturday, February 7, 2015
Cleanup Campaign, Buchanan, Grand Bassa

County
C.
Sunday, February 8, 2015
E.
DATE
TIME
(b)
(c)

Feb. 0720hrs
15
0730hrs

0733hrs

0740hrs
Event
A.
D.
Date & Day
Monday, February 9, 2015
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Thanksgiving Services10:30 am
Tubman Memorial United Methodist Church
Duport Road, Paynesville
SymposiumMonrovia City Hall 10:30 am
Theme: Military Support to Civil Authorities:
The Way Forward
Parade Ceremony (Indoor Program) BTC
Theme: Enhancing The Capability of the AFL
to Conduct Humanitarian Assistance and
Disaster Relief Operations.
Sequence of Events for the 58th Armed Forces Day Celebration

Barclay Training Center (BTC), Wednesday, 11 February 2015
EVENTS
(d)
Troops on Parade Field
VENUE
(e)

REMARKS
(f)
PAO announce
B.T.C

Received by Protocol

Received by DCOS, AFL
Received by DCOS, AFL

Received by COS, AFL
Received by Protocol
Received by COS, AFL
Received by the Minister of

National Defense of R.L & COS,
AFL
National Defense
Received by the Protocol
0745hrs
0750hrs
0755 hrs
0800hrs
0805hrs
Arrival of the Media

Arrival of Guests and the Public
Arrival of Service Chiefs & Heads of National
Security Institutions
Arrival of COS, AFL
Arrival of UNMIL FC, Former Cmdr OUA, Comdr
OUA, AG MING, HOM ASEOWA
Arrival of the Doyen & Members of Diplomatic
Corps the SRSG UNMIL
Arrival of the Honorable Minister of National
Defense of Liberia
Arrival of the Guest Speaker
0810hrs
Arrival of members of the Cabinet
0815hrs
Arrival of the Members of the Legislature
0820hrs
0825hrs
Arrival of the Chief Justice & Associate Justices of

the Supreme Court of Liberia
Arrival of the Honorable Speaker of the House of
Representatives
Arrival of the Vice President

0850hrs
0855hrs
0900hrs
0915hrs
0940hrs
Arrival of the Commander-In-Chief, AFL and

President of the Republic of Liberia
Narrator Announces The Playing Of The National
Anthem of the Republic of Liberia
Invocation
Inspection of Troops
AFL Demonstration
a. Drill
b. Specialized
Keynote Address
-Decoration of Key Note Speaker

-DSO Award Ceremony

National Defense of R.L
National Defense of R.L
National Defense and COS, AFL
National Defense and COS, AFL
AFL Band
(All Stand)
Chaplain and Imam, AFL
Commander-In-Chief
AFL,
accompanied by COS, AFL
AFL
Hon. Samuel Kofi Woods

Former Minister of Public
Works
Madam Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf,
President of the Republic of
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EBOLA ORPHANS, SURVIVORS GET SOLAR

RADIOS AND LANTERNS FROM UNDP
O
Monrovia -
MARRIAGE
LICENSE GOING
DIGITAL
Center for National Documents and
Records Launches Certificate SCHEME
Bettie Johnson /betty.johnson@

Monroviahe Center for National Documents and Records

and its partners have launched a new customer
service and marriage transaction software aimed at
preventing criminals from using the system produce
fake marriage certificates in the country.
The introduction of this software is in line with the ongoing
management reforms at CNDRA, it will prevent unauthorized
individuals from using our system or product criminally, said
Madam P. Bloh Sayeh Executive Director of the center.
Speaking at the launching ceremony, Madam Sayeh said the
launch was geared toward increasing governments revenue
and enhancing proper data management.
The software will do the following: Enhance the customer
service transaction by making our customers service officers
more efficient in improving the time of service delivery and
enhance proper data management; improve the quality and
security of our products (especially the marriage certificates),
she said.
This will bring us on par internationally with other countries
in this area of service, aligned with financial measures; this
software will further increase government of Liberias Revenue
intake that has been on the decrease over the past years.
Madam Sayeh stressed that the platform would provide
excellent program for effective reporting on all managements
customer service transactions with the public and make
auditing of the transaction.
The CNDRA boss said the ongoing structural and operational
reform supports the national structural reform agenda of the
government of Liberia.
All these reforms are in line with the governments post Ebola
recovery strategy, and will also take into the consideration
governments post Ebola recovery strategy, she said.
Madam Sayeh said: These reforms will certainly fast track
efficient services to the public, better data management,
effective management structure and prevent fraud.
It is important to note that this software has been purchased
locally from a Liberian ICT institution (called: Soft Solutions
& Systems), this is a part of president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
governments national strategy to promote local institutions
and improve Liberians owned businesses.
The official launching of Customer service and Marriage
certificates software brought together several stakeholders
including a representative of Governance Commission, Liberia
Revenue Authority and World Bank Consultant.
Also speaking, the manager of Soft Solution and Systems
commended the CNDRA for giving the entity a chance to
establish the software.
Mr. David Coillee said the software would bring change to
the institution and allow the institutions to obtain marriage
certificates with all security features, so as not to make allow
the certificates to be duplicated.
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ver sixty Ebola

orphans
and
survivors in the
Township
of
West Point Tuesday received
and solar Lanterns from the
United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP). The
distribution of the sixtyfour (64) solar radios and
Panasonic solar Lanterns
was in continuation of the
UNDPs endeavor to help
Ebola survivors and orphans
have access to information and
provide light in their homes.
Ebola was defeated here in
West Point and we went to
keep it that way, we dont want
have said
Ebola back.We
bye-bye to Ebola and we should
remain like that. Lets keep
doing what we did very well
keep the hygiene practices
the hand washing and other
practices very well UNDP
Country Director Dr. Kamil
Kamaluddeen said Tuesday at
a brief distribution program of
the solar radios and lanterns in
the Township of West Point.
Dr. Kamaluddeen told the
people of West Point to
continue to report all manner
of sicknesses that will be
seen in their community. He
said the gathering shows how

communities can overcome
obstacles and challenges when
they work together. When
we hide than it becomes a
problem, but when we work
together we can achieveYou
are living evidence of working
together Dr. Kamaluddeen
said.
He said Ebola has now taught
some
important
hygienic
lessons that everyone needs
to keep applying in their daily
lives. He said the disease
has also taught a lesson of
community members being
their brothers keepers. He
told the community members
to use the presence of the Ebola
survivors to strengthen their
faith, because they are now
immune to the virus.
The UNDP Country Director
said the items were procured

through one of the many
strong partnerships that the
UNDP enters to bring support
to people. The solar radios
and lanterns were procured
by Lifeline Energy, a South
African based NGO, and
the Japan based, Panasonic
Corporation, one of the leading
producers of electronic and
other products.
At the United Nations
Development
Programme,
our business is to support
the people and the society
If you look at our tagline
youll see, Empowered lives,
Resilient nations, that is our
logoSo we work with the
people, we work with the
government, the NGOs and
civil society organizations
Dr. Kamaluddeen said.
POST-EBOLA SYNDROME
A growing number of survivors of the disease in the region, between 5,000
and 10,000 are complaining of side effects months after their recovery.
DAKAR/MONROVIA (Reuters)
omeo Doe, a 29-yearold tailor who survived
Ebola in Liberia, is
struggling to cope with
the impact of a disease that killed
seven members of his family and
now threatens his livelihood.
Since he was released from
an Ebola center in the capital
Monrovia in November, pressure
is rising in his eyes and affecting
his vision - a complaint some
doctors say is common among
survivors of the West African
outbreak.
There are a growing number of
survivors of the disease in the
region, between 5,000 and 10,000
according to the United Nations,
and some complain of side effects
months after their recovery - a
condition some doctors are calling
"post-Ebola Syndrome" (PES).
"Since I was discharged I have felt
this pain in my eyes," said Doe.
"They, as you can see, are red;
they are hurting me. I want the
government to help me get back
on my feet."
Ebola, which has killed almost
9,000 people across Guinea,
Liberia and Sierra Leone, initially
causes fever and vomiting, then
attacks the immune system and
vital organs, often causing internal
and external bleeding.
About 60 percent of Ebola

patients have died in the current

outbreak, typically from shock or
organ failure.
Some of those who have survived
the disease report a mixture of
symptoms after their recovery,
including vision problems, joint
pain, hair and memory loss and
anxiety attacks.
Margaret Nanyonga, a doctor who
treated Ebola patients in the town
of Kenema in Sierra Leone, said
she had seen survivors go blind.
Overall about half of those she
saw recover reported declining
health, she said.
Doctors say it is not yet clear how
long the symptoms last. There
is also no scientific literature or
medical consensus on any new
syndrome among West African
survivors or how many people
might be affected.
Dan Kelly, founder of the nonprofit organization Wellbody
Alliance and a doctor specializing
in infectious diseases, says the
situation can be complicated by
poor medical records making
it hard to separate any new
symptoms from pre-existing
conditions. Ebola, like many
severe infections, may also
weaken survivors and make other
illnesses more likely.
Kelly said some Ebola aftereffects appear linked to the
infection itself, with some patients

developing symptoms similar to
so-called autoimmune disorders
- where the immune system is
over stimulated and begins to
attack the body's own tissues.
Other patients develop symptoms
similar to uveitis, he said, an eye
inflammation causing blindness.
"With post-Ebola syndrome there
is an autoimmune response: it's
revved up, and we don't really
know why," he told Reuters by
telephone from Sierra Leone
where he is helping with the Ebola
response.
NEGLECT
When Korlia Bonarwolo left
an Ebola treatment center in
Monrovia last year, his blood
was free of the virus but he had
caught two other life-threatening
diseases: malaria and pneumonia.
The 26-year old doctor's assistant
blames his health problems
on poor care, rather than
complications related to Ebola
infection.
At the John F. Kennedy medical
center in Monrovia, draughts
from the open-air corridors left
him exposed, he says, while
frightened nurses threw him juice
boxes which he was often too
weak to retrieve.
Back home, medical colleagues
shunned him and he had to insert
his own intravenous drip. Six
months afterwards he has fully
recovered but, as president of a
survivors' association, wants to
ensure others get better support
and health information.
"The questions survivors are
asking about where they are going
to be health-wise in the future
deserve answers," Bonarwolo said
at a survivors' meeting organized
by the United Nations.
The outbreak is now ebbing, and
the health ministry says there are
Vexter Doe spoke on behalf

of the Ebola survivors and
orphans in the township. We
like to say thank you to the
UNDP family, let God bless
you and add to the work of
your hands she said. Vexter
said the Ebola crisis greatly
affected them and they are in
serious need of every form
of support and assistance to
move ahead with their lives.
George Kollie also spoke for
the male survivors and orphans
and expressed appreciation to
UNDP.
Gabriel
Nebo,
Chief
Investigator of the Township
West Point welcomed the
UNDP team to the township
and expressed appreciation for
the support to the orphans and
survivors in the community.
West Point is one of the Ebola
hotspots
in
Montserrado
County with over one hundred
(100) survivors and orphans.
Josiah Toe, West Point Ebola
Taskforce Field Coordinator
said as schools are about to
open, the survivors and orphans
in the community continuously
confront the Taskforce for
support.
fewer than 10 cases in the country,

but even survivors with no
worrying symptoms say it is hard
to get back to normal life with so
many unanswered questions about
Ebola's impact.
One of the ongoing concerns
relates to sexual health. Some
female Ebola survivors say they
have stopped menstruating. The
virus can also remain in semen for
months.
The links between Ebola and
mental health disorders is also
little understood. A friend of
Bonarwolo's survived Ebola
only to develop a mental illness
afterwards.
RESEARCH WINDOW
Ben Neumann, a virologist at
Britain's Reading University who
studies Ebola and other viruses
and their effects, notes that
Lassa virus, which comes from
West Africa and causes a similar
disease to Ebola, has also been
reported as having longer-term
health effects.
"(Lassa) survivors often report
signs of nerve damage such
as loss of hearing," he told
Reuters, adding that it would be
"surprising that something as
damaging as Ebola did not have
lasting effects".
The current lack of knowledge
about post-Ebola health effects
is probably "due to Ebola being a
rare virus that left few survivors
before this outbreak", he said.
Some after-effects of Ebola
have been reported in previous
outbreaks since the disease was
first detected in 1976, but past
epidemics were smaller and
often more deadly, meaning there
were fewer survivors to generate
interest to warrant research.
So this outbreak creates a unique
opportunity to learn more.
Kelly agrees, and wants swift
follow-up.
"We are at risk of missing the
window," he said. "We need to
start catching survivors as they
leave treatment centers."
Page 10 | Frontpage
IN BRIEF
TAIWANESE PLANE
WITH 53 PASSENGERS
CRASHES IN TAIPEI RIVER
irways plane from

a shallow river in
Taiwan's capital late
Wednesday as they
searched into the night for 17
people missing in a crash that
killed at least 26 others.
Flight 235 with 58 people aboard
most of them travelers from
China banked sharply on
its side shortly after takeoff
from Taipei, clipped a highway
bridge and then careened into the
Keelung River.
Rescuers in rubber rafts pulled 15
people alive from the wreckage
during daylight. After dark, they
brought in the crane, and the
death toll was expected to rise
once crews were able to search
through submerged portions of
the fuselage, which came to rest
a few dozen meters (yards) from
the shore.
Dramatic video clips apparently
taken from cars were posted
online and aired by broadcasters,
showing the ATR 72 propjet as
it pivoted onto its side while
zooming toward a traffic bridge
over the river. In one of them, the
plane rapidly fills the frame as its
now-vertical wing scrapes over
the road, hitting a vehicle before
heading into the river.
OUTRAGE IN MIDEAST OVER

IS KILLING OF JORDAN PILOT
CAIRO (AP)
video showing Islamic
State militants burning
a captive Jordanian
pilot to death brought an
outpouring of grief and rage across
the Middle East on Wednesday, its
brutality horrifying a region long
accustomed to violence.
Political and religious leaders
offered angry denunciations and
called for blood, while at least one
wept on air while talking about the
killing of 26-year-old Lt. Muath AlKaseasbeh, whose F-16 crashed in
Syria in December during a U.S.led coalition raid on the extremist
group.
The head of Sunni Islam's most
respected seat of learning, Egypt's
Al-Azhar, said the militants deserve
the Quranic punishment of death,
crucifixion or the chopping off of
their arms for being enemies of
God and the Prophet Muhammad.
IS SEEKS TO UP 'TERROR' ANTE

WITH GRUESOME PILOT KILLING
Beirut (AFP) y burning a Jordanian

pilot alive in its most
savage execution video
yet, the Islamic State
(IS) group aims to terrify its Arab
and Western opponents into ending
their anti-jihadist war.
Already infamous for beheading
and stoning to death its victims, IS
is trying to "up the ante" with the
latest execution, experts said.
With the murder of an airman
participating in the US-led
coalition fighting IS, the jihadists
hope to sow division and fear
among their opponents.
"It is a message for the coalition...
your men will end up in videos that
are even more horrific and will do
lasting damage to public opinion
in your countries," said Romain
Caillet, an expert on jihadist
movements.
Fotokol (Cameroon) (AFP) igerian Boko Haram

fighters went on
the rampage in the
Cameroonian border
town of Fotokol Wednesday,
massacring
civilians
and
torching a mosque before being
repelled by regional forces.
The onslaught came a day after
Chad sent troops across the
border to flush the jihadists
out of the Nigerian town of
Gamboru, which lies some 500
metres (yards) from Fotokol on
the other side of a bridge.
Chad's army said it had killed
more than 200 Boko Haram
militants in the intervention
-- the first by regional forces
against Boko Haram on its home
ground.
But some of the insurgents
escaped and slipped back across
the border into Fotokol at dawn
to make a fresh stand.
"Boko Haram inflicted so much
damage here this morning. They
have killed dozens of people,"
Umar Babakalli, a resident of
Fotokol, told AFP by telephone.
- 'Throats slit' Several residents said civilians'
throats were slit and that the
town's main mosque was
torched.
"They burnt houses and killed
civilians as well as soldiers," a
source close to security forces
said.
Another resident who had fled to
another town told AFP he knew
of at least 10 people who had
been killed.
After several hours of clashes
Cameroonian troops, backed by
Chadian forces who scrambled
back from Nigeria to help guard
the town, managed to repel the
assault.
"People are coming back little by
little to assess the damage. The
survivors among the attackers
have left the town," a source
close to the Cameroonian
security services said.
No official death toll was
immediately available.
On Tuesday, nine Chadian
soldiers were killed and 21 were
acarias Moussaoui,
a former al-Qaida
operative sometimes
referred to as the
"20th hijacker" involved in
the 9/11 attacks, claims that
members of the Saudi royal
family supported the terrorist
organization.
In sworn testimony given
last October from a Colorado
federal prison where he
is serving a life sentence,
Moussaoui alleged that in the
late 1990s he was directed by
Osama bin Laden to create a
digital database of al-Qaida's
donors.
Sheikh Osama wanted to
keep a record who give money
... who is to be listened to or
who contributed to the jihad,"
Moussaoui said, according to
a transcript of the deposition
filed in federal court in New
York on Monday and published
Wednesday by the New York
Times.
Among them: Prince Turki
Al-Faisal, then the Saudi
intelligence chief; Prince
Bandar bin Sultan, the longtime
Saudi ambassador to the
United States; and Prince AlWaleed bin Talal, a prominent
billionaire investor.
PAGE
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WORLD NEWS
BOKO HARAM GOES ON RAMPAGE

AFTER CHAD OFFENSIVE
injured in Gamboru after around

2,000 troops backed by armoured
vehicles poured across the border
to take the fight to Boko Haram
after days of clashes.
The sound of automatic gunfire
could still be heard Wednesday
in the town as the troops combed
the town for remaining rebel
elements.
The intervention came days after
the African Union backed plans
for a 7,500-strong five-nation
regional force to take on the
extremists, who control vaste
swathes of northeast Nigeria.
- 'Hunt them everywhere' Nigeria's military has drawn
fierce criticism for failing to
rein in the insurgents, who
have stepped up their campaign
of terror in the northeast in
the run-up to presidential and
parliamentary
elections
on
February 14.
In recent months the group, which
aims to establish an Islamic
caliphate, has also carried out
increasing cross-border raids,
threatening regional security.
In Gamboru, the offensive,

which was preceded by days
of Chadian air strikes, had left
scenes of desolation, with bodies
lying on the ground, houses
destroyed, shops gutted and
trucks charred.
"We have routed this band of
terrorists," the commander of the
Chadian contingent Ahmat Dari
told AFP Tuesday, vowing to
"hunt them down everywhere."
- Nigerian sovereignty 'intact' Nigeria has reacted defensively
to the presence of foreign troops
on its soil.
"Nigeria's territorial integrity
remains
intact,"
defence
spokesman Chris Olukolade
insisted, claiming national forces
had "planned and are driving
the present onslaught against
terrorists from all fronts in
Nigeria, not the Chadian forces".
Regional forces have gone into
action on several fronts.
Chadian troops and vehicles
have massed near Boko Haramheld towns along Nigeria's
border with Niger, pointing the
way to another possible crossborder operation on that frontier..

"A contingent of about 400
vehicles and tanks is stationed
between Mamori and Bosso,"
Niger's private radio Anfani
reported
Tuesday,
echoing
witness accounts.
- French help France is supporting the
operations by carrying out
reconnaissance flights over
border areas of Chad and
Cameroon to provide them with
intelligence, defence officials in
Paris said.
At least 13,000 people have
been killed and more than a
million forced from their homes
since Boko Haram launched an
insurgency in 2009.
The group has stepped up its
attacks in recent weeks, in a
move believed to be aimed at
disrupting the elections.
The rebels have tried, in vain, to
capture the strategic northeastern
town of Maiduguri twice in the
past week.
In January the militants carried
out a massacre in a town on
Lake Chad that houses a regional
military base.
Hundreds of civilians were
reported killed in the attack,
according
to
Amnesty
International.
11'S '20TH HIJACKER' CLAIMS MEMBERS OF

SAUDI ROYAL FAMILY WERE AL-QAIDA DONORS
Moussaoui a French
national who was detained in
Minnesota weeks before 9/11
and pleaded guilty to six terrorrelated charges in 2005 also
alleged that he once delivered
letters from bin Laden to King
Abdullah's brother, Prince
Salman, and other members
of the Saudi royal family.
Abdullah died last month, and

Salman was installed as king.
In a statement, the Saudi
Arabian
Embassy
in
Washington
dismissed
Moussaoui's allegations.
"There is no evidence to
support Moussaoui's claim.
The Sept. 11 attack has been
the most intensely investigated
crime in history, and the

findings show no involvement
by the Saudi government or
Saudi officials," the statement
read. "Moussaoui is a deranged
criminal whose own lawyers
presented evidence that he
was mentally incompetent.
His words have no credibility.
[Moussaoui's] goal in making
these statements only serves
to get attention for himself and
try to do what he could not
do through acts of terrorism
to undermine Saudi-U.S.
relations."
In 2004, the 9/11 Commission
concluded there was no
evidence that the Saudi
government funded al-Qaida.
"It does not appear that any
government other than the
Taliban financially supported
al-Qaida before 9/11, although
some
governments
may
have
contained
al-Qaida
sympathizers who turned
a blind eye to al-Qaida's
fund-raising activities," the
commission's report said.
"Saudi Arabia has long been
considered the primary source

of al-Qaida funding, but we

have found no evidence that
the Saudi government as an
institution or senior Saudi
officials individually funded
the organization."
Moussaoui's deposition was
taken as part of a motion to
dismiss a civil lawsuit filed
against Saudi Arabia by
relatives of those killed in the
Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
During his 2006 sentencing,
Moussaoui tried to fire his
lawyers, who argued that he
had a mental illness. But a
judge ruled that he was fully
competent.
And Sean P. Carter, a lawyer
who participated in the October
deposition, told the Times,
My impression was that he
was of completely sound mind
focused and thoughtful."
In his testimony, Moussaoui
also described in detail a
planned truck-bomb attack
on the American Embassy in
London, as well as plotting
attacks using crop-dusters.
erve
Renard's
Ivory Coast lived
up to their billing
as
tournament
favourites by securing a spot
in the Africa Cup of Nations
final with a 3-1 win over
Democratic Republic of Congo
at a sparsely populated Estadio
de Bata.
Ivory Coast - who now await
the victors of Thursday's second
semi-final between Ghana and
hosts Equatorial Guinea - are
perennial underachievers in the
competition, but now have a
shot at winning their first title
since 1992 thanks to goals
from Yaya Toure, Gervinho
and Wilfried Kanon.
Toure's was a stunning
strike, though it was quickly
cancelled out when Dieumerci
Mbokani converted from the
spot following Eric Bailly's
handball.
An increasingly open game
played into the hands of an
Ivory Coast side boasting
numerous attacking threats,
with Wilfried Bony and
Gervinho linking for the latter
to make it 2-1 at the break, and
Kanon put the icing on the cake
in the second half.
The two sides met in qualifying,
sharing three points apiece
in two games that yielded
10 goals, and Ivory Coast
goalkeeper Sylvain Gbohouo
was called into action early
on, parrying a firm close-range
strike from Jeremy Bokila.
Sports
DR CONGO 1-3 COTE D'IVOIRE:

IVORY COAST IN AFCON FINALS
The Manchester City and Roma players scored either side of a

Dieumerci Mbokani penalty before Wilfried Kanon secured the win
A Toure set piece delivery was

cleared to the edge of the box,
opening up a chance for Serey
Die but his shot went wide.
The African Footballer of the
Year then took it upon himself
to open the scoring. Toure
pounced on a loose ball on the
edge of the box and hammered
home an unstoppable drive in
the 21st minute.

DR Congo were handed a route
back into the match almost
immediately, though, as Bailly
clumsily handled in the box,
with Mbokani coolly levelling
from the spot for his third goal
of the tournament.
Florent Ibenge's side spurned
a chance to take the lead eight
EARLY PREPARATION
BRINGS GOOD RESULT
FC Fassell Captain
italia Sie is confident

that FC Fassells
early
preparation
for
this
years
Confederation
of
African
Football (CAF) Confederation
Cup Tournament will pay off
when his side takes on Horoye
FC of Guinea in Mali on
February 13.
I am of the belief that the
different stages of training we
are undergoing before our first
leg of the competition would
help us to better engage our
opponents in the two-leg duels,
Sie told FrontPage Africa.
Sie who will depart Monrovia for
Bamako with his teammates on
minutes before the break, when

Mbokani's composure deserted
him as he looked to steer
Yannick Bolasie's low cross
towards goal.
And they were punished when
Gervinho, who had struck the
crossbar just moments before,
collected Bony's pass before
curling his shot past Robert
the expectations as they prepare
to make their entry into one
of Africas major football
competitions.
Sie, who played in the CAF
Champions league a few years
ago as a LISCR FC player, says it
is important for he and his fellow
players to focus their minds and
take their training seriously.
FC
Fassell
qualified
to
represent Liberia in the CAF
Confederation Cup competition
at the end of LFA 2013/2014
league season after they won the
second division and knockout
championships.
Midfielder Christopher Johnson
described his teams early
preparation as a sign of the
organizations seriousness for
the competition. He expressed
confidence that they will not
leave any stone unturned in their
fight for the title.
Johnson says they are targeting
nothing less than a win or draw
in their first leg as he urged his
teammates to put aside petty
issues in order for them to keep
their focus on the challenges
ahead.
A. Macaulay Sombai, sombao121@gmail.com
Monrovia -
Frontpage
February 10, 2015, says the aim

of his teams early preparation is
to keep the players physically,
and mentally fit.
FC Fassel is making their first
appearance in the competition
and their first in any international
competition in the clubs history.
Sie says he and his peers are
wary of the competition and
SPORTS
BOLTON 1-2 LIVERPOOL:

COUTINHO STUNNER COMPLETES
DRAMATIC COMEBACK
Kidiaba.
DR Congo - who came from
2-0 down in their 4-2 quarterfinal win over Congo - needed
a response after the break, and
received a boost when Ivory
Coast started the second half
with 10 men as Serge Aurier
inexplicably emerged late from
the tunnel.
Aurier shot wide from Max
Gradel's pass soon after
returning to the pitch, though,
while at the other end, Bolasie's
strong run and shot underlined
DR Congo's threat.
But DR Congo's dreams of
a first final appearance since
1974 were finally dashed in the
68th minute asKanon stabbed
home from inside the six-yard
box after Aurier's powerful
header was brilliantly kept out
by
Kidiaba.
This time a two-goal deficit
proved insurmountable for
Ibenge's side, who will at
least be able to reflect on
their best performance at the
competition since 1998 ahead
of a third-place play-off against
Thursday's losers.
Everything in life is about

preparations and from the
professional way in which we
have started our preparations, I
am of the conviction that we will
deliver the necessary results for
our country and people.
Head Coach Matthew S. Julutweh
says his players physical fitness
is his first priority. He praised
his players for what he called
their positive response to the
training and hoped that they will
be able to cope with the other
areas of the training before their
departure for Bamako.
Says Julutweh: As we all know
the outbreak of the Ebola virus
in the country caused major
setbacks in every aspect of our
society and we in the sporting
arena faced the same setback
especially our two clubs that are
expected to represent Liberia in
the CAF competitions could not
carry on any exercise because of
the fear of the virus.
Notwithstanding, Julutweh said,
Fassell is not going into the CAF
Confederation Cup tournament
just for the name but to turn
things around for Liberia.
Page 11
hilippe
Coutinho
celebrated his new
contract
with
a
sensational stoppagetime winner as Liverpool left it
late to beat 10-man Bolton 2-1
and secure progression to the
FA Cup fifth round.
Steven
Gerrard's
700th
Liverpool appearance looked
set to end in defeat when a
59th-minute penalty from
Eidur Gudjohnsen put hosts
Bolton ahead in Wednesday's
fourth-round replay.
REAL MADRID 2-1 SEVILLA: JESE

AND JAMES FIRE RONALDO-LESS
HOSTS TO VICTORY
a Liga pacesetters
Real
Madrid
extended their lead
over Barcelona to
four points by beating wasteful
Sevilla 2-1 at the Santiago
Bernabeu on Wednesday.
Carlo Ancelotti once again had
to do without the suspended
Cristiano Ronaldo, but his
men were in clinical form
against Unai Emery's side, with
first-half goals from James
Rodriguez and Jese Rodriguez
enough to win a frantic
encounter.
Despite falling behind to James'
12th-minute header, Sevilla
arguably enjoyed the better of
the first half-hour, as Vitolo,
Vicente Iborra and Grzegorz
Krychowiak all went close to
finding the net.
SCHURRLE: LEAVING
CHELSEA STRESSED ME OUT
ndre Schurrle has

revealed he was
stressed out over his
switch from Chelsea
and feared a switch toWolfsburg
would not be completed in time.
The Germany international
completed his return to the
Bundesliga for a reported 32
million on Monday, ending a
week of intense speculation.
Schurrle is said to have
agreed terms early on in
the negotiations, but talks
between the clubs took the deal
perilously close to the transfer
deadline.
"Towards the end, everything
did draw out somewhat, which
was stressful for me and really
frayed my nerves," the attacker
told reporters. "Now I am finally
at VfL Wolfsburg and I am very,
very happy about that.
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Sports
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2015
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TO MISS AFCON SEMI FINAL
AGAINST EQ. GUINEA TODAY
e travelled on Monday from

Malabo to Mongomo, where
the only MRI scanner in the
small country is located, after
being kicked in the stomach by Guinea
goalkeeper Naby Yattara in the closing
stages of Sunday's quarter-final.
"We are awaiting the results before a
decision can be made on whether he
plays (in Malabo)," said team spokesman
Ibrahim Sannie on Tuesday.
Ghana coach Avram Grant has called for
Yattara to be slapped with a heavy ban
after his kung-fu style lunge at Gyan who
had broken free of the Guinea defence
and was racing down on goal before
being poleaxed.
Yattara was sent off but not before he
also landed a punch on Ghana defender
Jonathan Mensah who had gone to
remonstrate.
"I'm frustrated because what he did is
not acceptable," said Grant. "He tried to
hack Gyan in the last minute of a match
we were already leading 3-0 -- it's a bad
injury.
"If you hack someone deliberately in the
stomach it means you possibly want to
end the career of the player.
"It shows you do not respect the game
and you do not respect those who play
against you. When I saw it again on the
TV replay I saw it was terrible," added
Grant.
It has been an eventful tournament for
Gyan who missed Ghana's first game
against Senegal and climbed out of his
malaria sickbed to score a stoppagetime winner in the second match against
Algeria.
Ghana have since beaten South Africa
and Guinea to reach the semi-finals for
the fifth successive time.
Ivory Coast take on the Democratic
Republic of Congo in the other tie in Bata
on Wednesday.
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Liberty Party Reacts to Pres. Sirleafs annual message

We have done an autopsy

Monroviaolice in Monrovia has

but she could not recognize her.

Senator Zargo addressing the press

ngry former National

year, there is a new name

aggressive towards people who

statement shows that he is

ALICO beneficiaries and of this

partisans in Liberia and abroad

NPA/ALICO LIFE INSURANCE

difficult to get the money.

Thursday, February 5, 2015

FEES INCREASE IN LIBERIAS SLIPWAY COMMUNITY

Mr. Sewon disclosed that the

19 years, disclosed that majority

alternative but to also use plastic

BRIDGING UNEMPLOYMENT GAP

Monroviaome 25,000 youths

of $US15 million has been

Nagbe revealed that cash

nearby bush on ground because

Thursday, February 5, 2015

Ministry of National Defense

Friday, February 6, 2015

Jummat Service, Gurley St Mosque

Saturday, February 7, 2015