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Senator Under Probe for Massacre

The News (MONROVIA) June 13, 2008

 

Margibi County Senator Roland Kaine was Thursday invited by the Ministry of Justice in connection with the massacre of more than 13 persons in Bassa Town, Margibi County.

Senator Kaine was called to assist the police with investigation over circumstances surrounding the incident.

The Director of Price Analysis at the Ministry of Commerce, Charles Bennie had accused Senator Kaine of masterminding the killings of men who had gone to work on his father's farm.

Speaking at the police headquarters on Capitol Hill, Senator Kaine denied that he masterminded the killings.

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2 Imprisoned for Perjury in Sundaygar Dearboy Debacle
frontpageafrica (MONROVIA) June 12, 2008

 

Monrovia -

 

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wo persons from District Number Two, Grand Bassa County, David Sayweh and Browne Taylue have been imprisoned at the Monrovia Central Prison for a period of six months for committing perjury during testimony before the TRC.

 

The Special Magistrate of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), Cllr. Andrew Togba Davis said by lying under oath, David Sayweh and Browne Taylue obstructed and interfered with the functions of the commission.

 

According to Magistrate Davis, the two accomplices violated Article 8, Section 28 of the Act that created the TRC.

 

 
  Marcus Davies alias Sundaygar Dearboy
This section of the TRC Act states that: “Any person who willfully obstructs or otherwise interferes with the work of the TRC or any of its members or offices in the discharge of their functions under the Act, commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not less than US$300.00 and not more than US$500.00  or its Liberian Dollars equivalence for the first offence to include a term of imprisonment not less than six months or both fine and imprisonment depending on the gravity of the offence”.

 

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America had deal with Taylor to take power.

PYJ messed it up

frontpageafrica (MONROVIA) June 12, 2008

  

St. Paul, Minnesota,

 

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ormer United States under secretary for African Affairs, Herman J. Cohen says the US had an understanding with defunct NPFL rebel leader Charles Taylor to take power following the evacuation of President Samuel K. Doe.

 

Cohen said due to the huge human sufferings in the Liberian capitol, Monrovia in 1990 the US initiated discussions with Doe through its Ambassador for the president to be evacuated.

 

The understanding, Ambassador Cohen said was that once Doe left the country, Taylor will move into the capitol and install his government.

 

 TRANSPORT DEAL

 “Due to the immense human sufferings at that time we initiated discussions with Doe about leaving through our Ambassador in Monrovia. We would provide the transportation and the understanding with Taylor was that he will take power as soon as Doe departed."

Herman J. Cohen,  Under Secretary of State from 1989-1993; Director of African Affairs from 1987-1989.

Mr. Cohen, under secretary of state from 1989-1993 and earlier director of African Affairs from 1987-1989 was testifying Thursday at ongoing Public Hearings of Liberia’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission on the “Role of the United States in the Liberian Conflict,” at Hamlin University, St. Paul, Minnesota.

 

“Due to the immense human sufferings at that time we initiated discussions with Doe about leaving through our Ambassador in Monrovia. We would provide the transportation and the understanding with Taylor was that he will take power as soon as Doe departed."

 

After the plan was accepted by President Doe, Mr. Cohen said, he called President Gnyasingbe Enyeadema of Togo who agreed to provide asylum for the embattled president.

 

Cohen said following President Enyeadema’s consent, he called Taylor on a satellite phone to open corridors for troops loyal to President Doe to allow then escape through the Liberian-Sierra Leonean frontier. But the plan, he said, was “messed up” when defunct INPFL leader Prince Johnson seized control of Bushrod Island and blocked the corridor.

 

Meanwhile, the aging US diplomat said when the U.S. was set to sent an aircraft to carry on the evacuation, he received a directive from Washington to seize all engagements to end the Liberian conflict. Ambassador Cohen clarified however that no further explanations were provided by Washington on the new policy.

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Court Denies Bryant, Others Bond

 

The Inquirer News (MOROVIA) June 04, 2008

 

Fr. Chairman Charlse Bryant

…Gives Two Weeks To Verify Bond

The First Judicial Circuit Court ‘C’ has granted an appeal from state lawyers in the case of ‘Economic Sabotage’ involving former Transitional Chairman, Gyude Bryant and some of his former officials thereby denying a surety bond filed by an insurance company in favor of the accused.

In Judge S. Geevon Smith’s ruling yesterday in the court room of the Criminal Court ‘C’ at the Temple of Justice, he ordered the movants represented by Cllr. Theophilus Gould to verify by bank statements that the criminal appearance bond of US$1.8 million that was earlier filed by the African Insurance Corporation of Liberia (AICOL) is an asset commensurable with the penalty of the said bond. 

Section 13.2, Titled 2, Volume 1 of the ILCLR states, “the amount of a bail in any criminal action in which restitution is required, shall be equal to the amount of the maximum fine which may be imposed upon conviction of the offense charged.”

 

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Unmil Condemns Violence in Tappita, Nimba County

The Analyst (MONROVIA) February 13, 2008

 

The United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) has condemned the murder of a 38 year-old woman in Tappita District, Nimba County, and the subsequent mob violence on Wednesday 13 February, which resulted in the death of at least one other person.

According to an UNMIL statement, the mob also inflicted injuries on some other persons, including personnel of the Liberian National Police, (LNP) and UNMIL as well as some suspects.

The mission is deeply saddened by the loss of life and condemns the violent acts of the mob, including the burning down of the Tappita Police station, where some suspects were being detained.

UNMIL Military personnel from the Bangladeshi Battalion and police officers from the Nigerian Formed Police Unit, FPU, have been supporting LNP officers in the area to prevent the violence and maintain calm and order. The situation has now been brought under control.

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US$30,000 Library for Gbi and Doru

The Analyst  (MONROVIA) February 1, 2008

 

 

 

The Eddie Gibson International Ministry School System (EGIM) has begun the construction of a modern library at the value of US$30,000 in Lordinewein, Gbi and Doru Districts, Nimba County.

According to a press statement issued Wednesday in Monrovia, the library is being constructed for the Marla H. Corts Mission School and also students from surrounding communities in that area, The Marla H. Corts Mission School is an elementary and junior high school.

As part of the construction package, the library when completed will be fully furnished with assorted books valued at US$12,000.

The Founder of EGIM, Rev. Eddie Gibson said the library will have 24-hour electricity to afford students unlimited access to educational materials as they pursue their academic sojourn.

He said this was the beginning of countless opportunity for the underprivileged people of Lordinewein, Gbi and Doru Districts in lower Nimba County.

He said dormitories and a teachers quarter are also being constructed and electrified and hoped this would serve as stimulant to attract residents from near to see Christian education as the way forward.

Funding for the school was made possible by American philanthropists, John & Fran Carter from Birmingham, Alabama, the statement concluded.

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TADDA Hands Over Local Immigration Office to UN

Press Release (Tappita) May 22, 2007

On May 19, Mr. Sam Gonkardoe, TADDA local representative in Tappita joyfully handed the keys to the newly built immigration office in Tappita City. The project had been built under the auspices of the Tappita District Development Association, in collaboration of the United Nations Quick Impart Project department. In a Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Tappita District Development Association (TADDA) and the United Nations, The Quick Impart Project section of UNMIL will provide the money and the people of Tappita through their development organization will provide labor, supervision, and whatever other needs that might have arisen during the project. TADDA rose to the challenge, and on May 19, completed the project on time with no flaws. Bravo to TADDA and our local reps for a good job done well. Currently, the UN has given us two other projects that are near completion: an elementary school in Gblougeay and a clinic in Yourpea.

Handing over immigration office and school in Nimba County, UN Envoy appeals for respect for rule of law

19 May 2007 | UNMIL | PR 58
Nimba County immigration officers stand in front of the newly constructed office

Nimba County immigration officers stand in front of the newly constructed office
Photo: Olivier Malvoisin/UNMIL


The new school building in Buanplay

The new school building in Buanplay
Photo: Olivier Malvoisin/UNMIL


Nimba County, Liberia – Urging Liberians to respect the rule of law and keep the peace, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Alan Doss, recently opened the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization (BIN) office in Tappita District, one of Liberia’s major entry points for migrants and other traffic. The office was constructed under UNMIL’s Quick Impact Project initiative.

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