Maryland Land Dispute Claims Lives
Published: 12 May, 2008
Senator Gloria Musu Scott: “We are related to the aggressors and the victims”
MARYLAND COUNTY, She looked pensive and disturbed last Saturday morning when a team of reporters met her at her Sinkor residence in Monrovia. The reason is that she had reports that residents of her county were engaged in a bloodbath in two of the county's three districts. Two persons are reported dead and two others seriously injured in a land dispute that climaxed last week between residents of Pleebo and Watchoken Districts.
Dahkpasue's Land Dispute Lingers
Published: 12 May, 2008
Bong Supt. Rennie Jackson Photo by Alaskai Moore Johnson
BONG COUNTY, At least four police officers and several members of the E.E. Dennis Estate, who tried to honor an order from the Ninth Judicial Circuit in Gbarnga last week that all 'unauthorized tapping' at that farm be halted, failed to do so last Wednesday.
Angry Citizens Vandalize Rice Depot at Ganta
Published: 12 May, 2008
GANTA, NIMBA COUNTY, With the staple of Liberia's stable food, rice, on the rise into Guinea through the Ganta border, some angry citizens on Wednesday, May 10, vandalized a rice depot at one of Ganta's sub-port, a few kilometers from the main port of entry after suspecting that the rice had been stored there for onward overnight smuggling into Guinea.
Corruption Scandal in Bong County Dev. Fund
Published: 09 May, 2008
Rep. Samuel Bondo
BONG COUNTY, An alleged corruption scandal involving Bong County Superintendent Rennie Jackson has developed into a row of trading accusations between Senator Jewel Howard Taylor and Representative Samuel Bondo.
Notorious Drug Dealer Arrested
Published: 06 May, 2008
MONROVIA, A notorious drug trafficker, hunted for years by security forces in Liberia, has finally been arrested at his Barnersville residence, outsideMonrovia.
365 Children Buried at St. Dominic Campus
Published: 06 May, 2008
BOMI COUNTY, About 365 children who died of hunger in 1994 were buried en masse on the campus of the St. Dominic Catholic School in Tubmanburg, Bomi County, during nine months of intensive fighting, witnesses told Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC).
Foday Sankor Was Based in Tubmanburg
Published: 02 May, 2008
Corporal Foday Sylvanus Sankoh
BOMI COUNTY, A witness told commissioners of Liberia's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) that the late Sierra Leonean rebel leader Corporal Foday Sylvanus Sankoh was based in Tubmanburg, Bomi County, in 1990 before launching an incursion in neighboring Sierra Leone.
Murder Suspects Rearrested
Published: 01 May, 2008
GRAND BASSA COUNTY, Fourteen officers of Liberian Agricultural Company (LAC) Plantation Protection Division (PPD), who were charged for murder but released on bail by the 14th Judicial Circuit Court in Rivercess have been rearrested.
Babies' Heads Smashed, Pregnant Women Disemboweled
Published: 01 May, 2008
Former President Charles Taylor
BOMI COUNTY, A survivor of the Mahel River Massacre in Bomi County said Charles Taylor's government militiamen under the command of General Benjamin Yeaten smashed the heads of scores of babies and disemboweled pregnant women during the killings.
Don't Bail Armed Robbers
Published: 29 April, 2008
Cllr. Micah Wilkins Wright
MONROVIA, Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Liberia, Counselor Micah Wilkins Wright, has called for the amendment of the law on armed robbery to make the crime non-bailable and bring it in harmony with the rest of the laws on capital offense.
Illicit Tapping Surfaces After Bong Land Dispute
Published: 28 April, 2008
The damaged pick-up truck
BONG COUNTY -- The farm manager of the Ernest Dennis Rubber Farm in Sarnoyea District, Jessie Yuan, has disclosed that several illicit tappers, mainly from Dakpansue, have taken over the farm despite a ruling from the presiding judge of the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court of Bong County.
In Alleged House Bribery
Published: 28 April, 2008
The National Executive of the Liberia National Youth Congress (LNYC) is recommending the setting-up of an independent committee comprising members of the House of Senate Judiciary Committee to investigate the bribery allegation that has brought the House of Representatives to public ridicule, according to a release issued over the weekend.
Bong County seat of local government Photo by Alaskai Moore Johnson
Pastor Arrested with Marijuana in Bong
Published: 25 April, 2008
BONG COUNTY, Pastor Ben Daniels of Redeemed Christian Ministry located in Monrovia has been arrested in Bong County and remanded at the Gbarnga Central Prison for allegedly having in his possession 82.6 kilograms of marijuana.
Over 500 Massacred in Fassama
Published: 25 April, 2008
Former President Charles Taylor
GBARPOLU COUNTY, Tears, weeping and sorrow effectively overwhelmed hundreds of listeners on Wednesday at the ongoing public hearings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Liberia in Bopolo City, Gbarpolu County, when several witnesses gave graphic and chilling accounts of the massacre of more than 500 people including women, children and the elderly in Fassama Town in 1993.
Pearl Brown-Bull Storms TRC Hearings
Published: 24 April, 2008
GBARPOLU COUNTY, Cllr. Pearl Brown-Bull, who has been suspended for time indefinite as commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), yesterday made a dramatic appearance at the TRC hearings presently ongoing at Bopolo City Hall where the Commission is currently conducting public hearings on atrocities that characterized the nation's 14-year civil war.
Armed Robbers Hired for US$450
Published: 24 April, 2008
MONROVIA, Police Inspector-General Col. Beatrice Munah Sieh yesterday made starling revelation when she informed journalists that several suspected armed robbers arrested by the police had made open confession, saying that they had been hired for US$450 by a lady, who they only named as Princess.
45-yr Old Woman Lives in Fear of Brothers' Killer
Published: 22 April, 2008
LOFA COUNTY, A widow of Voinjama in Lofa County said she was frightened by threats to her life by a former rebel soldier who killed 15 members of her family at the height of the Liberian civil war.
Man, 19, Found Guilty for Stealing Meter
Published: 17 April, 2008
A 19-year old man has been found guilty and sentenced to one month imprisonment for stealing a water meter belonging to the Liberia Water & Sewer Corporation (LWSC).
Gen. Zar Opens up at TRC Hearings
Published: 17 April, 2008
Bob Kofi Zar, a former general of the disbanded National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) has appeared before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Liberia in Cestos City, Rivercess County.
Homicide on the Rise in Bong
Published: 16 April, 2008
Concerns have been raised by citizens of Bong County as well as the women in Peace Building Network (WIPNET) and human rights groups operating in the county over increased homicide in the county.
Convict Sentenced to Death by Hanging
Published: 15 April, 2008
Wonleah Bumie, who reportedly shot and killed his mother last year March in Beo Galanglay, Nimba County, after accusing her of witchcraft, has been sentenced to death by hanging by the Eighth Judicial Circuit Court in that County.
Con Men Pose as Lawmakers
Published: 14 April, 2008
MONROVIA, Criminal activities of men masquerading as substantive lawmakers and soliciting financial and material assistance from private individuals and corporate entities have been unearthed with members of the august assembly calling on the general public to be weary of the antics of such individuals.
Taylor's Men Slaughtered 105 in Rivercess
Published: 10 April, 2008
Former President Charles Taylor
RIVERCESS COUNTY,Fighters of Charles Taylor's defunct National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) slaughtered 105 inhabitants of Blo's Town in Rivercess County in 1995, a witness told the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) public hearing in Cestos City.
Witness Recants Testimony against Dearboy
Published: 10 April, 2008
Witness Sayweh: 'They told me to lie’
David Sayweh, who opened the TRC public hearings with testimony of atrocities allegedly committed by Sundaygar Dearboy, told a news conference in Buchanan last weekend that he had been paid to 'tell a lie'.
Seven Wounded in Bong Land Dispute
Published: 09 April, 2008
Seven persons were reported to haqve been seriously wounded in a land dispute between one Mr. Ernest Dennis, a rubber farmer and citizens of the village of Darkpansue in Sanoyea District, Bong County.
Dearboy Wanted To Kill Me
Published: 09 April, 2008
Dearboy at the Buchanan hearing and Witness Johnny: ‘Dearboy wanted to kill me’
MONROVIA, Unity Party poster boy, Michael Davis alias Sundaygar Dearboy, has admitted being a rebel soldier in the infamous Charles Taylor-led National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) rebel army but has refused to accept that he was a trigger-happy, cruel rebel officer, as several witnesses continue to testify before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) public hearings.
Part of KRTTI showing position of stolen air-conditioner
Looters Engage KRTTI Facilities
Published: 09 April, 2008
KAKATA, MARGIBI COUNTY, “It has been reported that the newly renovated Kakata Rural Teacher Training Institute (KRTTI) has been vandalized by looters,” Education Minister Dr. Joseph Korto said Tuesday when he spoke at a dedicatory ceremony of the Institution in Kakata Margibi County.
LOFA COUNTY, Early last week, a 32-year old man in an hour's dispute with his wife, aged 24, allegedly hit and instantly killed his younger brother, Massaboi Kokulo, in Voinjama, Lofa County.
Nigerian Rebuffs 'Cocaine Find'
Published: 07 April, 2008
Camillus Okpala, the Nigerian man from whom police in Nimba County said they recently retrieved 49 parcels of cocain with a street value of US$15,000 has told the Daily Observer that the evidence was a 'set-up'.
Policeman Remanded For Brutality
Published: 04 April, 2008
Nathaniel F. Mulbah at the Temple of Justice
MONROVIA, An officer of the Police Support Unit (PSU) of the Liberia National Police (LNP), Nathaniel F. Mulbah, was yesterday charged for aggravated assault and remanded at the Monrovia Central Prison, pending court trial.
On Claims of 'Hosting' Gen. Roland Duo
Published: 04 April, 2008
RIVERCESS COUNTY, The Hall of Cestos City, Rivercess County, was on Wednesday overwhelmed by silence, grief and sorrow as Edward Zoryeah, former town chief of Morweh Town, Joe River District, recounted the mass arrest, torture and summary execution of almost all of the residents of the town in 1995.
'Highway Robbers' in Court in Buchanan
Published: 03 April, 2008
Police IG Munah Sieh
Four men linked to a highway armed robbery last November, during which US$165,000 meant for the payment of workers of the Liberian Agricultural Company (LAC) was stolen, have been arraigned before the Second Judicial Circuit Court in Buchanan.
Armed Robbers Terrorize Veep Boakai's Neighborhood
Published: 03 April, 2008
Victim Yoryor: ‘I’m ready to give L$10,000 for retrieval of my cab’
MONROVIA, At least 11 well-armed robbers have attacked the neighborhood of Vice-President Joseph Boakai on Monday morning, a victim has told the Daily Observer.
Two Charged for 'Terrorist Threat' in Harlandsville
Published: 02 April, 2008
Police in Buchanan, Grand Bassa County, are holding two residents of Lower Harlandsville for 'terrorist threat' to their neighborhood for allegedly setting up road block on a community road.
'Rapist’ Freed in Buchanan
Published: 02 April, 2008
GRAND BASSA COUNTY, At least six cases involving rape and gang rape were dismissed by the Second Judicial Circuit of Grand Bassa County owing to the failure of the private prosecutors to appear before the court for the prosecution.
US Secret Service Holds 3 Liberians
Published: 02 April, 2008
USA, Three Liberian men may not have been lucky to dupe their victim, an undercover agent at a local hotel in Tampa Bay, Florida, where they were caught red-handed in the act of money doubling, locally known here as 'black money'.
Abandoned 2-Month Old Baby Found
Published: 01 April, 2008
An abandoned 2-month old baby reportedly left half buried in a thick grass was last weekend found and turned over to the authorities of the Liberia National Police (LNP).
MONROVIA, Two officers of the Special Security Service, Presidential Motorcade, on Friday, March 28, 2008, appeared in the Gbarnga Magisterial Court on charges of drugs trafficking.
Police Training Commandant Gets Tough
Published: 31 March, 2008
Hallowanger: ‘I will not fail to expel unruly students’ Photo by A. M Johnson
MONROVIA, The Commissioner of Police and Commandant at the National Police Training Academy (NPTA), James B. Hallowanger, has expelled three 'undisciplined' cadets from the Academy 'with immediate effect'.
7-Year Old's Death Raises Tension in Kakata
Published: 31 March, 2008
Don Gbasongee accused of killing the lad
KAKATA, MARGIBI COUNTY, Tension is said to be brewing among residents of Kakata, Margibi County, in the establishment of the cause of the death of a seven-year old lad, Moses Dennis, who went missing recently.
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has nabbed a man for allegedly burgling Customs warehouse to avoid customs duties of US$7,357.71 and L$200,000.
I Didn't Murder Augustine
Published: 27 March, 2008
MONROVIA, A 56-year old school principal has categorically denied recent accusation of murder against him which has been reported in some local dailies at the behest of one Mr. Golortor.
Armed Robbers on Rampage in Sinkor
Published: 26 March, 2008
IGP Munnah Seih
MONROVIA, A group of unidentified men, well armed with machetes, kitchen knives, sticks, among several deadly weapons, have begun breaking into homes of peaceful citizens during the night and early morning hours.
Fighters of the defunct Liberia Peace Council (LPC) reportedly killed several inhabitants of villages, burned their huts and ordered survivors to eat human fat in Kanweaken, a witness recently told commissioners of Liberia's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC).
For Defying Gov't Orders
Published: 25 March, 2008
IGP Munah Sieh
MONROVIA, Liberia National Police (LNP) last Friday stormed the compound of the Chinese Dalien Fishing Company to ward off hundreds of traders who had gone to transact business there.
SSS Officers Arrested with Drugs
Published: 25 March, 2008
MONROVIA, Two Presidential guards of the Special Security Service (SSS) were on Saturday morning arrested with seven bags of marijuana in Gbarnga, Bong County.
Two Arrested for Meter Theft
Published: 24 March, 2008
Two men have been arrested in Paynesville for their alleged involvement in the stealing of a meter belonging to the Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation (LWSC).
Armed Robbers Attack Ashmun Street Resident
Published: 20 March, 2008
A 43-year old man, Norman Anderson, has reported that his home on Ashmun Street was on Tuesday night attacked by a group of armed gangs who, he alleged, made away with several valuable items, after attempting to kill him.
UL Students Charged for Forgery
Published: 19 March, 2008
Dawolo A. Farkollie, a student of Agriculture and Forestry at the University of Liberia (UL) and his alleged accomplice, Wahi Barnabas, were arraigned before the Monrovia City Court last Friday on charges of forgery and theft of property.
Man Held for Forcing Child to Eat Feces
Published: 18 March, 2008
GBARNGA, BONG COUNTY, Police in Bong County are investigating a 46-year old man, Kennedy Smith, for allegedly forcing an 11-year old child to eat human feces.
‘I Killed Too Many People’
Published: 17 March, 2008
A former fighter of the defunct National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL), now a musician on the streets of Greenville in Sinoe County, confessed Thursday that he killed scores of people in the 1990s during the group's occupation of southeastern Liberia. Now visually impaired and physically deformed, the fighter said following the killings, other fighters extracted parts from the dead and ate them.
MONROVIA, An alleged kidnap attempt in Monrovia of the Deputy Director for Administration of the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization (BIN), Lieutenant Colonel, Caroline M. Capehart, was reportedly foiled.
'Power and Money' Influenced Court
Published: 14 March, 2008
George Tubman, landowner
MONROVIA, The National Port of Authority (NPA) Managing Director, George E. Tubman, has been accused by one Same John of the ruling Unity Party (UP) of using 'power and money' to forcibly remove him from a parcel ofland in Paynesville that the local Magistrate had ruled belongs to Tubman and which John had been occupying 'illegally'.
Juveniles Arraigned for Burglary
Published: 14 March, 2008
MONROVIA, The Women and Children Protection Section (WACPS) of the Liberia National Police (LNP), yesterday sent two juveniles to court on charges of an alleged burglary of US$1,035 worth of pharmaceutical drugs.
S. Leonean Detained for Killing Two Daughters
Published: 13 March, 2008
BOMI CO., A Sierra Leonean national, Sallie J. Sheriff, who was arrested on March 4, 2008 in Tubmanburg, Bomi County, for allegedly killing his two children has been charged with murder and detained at the Monrovia Central Prison on UN Drive awaiting trial.
War Deeds Haunt Moses Blah, Others
Published: 11 March, 2008
Former President Moses Z. Blah
MARYLAND CO., As part of the ongoing public hearings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Liberia, citizens of Maryland County in the Southeastern region of the country have been giving graphic and chilling testimonies to the nine-member TRC on cruel and inhumane treatment meted out to them by ex-warlords and belligerent groups during the 14-year civil war.
MONROVIA, A 37-year old man was on Sunday March 9, 2008 found hanging dead in the Criminal Investigation Division (CID) Cell at the Liberia National Police Headquarters on Capitol Hill in Monrovia.
Criminals Loot Palm Grove
Published: 10 March, 2008
MONROVIA, Machetes wielding gangs believed to be former residents of the Palm Grove Cemetery located on Center Street, down town Monrovia, have lunched fresh attack on the national cemetery, stealing several caskets, steel rods and other valuable items.
SOUTHEASTERN REGION, With courage and determination, residents of River Gee, Maryland, Grand Kru and Grand Gedeh Counties in the Southeastern region, had unveiled various sites at which their fellow compatriots including women, children, babies and the elderly were rounded up, tortured and subsequently massacred by various ex-warring factions during the country's brutal armed conflict.
