By. Tewroh-Wehtoe Sungbeh The pictures from the Sierra Leonean civil war are graphic. They are of children with no arms or legs crawling or attempting to crawl. They are of women with chemicals or some type thrown in their eyes or on some other parts of their body. The pictures are also of grown [...]
CLWG’s Sue Yancy Williams, (foreground) getting ready to distribute supplies to Liberian children and their parents in Owensgrove, Grand Bassa County, Liberia in 2011. In December 2011, the President of the group, Mrs. Sue Williams went to Liberia with a consignment of clothing, notebooks, pencils and toys to be distributed among needy children of [...]
LAMA 6961 Peachtree Industrial Blvd. Suite 224 Norcross, GA 30092 Email:lib.communityga@gmail.com / Website: www.lama-atl.org OFFICE OF PRESIDENT LAMA PRESS RELEASE Atlanta, GA (April 6, 2012): The Liberian Community Association of Metropolitan Atlanta (LAMA) is greatly disappointed by the tone of the recent commentary in the Liberian Dialogue by Mr. Sungbeh, which sought to dismiss as [...]
By. Morris Koffa The EPA is mandated to protect the human health and well being of the Liberian people and others living within in our jurisdiction. This directive also includes the protection of our ecosystem and biodiversity to include our species and waterways, the air we breathe as well- so the emphasis while on [...]
By. Clemente Ferrer When the State gets involved in family matters, some feel a certain embarrassment and suspicion since “home” is considered to be a great sanctuary of one’s personal privacy. However, there are countries which traditionally provide support and incentives for the family, such as France, which is at the forefront of overall [...]
By. Tewroh-Wehtoe Sungbeh A key grievance against the Tolbert administration enunciated by the People’s Redemption Council (PRC) after the 1980 military coup d’etat was the president appointing his family members to key positions in his administration. The modern day English word for that grieveable offense is nepotism; meaning, “patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of [...]
By. L. Wellington VanPelt (A rebuttal to Mr. Tewroh-Wehtoe Sungbeh’s March 31, 2012 Article) I shall begin with what both Mr. Tewroh-Wehtoe Sungbeh and I may likely agree on. (1) Our community needs a Community and Cultural Center. (2) Facts should never be optional. (3) For the media to be respected, it must respect its [...]
By. Moses Owen Browne, Jr. John Gray, a 28-year old Liberian survives daily by searching waste sites in and around Monrovia to find food. He looks through trash canes, landfills, and garbage bags for things he can possibly sell or eat. Mr. Gray, who lives in the Todee District area of Montserrado County, is one of [...]
By. Tewroh-Wehtoe Sungbeh One way to get Liberians talking is when the topic is either about religion or politics, in a country where Christianity is a state-sanctioned religion; and every Liberian, once upon a time, was a member of the True Whig Party. Politics and religion will get Liberians talking because some are passionate about the issues. Others [...]
By Edmond Gray The succession of a Nigerian General, Yusuf by his countryman, Major General Suraj Alao Abdurrahman in June 2007, as Commander of the Armed Forces of Liberia, is not only damning and denigrating for one of Africa’s oldest nations, it defies all international legal wisdoms. Under Article VII of the Accra Comprehensive Peace [...]
