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Friday, June 26, 2015
Rodney D. Sieh, rodney.sieh@frontpageafricaonline.com
Monrovia
iberia has failed to raise money from an attempted
sale of four oil licenses by NOCAL late last year, with
President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf promising a shakeup of management at the nearly bankrupt national oil
company.
In an exclusive interview with Front Page Africa, President
Sirleaf confirmed that NOCAL executives would bear the
penalty for mishandling the sector following months of failed
negotiations with oil companies of questionable reputation.
NOCAL has not yet released a list of companies which submitted
bids but multiple sources in NOCAL and the industry speaking
on condition of anonymity said that three companies - Kosmos,
Liberty and A-Z - had originally been shortlisted in the oil
auction held in faraway London in November last year.
The president confirmed that US oil company Liberty Petroleum,
and Nigerian oil company A-Z failed to stump up US$25 million
in cash they promised for four oil licenses that they agreed to
purchase in the oil auction. These initial payments are known as
signature bonuses" in the oil industry.
During the auction, US oil company Kosmos had offered less
money than Liberty and A-Z and was set aside by the Liberian
government. However, Kosmos now appears to be attempting to
negotiate its way back in, according to the president.
In the midst of all that is unfolding, Kosmos has come up to say
that it is willing to rescue both Liberty and A-Z and honestly if
I had my wish I would go with Kosmos because it is a strong
American company that can do the work, President Sirleaf told
Front Page Africa on Wednesday.
Several sources at the Executive Mansion say the President
also summoned the hierarchy of NOCAL to the Executive
Mansion on last Thursday, June 18, 2015 following her return
from the African Union Summit in Johannesburg to explain
why the company was on the verge of bankruptcy. The sources
say that the President was briefed on expensive and allegedly
unnecessary overseas trips made by NOCAL board members
which drained the company's cash balance. NOCAL has been
spending millions of dollars, averaging US$28 million per year
since 2012, according to the companys 2012/2013 annual
budget.
On 23 June, the Executive Mansion issued a statement saying
the President had called on the board of NOCAL to nullify all
resolutions passed approving excessive benefits for departing
senior managers and board members.
The presidents move followed a leaked memo from NOCAL

When it comes to what is happening at the

National Oil Company of Liberia, I am fully aware,
in fact I have challenged the executives there and
told them that I think the whole process could
have been handled better than the way it turned
out. Regarding the meeting held with executives
of NOCAL last week, I made it clear to them my
dissatisfaction. President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
board members on 9 June which stated that Liberia had also lost
potentially much needed money in signature bonuses from the
failed bid round while giant American oil companies Anadarko
and Chevron either walked away or held fire on investments in
Liberia in a stunning, unfortunate and embarrassing reversal of
fortune for the country.
Several Senate Committees had also stated on Tuesday, June
16 that NOCAL is currently facing serious financial difficulties
requiring urgent austerity measures, that most of the previouslyencumbered oil blocks are now virtually vacant and the 2014
bid round remains inconclusive.
Sources in NOCAL and in the industry confirm that under fire is
NOCAL CEO Randolph McClain, who they say was handpicked
by former NOCAL board member Robert Sirleaf, the Presidents
son.
Mr. Sirleaf now states that he had nothing to do with the opening
of the bids in the 2014 bid round, having himself resigned from
his own position at NOCAL in September 2013, but did confirm
in a written statement on 20 June that he knew that Kosmos,
NOCAL and the Hydrocarbon Technical Committee are still
quite far apart on certain basic financial issues.
Influential anti-corruption group Global Witness and oil
industry analysts has questioned why Liberia rushed to hold an
oil auction at the height of the Ebola crisis and in spite of the
Liberian governments own moratorium on selling new licenses
that was issued in 2012 pending oil sector reforms.
Global Witness stated that Liberia had burned the furniture
to warm the house, trying to collect signature bonuses from
the relatively unknown Liberty Petroleum in the midst of an
unexplained payment of US$31,000 to Senator Sando Johnson
and the death of Michael Allison, the Liberian lawyer at the
centre of a government investigation into allegedly illegal
payments made by the legislature to lawyers during the drafting
of Liberias new oil law.

The British based anti-corruption group also alleged that Liberty
Petroleum, part owned by US Congressman Trent Franks,
a Republican from Arizona, only has seven employees. The
company was also named in a 2013 UN investigation report on
Somalia for having signed a controversial deal with the regional
government of Galmudug in Somalia, thereby pitting Galmudug
in direct conflict with Somalias central government who were
already in contract with the oil major Shell over part of the same
area. Liberty has stated that it has an international track record
in oil exploration and development, has traditionally facilitated
development through joint ventures with larger partner
companies and has been held to fair regulatory standards by the
Liberian government.
The Nigerian-based A-Z was the subject of major scrutiny after
Finance and Economic Planning Minister Amara Konneh raised a
red flag over a report in Nigerian newsite "Premium Times" that
A-Z was among a number of unscrupulous companies fleecing
Nigeria of N382 billion without supplying a drop of petrol.
Even Kosmos, a Dallas based company now favored by
president Sirleaf, was once investigated by US authorities for
alleged corruption in Ghana in 2010, although the investigation
was finally dropped later that year. Oil industry analysts say
Anadarko filed the original complaint against Kosmos to the US
authorities.
The countrys emerging oil sector just over two years ago was
flying high. Africa Petroleum the year before had announced
a discovery, Chevron and Anadarko were actively drilling, and
Exxon had joined their ranks on April 5, 2013 by signing an
unprecedented contract with the Government of Liberia that
provided a hefty $US50 million in taxes, transfers fees, and
signature bonuses although the signature bonus itself was
$US21.25 million. The arrival of ExxonMobil in April 2013
signaled a rising tide for Liberias oil sector as expectations
heightened that the countrys post-war economic fortunes
taking an upturn.
For now, Liberias oil sector reform appears to be in limbo as
NOCAL, on the verge of bankruptcy, continues to push for sale of
four oil blocks with questionable reputation amid reports that
major companies are pondering walking away not only because
of the low oil prices but because of lingering uncertainty over
the future of the sector in Liberia. And with national elections
just two years away, uncertainties concerning any change in
regulatory oversight that would affect companies holding
licenses are becoming worrisome.
This story was produced in collaboration with the Thomson Reuters Foundation/New Narratives Liberia Oil Reporting
Project, which is part of the Foundations pan-African programme Wealth of Nations (wealth-of-nations.org).
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DONT GAMBLE PRESIDENT SIRLEAF
EDITORIAL FREE
PRESS CREDENTIAL
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CULTURE OF
IMPUNITY W
MUST END
Rwandas Intelligence Chief
Arrest A victory for Justice
OVER THE LAST two decades, Africa has seen

increase in conflicts including civil wars, massacres
and other forms of carnage committed against
vulnerable groups including women and children.
FROM RWANDA TO Angola, Sierra Leone, Liberia,
Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Mali, etc,
these countries along with others have all witnessed
inhumane treatments and acts of barbarism.
NEARLY ALL OF Africas 54 states have all tasted
violence in many forms as the continent turned the
breeding ground for armed rebellion, rebel wars,
coup dtat, extremism and other forms of violence.
WOMEN AND CHILDREN have become victims of the
actions of these evil minded individuals who subject
the vulnerable population to rape, molestation,
conscription and other inhumane treatments.
THESE AGGRESSIONS have not only been
orchestrated against Africans but foreigners who
come to the continent to contribute in many ways
to the human development, and improvement in the
wellbeing of the continent and its people.
IN MANY AFRICAN countries, religious nuns, clerics,
humanitarian workers, qualified professionals from
other countries who come to Africa to contribute to
its growth are targeted and killed in cold blood.
IN 1997 WITH less than four months April 7 to midJuly, Rwanda witnessed a mass slaughter of Tutsi
and moderate Hutu in by members of the Hutu
majority. During the approximate 100-day period
an estimated 500,0001,000,000 Rwandans were
killed.
DURING THIS DARK period in the history of Rwanda,
foreigners were also killed along with locals with
gruesome public images showing one of the worse
ever cruelty against humankind.
BEGINNING 1989, Liberia also witnessed mass
killings, from one massacre to another-Lutheran
Church, Du Port Road, Duside, Bomi Hills and many
other places where unarmed civilians were killed.
For nearly 15 years, the killings continued unabated
and the belligerent fighting groups targeted
foreigners as well as Catholic Nuns were killed and
nationals of other countries beheaded.
SIMULTANEOUSLY, NEIGHBORING Sierra Leone had
its share of the bloodletting conflict where phrases
such as short sleeves, long sleeves were introduced
describing the cruelty of maiming the arms and legs
of people, rendering them disabled.
GUINEA, IVORY COAST, Burkina Faso, all had their
shares of the wind of wars that blew in the West
African sub region during the early 1990s.
WHILE LIBERIA AND other countries were just
begging to see deaths and destruction, Angola had
gone years without real peace, the Democratic
Republic of Congo also at war for years.
THE WIND OF CONFLICT touched almost the entire
continent, with Chad, Eritrea and many other
countries experiencing unrest.
AFRICA AS A continent has failed to fail to provide
By: Eugene Nagbe(Wleh); Contributing Writer
ith close to ten years of challenging but

immaculate Leadership, the country and
its people have seen and enjoyed massive
press freedom and free expression under the
stewardship of President Ellen Johnson Sirleafan African
Leader with impeccable human rights record and viewed on
the African continent as an epitome of freedom.
In fact, Johnson Sirleaf has won a basket- full of awards for
her respect and tolerance to the independence of the free
press in her country and her thick-skin to dissent thus
earning for herself a lofty democratic credential, something
difficult for many African leaders to achieve giving that they
are addicted to repressive and totalitarian tendencies.
Johnson Sirleaf is on the good side of history when it comes
to accentuating the values of democracy even to the peril of
her administration. She is certainly one of Africas proud and
we all must help to protect such unique and enviable legacy.
I believe, the media must stay free and flourish in all aspects,
not in one aspect because the President has always vow
to ensure a vibrant Liberian pressa press that must be
ethically and economically balanced.
This is not the case currently. The media is being economically
muzzled to the core. There are reports that media institutions
are shutting down operations because they can hardly pay
their operational cost including printing, paper, equipment,
salary, diesel amongst other associated cost.
Media executives have hinted this writer that government
is no longer advertising in most of the independent
newspapers and that government advertisements are
centralized at the Ministry of information and only placed in
chosen and selected papers.
In a conversation with some media executives recently,
I gathered that the Ministry of Information has a zerotolerance policy when it comes to giving ads to newspapers
with critical editorials and stories against the government
of Liberia and will only run ads in papers that run favorable
stories and editorials for the government. This is a dangerous
trend reminiscent of the country draconian pastand I
must say, I was spellbound, bewildered and chilly in spirit
when I got this news.
This writer has not determined the veracity to this
allegation but is making candid and genuine effort to speak
with authorities at MICAT to actually establish the fact. But
just the mere mention of such revelation is stunning and
scaring for many media observers; that after many years of
struggle in this country for free expression and free press,
the Ministry of information would willfully and shamelessly
want to revert to the old style of stifling and strangulating the
independent press. How then can we nurture our fledgling
democracy when the independent press is been paralyzed
and nearing extermination?
Karl Max argued in his memoir on his sojourn as a Journalist
that, the Press is not free when it is economically stagnated;
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justice for its people to deter these brutal militias

from continuing their cruelty against the people.
EARLY THIS WEEK, the Intelligence Chief of Rwanda,
Karenzi Karake was arrested by British Authorities
acting on a Spanish indictment against the Rwandan
for the alleged deaths of three Spaniards Flors Sirera,
Manuel Madrazo and Luis Valtuea in 1997 who
were members of the NGO Mdicos del Mundo
ALL THREE WERE allegedly murdered by four Tutsi
soldiers after they had been taken to see the mass
graves of murdered Hutus.
DESPITE ALL THE mass killings and destruction
around Africa, the continent has not been able to
bring perpetrators to Justice simply because the
perpetrators are the ones in power in every country
are thwarting all efforts to bring justice for the
victims.
KARAKES ARREST IS good development and
indicates that while Africa is slow in establishing
some mechanism to bring people to book for
committing crimes against its people; western
simply because the press cannot perform its sacred role

in the absence of a medium (newspaper and radio) to do
so. These outlets must exist in order for the media to play
its roleand they can only exist when there are economic
opportunities simply because they have operational cost.
The vibrancy of the media will not be felt by the people when
their perspectives on society and its governance cannot be
aired and published.
If this startling news is true, then the Liberian media is
once again undergoing State censorship and it is dare sad
especially in this time and age; and under the leadership of
President Sirleaf that is revered as a free press hero.
While we have not derive the authenticity of such grave
and sickening development, we believe that any attempt
to economically suffocate the independent press as a way
of denying the expression of critical opinions against the
government; would be totally preposterous, unthinkable,
undemocratic, antiquated, shameful, parochial, a show
of fundamental laziness and a well calculated attempt to
blemish the President well earned enviable free press
credential by elements at the Ministry of Information. This
is dare wrong! We must not do such disservice to President
Sirleaf because such debauched maneuvering does not
represent the good wishes and aspiration of this unique
Liberian leader.
The folks at the Ministry of Information are well paid, I guess,
to professionally and effectively tell the government stories
and must be able to cultivate a professional relationship with
the critical press. Dont use the government advertisements
as a bid to cajole, tilt and mesmerize the press.
The way to mesmerize the press, I believe, is to carve out smart
and intelligent publicity blitz and propaganda foundation in
factsnot to regulate government advertisements.
The Information Ministry should be the PR machinery of
the government, it must tell the government stories in a
very effective way and the critical press will be obliged to
conform in giving the government side of the story.
Even though sources at the MICAT have hinted that it is true
that government ads are being centralized at the Ministry
Bureau of Communication outside of that Departments
statutory function, but I am making efforts to speak to the
heads of the ministry after which, I will determine a course
of action to correct this madness and petite laziness to safe
the well-earned press credential of the President. For I know,
the Ellen that I know did not actually sanction this autocratic
and counterproductive decision, or if she did, then someone
lured and cleverly arm-twisted her into doing sofor I am
aware that there are some demons around the President
pretending to be good people. We must unmask and rebuke
these ugly demonssome are vestiges of repressive and
corrupt regimes and courageously gate-crashing the Sirleaf
administration only to unleash bad influence.
What a bad new!!
countries are pushing to end the culture of impunity

across the continent.
THE RWANDAN ARREST comes on the heels of
reports in Liberia that Dutch, Americans zero in on
key Octopus players of the Liberian Civil War.
IN OCTOBER 1992, five American nuns were killed
during Charles Taylors National Patriotic Front
of Liberia (NPFL) Operation Octopus. The nuns
reportedly left their Gardnersville home to drive a
Liberian colleague to home but they never made it
to their destination and were reportedly killed along
with the man in their vehicle, along with two African
peacekeepers the women picked up along the way.
THE ARREST OF the senior Rwanda security official
is a good sign for justice and no matter where and
when these individuals who committed crimes
against their own people take place it will help deter
others from continuing with the long trend of the
culture of impunity.
AFRICA AND AFRICANS deserve better and the
culture of impunity must end now.
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GEORGE H W KPATOR WORKS AT INDEPENDENT

CONTRACTOR
These stories on rape cases in the motherland are among
some of the saddest! One of the ways we can put up a serious
fight against this hideous crime, is organized supports for the
INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM involved in the fight and protection
of children and family. It will also require total commitment on
the part of the personnel and support staff. It is a job that requires
a none compromising stance regardless of who is connected.
In addition to national budgetary allocation, international
supports, etc, I suggest a nationwide national fundraising takes
place each year, inside Liberia, to support the various aspects of
program such as awareness, police education and coordination
services, Child Protective and/or women protection hands on
services plus more.
ELIJAH D DAVIS WORKS AT SELF-EMPLOYED
This has nothing to do with politics, so Politicians should freak
because they are timid of check and balance in our country
Liberia. That's the reason why some western politicians seek
to protect their cronies and donate know what some of us has
endure in the past. Some of us are kidnapped from Liberia by
military forces brought to the USA specifically TEXAS AND NEW
JERSEY TO BE TORTURE,ABUSED AND EVEN KILL BECAUSE OF
OUR DIFFERENT IN OUR IDEALOGY. SO OF FIBS AND GOSSIP
ARE USED AS PROPOGANDA MECHINARY TO DESTROY OUR
LIVE IN EVERY FORM. THANKS AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE
INTERVIEW BY ANY OF YOUR JOURNALIST FROM FRONTPAGE
AFRICA. CALL ME ON THIS NUMBER IF U WISH 2149310546/
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ALEXANDER TROKON SHELTON FOLLOW
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COMMENTER GIMPA 104 FOLLOWERS
The Liberian government is not serious about anything much
less it people welfare. It is a great evil to rule and not lead and
because we have ruler instead of leaders(people center) the
masses suffer the worst. This and the many past ruler-ship must
be a very good lessons to all critical thinker and our people that
not everything that glitter is gold. If our people in the hierarchy
have heart for our people and vision for Liberia and not self,
we could together control this shameless act and deter could
be rapist by setting up specific court for rape cases and fast
tracking all such cases. They know what to do but they will play
blind. This too is Liberia!!!!
NYEMADE WANI TOP COMMENTER UNIVERSITY OF
LIBERIA, MONROVIA, LIBERIA CAMPUS
This is about power and preying on the weak. The rich kids in
Liberia are sheltered, drivers taking them from one place to the
other. Our poor children walk and sell at night and in corners
and fall prey to these animals. This is about economics as well,
the haves and the have nots. Name me 5 government officials'
kids that have been raped. Now you can give me about 10 names
of our poor kids who have not only been raped but killed.
NYEMADE WANI TOP COMMENTER UNIVERSITY OF
LIBERIA, MONROVIA, LIBERIA CAMPUS
Our economy is in shambles. Why should this mother and
child be out at 21m selling when the young girl could be at
home sleeping. And Ellen pardons rapists all the time. Every
blood shed by our young people is at her feet. This is politics.
if you make life better for our people, they will not be forced
to endanger their lives in the dark. How the hell does a police
station not have police cars or ambulances?
Speaking against ill fate and cruel RH acts doesn't negate the
fact that young NGO workers can't live and work in their home
country Liberia and combat these negative RH issues. Instead of
being kidnapped those foolish arm groups stupidly who don't
know the extent of our RH work.
I BELIEVE THE LI ERIAN GOVERNMENT AND OTHER HUMAN
RIGHTS ORGANIZATION TO SEE REASON FOR INTERVENTION
INSTEAD OF POLITICIZING EVERY THINGS THAT ARE DISCUSS
IN OUR COUNTRY
Yes, and critical RH issues tend to affect the young fabric of our
country, we are brought to the USA to be incarcerated foolishly
while innocent young people are affected in our country
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TELLS LIBERIAS STORY
The Editor,
n Liberia or Africa for that matter, regimes that don't pay army/
police, that play with their salaries/food to feed their families,
or mess with their spouses are themselves playing with fire and
their survivability. But it is not that the government in Liberia is
broke, the problem is that of greed by those at the top who neglect
the welfare of those who must protect them when trouble starts. So
where is the money? Come ride with me to look for our money.
FPA just reported last week the fat salaries of higher ups at the
Liberia Revenue Authority where the head Elfreda Tamba Stewart
earns nearly US$10,000.00 a month for a yearly income of more
than $100,000.00. The head of the Bureau of Maritime Affairs
Binyah Kesselly is said to be the highest paid official--on paper--in
government with an annual salary of more than US$400,000.00 or
more than $25,000.00 a month. At the Liberia Telecommunications
Authority, head Angelique Weeks' salary is reported to be more than
$200,000.00 a year. The Governor of the Central Banks also rakes in
about US$20,000.00 a month. At the National Port Authority where
the "suspended" Director Matilda Parker and a friend of President
Sirleaf was implicated in a million dollar theft ring, her salary is
reported at US$12,000.00 a month plus benefits. She is now in the
United States to hide the money and buy up some more real estate.
The same salary structure holds true for many honchos at public
corporations for their senior staff and Board of Directors at
Roberts International Airport, the Liberia Petroleum and Refinery
Corporation/LPRC where the former head Harry Greaves engineered
a US $ 24 million no-bid single source LPRC refurbishing oil storage
tanks contract with Zahkem; Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation,
Liberia Forestry Development Authority/FDA, the Liberia Investment
Commission, Roberts International Airport and the Liberia Aviation
Authority and more.
In the President's cabinet, the salary structure variess depending on
your ties to the president. Former Public Works Minister Antoinette
Weeks was taking home US$15,000.00 a month but other cabinet
ministers earn about US$2,000.00; again, it depends on your status in
the President's CZC-Comfort Zone of Corruption.
Well, what about the President herself? In the 2012 fiscal year budget,
the Ministry of State for Presidential Affairs that the President heads,
and God knows how many people work there, the budget was US$33
million. In addition to her fat salary, her office was allocated US $3
million for presidential overseas travels, and also US $2 million for
" presidential office use." VP Joe Boakai's salary is put at over uS
$60,000.00 plus "office budget" of over $1 million.
At the Supreme Court, the Chief Justice is said to be earning about US
$ 90,000.00 a year plus benefits, and you add the salaries of the other
Associate Justices and benefits.
At the National Legislature, there are 103 lawmakers (30 Senators and
73 Representatives) and each one takes home about US $ 15,000.00 a
month plus benefits. 103 $15,000.00= $1,545,000.00, or $1 million
545 thousand dollars. The lawmakers were given $1 million by now
bankrupt NOCAL to pass sweetheart oil deals, and then in December,
each lawmaker or Senator got $31,000.00 Christmas gift checks to
ram through another of President Sirleaf's pet project oil deals. And
don't forget the over $200 million of our Maritime money diverted
into ponzi public relations lobbying scams with powerful DC law
firms here in America that I dug up from the website of the US Justice
Department at: www.fara.gov.
Based on available public record, the following are the "office budgets"
for the Speaker of the Liberian House of Representatives (Alex Tyler)
: 2009-2010 budget, $605,412.00; 2010-2011 budget- $619,952.00;
2011-2012 budget was $ 631,167.00; 2012-2013 was $ 855,487.00;
2013-2014 budget was $ 816,357.00. Therefore from 2009 to 2014,
the Speaker's office budget was $3,528,375.00.
The Senate President Pro Temp position which has changed hands
from Cletus Wortorson to Joseph G. Findley Jr, and now Armah
Jallah since January this year, the office budget is as follows: 20092010 was $634,900.00; 2010-2011 was $ 517,904.00; 2011-2012
was $ 911,227.00; 2012-2013 was $ 906,979.00; 2013-2014 was
$ 846,654.00. Therefore from 2009 t0 2014, Cletus Wortorson and
Joseph Gbesongar Findley both shared a total of $ 3,817,764.00 as
office budget.
In running for the presidency, candidate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said

of her predecessors William V.S. Tubman, William R. Tolbert, Samuel
K. Doe and Charles Taylor that "Liberia is not a poor country but a
country run poorly. " Now we see how the country is being run with
economic buoyancy under Ellen, our proud Harvard University
educated " economist ". Da me again my fellow Liberians. And in 2017
if we like how the country is being run under Ellen's ruling dis-Unity
Party then we should elect Joseph Boakai to continue their failed
legacy.
Jerry Wehtee Wion,
Journalist and Political Commentator,
Washington, DC, USA.
STEALING A NATURAL GIFT
FOR GOL OFFICIALS
The Editor,
oesn't the Justice Ministry's gross incompetence warrants its

elimination?? We all know that 99.9999 percent of Liberian
government officials are nothing born rogues! (stealing is their
natural born gift)....
But the Ministry can't even prosecute the few born rogues that are caught
by the General Auditing Commission (GAC), Liberian Anti-Corruption
Commission (LACC), and the Public Procurement Concession Commission
(PPCC)...
So how can you justified their continued existence when 90 percent of
Liberians remain poor because of government stupidity and government
corruption? Most of the stupid people in our government are in the
Central Bank and the Ministry of Justice!
If you have any evidence that the Ministry of Justice won at least 20
percent, ok, make that 10 percent, of corruption cases, please, I stand
corrected..
But let's look at some high profile corruption cases since our "zero
tolerance for corruption President took office", shall we?:
1) In 2008, Rep. Edwin Stole, Senator Roguish Devine, and Chop-man
Bryant were indicted for stealing millions from the Liberian people. But
when the case went to trial, E. Stole, Roguish D and Chop-man B were
acquitted by the jury! The state (Ministry of Justice) lost because their
star witnesses were all convicted felons from the National Transitional
Legislative Assembly (NTLA)!
2) In 2009, Harry Greed, former managing director of LPRC, was fired by
the president for bribery in Zakhem contract. Greed's firing was predicated
on a report by the Justice Minister (Christina Tah), who determined that
Greed committed bribery in the Zakhem contract, but Greed was never
put on trial for corruption! Later, Greed open a restaurant and named it
"Greed is Good?"
3) In 2013, the PPCC busted Ellen Crookrum and her boyfriend (Melvin
Looter Johnson) for stealing US$500,000 and turn the case over to Justice
Ministry for prosecution. But we all know what happen after that: Justice
Ministry officials were sleeping on the job the same day Crookrum and
her boyfriend ran away from Liberia. Crookrum didn't even have to use
heavy makeup during her daring escape!
You can't trust these people to do their job, can you? They are always
dropping the ball.
4) This year (2015), LACC busted Wokie Plunderer for stealing US$800,000
and turn the case over to the Ministry of Justice for prosecution, but guess
what happen again? Yes, the Ministry dropped the ball again. Wokie wore
a wig and a fake pregnant belly to leave the country. Justice Ministry
officials thought she was Matilda Jackson Parker going on medical leave!!!
3) Recently, corruption charges were dropped against ex-NOCAL
executives (Kleptomaniac B. Urey, Swindler Dunbar, Dr. Fraudster Kromah,
Rep. Alomiza Ennos Bribe-Taker, Pickpocket Jallah, Fraudster Reeves,
D. Embezzler Kandakai, and Thief-man Wlaplah)...because the state
(ministry of justice) failed to commence prosecution of the defendants
within the statutory period of five years.. Can you believe that? I can (Re "
Charges Against Oil Company BRIBERY Indictees Dropped")
If our 2-by-4 lawyers at the Ministry of Justice don't know a damn thing
about statute of limitations, how the hell do you expect them to know
anything about "prosecutorial evidence"? Prosecutorial evidence, my rear
end!
We pay these good-for-nothing people to prosecute the born rogues in our
government, but all they do is drag their feet, give lame excuses, and lose
90 percent of their corruption cases.
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Monroviahe
controversial
Minister of Education
George Werner has
finally
confirmed
rumors about the closure of
schools to make way for the
beginning of a new calendar in
September.
Academic activities in primary
and secondary schools in
Liberia traditionally run from
September to June but the
Ebola outbreak in Liberia
brought shift in the school year
with government compelling
parents to register their kids
for the opening of schools in
March this year, something
that brought serious constraint
on the part of the parents.
Many parents complained that
they were unable to generate
funds to register their children
while
others
reportedly
borrowed money to meet up
with government deadline of
opening schools.
Less than four months into
school activities, there have
widespread rumor after new
education minister George
Werner took over the Education
Ministry that government was
planning to close schools at the
end of June 2015 to re-open in
September without promotion
for students.
Minister Werner wrote the
West African Examinations
Council (WAEC) that Liberia is
not participating in the WAEC
exams for this year due to
Liberia recent mass failure in
the exams.
The
National
Legislature
recently
demanded
that
Minister Werner withdraw the
communication written WAEC
requesting the exclusion of
Liberia from the WAEC exams.
The lawmakers also instructed
the Minister to make public by
informing the public that the
school year will remain at it is.
DEFIANT MINISTER WERNER
The Education Minister in a

defiant posture announced
Thursday that Liberia will
not take part in this year
WAEC Exams at the same
time confirming rumor of the
closure of schools.
The Minister said the decision
taken by the Ministry is
intended to prevent the spread
of Ebola among kids.
This prudent measure was
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pivotal in containing exposure

to, and spread of Ebola,
amongst children and their
families, as Ebola became
contained, and with a learning
deficit of 6 months per pupil,
the Ministry of Education
(MoE) prioritized getting
children back into school, MOE
announced the reopening of
schools in February 2015, and a
resetting of the school calendar
to a March-November cycle, the
MOE has a mandate to develop,
promote
and
implement
educational policies and create
the necessary institutional
framework that will provide
universal education for all
Liberians; and thus enable
government to provide and
support sustained human
resources development in all
its aspects of human endeavor,
he stated.
Minister Werner disclosed
during
his
confirmation
hearing before the Senate
Committee
on
Education
that at a Cabinet meeting
afterwards, the Ministry of
Education leadership team
presented a comprehensive
vision to optimize the gains
government has made in the
educational system since the
end of the Civil War.
We said then, and would
like to repeat here, that our

Governments mandate to
progress from mess to
best demands improving
learning
conditions
and
outcomes in Early Childhood
Development,
Basic
and
Secondary Education, this
requires addressing the 6
month learning deficit head-on
with both the optimal school
calendar and the resources
needed to support learning,
he said.
The government says the
grievous direct and continuing
indirect hardship imposed by
Ebola has resulted in close to
nil in learning outcomes for
children between September
and June 2015.
In addition, the rainy season
will significantly reduce pupil
and
teacher
attendance,
particularly in rural areas, in
the coming months, seeking
to achieve one school years
worth of learning in the
remaining period running
till November 2015 is an
unrealistic burden to expect
either teachers or pupils to
shoulder, he continued.
The
Liberian
Education
Minister noted that all students
need to master the content and
skills, which will allow them
to excel in future years, saying
UNPREPARED AGRIC. MINISTER CHENOWETH
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Monroviaiberias
Longestserving
Agriculture
Minister, Dr. Florence
Chenoweth
was
Thursday asked to leave the
ongoing expenditure budget

hearing by the joint Ways,
Means and Finace Committee
after she fumbled over
question posed to her about
how she expended money
alloted to the minsitry in past

budget.
The Agriculture Minister who
once served that minstry under
the administration of Liberia
former President William
all students in Grades 9 and 12

need to be fully prepared for
WAEC Exams, which had been
set for October 2015.
According to him in the past
five (5) years students have
received poor scores in WAEC
Exams; after 6 months out
of school, it is not likely that
students will achieve better
results in the WAEC Exams,
which had been set for October
2015.
He said the further risk is that
desired learning outcomes
in future years are lowered
irrecoverably to cater for the
short-term learning deficit.
We know that the scale of
the challenges we face is
monumental, we spent last
week
travelling
through
several counties, listening to
students, teachers, parents,
school boards, and community
members, the Minister said.
The government of Liberia has
made changes to the school
calendar, with adjustments to
promotions and WAEC dates
the school calendar for Early
Childhood Development (ECD),
Basic and Secondary Schools
will revert to the normal cycle,
with the 2015 condensed
school year concluding on July
31, 2015
Government also announced
that the 2015/2016 school
year: September 2015 July
2016 (for a total of 210 school
days for Grades 1 -12 and 220
school days for pre-school).
Minister Werner pronounced
that all ECD, Basic and
Secondary Schools in the
Republic of Liberia will close on
July 31, 2015, for this current
school calendar. Schools will
re-open on September 7,
2015. Government says Grades
1 12 will close on July 12,
2016, while Pre school will
close on August 12, 2016. For
the 2015/2016 school year,
students will enroll in the
grade appropriate to their
learning to date.
Students in Grades 1 8, 10 and
Robert Tolbert and has served
for the past five years under
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
fumbled over the question
about how $88 million united
states dollars donors support
to the budget was expended.
In response to the question
posed by the Committee Chair
Representative Moses Kollie
(UP-district #3 Lofa County)
the Minister said the amount
given to the Ministry is not a
funding for one fiscal year but
is being divived over a period
under special projects.
Minister Chenoweth said: The
money was not given to the
Ministry of Agriculture out of
this there was an amount that
had to be disbursed directly
to a group by the Ministry
of Finance not accounted
for by the Ministry. The $88
million is not one year money
eventhough it is printed in the
book as one year and because
of this it gives the public a
wrong impression.
The committee argued that
the Agriculture Minister was
11 may be promoted on the

basis of attainment, as judged
by their school, if they have
met the learning objectives,
then they will be promoted.
Minister Werner said students
who have not met the
learning objectives will not
be promoted; and will have
a full cycle to learn what they
need to for the school year just
passed.
He said students who were
enrolled in Grades 9 and 12
during the 2015 condensed
school year will continue in
that grade and be properly
prepared for 2016 exams.
The Education boss noted
that there will be no WASSCE
or WAEC Exams in 2015 for
school-based
candidates,
saying Examinations will be
held in May 2016. He added
that students will be credited
for fees already paid to WAEC.
Improving schooling
The government of Liberia

in its efforts to improve the
school systems, the Ministry
of education has made
several changes to the school
calendar that goes hand-inhand with work being done to
rapidly improve teaching and
curricula.
The Ministry at the press
conference disclosed that it is
in the process of distributing
new textbooks, supplementary
workbooks and instructional
materials to schools.
During the August-September
break, teachers are expected
to be provided with training
that will take into account the
effects of the 2015 condensed
school year.
During the second half of
the 2015/2016 school year,
Grade 12 students will be
taught a curriculum designed
to consolidate their learning,
maximize their performance
on WAEC, and also teach
appropriate life skills and
career skills, the ministry
not responding well to the
prompting the Committee
Chair Represetative Kollie to
ask whether the Minister was
prepared for the hearing.
Madam minister are you
prepare for this hearing
because we are finding it
difficult to proceed on the right
footing with with you, are you
prepare for this hearing today?
Representative Kollie asked
and the Minister responded
Under these circustances no, .
The Committee instructed the
Minister to return and prepare
better to reappear to answer
to some of the concerns
of
committee
members
some of which include, the
establishment of an office in
Sinoe County, and the status on
development of four thousand
hectare of agriculture land
and the location of several
warehouses in Liberia.
In a related development
Education minister George
Werner failed to appear before
the Ways, Means and Finance
Committee as expected.
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disclosed.
Science clubs will be run from
October 2015 for all Grade 9
and 12 students. These will
provide excellent teaching in a
range of subjects, consolidating
students
learning
and
preparing them for WAEC.
The
Minister
said
all
students will begin the
2015/2016
school
year
with books; teachers will
have new instructional and
supplementary materials, and
additional training, In short,
our students and teachers
will be better equipped and
supported than they have been
in the past ten years. A full list
of the deliverables to be met is
provided below,.
It is no exaggeration to say
that education in our country
is a mess; indeed, in some
places, the education system
has collapsed. Even before the
coming of Ebola, too many of
our students were struggling;
too few of our students
were excelling, the Minister
continued.
Minister Werner said it is
a collective failure, of all
Liberians If bold action is
not taken to better up the
educational sector, saying the
next generation will be far,
far less educated than the one
from which it is supposed to
take over, Our children are
bright and capable, and they
deserve a better education than
we are currently providing.
To fix the educational system
and to get at the best, we
need to make some tough
decisions, to reorient students,
teachers, parents, and school
administrators, he noted.
The
public
conversation
concerning the reopening
of school has begun and in
the view of the Ministry of
Education leadership team, it
is healthy for them to discuss
education and how the
ministry can get at the best
to service the needs of the
country economy now and in
the future.
When asked why he did not

appear before the Committee,
Minister Werner said, I go to
where my boss sent me.
Public hearing on the Draft
National Budget for Fiscal Year
2015/2016 continues today at
the Capitol Building.
Thursdays hearing was the
second and final phase which
focuses on the expenditure
component of the budget
from Ministries, agencies, and
subsidized institutions.
According to the schedule
from the Joint Committee on
Ways, Means, Finance and
Development Planning, two
ministries and subsidized
institutions are currently
facing members of the
committee to justify their
respective budgets.
Some of the ministries
appearing
before
the
committee Thursday included
the Ministries of Agriculture
and Education, Monrovia
Consolidated School System
(MCSS) and the Booker
Washington Institute (BWI).
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Monroviahe opposition Liberty

Party has been denied
access to all public
facilities in Voinjama,
Lofa County, resulting to a
delay in the commencement of
its convention.
After booking and paying for
the City Hall weeks before its
convention according to the
party Chairman, Fonati Koffa,
the party was told on the
morning of the first day of its
convention that it cannot use
the facility on grounds that the
hall was booked eight months
by another group whose name
remain unknown.
The building in question was
visibly empty with no activities
ongoing on Thursday morning
the day the Liberty party was
expected to begin using the
facility.
With the news the Liberty
Party began negotiating with
the local authority and higher
ups in government to get their
convention started but it was
to no avail.
Scores of partisans who
travelled to the county were
seen roaming around the city
as the party started sorting
ways to get the hall open to
begin the much publicized
convention.
Party Chairman Fonati Koffa
upon hearing the news
threatened a lawsuit against
the government for denying
his party access to the hall.
NOT TAKING IT LIGHTLY
Cllr. Koffa says, such action by
the ruling party speaks volume
about what is ought to happen
come 2017 adding that the
party will not take it lightly.
The beginning of 2017 here
in Lofa has a very bad and
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horrible start, nobody will be

able to win any election by fear,
those who are the sponsors
of this, if they think this is
a victory for them they are
mistaken, Koffa warned.
Koffa continued: When we
begin the process like this, it
will heighten fears but let me
tell you [government] we will
never lay down, we will not lay
down with this government.
Despite the challenges faced
by Liberty Party, the party
was able to secure the Free
Pentecostal Mission School to
commence it convention which
should have started by 8:00
AM but began at 6: 20 PM.
The Liberty Party Chairman
said the convention cost
over one hundred thousand
United States Dollars adding
that hundred and eighteen

delegates were transported.
It cost us hundred thousand
united states dollars for this
convention, said Cllr. Koffa.
In an angry tone, Koffa said,
that the local authority action
is undemocratic adding the
Liberty Party will remain
steadfast.
They [local authority] have
acted in a very undemocratic
and wicked manner to deny a
legitimate political party of the
republic of Liberia state owned
facility, Cllr. Koffa averred.
Cllr. Koffa recalled, the facility
was booked and paid for
since June 2, 2015 adding that
to their surprise they were
denied access to hall and other
public facilities.
On June 2, we paid for this
CAVALLA RUBBER CORP. OFFICIAL,

PLEEBO CITIZENS SMOKE PEACE PIPE
facility for our now much

publicized national convention
unfortunately the county
authority has locked us out,
they have refused to let us
enter the building, this act is
shameful, Cllr. Koffa added.
Chairman Koffa added that
he has contacted officials of
government at the highest
level in an effort to open the
facility.
We have contacted this
government at the highest
level, yet we have had no
redress to get this building
open, we will contact our
international partners and
everyone who cares to listen,
Cllr. Koffa said.
VP BOAKAI ACCUSED
Partisans and officials of the
managing Director accepted

the apology and asked for
forgiveness from those who
might have been hurt by his
administrative actions.
NO MALICE
Pleebo District, Maryland

Countyarmony
between
locals
and
concessionaires
is one major way
companies are able to operate
freely but in many counties
there have been conflicts
between the locals and
concessionaires.
In some instances these
conflicts have turned violent
resulting
to
destruction
of properties and slowing
the operations of these
concessionaires.
Although conflict is a part of
humankind but successful
conflict resolution is very
important to human existence.
A while ago, some youths of
Pleebo District in Maryland
County
demanded
the
resignation of the Deputy
Managing Director of the

insisting that he leaves the
county.
As a means of seeking
reconciliation, the chiefs and
elders of the district organized
a meeting between Cavalla
Rubber Corporation and its
Deputy Managing Director,
Mr. John Y. Barkemeni in Old
Sokoden, Pleebo Statutory
District to meet with the
locals and hear their views for
prompt resolution.
During the reconciliation
meeting which was called
by the Traditional Council of
Chiefs and Traditional Elders
in Maryland County in the
wake of utterances by the
Youth leadership of Pleebo
Statutory District that the CRC
Deputy managing Director
should leave, both parties
agreed to forget the incident

and forge ahead.
In a joint statement from
the Traditional Council of
Chiefs and Traditional Elders
in Maryland County; they
apologized to the Cavalla
Rubber Corporation DMD for
the utterances of the Youth
Leadership and assured him
that no one has the authority
to expel him from the County.
They blamed the action of
the Youth on ignorance of the
transition that took place after
the signing of the concession
agreement
between
the
Government of Liberia and
CRC and MOPP which placed
the DMD in the second highest
position of both companies.
At the peace meeting, the
Women and Youth also
apologized in like manner.
In response the CRC Deputy
Deputy Managing Director

Barkemeni assured the people
of the district that he harbors
no malice for anyone and that
he will work with everyone as
usual.
He thanked them for the
reconciliation program and
said he hopes that several
meetings of such will be held
in the future and promised that
his office is open to everyone
for dialogue.
As a sign of reconciliation, the
Traditional Council of Chiefs
and Traditional Elders selected
few persons to represent them
for the DMD to embrace each of
them as the tradition depicts.
It can be recalled that the Youth
of Pleebo Statutory District
staged a 3 week demonstration
against
Cavalla
Rubber
Corporation and Maryland Oil
Palm Plantation in February
2015.
During
the
Youth
demonstration they submitted
12 counts allegations among
which it was stated that the
DMD must leave Maryland
County.
President
Ellen
Johnson
Sirleaf constituted a fact
finding committee comprising
of Cabinet Ministers and
the Director of the Bureau
of Concession, to ascertain
reasons that led to Pleebo
Youth strike action involving
Liberty party have blamed the

refusal by local authorities to
open the building on the Unity
Party particularly the Vice
President.
Vice President of Liberia
Joseph N. Boakai during a
recent 10 day Post Ebola visit
to his home Lofa turned the
gathering into a political rally
as the tour was characterized
by political rally and festivities
with citizens calling on him to
contest the 2017 Presidency.
On Friday, May 15, 205, the tour
started at the St. Pauls Bridge,
which forms the boundary
between Bong County and
Lofa and making stops in every
town and village along the way.
Boakai spent a night in Zorzor
city, where murmurs of a
petition for him to contest
2017 Presidential election
first surfaced. It was not until
he arrived in Quardu Gboni
District on Sunday, May 17,
2015, when the Paramount
Chief Musa M. Kamara read a
petition statement from chiefs,
Zoes, women leaders and
youths for the V.P to contest
the 2017 election.
At the acceptance of the
petition by V.P Boakai, the
ruling Unity Party Chairman
Varney Sherman, and Senator
of Cape Mount County said
he did not come to Lofa to
celebrate the defeat of Ebola,
but was on a political mission
as a head of a political party
to listen to what the people of
Lofa had to say.
traditional
rituals
that
disrupted the operations of
and Maryland Oil Palm
Plantation for the Month of
February 2015.
Members of the Presidential
Committee included Ministers
of Agriculture, Internal Affairs,
Labor, the directors of National
Bureau of Concession and
Liberia National Police
After
consultation
with
the Youth Leadership that
spearheaded
the
strike
action, Chiefs and Elders,
Women groups and CRC &
MOPP Workers Union, the
Presidential Committee told
the Communities that issues
raised as justification for the
strike actions where mainly
employees problems that
could be addressed by the
workers union which is the
constituted body to put forth
workers plight.
The presidential committee
indicated that it will not tolerate
lawlessness, indicating that the
agreement of both concessions
were signed between the
Government of Liberia and
the
concessionaires
and
therefore all issues regarding
the concession should be
addressed to Government.
In a related development, a
major storm recently destroyed
several communities in River
Gee County leaving more than
100 homes tattered, displacing
many people as well.
In effort to come to the aid
of the needy, the Cavalla
Rubber
Corporation
has
provided assistance including
rice and zinc to the affected
Cllr Sherman said: Once

you people say 'your want
your son' to contest the 2017
presidential election in Liberia,
we will not say NO! But you
have to take the lead first and
we follow.
Remember, he said, the
Liberian old parable says: If
Your House Doesnt Sell You,
The Street Will Not Buy You!
So you should be the want now
carrying the message to all
over Liberia.
Sherman sounded a word of
caution to Lofa citizen to watch
out for other politicians after
the petition program.
After here, he said, we will be
watching you with our eyes
open to see if you will follow
other politicians when they
come here to you to vote for
them and know that Lofa alone
cannot produce a president.
Almost all of the speakers had
one chorus: We will consult
our people with the exception
of Senator Dagoseh of Cape
who Said his four districts in
Cape Mont will support the VP
presidency.
Many believe that the caution
by Sherman might have led to
local officials preventing the
Liberty party from holding its
convention at public facilities
in the county.
When
Lofa
County
Superintendent
George
Dunor said I will talk to you
tomorrow when I get all of
the facts on about the Liberty
Party issue," .
communities.
Making the donation, Martin
Nyeka,
Community
and
Public relations Department
of the CRC said the donation
was the management way of
identifying with people during
the period of distress.
We received an appeal from
Senator Matthew Jaye and
looking at the urgent needs
of the people, we decided to
provide assistance to enable
them recover, Nyeka said.
According to Nyeka, CRC as a
responsible company could
not sit and see people suffering
from such disaster without
coming to their need.
Nyeka on behalf of the
company extended sympathy
to the victims of the storm and
said CRC decided to provide
the assistance to bring some
level of relief to them.
The CRC provided 66 bags of 25
kg rice and 60 bundles of zincs
to the affected communities
including Jarkaken and Tienpo.
In Jarkaken, the elementary
school was destroyed by the
storm and also in Kitoken the
Kitoken Elementary school
was devastated along with
three churches.
In
appreciation
of
the
donation,
Phillip
Jah,
Assistant Superintendent for
development extended thanks
to CRC for coming to the rescue
of the storm victims.
He applauded the quick
response of CRC to the storm.
According him no institution
individual has gone to identify
with the storm victims.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACT

GENDER ISSUES
Heralds Major Cabinet Policy Endorsements
MONROVIA abinet has endorsed

policy
decisions
namely:
Domestic
Violence Act, Liberias
Open Government Partnership
Commitments and Action
Plan 2015 2017, Fisheries
and Aquaculture Policy &
Strategy and the Education
Policy to improve schooling
after Ebola with the aim of
ensuring a more proactive and
efficient governance structure.
However, while the Electricity
Law has been provisionally
endorsed by the Cabinet;
Education Minister, George
Werner was mandated to
hold consultations and build
coalition around the Policy.
According to an Executive
Mansion release, the Draft
Domestic Violence legislation
criminalizes
domestic
violence; inclusive against
men and children. The draft
Act
implements
Liberias
commitment
under
the
Declaration on the elimination
of Violence against Women,
1993, Article 3 (d) that it will
prevent and in accordance
with
national
legislation,
punish acts of violence against
women, and develop penal
sanctions.
Liberias Open Government
Partnership
Commitments
and Action Plan 2015 2017
focuses on four thematic areas
bordering on transparency,
citizen
participation,
accountability and integrity

and technology and innovation.
The Fisheries and Aquaculture
Policy
and
Strategy
encapsulates a long-term
policy vision for the fisheries
sector and use of its resources,
including
public
sector
institutional
arrangement
needed to implement the
policy and national Monitoring,
Controlling and Surveillance
(MCS) strategy to support
policy implementation. It
provides the much needed
policy framework, looking into
the future for modern, vibrant
and sustainably managed
fisheries sector that generates
prosperity for the present and
future generations.
Despite its endorsement of the
Education Policy to improve
schooling after Ebola, the
Minister of Education has been
mandated to engage in multisectoral consultations with the
relevant stakeholders in the
overall interest of the policy.
Although
provisionally
endorsed pending unanimous
consensus-building,
the
Electricity Law shall establish
the legal and regulatory
framework for the generation,
transmission,
distribution
and sale of electricity within
the territory of The Republic
of Liberia and the import
and export of the same. It
purposes are to facilitate the
implementation of the National
Energy Policy whose goals.
It is also intended to expand

on sustainable basis, assure
availability of supply and
quality, increase availability
promote the development of
renewable energy resources,
encourage efficient use of
electricity resources, promote
regional and international
cooperation in electricity
trade
and
investment,
maintain a financially viable
and sustainable electricity
industry,
establish
and
maintain
transparency,
accountability, and sound
principles of governance,
provide the necessary capacity
building process for electricity
sustainability and security.
Meanwhile,
the
Director
General of the Cabinet formally

presented to Cabinet Ministers
the approved versions of the
Cabinet Guide for Ministries,
Agencies, and Commissions
and
Cabinet
Members
Handbook.
The
Cabinet
Guide provides information
and advice about Cabinet

processes and procedures to be
followed by MACs and Cabinet
Secretariat requirements for
documents being produced for
Cabinet by MACs. The Cabinet
Members Handbook on the
other hand helps Cabinet
Members prepare for their
role in the Executive Branch
of Liberia by providing a
wide-range of information
to help Cabinet Members
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participate effectively in the

government, including advice
on accountability and protocol
requirements,
and
pays
particular attention to the role
and operational processes of
the Cabinet.
In a related development,
Commerce
Minister
Axel
Addy used the occasion to
brief the Cabinet on progress
that has been made with the
passage into law of the Small
Business Empowerment Act
by the National Legislature
and signed by the President
of Liberia. He said the passage
of the Law brought into force
the Bureau of Small Business
Administration (SBA) with the
view to assisting, promoting
and fostering the interest of
micro, small and mediumsized enterprises (MSMEs)
by ensuring that they receive
their fair share of procurement
contracts for the provision
of goods and services to the
Government.
The National Urban Forum,
funded by Cities Alliance and
UN-Habitat is being hosted by
the Ministry of Internal Affairs
in collaboration with the
Monrovia City Corporation and
the Land Commission.
The National Urban Forum
will, among other things,
develop a road map for the
formulation of a National
Urban Policy, present the
Monrovia
City
Program,
build consensus on the citys
recovery and development
strategy,
endorse
Liberia
National Habitat Report, and
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showcase innovative tools in

urban settlement profiling and
slum upgrading from project
experiences in Africa.
Her Excellency, President Ellen
Johnson Sirleaf is expected
to speak at the first national
forum to craft Liberias Urban
Policy.
The Under- Secretary General
of the United Nations &
Executive Director of UNHabitat, Dr. Joan Clos, and
Madam Clare Short, Senior
Policy Advisor of Cities Alliance
are also expected to grace the
forum.
Urban governance in Liberia
has not been given much policy
and legal priority in the past. As
a result, municipal authorities
across the country are still
largely unable to respond
to urbanization challenges
effectively or plan for future
urban growth due to low
capacity and poor resources.
The fragility of Liberias cities
has recently been exposed
by the Ebola outbreak that
devastated urban populations,
especially
the
vulnerable
populations in Monrovias
slum communities.
According
to
statistics,
unplanned urbanization has
resulted in the proliferation
of slums, with an estimated
70% of Monrovias population
currently living in slum
conditions.
The 2008 National Housing
and Population Census also
estimated that 47% of Liberias
population of 3.5 million
resides in urban areas.
CONSTITUTIONAL TUSSLE
Deputy Information Minister Defends School Closure
Bettie Johnson/betty.johnson@frontpageafricaonline.com
W
Monrovia-
hat appears to
be a hull and
pull is likely to
begin between
the Executive and legislative
branches of Government.
The Liberian constitution
provides three distinct and
equal branches of government
with
the
Legislature
considered the first of the
three followed by the Judiciary
and the Executive.
The constitutional tussle is
likely to grow out of decision
by Education Minister George
Werner to ignore a decision
by the plenary of the House
of Representatives ordering
him to withdraw his June
5, 2015 communication to
the Registrar of the West
African Examinations Council,
requesting the Accra based
Sub-Regional Test body to
defer from 2015 to 2016 the

administering of the WASSCE
and WAEC Test to 9th and 12th
graders in Liberia.
Appearing before the plenary
at an Oversight Hearing,
the August Body requested
Minister Werner to inform
the Public that the Academic
Calendar for 2015 will end in
November 2015 as planned.
The Minister was also directed
to work with the Education
Committee of the House of
Representatives in developing
and implementing all reform
policy in the Educational
sector.
Earlier, the Minister denied
ever announcing the June 30
closure of all schools in the
country.
He described as mere rumors
comments attributed to him
that the period of learning
between the openings of
school to now was considered

study class.
In
a
widely
circulated
communication under his
signature addressed to the
Registrar of WACE, Minister
Werner is requesting WACE to
postpone the WACE Exam for
Liberia due to the resetting of
the original school cycle.
Resetting the school year
to the original cycle and
reinstalling all pupils into their
current school year would
provide a solid foundation
for full recovery of teaching
and learning. Teachers will be
better prepared, and students
will have a full cycle to learn
what they need for the school
year just passed Minister
Werner asserted.
The
Education
Minister
revealed that he is currently
holding meetings and soliciting
views with major stakeholders
in the educational sector
in finding a way forward to
improving learning conditions
and outcome in basic and
secondary education.
Constitutional overreach
However, at the Thursday
press briefing at the Ministry
of Information, Information
Minister Lewis Brown said it
is a constitutional overreach
done by the Legislature.
Minister Brown said it
was unfortunate that the

Legislature will order a
member of the Executive to do
what they want happen.
The
Government
which
the Legislature is a part, we
think that the Legislature
will not issue any position
separate from the position
now issued by the authority
with the responsibility to issue
what is to be issued by the
Government, Minister Brown
said.
Minister Brown continued:
Let it be clear just as I am
the principal spokesperson
of the Government of Liberia
so too is my colleague, Hon
George Werner, in the capacity
of Minster of Education,
the principal authority of
Education matter it has been
given to him as law.
The Information Minister
added that the statement given
by the Education minister is the
final policy on the education
saga in the country.
Today
Minister
Werner
has proceeded to announce
consistent with law, the policy
of the Government of Liberia
and if you dont believe him
hear my voice, school year
2015 ends July 31, Said
Minister Brown.
Minster Brown stated that he
dont care if he is called for
explanation but that was the

final policy of the Government
boasting that the policy
statement cannot be change.
I dont care where you hear it,
because it will be a continuous
talk but the talk equal to
decisions No, the decisions has
been made , we are not saying
the policy is been reviewed. I
am saying the decisions have
been made it is done, he
pointed.
Minister Brown added Will
people be called to explain
it yes, will they explain it
yes, will everyone accept no,
will they change it no, what
we need to focus on now is
preparing for two months; the
minister is not saying semester
close but we are saying a
condensed school year, and it is
the final statement we are not
going back on it.
A legal expert speaking on the
basis of anonymity questioned
if a resolution was passed
before the mandate was given
to the Education Minister
saying if not the plenary will
override its functions.
Disrespectful
For their part, a lawmaker who
also asked for anonymity on
grounds that the plenary is yet
to decide on the stance by the
Education Minister said it was
disrespectful to the honorable
body for the Education

Minister to make another
statement after accepting a
mandate given him by the
plenary.
This is not the first time
for a constitutional tussle
between the two branches of
Government.
It can be recalled that a joint
resolution of the Senate and
House of Representatives of
Liberias 53rd Legislature
unanimously voted to overturn
a
Presidential
decision
to cancel indefinitely, the
scheduled midterm Senatorial
elections this year.
Now,
therefore,
be
it
resolved, that the 53rd
National Legislature through
its special session during
its
extraordinary
sitting
mandates
the
National
Elections Commission (NEC)
to set a date in consultation
with stakeholders for the
conduct of the 2014 Mid Term
Senatorial Elections not later
than December 20, 2014, the
legislative resolution stated.
In overturning the presidential
mandate, the joint legislature
said their action was in
keeping with Article 86(a) and
(b) of the Liberia Constitution
as they resolved that the Mid
Term Elections be postponed.
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The Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) is pleased
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the Domestic Revenue target of US$ 417.2 million
for Fiscal Year 2014/2015. The Authority is also
pleased to inform the public of an extra collection
of about US $ 3.2 million above the FY 2014/2015
target as at June 19, 2015.
The Authority therefore extends thanks and
appreciation to all compliant taxpayers for making
their tax and duty payments lawfully
The LRA assures that it will continue to exert all
efforts aimed at ensuring the collection of the
lawful revenues due the people of Liberia.
Striving To Serve the Liberian People Better.
Signed:
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IMPORTANT GOVERNMENT REVENUE NOTICE

This is to remind all legal persons whose gross
income is Liberian Dollar 3 million and above that
the extended deadline for the filing of the 2014

annual Income Tax Return is June 30, 2015. You are
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Processing Office located on the Ground Floor of
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Support the MNCH Project Account
Prepare & Submit Accounts and all other financial report timely
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Prepare and deliver monthly payroll for all staff on a timely basis
Check monthly Bank Statement & Bank Reconciliation
Ensure a system of accurate vouchers are put in place for all procurements
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Serve as a catalyst for building financial capacity strategies for the project and facility
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Liaise with the Ministry of Health Office of Financial Management (OFM) and Health
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Qualifications
M.Com/MBA in Finance or Accounts or any relevant subject from any reputed
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Deadline: June 29, 2015
PROJECT MANAGER
Key responsibilities
Oversee and manage MNCH project staff
Facilitate timely processing of compliance and reporting documentation
Ensure that targets are met on a monthly and quarterly basis.
Liaise with the Benson Hospital staff and the Hospital top Administration/Management
team
Secure additional partnership and funding from partners such as academic institutions,
bilateral donors, NGOs, private sector and Government of Liberia entities to support the
project.
Oversee the development and execution of robust quantitative and qualitative analyses
to both. Identify priority interventions and then assess their impact.
Qualifications
Bachelors Degree in Business Management /Business Administration or equivalent
plus 5 years management experience; Or Advanced Degree (MBA) plus three years
management experience
Proven experience in managing and leading teams to deliver high-impact results
Exceptional problem-solving and critical thinking skills
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Exceptional general management, financial management and communication (written
and oral) skills including the ability to communicate effectively with people of varied
professional and cultural backgrounds.
Ability to develop objectives and turn them into sound proposals for possible funding.
Entrepreneurial mindset, including the ability to work independently, self-motivated;
ability to propose and implement new initiatives.
Ability to be effective in high-pressure situations; handle multiple tasks simultaneously,
and set priorities.
Ability to work with humility and achieve results
Proven ability to diffuse high stress situations.
High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly in Excel, PowerPoint and Word

FAMILY DOCTOR GENERAL PRACTITIONER

WITH PEDIATRICS EXPERIENCE
Clinical Responsibilities
Provide direct Neonatal and Pediatrics care to all in need of such to contribute to
neonatal and child morbidity and morbidity reduction in Liberia.
Train, mentor and supervise mid-level health workers for Pediatrics care
Provide health education to mothers on caring for their neonates and themselves
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Engage in continuous clinical care bringing best practice on board for the MNCH project
at Benson Hospital
Provide on-care support as needed
Diagnose neonatal abnormal defects and refer to specialized facility for management
Organize and conduct seminars on evidence-based interventions
Participate in formal evaluation of mid-level health workers.
Assist in development and/or enhancement of clinical guidelines and therapeutic/
diagnostic approaches for neonates and pediatric patients using the WHO. Integrated
management of Neonatal and child illness (MNCI) protocols.
Represent Benson Hospital at professional academic fora.
Qualifications
Certified, currently licensed practitioner in the field of Pediatrics and/or general
medicine with 5+ years of work experience
Excellent clinical skills and ability to impact knowledge
Emotional intelligence and personal maturity, competence, and passion for improving
health care delivery
Professional experience in developing related proposals for possible funding.
Should have good skill in ultra sound.

NURSE
Number of positions: 3
Scope of work
Work within the rules and regulations of nursing and midwifery board to provide
excellent care for all patients at outpatients and in-patients levels.
Qualifications
At least 3+ years experience working with county or national hospital wi9th
professional license by the Liberia Nursing and midwifery board.
A proven track record as a caring, Compassionate nurse with bed-side nursing
experience.
A B.SN degree or registered Nurse certificate with 3-5 years of experience. A combined
RN and Midwife qualification is an added advantage.
The candidate should be professional, compassionate and confident
Working style should be inclusive, friendly and collaborative
Board certified and registered by the Liberia Nursing and Midwife Board.
Deadline: 29, June 2015
Midwife
Number of positions: 4
Scope of work
The midwife shall provide round the clock care and continuous monitoring of the labor
patients irrespective of social status.
The midwife must be able to independently monitor the fetal heart rate, use the
pantograph to monitor the progress of the labor and assess the stages of labor till
delivery of life healthy baby.
The midwife will alert the doctor immediate for any abnormal signs or changes in the
patients condition for immediate action.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Commitment to the goals of Liberias Ministry of Health and Benson Hospital values
Qualifications
Midwifery certificate from a recognized reputable Nursing School with at least 3-5
years of working experience with county or National HOSPITALS OR Health centers.
A combined Nursing Certificate (RN)/degree (BSN) after Midwifery is an added
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Board certified and registered by the Liberia Nursing and Midwife Board.
Deadline: 29, June 2015

The Administrator
Benson Hospital
Paynesville, Liberia.
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Cavalla Rubber Corporation identifies with Storm Victims in River Gee

County, donates Zinc, Rice to affected communities
A truck with donated zinc for storm victims being offloaded
Bags of rice donated by Cavalla Rubber Corporation to storm victims
Citizens and storm victims pose for a photo with Cavalla Rubber Corporation donated items
Citizens of River Gee County happily offload Cavalla Ruber Corporation donated items
Citizens of River Gee offload Cavalla Rubber Corporationdonated zinc
Storm victims happily appreciate Cavalla Rubber Plantation Donated zinc
Storm victims taking inventory of the Cavalla Rubber Corporation donated zinc
Storm Victims taking stock of Cavalla Rubber Corporation donated zinc
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Smoking Peace Pipe, Citizens of Pleebo District and Cavalla Rubber Corporation
Deputy Managing Director Mr. John Y. Barkemeni happily reconcile
Sodoken District and Cavalla Rubber Corporation, Deputy managing Director

Mr. John Y. Barkemeni at a peace table in Old Sodoken
Deputy managing Director Mr. John Y. Barkemeni speaking to citizens of Pleebo District during a peace meeting
Deputy managing Director Mr. John Y. Barkemeni embraces a

local leader in Pleebo District during a peace meeting
Happily hugging, Cavalla Rubber Corporation Deputy managing Director Mr. John Y.
Barkemeni shows kindness to local leaders during reconciliation meeting
Holding peace meeting in Old Sodoken, Pleebo District between Cavalla Rubber
Corporation, Deputy managing Director Mr. John Y. Barkemeni and citizens
Reconciliation in full gear as Deputy managing Director

Mr. John Y. Barkemeni hugs local leaders attending a peace meeting
Show of togetherness, local leaders embrace Cavalla Rubber

Corporation Deputy managing Director Mr. John Y. Barkemeni
Sign of Reconciliation, Deputy managing Director Mr. John Y. Barkemeni and local
leaders hugging during the peace meeting in Old Sodoken Town, Pleebo District
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REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA
LIBERIA ELECTRICITY CORPORATION (LEC)

LIBERIA ELECTRICITY SECTOR ENHANCEMENT PROJECT
(LESEP)
PROJECT ID: P120660

CREDIT NUMBER: 50550 LR
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
CONSULTANCY (FIRM)
FOR
A FEASIBILITY STUDY OF SMALL HYDRO SITES, OPTIMIZATION OF
POWER SUPPLY OPTIONS AND DETAILED ENGINEERING DESIGN OF MINIGRID
IN LOFA COUNTY, LIBERIA
REFERENCE NO.:RREA/SREP/FS-02/15
1. INTRODUCTION
The Government of Liberia has received additional financing from the International Development Association (IDA), toward the cost of the Liberia Electricity Sector
Enhancement Project (LESEP), and intends to apply part of the proceeds of this fund towards payments under contract for a Feasibility Study of Small Hydro Sites,
Optimization of Power Supply Options and Detailed Engineering Design of Mini-grid in Lofa County for use by projects under the Scaling-Up Renewable Energy
Program (SREP).
2. BACKGROUND
The Government of Liberia is embarking on a Renewable Energy Electrification Program supported by Scale-up Renewable Energy Program (SREP) to provide
electricity services outside of greater Monrovia where two-thirds of the population live. The program will focus on the development of mini-grids systems based on
small hydro and biomassbacked up by photovoltaic (PV) systems to compensate for seasonal variationand stand-alone systems.
The focal point for the program is the Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA), which focuses on providing modern energy services mainly through renewable
sources to those rural areas that will remain far from the grid for a long time.
3. OBJECTIVES
The objective of the study is to design renewable energy-based mini-grid electricity supply and distribution systems for the population in Voinjama and other towns
to be determined (Foya, Kolahun and/or Zorzor and some villages around the selected towns) in the Lofa County, Liberia. The specific objectives of the assignment are
as follow:
a. Undertake full feasibility studies of two small Hydro Sites
b. To optimize and design appropriate hybrid mini-grid supply systems using a combination of PV, small hydro power and diesel gen set / battery storage using the
energy demand profiles of Voinjama and other towns to be determined (Foya, Kolahun and/or Zorzor and some villages around the selected towns) in the Lofa County,
Liberia.
c. To design the required 33kV transmission lines and the distribution networks including final connections to the end-users in selected the communities
d. To include in that design measures that will ensure safety in service delivery and maintain adequate service quality.
4. SCOPE OF SERVICES
The scope of services will include but not be limited to the following:
Task 1: Feasibility study of two small hydro power plants;
Task-2: Optimization of system;
Task-3: Detailed Engineering Design;
Task-4: Economic and Financial Analysis;
Task-5: Financial Modelling; and
Task-6: Training of national stakeholders.
More details are provided in the Terms of Reference.

5. The LEC and RREA now invite eligible consulting firms to indicate their interest in providing the services. Interested firms must provide information indicating that
they are qualified to perform the services. The shortlisting criteria are:
The Consultant should have at least 10 years of practical experience in undertaking feasibility studies of small hydro power systems, optimization of Power Supply
Options and design of mini grid systems. Must have carried out at least 3 similar projects one of which involves rural electrification.
Should have a team of qualified key professional staff of which majority should be full time employees in the firm within the last 5 years.
6. The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraph 1.9 of the World Banks Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants [under IBRD Loans and
IDA Credits & Grants] by World Bank Borrowers [January 2011] (Consultant Guidelines), setting forth the World Banks policy on conflict of interest.
7. A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Quality and Cost-Based Selection (QCBS) method set out in the Consultant Guidelines.
8. Interested Consultants may obtain further information from the LEC at the address below during office hours 9.00 to 17:00 hours.
9. Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail, or by fax, or by e-mail) on or before, July 9, 2015 at 16:00
hours.
Liberia Electricity Corporation,
Attn: Mr. Curtis Lavallee, Acting Chief Executive Officer
P.O. Box 10-165 Waterside
Water Street,
1000 Monrovia,
Liberia
Tel: +231-888 211872
E-mail: curtis.lavallee@mhi.mb.ca and copied to gusgoanue@yahoo.com,
leskro2006@yahoo.com, dbeyan@lecliberia.com,
fabu@lecliberia.com, falkorniamark@yahoo.com

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REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA
MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
MONROVIA, LIBERIA
Renovation of Liberian Chancery in Freetown, Sierra Leone
Contract Identification No. IFB No: RL/MFA/FM-FREETOWN/RB/001/14/15
1. The Government of Liberia, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has apportioned funds for the purpose of renovating the Liberian Chancery in
Freetown, Sierra Leone: IFB No. RL/MFA/FM-FREETOWN/RB/001/14/15.
2. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs now invites interested applicants to submit sealed bids for the performance of said works (Renovation of the Liberian
Chancery in Freetown, Sierra Leone). Bidding will be conducted through Restricted Bidding (RB) Procedures as specified in the Amended and Restated
Public Procurement and Concession Act (PPC Act), and is opened to all eligible and qualified bidders. These applicable procurement procedures are
consistent with the REPUBLIC of LIBERIA Amended and restated PPC Act published and approved: September 18, 2010.
3. Qualification requirements include but not limited to the following:
Current Business Registration Certificate (Registrar General);

Current Tax Clearance Certificate with Tax Identification Number (TIN)) (Internal Revenue Service);
Minimum average turnover of $ 50,000 US within the last 2 years of operation;
Be a member of the Ministry of Public Works Contractor Classification and Certification System (CCCS);
Must be able to obtain permits to perform said work in Freetown, Sierra Leone;
Capacity to do at least 30 (thirty) days pre-financing of project;
Experience as a prime contractor in the construction of a similar project within the last three (3) years; and an
Audited financial statements for the last 2 years.
4. A complete set of bidding package including the scope of work may be purchased by qualified and eligible bidders at the address below upon payment
of non-refundable fee of US $50 or equivalent amount in Liberian Dollars. Bid security must be submitted together with bid document, and must be
$2,500 US or its equivalent in Liberian Dollars of the bid price in Bank Guarantee or Bond.
5. Interested and eligible bidders may obtain further information from 12:00 to 16:30 hours and also inspect bidding documents at the address specified
below beginning Thursday, June 25, 2015.
6. Submission must be clearly marked, signed and sealed in an envelope, including other requested information as follows: Embassy of Liberia, Freetown,
Sierra Leone
Renovation of the Liberian Embassy, Freetown, Sierra Leone
CONFIDENTIAL BID for the renovation of the Liberian Embassy Year 2015/2016 and addressed to:
The Deputy Minister for Administration
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Monrovia, Liberia
7. Questions concerning this Project should be submitted in writing and directed to,
by E-mail:
Mr. Boakai Kollie
Civil Works Consultant
Ministry of Foreign, Republic of Liberia
E-mail: bokollie@yahoo.com
Phone: +231880636925/+231777339339
8. Bid must be submitted at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on or before Friday, July 3, 2015 on or before 14:00 GMT (Electronic Bid would not be
accepted). Bid Opening will be done promptly after closing at 14:30 GMT in the Ministrys Conference room in the presence of bidders representative
or those who choose to attend.
9. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs reserves the right to reject or accept any bid submitted and to annul the entire process at any time without incurring
any liability and without assigning any reason thereof.
Signed: Wede Elliott-Brownell, PhD

Deputy Minister for Administration
Approved: Honourable Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan
MINISTER
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MEDIA IS INDISPENSABLE
DEVELOPMENT PARTNER
IN LIBERIA: SAYS VICE
PRESIDENT BOAKAI
Monrovia ice President Joseph N. Boakai has lamented the many

difficulties media executives and journalists undergo to
get the public informed on critical national developments,
including the cost associated with operating generators,
salaries, maintenance expenses and rent, but noted that with time
the situation could improve if we all work together to improve the
economy and move Liberia to the next level of development.
He said the media wake up the people to crucial issues and set the
agenda for discussion on matters that affect society.
Vice President Boakai was speaking Wednesday on Capitol
Hill when he received a four man delegation from Media Aid
Foundation, an organization devoted to the training of Journalists,
research, consultancy, advocacy, public relations and other media
related programs.
Vice President Boakai stressed that we are aware of the difficulties
journalists go through, but with time the situation will improve.
Commenting on capacity building for media practitioners, Vice
President Boakai said training of journalists in our country is
a very good thing and that upgrading the capacities of media
practitioners should be done without discrimination, saying
when people are better prepared the country becomes better.
Vice President Boakai warned that assuming that one knows
everything is a very dangerous thing and called on all people of
good will to support good causes for the betterment of society.
He encouraged the media to move out in the country side and do
documentaries because the nation is endowed with a rich cultural
heritage and by doing so sponsorship could come from local or
international partners.
Speaking further, Vice President Boakai pointed out that
community radio stations in the counties were set up for the
purpose of education, information and to air programs in
agriculture, health and promote rural development, but instead
have devoted less time to these development programs.
Vice President Boakai praised the media as crucial partners in
the development process of the country and noted that capacity
building at the national level is a priority.
LIBERIA WATCHES NERVOUSLY

AS EBOLA SPREADS NEAR BORDE
MONROVIA, LIBERIA / DAKAR, SENEGAL

f the three West African countries hardest-hit by the
Ebola outbreak, Liberia is the only one to be rid of the
virus completely.
When World Health Organization made the
announcement last month, Liberians greeted the news with
prayer, song and celebration.
But the virus has yet to be beaten in neighboring Guinea or Sierra
Leone, where health officials announced this week two people
had come down with the disease in the capital, Freetown.
The viruss endurance has people in Liberia worried. The three
hardest-hit countries are uniformly poor, and the borders
between them are little more than a line that is regularly crossed
by traders and townspeople.
Cross-border commerce
Amego Sekou Kamara lives in the town of Firestone, outside
Liberia's capital, Monrovia, and he is worried cross-border
commerce could bring the virus along with it.
Most of our Liberians that do not have the means of going down
to China and other places, they are using Guinea as a close venue
to go and buy their goods to go and sell," he said. "So, definitely,
we all have to be afraid.

Liberian health authorities say they are training people at the
border and giving them thermometers to prevent the disease
from making it across.
We are still doing our cross-border surveillance exercises, still
going on," Tolbert Nyensuah, the head of Liberia's Ebola Incidence
Management Team, said. "Across the border we are training DIM
officials providing thermometers.
But some think the government should do more. Arthur Blackie,
who lives in Margibi County near the capital, said he thinks the
border should be closed until Liberias neighbors are free of the
disease.
The border is porous and people can be coming from different
directions," he said. "You cannot monitor in the night they slink
in and go back, so I think government [should] close the border so
that we on this side can be safe.

The
virus has killed more than 11,000 people in the region since
the Ebola outbreak began in late 2013.
KANVEE LEADS LIBERIAN ARTISTS

TOWARDS KORA AWARDS 1ST
LIBERIAN NOMINATION
Kanvee with AGMAs Special International Award for the

Promotion of African Gospel Music at the 2013 event in London
iberias multiple-award winning Gospel musical icon,

Ambassador Kanvee Gains Adams, has finally achieved
one of her dreams of pathing the way for her fellow
Liberian artists to participate at an international award
ceremony.
The all-time favorite Liberian Gospel music singer will lead her
compatriots to this years KORA Awards, the first time ever in the
continental awards 21 years history.
Liberias inclusion in the KORA Awards 2015 would be the first
time for Liberian artists to be recognized at the level of Africas
highest musical event.
The KORA Awards, the Pan-African equivalent of the Americanbased Grammy Awards, honors the best artists from Africa and
its Diaspora.
Last year, KORA named the Liberian star its Goodwill Ambassador
on Ebola to Liberia as the virus raged in her home-country and
still prevalent in immediate neighboring countries.
In a letter to Kanvee dated June 11 2015, KORA asked her to
lead the initiative for the opening of entry submissions for KORA
Awards 2015 in Liberia.
For me, this is a dream come-true. Over the years, its been
my wish that my fellow Liberian artists get the opportunity to
showcase their talents, those God-given talents of my compatriots
in the musical industry, to the outside world. Now is the chance,
Kanvee said.
It can be recalled that after being awarded the Special International
Award for the Promotion of African Gospel Music by the Londonbased Africa Gospel Music Awards (AGMA's) in 2013, Kanvee had
stated: At that event that attracted musicians from all over Africa
and the African Diaspora, I thought to myself that it was time
that other Liberian musicians be recognized internationally too
beside me because our country has the talents for such awards.
Currently visiting the United States, Kanvee will soon return
to Liberia to galvanize fellow Liberian musicians for the KORA
Awards nomination which finals are set to take place on the 13th
of December, 2015 in Windhoek, Namibia.
As a KORA Goodwill Ambassador, Im encouraging all artists,
Gospel, HipCo, traditional, and so on, to submit their high quality
video and audio on KORA website. I will be seeking the interest of
the Liberian artists and will ensure that Liberia is represented at
every international musical event, the four-times Gospel Artist of
the Year added.
Featuring 27 categories across regions and common genres,
KORA announces a monetary reward associated with each trophy,
with the main prize Best Artist of the Continent receiving a grand
prize of US$1 million.
According to KORA, eligible artists for the Best Artist of the
Continent trophy must have been voted the best of their respective
regions, further warning that the financial reward will, however,
only be given to award-winners who will be in attendance at the
awards ceremony. Absent artists will be awarded the trophy alone
(see below for detailed eligibility requirement).
Other categories include Best Male/Female Artists for Western,
Eastern, Southern and Northern Africa with a cash prize of
US$50,000 each, Best African Group, Most Promising Male/
Female Artist, Best Video of the Year and Most Downloaded
Music (US$20,000 for each category), among others.
ADRA EMPLOYEES
REACT TO SCANDAL
Monroviaeveral individuals claiming to be employees of the

Adventist Development Relief Agency (ADRA) including
some reported Ebola survivors have condemned what
they called negative media propaganda against ADRA
Liberia Country director Augustine Zayzay and his finance officer
Mitina Banard.
According to a press release issued Tuesday the employees
said the propaganda by those they referred at as detractors
represent a level of conspiracy master minded by one Mr. Olando
Katswen who according to the release was recently dismissed by
ADRA authorities for allegedly stealing money belonging to the
organization.
Mr. Karswen who previously served as the monitoring and
evaluation officer is reported to have falsified the name of ADRA
Country Director Mt. Aaron Zazay in a report to the Education
Ministry for money that was provided for by that institution for a
project, the release stated.
The release quoted the spokesperson for the ADRA employees Mr.
Fredie Tom Winnie as saying that the funds donated to ADRA are
currently being visibly used to carry out lots of projects including,
the agriculture sector rehabilitation Project(ARSP) in Pleebo
Maryland County, saying the procurement and distribution of
medical supplies to community clinics, distribution of books to
universities and community colleges, the construction of dams
and the complete transformation of the head office of ADRA.
According to the release Fredie Winnie served as the emergency
coordinator for ADRA, the current management team of ADRA
is has proven as the best since the end of the Liberia crises, the
dispatch quoted her as saying.
The release further stated that the vice chairman for Ebola
survivors network, Henry Tonny has commended ADRA for its
continuous assistance to members of his organization, saying at
no time that ADRA promised to give any cash to Ebola survivors
as was published.
He said the information was just intended to put ADRA against
Ebola survivors, the release continue.
When contacted Orlando Karswen who was accused said the
press release is intended to divert public attention from the
money ADRA Liberia is eating from international partners.
He told the FPA that he cannot stop the publication but will
respond to the statement at the appropriate time.
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REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA
PUBLIC SECTOR MODERNIZATION PROJECT
CIVIL SERVICE AGENCY
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (REOI)
(COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST/PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER)
Issuance Date: Starting From Friday, June 19, 2015, (then Monday, June 22, Wednesday, June 24, Friday,
June 26; Monday, June 29, and Wednesday, July 01, 2015, for 2 weeks).
Ref: CSA/PSMP/CNS/REOI/CSPRO/06/15
Title: Request for expression of interest-COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST/PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER
1. Introduction:
The Government of Liberia (GoL) through the Civil Service Agency (CSA) has received a funding envelope comprising IDA and a MultiDonor Trust Fund (USAID & SIDA) to support the strengthening of governance and public administration through the Public Sector
Modernization Project (PSMP). The Civil Service Agency intends to apply part of the proceeds of this financing to eligible payments
under the contract for hiring a highly organized and energized Communications Specialist/Public Relation Officer, who will carry
on with the Communications/Public Relation function under the project and continue the capacity building of the Monitoring and
Evaluation officers in the participating ministries and agencies.
2. Objectives of the Assignment:

The objectives of the assignment are as follows :
To supplement the capacity of the CSA to manage the Communications/Public Relations activities under the project hereafter
called the Client, including the planning and implementation and supervision of all Communications/Public Relations operations
under the project;
To contract the services of a Communication/Public Relations Specialist needed to implement existing Communications strategies
and plan in order to positively highlight results of the PSMP over the project life cycle.
To carry out an In-depth evaluation of the Communications/Public Relations activities and work products of the PSMP.
To have a thorough review of the Project Appraisal Document, (PAD), with a view to strengthening/developing Communications/
Public Relations activities.
To facilitate activation of Communications/Public Relations activities in participating ministries and agencies and build their
capacity to gradually take over the Communications/Public Relations function at the end of the consultancy period.
To produce relations materials, edit and layout reports and other promotional material and assist in planning, publicizing, and
carrying out special events;
To work in concert with the PSMP project Coordinator, CSA communication/PR Officer, stakeholders, beneficiaries and donors to
develop activities that highlight and showcase donor assistance/achievements of the PSMP;
To monitor local and international press coverage and monitor effectiveness of the communications strategy, provide feedback to
inform ongoing Public Relations activities and future programs;
Assist in editing, designing structure for monthly, quarterly, and yearly project implementation progress report in close consultation
with the Director of CSRD(known as the Project Coordinator);
3. Scope of the Assignmdnt:
The scope of the services to be provided by the Communications Specialist/Public Relations Officer is as follows:
The Communications Specialist/Public Relations Officer will work as part of the Project Implementing Team under the supervision
and guidance of a high-level inter-ministerial steering committee, The Project Oversight Committee (POC); and will form part of
the Technical Working Group (TWG) which draws technicians from the three implementing Agencies, the Liberia Institute for
Public Administration (LIPA), the Governance Commission (GC), and the Civil Service Agency (CSA), coordinated for the attainment
of project's goal. Under the direct supervision of the Director of CSRD (referred to as Project Coordinator), the communication
specialist, will be responsible for carrying out the internal and external communication strategy/plan for CSA. S/He will also provide
communications support to the internal and external partners such as the GC and LIPA team. These activities are to be carried out
within a participatory context that gives importance to advising and transferring knowledge to partners and stakeholders.
The consultant is expected to disseminate information and messages from the activities of the PSMP to the wider public, influence
decision making and knowledge sharing. Also, promote and enhance the national, regional, and global visibility of the PSMP.
Specifically the consultants work is expected to:
Raise the profile of the PSMP, nationally, regionally, globally, and with identified audiences;
Ensure effective lobbying and advocacy with critical stakeholders at all levels including government and policy makers;
Support and further the effectiveness of the activities implemented by partners including LIPA, and GC in relations to the PSMP
and reforms in general;
Within the framework of the project and its objectives, utilize existing communication strategy and develop information strategy
and carry out communication activities to promote and share information about the project objectives, outputs and outcomes;
Assist PSMP team in developing appropriate branded public information documentations and events;
Assist in the preparation of schedules, briefing materials, scene setters, briefing with PSMP team;
Maintain a calendar of the PSMP events in close coordination with PSMP team and our implementing partners.
Design, develop, and disseminate all outreach materials and activities to advertize beneficiaries, products to target audience
and media, including outreach folders and fact sheets, newsletter, blog/website entries, tweets, newsletter, brochures, video, and
campaigns, for broadcast and print media;
Engage with change Agents(Internal Reform Committees) across MACs, and capture success stories for disseminations through
website , outreach folders and to media;
Design, develop, market, and maintain project social media page;
B. Capacity Building
During the course of the assignment, the consultant will work in concert with the PSMP project Coordinator, CSA communication/
PR Officer, stakeholders, beneficiaries and donors to develop activities that highlight and showcase donor assistance/achievements
of the PSMP and to communicate the reforms and achieve the deliverables.
Provide support in guidance, mentoring, and coaching the Local Communications/Public Relations officers and other staff in
Communications/Public Relations Management. The Communications Specialist/Public Relations Officer will be the champion
within the Agency to build capacity among local Communications/Public Relations staff and to promote confidence and efficiency in
their Communications/Public Relations deliveries.
Participate in and facilitate related training and workshops as appropriate;
4. Qualifications and Competencies:
The selected Communications Specialist/Public Relations Officer shall possess the following:
Required Academic Qualifications:
The Consultant shall possess a Minimum of Master degree in Development Studies, Public Policy, Communications, Media
Management, Journalism, and equivalent;
Minimum of 5 years knowledge of professional experience in policy advocacy, internet campaign, coalition building and
management and/or networking is desirable. Work experience in the Public Sector will be an advantage;
Minimum of 5 years Training and experience in development and use of information management systems and techniques;
At least 5 years of work experience in the field of Public Information and communications, preferably in a newspaper or media
Agency, at least 5 years of experience in Communications at the project level would be preferable
1. Competencies:
Training and experience in Computer aided design;
Demonstrated experience in writing articles and text for professional publications and also to a highly illiterate public;
Excellent writing skills;
Excellent knowledge and skills in computer applications of MS office, desktop publishing programs, and website design and
management;
Sensitive to gender issues;
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and positive attitude, towards working with local staff and government officials;
Advantages:
Understanding of policy Advocacy and development issues;
Initiative, adaptability, and skill in adapting policies and techniques to local circumstances;
Work in an organized and concise manner;
Work experience in development programs;
Result oriented and strengthen player;
Sound judgment, flexibility and adaptability;
5. Duration of Assignment:
The Consultant will be contracted for twelve (12) months, and is expected to work full time (office hours) within Monrovia, except
otherwise situation demands outside Monrovia travel on related project matters
6. Selection Criteria:.
The consultant shall be selected based on the Individual selection method of the World Banks consultant selection guidelines. Main
criteria for the selection will be relevant work experience and qualifications
Interested Consultants may obtain further information at the address below during office hours from 09:00 and 17:00hours,
Mondays to Fridays.
Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form clearly marked: Ref: Communications Specialist/Public Relation Officer
of the PSMP, at the address below in person or by mail (or by email) on or before Friday, July 03, 2015, at 16:00hours.
The Projector Coordinator
Public Sector Modernization Project
Civil Service Agency
#63 Carey Street, Monrovia, Liberia
Email: publicsectormodernizationprojectcsa@gmail.com
Re-Advertised Invitation for Bids (IFB)

National Competitive Bidding
Supply of Uniforms for LRA
IFB No. LRA/NCB/002/014-015
1. The Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) has received funds from the Government of Liberia
through budgetary allocations and intends to apply part of it to fund eligible payments
under the contract for Supply of Uniforms for LRA as part of its FY 2014/2015 operations.
2. This procurement covers Supply of Uniforms for LRA staff as indicated below;
SUPPLY OF UNIFORMS
LOT-1

Item
Description Quantity
1
Uniforms 1,200
LOT-2
Description Quantity

1
Specialized Clothing (T-Shirts)
800
All interested bidders must include a uniform sample as part of BID including indicating
a current business address where the physical location of their premises can be found and
a company profile covering the last 5 years.
3. The Liberia Revenue Authority now invites sealed bids from eligible and qualified bidders
for Supply of Uniforms for LRA.
4. Bidding will be conducted through the National Competitive Bidding (NCB) procedures
specified in the PPC Act and approved by the PPCC, and is open to all eligible bidders.
5. A complete set of Bidding Document in English may be obtained by interested bidders

upon payment of a non-refundable fee of 50.00 USD to the LRA Budget & Finance Office at
the Ministry of Finance, First Floor, from the below address within the hours of 9:30 am to
3:00 p.m. daily.
Walter J. Dean,
Liberia Revenue Authority
LRA Logistics Management Section
Ministry of Finance & Development Planning Building,
1stFloor
Broad & Mechlin Street-Monrovia, Liberia
Tel: 231-(0886) -517-891
Email: WALTER.DEAN@LRA.GOV.LR
6. Qualification requirements include the following:
Signed Bid or Tender Form

A bid security (in the form of Managers Check)
A valid tax clearance Certificate
Valid Business Registration
Company profile
Names of current past/clients and their contact details
Proof of similar services provided over the last 5 years
7. All bids must be clearly marked with the address indicated below.
Supply of Uniforms for LRA

Ref: IFB No. LRA/NCB/002/014-015
Liberia Revenue Authority,
NASSCORP House
Paynesville, Liberia
Tel: 231-(0886) -517-891 or walter.dean@lra.gov.lr
8. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before June 29, 2015 at 10:00am
9. Bids will be opened on Monday, June 29, 2015 at 10:00 a.m., in the presence of bidders
representatives who choose to attend, at the address below:
10. Electronic and late bids will not be accepted
Liberia Revenue Authority Headquarters

NASSCORP House
ELWA Junction
Paynesville, Liberia
Note: This IFB and other LRA related information are also available at www.lra.gov.lr
and Liberia Revenue Authority Facebook page.
Oliver N. Rogers, II
Deputy Commissioner General Adm. Affairs
Walter J. Dean
Procurement Manager
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REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA
REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA

(A National Technical Assistant To Support Public Sector Pay Reform)
Issuance Date: Starting From Friday, June 19, 2015, (then Monday, June 22, Wednesday, June 24, Friday, June 26;
Monday, June 29, and Wednesday, July 01, 2015, for 2 weeks).
Ref: CSA/PSMP/CNS/REOI/TAWR/10/15
Title: Request for expression of interest-A National Technical Assistant To Support Public Sector Pay Reform:
1. INTRODUCTION:
The Government of Liberia (GoL) through the Civil Service Agency (CSA) has received a funding envelope comprising IDA and a MultiDonor Trust Fund (USAID & SIDA) to support the strengthening of governance and public administration through the Public Sector
Modernization Project (PSMP). The Civil Service Agency intends to apply part of the proceeds of this financing to eligible payments
under the contract for recruitment of a highly organized and energized National Consultant to Provide Technical Assistance for Pay
Reform to the GoL under the Public Sector Modernization Project.
BACKGROUND
The government unveiled a new development agenda (Agenda for Transformation, 2012-2017), which places public sector
modernization at the heart of its program to achieve middle income status by 2030.The drive to clean up the payroll, rationalize the
wage bill and improve performance management has been captured under the Public Sector Modernization Project (PSMP) which
is rooted in the GOLs Civil Service Reform Strategy (CSRS) on (i) Pay and Pensions Reforms; (ii) Payroll Management; (iii) Improved
Performance; (iv) Leadership Development and (v) Capacity building for effective Programme Management. Seven (7) Ministries are
piloted for implementation alias Participating Ministries.
The Civil Service Agency is currently developing job descriptions for positions in the seven pilot ministries and classifying these
positions onto respective grades, utilizing the requirements for the jobs and the grade level description.
The Civil Service Agency now requires the services of a well-trainedand experienced, highly organized and energized Pay Reform
Advisor, with experience in Public Sector grading and pay reform implementation, to place individual civil servants in each position
onto the relevant steps within each grade and assist the CSA to implement the medium term pay reform strategy. The consultant will
work in collaboration with a donor provided Grading and Classification Advisor, as well as a team of staff from the Civil Service Agency,
Government Ministries/Agencies/Commissions(MACs) and the Liberia Institute of Public Administration.
2. OBJECTIVES OF THE ASSIGNMENT:
The objective of the assignment is to assist the process of grading and place civil servants on the various steps within their relevant
grades to enable the Civil Service to operationalize the new grading structure, understand the costs and implement the pay reform
strategy across the civil service;
Enable the Government to manage compensation in a sustainable, structured and consistent manner within its national budget; and
Help the reform team implement the Pay Reform using the Pay Strategy that has already been approved by Cabinet;
3. SCOPE OF WORK:
The consultant will work with the Technical Working Group drawn from CSA, GC and LIPA,in collaboration with the existing donor
sponsored Grading and Classification Advisor. He/She will report to the CSA Director General through the Director, Civil Service
Reform Directorate (known as the Project Coordinator).He/She will also work with a team comprising representatives of the Civil
Service Agency, Ministry of Finance, and sectorial ministries.
The specific tasks shall include:
Drive implementation for the medium term pay reform strategy across the GOL, but specifically within the 7 pilot institutions;
Develop and agree the method for the starting placement of individual civil servants on their grade, for all civil servants;
Place each individual civil servants in all Ministries on their steps within the grades;
Based on individual placements, estimate the cost of the structure to the GOL;
Assist the CSA to make any modifications to the salary structure that may be necessary to enable the GOL to afford the placement;
Review payroll management and control system;
Develop processes and procedures necessary for effective payroll management and control;
Review previous work already done to transform the Pay Reform including the Medium-Term Pay Reform Strategy;
Review, analyze, edit and layout the Medium-Term Pay Reform Strategy and have it distributed to all Ministries, Agencies and
Commissions of Liberia;
Assist the government Project Coordinator in briefing the management of MACs on pay reform implementation the assignment, and
explaining how they will be involved and how civil servants will be affected;
Assist the Project Coordinator in providing initial training and coachingstaff analysts in grading, payroll management and control
Prepare an inception report outlining sequencing of activities, methodology to be applied, and timeline for completing the assignment.
Model the fiscal impacts of at least three possible pay scenarios, which align to each of the grading structures for civil service, health
care delivery personnel and education delivery personnel. The three scenarios will reflect high, low and base case assumptions about
progress on related reforms, including the grading and classification exercise that is currently ongoing. The scenarios will model
different size, composition and distribution of staffing, and different choices by GoL regarding pay levels for the existing grading
structure and the extent to which salary levels are benchmarked against external comparators. The approach to modeling and impacts
assessment that the Consultant will carry out will be guided by GoLs medium-term projections and targets for the wage bill, in order
to ensure that reforms are fiscally sustainable and in line with the Agenda for Transformation.
Develop a pay model, which can be used in the future when considering pay options and train identified employees at the CSA to use
the pay model.
Prepare an implementation plan that presents considerations related to sequencing. It will provide practical guidance in a flexible
manner taking into account the political economy, capacity, resource constraints, and the recommendations laid out in the MediumTerm Pay Reform Strategy Update of 2014. The plan needs to include a monitoring framework to track progress in implementing
reform.
Liaise with (a) the consultant who is responsible for designing a suitable grade-by-grade structure for the civil service (including for
education and health); and (b) the High Level Task Force on Wage Bill Management.
Survey a representative sample of civil servants to identify the key factors (both financial and non-financial) which create job
satisfaction. Propose how the findings can be used to improve the retention of critical skills;
Design a new salary structure(s) based on the results of the job evaluation and the market survey. To the extent possible, the
structure(s) should consolidate allowances with base pay
Develop an implementation plan for phasing in the new salary structure(s) based on policy priorities and wage bill constraints;
4. Deliverables:
Inception Report to include a detailed 12 month work plan implementing the medium term pay strategy, within three weeks after
commencement outlining sequencing of activities, methodology and timeline (2 weeks after commencement ;
Work with existing Job Evaluation Technical Assistants to grade Civil Servants of Participating MACs and produce Job Evaluation
Report
Individual civil servants placed on steps within grades and handbook on placement guidelines, within four weeks after commencement
Monthly report and outputs from agreed implementation work plan to the Director General updating on progress
A report that lays out in detail the specific salaries of the new civil service pay scale and a related implementation plan
Report on New Civil Service Pay Scale (5 weeks after commencement) (ref. Task 3).
Report on modeling of fiscal impacts of at least three possible scenarios for salary structures (10 weeks after commencement) (ref.
Task 4).
Report on a Pay Model (12weeks after commencement to include status of training in the model) (ref. Task 5).
Draft Final Report:Integrated report reflecting the agreements or modifications on the Civil Service Pay Scale, the model and fiscal
impacts, with the implementation strategy, including any proposed phasing approaches (14 weeks after commencement) (ref. Task 6).
Final Report: A final report to include the final agreed civil service pay scale and any modifications to the draft final report (24 weeks
after commencement).
5. Qualification Requirements:
Minimum Master Degree in the Business Administration, Human Resources or related area;
A minimum of 9-years working experience in Job Evaluation, Classification, Pay and Grading, 5 of which must have been in the public
sector;
Detailed understanding of Public Sector Management, Reform or Governance in Developing Countries especially Africa;
Demonstrated ability to work successfully individually and in teams where training others is required;
Ability to work at senior levels of government
Proven ability to think conceptually, strategically and analytically
Exceptional oral, written and presentation communication skills
Advanced computer skills in Word and Excel software
The Consultant will be contracted for twelve (12) months, and is expected to work full time (office hours) within Monrovia, except
otherwise situation demands outside Monrovia travel on related project matters.
7. Selection method:
The consultant shall be selected based on the individual selection method of the World Banks consultant selection guidelines. Main
criteria for the selection will be relevant work experience and qualifications.
In case of travel requirement outside Monrovia within Liberia for project related assignments, the consultant shall be paid travel
expenses and hotel expenses on actual basis and suitably determined subsistence allowance to the Consultant.
Interested Consultants may obtain further information at the address below during office hours from 09:00 and 17:00hours, Mondays
to Fridays.
Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form clearly marked: Ref: A National Technical Assistant To Support Public Sector
Pay Reform of the PSMP, at the address below in person or by mail (or by email) on or before Friday, July 03, 2015, at 16:00hours.
The Projector Coordinator
(Gender Mainstreaming Specialist)

Issuance Date: Starting From Friday, June 19, 2015, (then Monday, June 22,
Wednesday, June 24, Friday, June 26; Monday, June 29, and Wednesday, July 01,
2015, for 2 weeks).
Ref: CSA/PSMP/CNS/REOI/GMS/07/15
Assignment Title: Request for expression of interest Gender Mainstreaming
Specialist:
1. Introduction:
The Government of Liberia (GoL) through the Civil Service Agency (CSA) has received a
funding envelope comprising IDA and a Multi-Donor Trust Fund (USAID & SIDA) to support the
strengthening of governance and public administration through the Public Sector Modernization
Project (PSMP). The Civil Service Agency intends to apply part of the proceeds of this financing
to eligible payments under the contract for hiring a highly organized and energized Gender
Mainstreaming Specialist, who will carry on with the Gender Mainstreaming functions under
the project and continue the capacity building of the Gender Mainstreaming officers in the
participating ministries and agencies.
2. Objectives of the Assignment:

To supplement the capacity of the CSA to manage the Gender Mainstreaming activities under the
project hereafter called the Client, including the planning and implementation and supervision of
all Gender Mainstreaming operations under the project;
To carry out an In-depth evaluation of the Gender Mainstreaming activities and work products of
the PSMP.
To have a thorough review of the Project Appraisal Document, (PAD), with a view to
strengthening Gender Mainstreaming activities,
To continue with the development of Gender Mainstreaming capacity
To facilitate activation of Gender Mainstreaming activities in participating ministries and
agencies and build their capacity to gradually take over the Gender Mainstreaming function at the
end of the consultancy period.
3. Scope of the Services:
The scope of the services to be provided by the Gender Mainstreaming Consultant is as follows:
The Gender Mainstreaming Consultant will work as part of the Project Implementing Team
under the supervision and guidance of a high-level inter-ministerial steering committee, The
Project Oversight Committee (POC); and will form part of the Technical Working Group (TWG)
which draws technicians from the three implementing Agencies, the Liberia Institute for Public
Administration (LIPA), the Governance Commission (GC), and the Civil Service Agency (CSA),
coordinated for the attainment of project's goal.
B. Capacity Building
Provide support in guidance, mentoring, and coaching the Local gender mainstreaming and other
staff in gender mainstreaming Management. The Gender Mainstreaming Consultant will be the
champion within the agency to build capacity among local gender mainstreaming staff and to
promote confidence and efficiency in their gender mainstreaming deliveries.
4. Qualifications and Competencies:
The Gender Mainstreaming Consultant shall possess the following:
1. Required Qualifications:
Minimum Master Degree with focus on gender or women studies;
At least 5 years experience in gender programme related work with Civil Society or women
group;
Understanding of and experience in change management processes in organizations;
Understanding of global civil society issues, international and national NGO networks;
Ability to work successfully individually and in teams;
Ability to think conceptually, strategically, and analytically;
2. Competencies:
Demonstrates integrity and fairness by modeling values and ethical standards;
Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in mainstreaming gender in development and policies;
Record of participation in at least 2 assignments of similar size and degree of
complexities(consultancy services), in the area of gender mainstreaming in projects, programme
or policies;
Knowledge of analytical methods and tools for mainstreaming gender in Civil Service Reform or
related areas is considered an assets;
Sound understanding of gender and development issues;
Excellent communications, presentation, report writing, and analytical skills
The consultant will be responsible for fostering an environment conducive for learning about
gender mainstreaming and to developing concrete plans and mechanisms for internal and external
gender mainstreaming across Seven participating MACS
The Consultant will be contracted for twelve (12) months, and is expected to work full time (office
hours) within Monrovia, except otherwise situation demands outside Monrovia travel on related
project matters.
6. Selection Criteria:
The consultant shall be selected based on the Individual selection method of the World Banks
consultant selection guidelines. Main criteria for the selection will be relevant work experience
and qualifications
Interested Consultants may obtain further information at the address below during office hours
from 09:00 and 17:00hours, Mondays to Fridays.
Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form clearly marked: Ref: Gender
Mainstreaming Specialist of the PSMP, at the address below in person or by mail (or by email) on
or before Friday, July 03, 2015, at 16:00hours.
The Project Coordinator
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REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA
REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA
PUBLIC SECTOR MODERNIZATION PROJECT (PSMP)

PROJECT ID P143064
IDA CREDIT ID: 53590
(Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist)

Issuance Date: Starting From Friday, June 19, 2015, (then Monday, June 22, Wednesday, June
24, Friday, June 26; Monday, June 29, and Wednesday, July 01, 2015, for 2 weeks).
Ref: CSA/PSMP/CNS/REOI/M&E/02/15
Assignment Title: Request for expression of interest Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist:
1. Introduction:
The Government of Liberia (GoL) through the Civil Service Agency (CSA) has received a funding envelope comprising IDA and a
Multi-Donor Trust Fund (USAID & SIDA) to support the strengthening of governance and public administration through the Public
Sector Modernization Project (PSMP). The Civil Service Agency intends to apply part of the proceeds of this financing to eligible
payments under the contract for hiring a highly organized and energized Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, who will carry on
with the Monitoring and Evaluation function under the project and continue the capacity building of the Monitoring and Evaluation
officers in the participating ministries and agencies.

The Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist will serve as the focal technical person for all monitoring and evaluation related activities
for the PSMP. S/he will assist and report to the Project Coordinator as regards the monitoring and evaluation of project activities
implemented by the project. The M&E Specialists responsibility is to coordinate and support implementation of monitoring
and evaluation of all the project activities to be conducted in accordance with the Results Framework, Result chain, and planned
objectives of the Project.
3. SCOPE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:
The Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist will work as part of the Project Implementing Team under the supervision and guidance of a
high-level inter-ministerial steering committee, The Project Oversight Committee (POC); and will form part of the Technical Working
Group (TWG) which draws technicians from the three implementing Agencies, the Liberia Institute for Public Administration (LIPA),
the Governance Commission (GC), and the Civil Service Agency (CSA), coordinated for the attainment of project's goal.
B. CAPACITY BUILDING
During the course of the assignment, the consultant will be required to build the capacity of staff from M&E, CSRD, and all departments
that work to achieve the reforms deliverables.
DELIVERABLES/OUTPUTS:
Lead the development of and oversee the review of project level Monitoring & Evaluation plan and associated work-plans for each
component/activity (as reflected in the results framework);
Help develop an M&E Manual for CSA M&E Directorate and conduct regular training during the time of contract;
Be responsible for sourcing data and information for specific M&E needs directly from the tripod, such as budgets, staff capacity
and other internal data particularly for indicators not requiring a survey.
Support technical work such as reviewing M&E methods, carrying out training needs, designing M&E tools and advising M&E
technical assistance.
Oversee and participate in evaluations and assessments.
The M&E Specialist will also serve as the evaluation team member of selected evaluations conducted under this Project.
Ensure quality control of M&E outputs (e.g surveys,etc), by contributing substantively to the design and field testing of the
monitoring methodology, review, supervising design and implementation of the survey, participatory data collection methods and
protocols, data verification techniques, and other technical evaluation and analytical tasks to be conducted by this project.
Closely cooperate and coordinate with the communication specialist for the design, quality, development and completion of all
assessments, analytical reports, case studies, and success stories.
Develop and maintain an M&E database for the project and contribute to the maintenance of the database.
Review monitoring and evaluation system/mechanism, process and procedures of the project and forms and formats for project
activities under its various components; monitor project progress through field visit, offer feedback and keep regular communication
with the participating ministries and the Technical Working Group.
Attend, participate and provide necessary inputs for preparation of and during project meeting, Workshops and trainings;
Serve as focal point for providing M &E inputs on Implementation Progress Reports(IPRs)
Prepare and submit M&E inputs as per the Results Framework to the quarter/ annual project implementation progress reports on
meeting the deadline as per the requirement of the project.
Accomplish others tasks related for preparing, monitoring, evaluation and implementing as per the need of the project assigned
by the Project Coordinator.
B. EXPECTED OUTPUTS/REPORTING REQUIREMENTS:
The consultant will report to the Director-General of the Civil Service Agency through the Director of Civil Service Reform Directorate
(referred to as Project Coordinator). In addition to the regular responsibilities, the consultant shall be accountable for providing /
preparing the following documents and reports during assigned period.
M&E implementation plan for the PSMP using the result framework and chain;
M&E inputs to Monthly/Quarterly/Yearly Project Implementation Progress Report;
Monitoring and Supervision report as per the requirement.
Prepare and submit Guidelines/Manuals of concerned fields visits/surveys as per the need of the project.
Reports and proceeding of seminars, workshops and training
Identify, report, and help manage risks associated with Project implementation
Report Updates should include:
o Highlight progress against milestones
o Explain the reasons for lack of progress, setting out corrective action either taken or intended
o Identify blockages to be addressed by the Project Oversight Committee
o Present any policy proposals for decision by the Project Oversight Committee
4. Required Qualifications:
Academic qualifications:
The consultant should have a minimum of a Master degree in Public Policy, Program Management, Economics, and other related
Social Sciences; Management, Environmental Sciences, Natural Science or related field combined with extensive experience in
similar responsible position in the Public/Civil Service is considered as equivalent.
Experience:
At least 9 years of work experience in a field related to public sector reform, service delivery, and planning or project management.
At least 5 years of experience in M&E design and implementation at the project level would be preferable. Previous involvement with,
and good knowledge of, CBOs, I/NGOs and civil society is desired.
Computer literacy in Microsoft packages (MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel), GIS and SPSS is an advantage. Experiences in
creating and managing performance monitoring plans and leveraging performance monitoring data for improving ongoing project
management are under consideration.
Knowledge in designing and field testing surveys and other data collection instruments are required.
Competencies:
The M&E Specialist should possess excellent technical skills in research methods, Risk Analysis, program and project performance
assessment and management;
Demonstrated experience in monitoring and evaluation of Public Sector project activities especially under World Bank funded
project;
Strong communication and facilitation skills and ability to establish good working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders
in a highly sensitive environment. S/he must be able to respond quickly to requests for information;
S/he must demonstrate strong interpersonal and motivational skills and sensitivity to the local environment as well as the ability
to work with minimal supervision;
Excellent data analytical skills and interpretation;
S/he must have ability to write clearly and concisely, and have sound quantitative skills (managing, analyzing and interpreting
data);
Experience on planning, monitoring and evaluation of community based social projects and having good computer knowledge on
database software like; MS Excel, SPSS, GIS will be given priority;
Broad knowledge and understanding of building monitoring and evaluation system, determining baselines and setting resultsbased indicators;
5. DURATION OF ASSIGNMENT:
The Consultant will be contracted for seven (7) months, and is expected to work full time (office hours) within Monrovia, except
otherwise situation demands outside Monrovia travel on related project matters.
6. SELECTION CRITERIA
The consultant shall be selected based on the Individual selection method of the World Banks consultant selection guidelines. Main
criteria for the selection will be relevant work experience and qualifications.
Interested Consultants may obtain further information at the address below during office hours from 09:00 and 17:00hours,
Mondays to Fridays.
Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form clearly marked: Ref: Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist of the PSMP,
at the address below in person or by mail (or by email) on or before Friday, July 03, 2015, at 16:00hours.
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Request for Expression of Interest, (REOI)

(Hire Firm for Online HRMIS & Biometric Registration/Verification System with Offline Capabilities):
Issuance Date: Starting From Friday, June 19, 2015, (then Monday, June 22, Wednesday, June 24, Friday, June 26;
Monday, June 29, and Wednesday, July 01, 2015, for 2 weeks).
Ref: CSA/PSMP/CNS/REOI/HBRV/14/15:
Assignment Title: Request for expression of interest Hire Firm for Online HRMIS & Biometric Registration/
Verification System with Offline Capabilities:
1. Introduction:
The Government of Liberia (GoL) through the Civil Service Agency (CSA) has received a funding envelope comprising IDA and a Multi-Donor Trust Fund (USAID &
SIDA) to support the strengthening of governance and public administration through the Public Sector Modernization Project (PSMP). The Civil Service Agency
intends to apply part of the proceeds of this financing to eligible payments under the contract for hiring a highly organized BIOMETRIC ON-LINE REGISTRATION
AND VERIFICATION CONSULTING FIRM for the Public Sector Modernization Project.
BACKGROUND
The government unveiled a new development agenda (Agenda for Transformation, 2012-2017), which places public sector modernization at the heart of its
program to achieve middle income status by 2030.The drive to clean up the payroll, rationalize the wage bill and improve performance management has been
captured under the Public Sector Modernization Project (PSMP) which is rooted in the GOLs Civil Service Reform Strategy (CSRS) on (i) Pay and Pensions Reforms;
(ii) Payroll Management; (iii) Improved Performance; (iv) Leadership Development and (v) Capacity building for effective Programme Management. Seven (7)
Ministries are piloted for implementation alias Participating Ministries.
The Civil Service Agency requires the services of a BIOMETRIC ON-LINE REGISTRATION and VERIFICATION CONSULTING FIRM who will develop, train and roll-out
an On-line HRMIS and Biometric Registration/Verification System in various regions across the country as per Implementation Plan. The consultant will work with
the project team and staff drawn from the Civil Service Agency, Governance Commission and the Liberia Institute of Public Administration.
The overall objective of the assignment is to provide an On-line HRMIS and Biometric Registration/Verification System that will be deployed in various regions
across the Country in order to capture and verify HR and Biometric data of employees of Government assigned to the Fifteen (15) Counties of Liberia. The
assignment will entail:
The development of a robust On-line HRMIS and Biometric Registration/Verification System capable of enrolling and verifying employees of Government assigned
to the leeward counties of Liberia. The firm will also include Off-line capabilities during the development of the software so as to address issues of disruptions and
down-time in the on-line connectivity.
Train the Human Resource Management Information System (HRMIS) and Biometrics Staff on how to use the system efficiently and effectively.
Deploy the system to regions where there exists a presence of the Civil Service Agencys Regional Offices.
3. SCOPE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:
The Civil Service Agency is seeking an experienced consulting firm or Consortium of firms who will develop, train and roll-out an On-line HRMIS and Biometric
Registration/Verification System in various regions across the country as per Implementation Plan. The scope of work for this assignment includes:
The main tasks of the independent verification agent:
Develop and deploy an On-line HRMIS and Biometric Registration/Verification System that will be fully compatible and interoperable with the existing Employees
Biometric Identification and Records System (EBIRS) in all respects.
Develop and deploy an On-line HRMIS and Biometric Registration/Verification System that will have an interface and functionality consistent with the existing
system so that existing skills and experiences currently possessed by CSA Biometrics Staff can be fully leveraged.
Develop and deploy an On-line HRMIS and Biometric Registration/Verification System that will be network aware such that enrolment information can be
automatically saved to a local database when the central server is inaccessible; and synchronized whenever the server is accessible from the local/decentralized
computer.
Develop and deploy an On-line HRMIS and Biometric Registration/Verification System that will have a manual override to allow the operator to elect to operate
locally or online in cases where the server is accessible but the integrity of the network may make online enrolment unreliable.
Develop and deploy an On-line HRMIS and Biometric Registration/Verification System that will be capable of registering persons who are not in the database.
Note that Biometric enrolment was originally conceived as the acquisition of fingerprints and photographs of persons already in the Government of Liberias payroll
database. However, while this remains the primary requirement of biometric enrolment, the system must also be capable of registering persons who are not in the
database.
Develop and deploy an On-line HRMIS and Biometric Registration/Verification System that will allow automatic checking of Employee/Payroll numbers at the
time of enrolment to avoid duplication.
In addition, the system should permit the biometric registration of any person with the following minimum information:
1. First Name;
2. Last Name;
3. Gender
Biometric enrolment should include the acquisition of at least one photograph and images of all ten fingers of each subject.
The system should allow the retrieval of a person's record using any one of the following:
1. Full Name;
2. Employee/Payroll Number;
3. Social Security Number; and
4. System generated Person ID (pID) number
The search shall permit use of wild cards. Where multiple search results are returned, it must give the operator the option of checking each result at will.
Decentralized Systems
The server system should have a function for loading decentralized systems with an administrator specified subset of database records according to the respective
locations in which they will be used.
Decentralized systems should be capable of connecting to the central server and synchronizing their respective databases as follows:
New enrolments in the local database that have no records on the server will be copied to the server database
Changes to records on the server will copied to and overwrite records on the local database
Decentralized systems should be capable of importing from and exporting their databases to portable media; and the central server should have a means of
synchronizing with databases on portable media.
Decentralized systems should be capable of performing fingerprint and facial identification functions on their local datasets; and should be capable of performing
identification against the entire CSA database when the biometric identification server is accessible.
Access Control
The system must include a comprehensive access control system that grants read/write access to subsets of the database by location, ministry, and position level;
and to records by type (for example biometric records, employment, compensation, etc.)
Deliverables/Reporting Obligations:
1. An brief Inception Report: Submit a first draft inception report of the project within 15 days following signing of the contract, detailing:
An analysis and review of the project and work plan
Development of system development and deployment strategy that provides clear reporting criteria and schedule, and perceived challenges;
2. A draft final report submitted to the Project Team for review and comments.
3. A final report, subject to approval by the project team and head of the CSA
The BIOMETRICS CONSULTING FIRM shall report to the Director-General of the CSA through the Director of the Civil Service Reform Director (known as the Project
Coordinator) of the Public Sector Modernization Project (PSMP).
Responsibilities:
Maintain regular communication with the PSMP Management Program team via direct meeting, audio-conference, videoconference, and email regarding all
aspects of the evaluation procedure, system development and deployment, and reporting framework etc.
Provide PSMP and World Bank with copies of its evaluation procedure work flow and its system development and deployment methodology for review.
Strictly comply with all general independence, confidentiality, and professional integrity codes. Seek advice from CSA and World Bank team when uncertain about
requirements and expectations in this regard.
Permit the World Bank representatives and PSMP team or designated entities or individuals to monitor and inspect selected components or all of the process.
Monitoring may take the form of unannounced visits to firm offices and field area.
4. QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED ( Evidence to substantiate that) :
a) Team Leader:
Masters Degree in Information Communications Technology, Management Information Systems, Biometrics and Identity Management, Public Administration,
Public Sector Management and Reform, Project Management or related field to the above with bias in IT;
Must have a minimum of ten (10) years relevant work experience;
Must have experience in strategic planning, systems analysis and design, monitoring/evaluation, CSA reform initiatives and other reform programs, especially
related to the public sector;
Must demonstrate practical and relevant experience dealing with difficult governance issues and other stakeholders participatory processes XC
b.) Key Staff (Minimum two personnel):
Masters Degree in Information Communications Technology, Management Information Systems, Biometrics and Identity Management, Public Administration,
Public Sector Management and Reform, Project Management or related field to the above with bias in IT;
He/she must have a minimum of Seven (7) years relevant work experience;
The consultant must have experience in strategic planning, systems analysis and design, monitoring/evaluation, CSA reform initiatives and other reform programs,
especially related to the public sector;
Must demonstrate practical and relevant experience dealing with difficult governance issues and other stakeholders participatory processes XC
Other Registration Requirements:

The interested firms should attach evidence of the following documents with their applications:
Documentary proof of valid legal entity of the firm i.e. Registration with Securities and
Exchange Commission or Registrar of firms;
Registration of firm/consortium with relevant professional body, if any;
Audited Statements of Accounts for last 3 years;
Undertaking that the firm has not been blacklisted or debarred by any government organization;
The firms experience in Biometrics System Development and implementation in public/private sector, if available, where it has been involved in development and
implementation of biometrics systems, and provision of services and any relevant and recent analysis or report.
Details of major works/projects completed in public/private sector during the last five years. The list must include a brief description of the project relevant to
the assignment;
A capacity statement on available IT equipment (software/hardware) requirement for evaluation process.
List of key permanent professional staff including detailed CVs of core team for the assignment, showing qualification and experience including the projects on
which they have worked; their role in the project and duration of their engagement with the project, and the name of a contact person for identification purposes.
Proof of registration, income tax and sales tax.
5.DURATION OF ASSIGNMENT:
The duration for this assignment is Six (6) months and based on the achievement of specific milestone predetermined by the project team. The work schedule
will be determined by the project team and the consultant for the duration of the assignment. The duty station shall be Civil Service Agency Monrovia, Liberia.
However, a portion of this assignment could be undertaken away from the CSA or Monrovia.
6. Selection Criteria:.
The consultant shall be selected based on the Consultants' Qualification Selection, (CQS), method of the World Banks consultant selection guidelines. Main criteria
for the selection will be relevant work experience and qualifications of core Personnel for the Assignment.
Interested Consulting Firms may obtain further information at the address below during office hours from 09:00 and 17:00hours, Mondays to Fridays.
Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form clearly marked: Ref: Hire Firm for Online HRMIS & Biometric Registration/Verification System with
Offline Capabilities for the PSMP, at the address below in person or by mail (or by email) on or before Friday, July 03, 2015, at 16:00hours.
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RONT
IN BRIEF
WORLD NEWS
S. AFRICA 'MAY QUIT WAR CRIMES

COURT OVER BASHIR': PRESIDENCY
BOBBI KRISTINA BROWNS CONSERVATOR
SUES NICK GORDON FOR $10 MILLION,

ALLEGING ABUSE AND THEFT
he court-appointed conservator for Bobbi Kristina

Brown, the troubled daughter of Whitney Houston
and Bobby Brown who was placed in hospice care
on Wednesday, is suing her boyfriend Nick Gordon,
alleging that Gordon assaulted Brown and transferred funds to
himself from her bank account without her permission.
The complaint, filed by Bedelia C. Hargrove in Fulton County,
Georgia on Wednesday, alleges that Gordon posed as Browns
husband in order to control her contact with others as part of a
scheme to benefit from her wealth.
The misrepresentation that Defendant was Browns husband
was used to control Brown and limit with whom she could
interact, the complaint, obtained by USA Today, reads. For
example, Defendant often answered Browns personal cell
phone, would not allow her to make appointments without his
approval, and manipulated her bank relationship so that he
could access her money. This was all part of a scheme to benefit
from her wealth.
PUTIN VOWS TO FURTHER
Johannesburg (AFP) outh Africa said Thursday it may

withdraw from the International
Criminal Court after an outcry
over Pretoria's refusal to arrest
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on
genocide charges.
Bashir, who is wanted by the ICC on
genocide charges, left the country last
week after attending an African Union
summit despite a court in Pretoria
barring his departure while it ruled
whether he could be arrested.
The cabinet, which came under fire
from the ICC, rights groups, other
governments and the South African
opposition for failing to detain Bashir,
said it had decided to review its standing
with the ICC.
"South Africa may as a last resort ...
consider withdrawing from the ICC,"
Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe
told reporters. "Such a decision will
only be taken when South Africa has
exhausted all remedies available to it in
terms of the Rome Statute," the court's
founding document.
A panel of ministers will be put together
to discuss the dispute with the ICC while
South Africa may also take it up with the
STRENGTHEN RUSSIAN MILITARY
MOSCOW (AP)
resident Vladimir Putin says Russia needs a powerful
military to fend off threats near its borders, a statement
that reflects tensions with the West over the Ukrainian
crisis.
Speaking at Thursday's Kremlin meeting with graduates of
Russian military academies, Putin said that a "powerful army
equipped with modern weapons is the guarantor of sovereignty
and territorial integrity of Russia."
He vowed to continue a sweeping military modernization effort
that envisages procurement of large numbers of new weapons.
Putin added that Russia has no aggressive intentions and aims to
"settle any disputes exclusively by political means with respect
to international law and interests of other nations."
AS SC HONORS CHURCH VICTIMS,

ALABAMA LOWERS ITS FLAGS
BEIRUT (Reuters) slamic State fighters launched simultaneous attacks

against the Syrian government forces and Kurdish
militia, moving back onto the offensive after losing
ground in recent days to Kurdish-led forces near the
capital of their "caliphate".
After losses to the Kurds backed by U.S.-led air strikes,
Islamic State sought to retake the initiative with incursions
into the Kurdish-held town of Kobani at the Turkish border
and government-held areas of Hasaka city in the northeast.
In a separate offensive in the multi-sided Syrian civil war an
alliance of rebels in the south of the country also launched
an attack with the aim of driving government forces from the
city of Deraa.
International Court of Justice, Radebe

said.
"South Africa will enter into formal
negotiations with the ICC on this matter
with the view of understanding the ICC's
reasoning," he said.
The government argued that because
Bashir was attending a summit of the
African Union he had immunity from
arrest.
But on Wednesday the High Court in
Pretoria that was considering the case
dismissed this argument, saying instead
that the government had been under an
obligation to arrest Bashir.
The court even urged prosecutors to
consider criminal charges over the
government's failure to prevent Bashir
from leaving the country.
The government has until the end of
Thursday to explain to the court why
Bashir was allowed to leave -- a move that
sparked international condemnation by
governments and rights groups.
But South Africa said it is not only
accountable to the ICC.
"South Africa has to balance its
obligations to the ICC with its obligations
to the African Union and its obligations
to individual states," said Radebe.
Many members of the AU have accused

the ICC of targeting only African leaders,
and point out that the US and other
major powers such as Russia and China

have refused to place themselves under
The Hague-based ICC's jurisdiction.
Bashir has evaded justice since his
indictment in 2009 for alleged serious
abuses in the western Sudanese region
of Darfur. The conflict began in 2003
when black insurgents rose up against
his
Arab-dominated
government,
protesting they were marginalised.
Khartoum unleashed a bloody counterinsurgency using the armed forces and
allied militia.
The United Nations says 300,000 people
have been killed in the conflict and
another 2.5 million forced to flee their
homes.
The Hague-based ICC was not
immediately available for comment on
South Africa's threats to pull out, but its
founding Rome Statute says a country
could withdraw as a state party by
written notification to the UN SecretaryGeneral.
The withdrawal would become effective
one year after the notification was
received, it said.
ISIS IS FACING ONE OF ITS MOST SERIOUS SETBACKS YET
(REUTERS/Rodi Said)
urdish
People's
Protection
Units
(YPG)
fighters
stand on armored
vehicles as they travel
through the village of Tel
Khanzir, after they took
control of the area from
Islamic State fighters, in the
western countryside of Ras
al-Ain May 28, 2015.
ISIS is currently facing
one of its greatest military

challenges since the group
proclaimed
a
caliphate
following the seizure of
Mosul and much of western
Iraq and eastern Syria last
summer.
According to an intelligence
brief from The Soufan
Group, ISIS is experiencing
losses around its "capital"
of Raqqa, representing both
an operational and symbolic
setback for the group.

Although ISIS has continued
to expand and hold onto
territory in Iraq, the militants
have come under increasing
pressure in Syria.
ISIS has lost territory in a
number of key battles. Most
notably, Kurdish YPG forces
have dealt ISIS defeats at the
towns of Tal Abyad and Ayn
Issa.
ISIS once hoped to cut off
major Syrian Kurdish regions
from one another by holding
these towns near the Turkish
border. Now, the Kurds have
foreclosed on that strategy,
beating back the jihadists'
momentum and even moving
into some of ISIS's most
important territory.
"With the most recent YPG
moves against the town
of Ayn Issa, the Islamic
State is facing perhaps its
most serious symbolic and
meaningful threat since it
declared itself a caliphate

almost one year ago," The
Soufan Group notes. "Its
capital, Raqqa, the center of
the groups authority and
image, is under threat."
By seizing and securing Ayn
Issa, the YPG, in conjunction
with
US-led
coalition
airstrikes, have embedded
themselves only 31 miles
away from ISIS' de facto
capital. The YPG also seized
the Syrian military base
Liwa-93 from ISIS in the
surrounding region. The
rapid advance of the Kurdish
forces, which ISIS nearly
overwhelmed during a crucial
battle in the border city of
Kobane last summer, has
dealt a blow to the militant
group, which promoted
itself through a doctrine of
"remaining and expanding"
on multiple simultaneous
battlefronts.
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SPORTS
ARSENAL SIGN
ROMANIA
STARLET
DRAGOMIR
rsenal
have
completed
the signing of
Vlad Dragomir
from ACS Poli Timisoara
for 100,000, with the
teenage
midfielder
penning a three-year deal.
The 16-year-old is the
Gunners' first signing
of the summer transfer
window and will join the
club's academy as a firstyear scholar.
Dragomir, who captains
the Romania Under-16s,
had been linked with
Inter but admitted that
the chance to join Arsenal
was too tempting to turn
down.
"The Arsenal offer seemed
the best to me, I felt that
this is my place," Dragomir
told Pro Sport following
the move. "I am very glad
to sign and I hope not to
disappoint anyone."
Dragomir's agent, Catalin
Sarmasan,
added:
"I
offered Vlad to Arsenal
a year and a half ago and
they have monitored him
closely.
SCHWEINSTEIGER
SHOULD NOT JOIN
MANCHESTER UNITED,
WARNS BECKENBAUER
OFFICIAL: EVERTON SIGN

DEULOFEU IN 6M DEAL
B
FROM BARCELONA
verton
have
confirmed the
6
million
signing
of
winger Gerard
Deulofeu from Barcelona on
an initial three-year deal.
The 21-year-old Spaniard
enjoyed a successful loan
spell at Goodison Park in

the 2013-14 season, before
spending last term at Sevilla
on a temporary basis.
He will now move to Everton
permanently
after
the
Premier League club agreed
a fee with Barcelona, who
retain a buy-back clause and
first option on the player.

"Gerard
needs
no
introduction to anyone here
at Everton, for we are all
well aware of his incredible
footballing
talent,"
said
Everton manager Roberto
Martinez.
"We got to know him really
well from his loan period, not

only as such a talented player
but also his great character.
He will be a fantastic asset to
our club."
"Gerard considers Everton
as home and we are getting
an even more mature player
now than he was a couple of
seasons ago.
"Our objective was to secure
Tom Cleverley, who agreed a
move to Goodison last month
and Gerard as quickly as we
could and Im really pleased
this is exactly what weve
done."
ayern
Munich
icon
Franz
Beckenbauer has
advised
Bastian
Schweinsteiger against leave
the Bundesliga champions for
Manchester United.
The 30-year-old's future at
the Allianz Arena is in doubt
due to the strong competition
for places in midfield and
a number of reports have
claimed that the Red Devils
are keen to lure him to Old
Trafford ahead of the 2015-16
campaign.
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Pogba wants Barcelona, says Laporta
arcelona presidential candidate Joan Laporta is

confident Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba would be
open to a move to the Camp Nou side.
The 22-year-old France international is widely
regarded as one of the most exciting players around
in the game and has been linked with a move away from Turin
on more than one occasion, despite a contract with the Serie A
champions that runs until June 2019.

Barca are among the teams that have shown an interest in signing
Pogba and Laporta has hinted he is ready to make a move if he
becomes club president again.
"Pogba would be a great signing," Laporta told Catalunya Radio.
"He really is a very strong player. He is still young and has the
desire to join Barcelona.
"I have a great relationship with his agent Mino Raiola. If we decide
to try to sign Pogba, he will definitely be a great intermediary."
Laporta faces competition from current boss Josep Bartomeu
as well as Jordi Majo and Agusto Benedito in the race for the
Barcelona presidency.
He previously ruled the Catalans between 2003 and 2010.
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