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TUBMANBURG, November 27 (LINA) – The Bomi County Health Team (CHT) in collaboration with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has launched a house-to-house search for sick people in communities in the county.
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SANNIQUELLIE, November 27 (LINA) – Nimba County Police Commander has called on officers of the Liberia National Police (LNP) to continue to provide justice and protection for every citizen, especially women and children.
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MONROVIA, November 26 (LINA) -Several former executive members of the opposition Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) have endorsed Robert Sirleaf’s bid for senator of Montserrado County.
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MONROVIA, November 27 (LINA) - President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has declared Saturday, November 29, as a National Holiday.
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MONROVIA, November 26 (LINA) -The Criminal Court ‘C’ at the Temple of Justice has denied a motion for severance trial filed by the former Managing Director of the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) Moses Wogbeh.
The court denied the motion Tuesday because it lacks sufficient grounds in law and facts, according to Judge Yusuf Kaba.
The defendant filed the motion on November 14following his indictment on February 20 by the Grand Jury of Montserrado County along with seven other accused former officials of the FDA for Economic Sabotage and Criminal Conspiracy.
Others indicted are Jangar Kamara, Cllr. Benedict Sagbeh, John Kantor, Augustine Johnson, Torwan Yanty, David Blyee and Maxwell Gwee.
According to Judge Kaba, the court also denied the motion for severance trial because it does not find any legal justification to separate the defendants for the purpose of a trial.
In the indictment, the grand jurors stated that between April 2010 and December
2011, co-defendants Wogbeh and others did “knowingly conspire to defraud” the government of revenue.
It said the accused facilitated the wrongful and illegal issuance of 61 Private Use Permits (PUPs) that authorized commercial logging operations on nearly 2.5 million hectares of land in Liberia.
“The co-defendants also contravened Section 5.6d and 18.9b of the National Forestry Reform Law (2006), and 2.3b of the Community Rights Law, thereby depriving communities of revenue and the Government of Liberia of land rental which it would have been entitled to issue the license under the Community Rights Law (2009),” according to the indictment.
Final verdict in the case is expected on Monday, December 1, at the Criminal Court “C” in Monrovia.
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MONROVIA, November 26 (LINA) –The Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization (BIN), Colonel Lemuel Reeves, has disclosed the arrest of a female passenger of a commercial vehicle with 13 cartons of single barrel ammunition at the Ganta checkpoint.
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ROBERTSPORT, November 26 (LINA) – House Speaker Alex Tyler has urged Liberians to be focused and farsighted when they vote in the upcoming midterm senatorial election.
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MONROVIA, November 25 (LINA) - Lofa County Senatorial candidate Gladys Beyan has pledged to forge “positive change” that will lead to rapid growth and development in the county.
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MONROVIA, November 25 (LINA) -The Commissioner of the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization (BIN), Colonel Lemuel Reeves, is calling for a revisit of the Alien and Nationality Act to reflect current day realities.
