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BIG B'DAY CELEBRATIONS
DR. CHARLES WINGROVE DWAMINA TURNS 80
HON. BENONI TARR GRIMES AT 50
AURELIUS BUTLER IS 50
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL NEWS PICTURE(S) OF THE WEEK
HON. BENONI TARR GRIMES' VISIT TO LIBERIA
VISIT TO BOMI HILL
IN BUCHANAN, GRAND BASSA COUNTY
A VISIT TO ST PETER'S, CALDWELL
» TheLiberianTimes.com Liberian President Celebrates 71st Birthday in Sinoe County
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Liberia's Sirleaf to seek legal advice on war sanctions
OLM Board Chairman, Hon. John Tarley lauds Paulsen and Advocates
David D. Kpormakpor, Former Head of Liberia Council of State, is Dead
OPODL Hosts Forum, Dinner for Minister Brownie Samukai in Minnesota Saturday
US Rep. Erik Paulsen Engages Liberians on Peace and Unity
Ramadan Greetings from Kamaty Diahn
New human rights Commissioners submitted to senate
African Youth Charter Document Submitted to Liberian Legislature for Ratification
RAMADAN GREETINGS FROM THE LCM
Keith Ellison gives Barb Davis White TKO
Another Nimba lawmaker rejects Prince Johnson
EU gives Liberia additional 13 million in aid   The European Union's executive on Friday sent Liberia an extra 10 million euros (13 million dollars) in aid to provide health
care to an estimated 500,000 people. full storyDENY MASSELLYS PETITION .Edward Carter Reacts to Masseley's petition.
U L Alumni Chorus Donates to the University of Liberia
Weah Flip-Flops On FBI Drug Sting
ULAA PREXY APOINTS 34TH GEN. ASSEMBLY COMTEE
Emmanuel and Martha tie the Knot
Bensonville City Magistrate fired
PYJs Presidential bid faces setbacks
Dont Change Ellens Govt... Sherman urges Liberians
PUT COMMUNITY INTEREST ABOVE SELFSteve Wilson lambast community leaders
British-Liberia 'Forest-Saving' Scheme Exposes Perils of Carbon Credit Plans
Stephen Wreh-Wilson Addresses Liberians in Minnesota  I am deeply humbled by this invitation, and I must admit that I accepted it without any reservations. It is an honor to be
chosen as the speaker of the day … the Independence celebration of my country, our country. You have afforded me a
renowned opportunity to speak not only to this audience, but to Liberians at home and around the globe with a message of optimism.
full storyRev. Monsignor Roberts Tikpor is National Orator; who is he
Meet the Orator: Liberias 163rd independence Anniversary in St Paul, MN  As we prepare for a ground breaking celebration of Liberia’s 163rd independence anniversary in St. Paul, MN it is important
to take a microscopic look at the orator of the year. Who is he? What does he have to say to the people and about the country
that will make the necessary impact? full storyL C M PRESIDENT INDEPENDENCE DAY MESSAGE OLM BOARD CHAIRMAN'S INDEPENDENCE DAY MESSAGE
Yaskey OLM Board disrespects LMA???
Understanding Liberia's Debt Relief
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President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on Thursday marked her 71st birth anniversary in the southeastern city of Greenville,
in Sinoe County, with a renewed commitment to continue to pursue her reform agenda for the growth and development of Liberia.
The leadership of the Organization of Liberians in Minnesota (OLM) has lauded the mediation efforts currently being undertaken
by the Advocate for Human Rights and Congressman Erik Paulsen to resolve the simmering conflict in OLM. 
Reports reaching the Peoples news confirm that David D. Kpormakpor, the former chairman of the council of state collective
presidency that ruled Liberia from March 7, 1994 until 1 September 1995 is dead. He was 75. According to the family source
late Kpormakpor died late Thursday, August 19,2010 following a period of illness. He died at his resident in Staten Island,
the United States of America. 
The Organization for the Promotion of Development in Liberia, OPODL, has scheduled a town hall-style forum and an honoring
evening dinner for Brownie Samukai, Liberia’s Minister of National Defense, in Maple Grove, Minnesota, on August 21,
2010 (Hilton Garden Inn, 6350 Vinewood Lane, Maple Grove, MN 55311). The Town hall is geared towards discussing and updating
Liberians on the current security situation in Liberia. Security is one of the leading issues on the minds of Liberians everywhere,
especially in the Diaspora and, Minister Samukai, a foremost expert on this matter, is the right person to address our numerous
concerns. 
Minnesota’s Third District US Rep. Erik Paulsen and The Advocates for Human Rights will engage Liberians in Minnesota
in a community dialogue meeting today on ways of addressing the issues of peace, unity and reconcilaition in the community
the Peoples news has learned. According a letter sent to the People-to-People Media Network, the meeting
which takes place today, Wednesday August at the Brooklyn United Methodist Church (7200 Brooklyn Boulevard, Brooklyn
Center, MN 55429) bring together several Liberian resident in the twin cities. 
"O ye who believe! Fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those before you, that ye may (learn) self-restraint."
Holy Quran (2:183). It is with profound conviction and best wishes that I wish my brothers, sisters, and elders in the Muslim
community a rewarding journey as they embark on this third day of the holy month of Ramadan. 
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has submitted to the Senate for confirmation seven nominees of the Independent National Human
Rights Commission. They include Cllr. Punchu Leonard Bernard, Chairperson, Cllr. Dempster Brown and Thomas Abu Bureh, Commissioners.
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has submitted to the National Legislature for ratification, the African Youth Charter. According
to an Executive Mansion release, the Charter was submitted on Monday, August 9, 2010. 
The President of the Liberian Community in St.Paul, MN (LCM) has expressed Ramadan greetings to all Muslims as they
commence the fast month. Ramadan is the holiest of months in the Islamic calendar. Fasting in the month of Ramadan is one
of the Five Pillars of Islam. 
Liberians in Minnesota celebrate victory with U.S. Rep. Keith
Ellison and former US Senator Mark Dayton. These are two men who care about the things – immigration, community welfare
and so on - that concern them. U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison cruised
to victory in the Democratic primary for his metro-area district in Congress over minister Barb Davis White. 
The Presidential bid of Nimba County Senator Prince Johnson has experienced its third setback in less than two weeks within
the Nimba Legislative Caucus. Another Nimba lawmaker Representative Edwin Gaye on Monday called on Senator Prince Johnson
to withdraw from the impending Presidential race.
Civility dictates that I must congratulate Abraham Massaley for his bold and patriotic
stance to exercise his constitutional rights by petitioning the Supreme Court to issue a Writ of Prohibition against the Election
Commission to restrain the implementation of the Threshold Resolution relative to reapportioning and restricting Electoral
Constituencies in Liberia. 
The University of Liberia Alumni Chorus made a donation of US $10,000.00 as a scholarship fund to the University of Lliberia,
the Peoples news has learned. The Alumni Chorus established the scholarship fund at the University of
Liberia in honor and memory of it's deceased director and former associate professor of music at the university. 
Although he declared in an official press statement that he was never questioned during the FBI drug sting at the home of
his long-time pal James P. Bestman, football legend now leader of the opposition Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) has
changed track, admitting that he was in fact interrogated by US federal agents, thus disputing his earlier claims. 
The National Executive President of the Union of Liberian Associations in the Americas (ULAA), Dr. Mariah
Y. Seton, has effective immediately made the following appointments to the membership of the National Planning Committee for
the 34th Annual General Assembly, scheduled to be held in the City of St. Paul, Minnesota, between Friday, September 24 &
Sunday, September 26, 2010. 
It was a red carper day for Martha and Emmanuel in celebration of Love. Yes, it was colorful and vibrant, accompanied with
the prompt and pageantry befitting such occasion. The long awaited day was July
31, 2010 at 3:00 pm, at the Historic little Rock Baptist church on 9000 Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. 
Nimba County Junior Senator Aldophus Dolo has asked his countryman Prince Johnson to wait for another time to contest the
presidency the Peoples News has learned. According to a Star Radio report Senator Dolo observed Prince Johnson could be a
good presidential material but needed time to mature politically. 
The chairman of the ruling Unity Party (UP), Cllr. Varney G. Sherman, has urged Liberians not to change the government of
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in the upcoming 2011 General and Presidential Elections. Cllr. Sherman warned that changing the government may have the propensity to stall the enormous gains
the UP-led government has achieved over the last five years. 
There are clear signals that efforts to restore peace and harmony to the OLM Board and the community is far from becoming
a reality. Recently, the Liberian Ministerial Association advanced a two-prong proposition:either Mr.
Tarley is reinstated as the Chairman of the Board for a tenure of three-months , or a community town hall meeting be held
at which time an up and down vote be cast for or against the "Yaskie’s Board." 
A renowned Liberian human rights and social justice campaigner has stressed the need for diasporic
Liberian-based community organizations to develop a "participative culture" if progress and harmony is to be achieved
in our community. Delivering the keynote address at program marking the 163 Independence Anniversary of Liberia, jointly held
under the auspices of the LCM and OLM in St. Paul 
A British company's proposal to rent out one-fifth of Liberia's forests for carbon offsetting could have bankrupted the impoverished
West African state, according to a former government adviser. The claim came as the Liberian government yesterday announced
an interim statement on its inquiry into alleged "improprieties" surrounding the $2.2bn deal. 
Liberia celebrates its 163rd year of self-awarded independence on July 26 this year. An
official Executive Mansion protocol release early this week says this year's celebration will take place in Sanniquellie,
the historic administrative headquarters of northern Nimba County. It also names Rev. Monsignor Robert G. Tikpor as the National
Orator. The question is, who is this man? 
I am grateful to the Arbiter of Human events for the numerous blessings He has continue to bestow upon me---as an individual
and upon all of us as a people and nation. Indeed! God has been truly good to us and to our nation…and we must thank
Him for these many years of our existence. 
As a Liberian, I was filled with joy when I read that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank's International
Development Association (IDA) have decided to SUPPORT US$4.6 billion of debt relief for Liberia. I was discussing
with a friend of mine on the debt relief issue and his response was "our country was awarded debt relief by the international
Financial Institutions (IFIs) and so what?" 
A former Commissioner of the Township of Caldwell, Benoni Tarr
Grimes says the Caldwell Bridge is a time bomb and if nothing is urgently done by the Government of Liberia to have the bridge
reconstructed in the shortest possible time, it may collapse. Mr. Grimes expressed fear that the bridge is a major bridge
that is leading and connecting to other parts of the city and if that bridge collapses, it will create serious problem as
the township of Caldwell and other cities beyond Caldwell would be disconnected from Monrovia and its environs. 
