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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
WITH THE MASONIC BROTHERS IN LIBERIA
A VISIT TO ST PETER'S, CALDWELL
» TheLiberianTimes.com Liberian President Celebrates 71st Birthday in Sinoe County
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Liberians on DED Face Uncertainty Once Again  "Will Liberians on DED face deportation this time around" is the question everyone is asking. On March
23, 2009, President Barack Obama graciously approved of the Deferred Enforced Departure for 12 months, which will officially
expire in a few days (March 23rd, 2010). This extension granted
Liberians the temporary right to live and work in the United States, but it is not clear what will happen. full story
Minnesota Episcopalians to Consecrate Rev. Brain N. Prior as IX Bishop  The Episcopal Church of Minnesota will on Saturday, February 13, 2010 ordain
and consecrate the Rev. Brain N. Prior as the IX Bishop of the church. The consecration ceremonies will take place at the Minneapolis Convention Center on 1301 Second Ave. S. in Minneapolis.
The Most Rev. Katharine Jeffert Schori will be preside at the ceremonies. full story
Kerper Dwanyen Insults Community Members
Addressing a joint meeting of the Community Intervention Committee (CIC) and the Board on Saturday, January 30th at the OLM headquarters, Full Story Ex-rebel leader Sekou Connneh, others sue TRC  A group of individuals implicated in the TRC final report has filed what it calls a class action suit against the Truth and
Reconciliation Commission. Some of the individuals include Thomas Woewiyu, Sekou Damate Conneh, Weade Kobbah Wureh, Sando
Johnson, Dopoe Menkazohn and John T. Richardson. full storyLiberia Losing Revenue from Diamonds Sold In Sierra Leone
General Butt Naked from Liberia kills children and drinks their blood
Liberias Corruption Devil is Bigger than President Sirleaf and Her Unity Party
Archbishop's Holocaust Memorial Day Statement 2010: The Legacy of Hope
Judge Issues Order for Dismissal in Boley v. The Advocates for Human Rights
Urban gardens to boost food security  Farmers are turning to urban gardens as a way to boost food security in Liberia’s Montserrado County, where just one
percent of residents grow their own produce today compared to 70 percent before the war. Some 40 percent of Liberia’s
population lives in the capital, Monrovia – located in Montserrado – after years of fighting sparked rural communities
to move to the city. full storyGeorge Boley, Liberian Warlord, Is Finally Under Arrest
Liberian President Sirleaf Seeks Second Term  Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Africa's first democratically elected woman president, has announced she will run
for a second term, despite promising during her first campaign to limit herself to one term. "I now announce to you, and to the thousands of supporters in radio land and abroad, that I will be a candidate," she said during her annual address to Parliament on Monday, which received sharp criticism from opposition parties. full story WHERE IS ACCOUNTABILITY IN KERPER DWANYEN'S OLM
President Sirleaf Delivers Annual Message
ULAA gives to Orphanages and the Elderly in Liberia
Free Surgery for Liberian Children
Wesleyan Church begins multi-cultural outreach in Twin Cities
Summary hearing in George Boleys suit against Advocates for Human Rights to be heard tomorrow  The defamation sue against Advocates for Human Rights filed by George Boley's, a former rebel leader in the Liberian civil
conflict is scheduled for view entirely without merit and have moved for summary judgment the People’s News desk has
learned. The summary judgment hearing is scheduled to take place on Friday, Jan. 22, 2010
at 8:30 am before the Honorable Patrick J. Schlitz in U.S. District Court, 316 North Robert Street, 100 Federal Building in
St. Paul. fully storyThe Liberian Journal is Back Online, Fired up, and Ready to Go!
TLJ would like to apologize to all its readers, writers and subscribers for being offline for a little over two months. TLJ will resume regular coverage of events and issues beginning Tuesday January 26, 2010 at 12:01 PM. Fully Story Former Caldwell Commissioner Concerned About Bridge  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. Full Story |
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The former President of the Organization of Liberians in Minnesota (OLM), Mr. Kerper Dwayen, has described as an "act
of lawlessness" the recent peaceful town hall meeting by Liberians in Minnesota, to discuss the reported removal of Mr.
John Tarley, as Chairman of the OLM’s Board of Directors. 
Liberian diamonds are being sold in Sierra Leone in violation of the Kimberley Process that is intended to
track the origin of conflict minerals. Liberia's government is trying to stop that trade and regain lost tax revenue. Diamond
profits fueled much of the violence in the long-running civil wars in Liberia and Sierra Leone. 
In previous episodes of The Vice Guide to Travel, we road-tripped through North Korea, shopped for dirty bombs in Bulgaria,
and hunted mutant wild boars in Chernobyl. Little did we know that all of our harrowing journeys would leave us only semi-prepared
for a recent trip to war-ravaged, godforsaken Liberia. Since 1989, a series of brutal civil wars —
primarily fought by drug-addicted, prepubescent orphans — has rendered Liberia one of the most dangerous countries in
the world. 
Liberia’s political opposition parties are forging a marriage of convenience against the one person they love to detest
the most -- President Sirleaf. Understandably, she stands in the way of their political ambition -- a seat in the Executive
Mansion. This narrow political focus (the presidency), combined with growing public discontent with public corruption, has
certainly influenced the opposition’s anticorruption platform. 
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has issued a statement to mark National Holocaust Memorial Day, the anniversary
of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. In his message, Dr Williams asks whether the legacy of Holocaust survivors "will...be
a world in which such things no longer happen because we and our children have learned the lessons and acted on them? 
In a ruling issued on January 22, 2010, United States District Court Judge Patrick Schiltz dismissed completely the lawsuit
brought by Dr. George Boley against The Advocates for Human Rights for a statement made by its Deputy Director during a radio
interview in November 2006. 
Some news out of New York. George Boley, a warlord I first met when covering the Liberian civil war in the mid-90s, and who
later moved to New York, was arrested January 15th by U.S. Immigration and Customs and is now sitting in a jail cell in upstate
Batavia. 
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Monday delivered her Annual Message to the fifth Session of the 52nd Legislature, expressing
thanks and appreciation to lawmakers for the spirit of cooperation that exists between the Executive Branch and the National
Legislature. The President urged the Honorable Body to pass a number of proposed legislations which have been submitted to
it for enactment. 
The Union of Liberia Association in the Americas(ULAA) headed by Dr. Mariah Y. Seton has donated
several bags of rice to some orphanage homes in the country. The exercise was part of the association's way of identifying
with the less fortunate during the Christmas and New Year season. 
A Minnesota based charity organization, Children Surgery International is expected in Liberia on January 25, 2010 to render
free surgical services to Liberian children. This medical exercise which is being done in partnership with Firestone-Liberia
will provide free surgical operations to children with cleft lip and palate, undescended testicles, hernia, swollen neck,
hypospadias, fused fingers, and other conditions. 
A two- man delegation from the Pilgrim for Christ Ministry (PCM) today participated in a one-day ecumenical symposium held
at the Oakdale Wesleyan Church, MN, under the auspices of the Wesleyan USA General Conference. The symposium brought together
religious leaders, including pastors and other members of the laity within the Wesleyan International Conference. 
