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Reports reaching the People-to-People News desk indicate that Dr. Mariah Seton will be taking over the leadership of ULAA. Our source said that the decision was reached following the failure of Mr. Anthony Kesseley to honor a proposal advanced by the Liberian Embassy.

African Patriot Network Honors ULAA Board Chairman

The Chairman of the National Board of Directors of the Union of Liberian Associations in the Americas (ULAA), James Nan Larsah, Jr., was over the weekend the recipient of the African Patriot Award for Excellent Leadership .

SAINT PAUL MAYOR CHRISTOPHER COLEMAN APPEALS FOR LIBERIANS ON TPS

The Mayor of Saint Paul, Christopher Coleman has added his voice to many appeals to President Barack Obama and the US Congress to extend the TPS for Liberians in the Twin cities and across the country.

Mayor Coleman made the plead when a delegation of the Liberian Community in Saint Paul, MN (LCM) paid him a visit. a courtesy call on Mayor Coleman, the

Pres. Johnson-Sirleaf freezes LTA account

President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has ordered the freezing of the account of the Liberia Telecommunications Authority.

Presidential Press Secretary Cyrus Wleh-Badio said the action was a result of reports of excessive spending at the LTA.

This time, will Liberians in MN be forced to leave?

Anxiety is running high for Liberians now living in Minnesota and whose temporary immigration status will expire March 31. Lobbying to allow them to stay is intensifying.

Once more, the clock is ticking for Aba Hamilton-Dolo and the 1,000 or more Liberian immigrants like her who have made Minnesota their home.

Majority threatens acrimonious assault on Nyenabo

Key members of the majority bloc of the Senate have threatened what they called a final acrimonious assault to remove Pro Temp Isaac Nyenabo.

Although they did not elaborate, the Senators appealed to the President of the Senate Joseph Boakai to prevail on Nyenabo to resign.

EPISCOPAL GATHERING

Fellow Episcopalians: You are invited to the 4th Annual Gathering of Liberian Episcopalians in the United States scheduled to be held from April 17 - 19, 2009 at Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria,Virginia. The Bishop of (the Episcopal Diocese of) Liberia, The Rt Revd Jonathan Bau-Bau Bonaparte Hart will be our special guest.

The RUF trio committed atrocities during the 1991-2001 civil war
An international tribunal has found three Sierra Leone rebels guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
RUF leaders Issa Sesay, 38, and Morris Kallon, 45, were convicted of 16 of the 18 charges, while Augustine Gbao, 60, was found guilty on 14 of the counts.
The Freetown trial of the RUF rebel leaders, related to Sierra Leone's 10-year civil war, began in mid-2004.
Many RUF victims in the court sighed with relief at the verdicts. Sentences will be decided at a later date.

COMMANY WESSEH DEFEATED IN RIVER GEE BY-ELECTION

Latest reports from Fish Town, River Gee County, indicate that opposition Liberia Destiny Party's (LDP) candidate, Nathaniel Williams, h

as defeated ruling Unity Party's (UP) Conmany Best Wesseh in that county's senatorial bye-elections run-off held on Tuesday, February 24, 2009.

Our sources in the county via mobile phone reported that already residents of Fish Town and other clans including Webbo, Glaro, Gpeabo, Killipo were widely jubilating after the last provisional results were posted on the bulletin of the NEC in Fish Town.

Liberia: Financial Crisis - Court Considers Releasing Taylor

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor may walk free because the global financial crisis has cut donations to the court trying him for war crimes committed in neighbouring Sierra Leone, its Chief Prosecutor Stephen Rapp yesterday said.

Reuters reported that the United Nations-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone, which is pursuing those held most responsible for atrocities during the country's 1991-2002 civil war," faces a budget shortfall of more than $5 million from May."

President Johnson Sirleaf Laments Wilton Sankawulo's Death

Monrovia, Liberia - President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has expressed profound sadness over the death of former National Transitional Chairman of Liberia, Professor Wilton Sankawulo. Professor Sankawulo died at the John F. Kennedy Medical Center following a brief illness

OLM BOARD OPENS UP ON KERPER DWANYEN'S MALPRACTICES

The leadership crisis in the Liberian community in Minnesota has now reached an explosive level, with both groups, the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the Organization of Liberians in Minnesota (OLM), unleashing scathing critiques on each other’s performance and intents.

MASSALEY ACCEPTS ULAA PEACE PLAN

Let me take this time to extend my appreciation to you for the initiative by the Liberian Embassy to seek peace in the Union of Liberian Association in the Americas, Inc. (ULAA), and to end the quiremire in the union. I am thankful to the embassy staff and to you in particular for hosting the February 4, 2009 meeting of some key players in ULAA, and for your mediation effort.

John Bartees Appointment in OLM Receives Major Blow

The United Christian Fellowship Church (UCFC) has declined to host the induction ceremony of Mr. John Jenkins Bartee, the man OLM’s President Kerper Dwanyen appointed to serve as Vice-President of the organization.

The Peopletopeople news has confirmed that Pastor Charles Goah declined to host the event, because he believes the appropriate procedures established to confirm such a nomination was not followed and that he does not want to be a party to any process that is characterized by political gimmickry.

ULAA Administration Leads by Example?Contributes $1000 to Philadelphia Fire Victims

Benoni Tarr Grimes

The Interim National Executive President of the Union of Liberian Associations in the Americas (ULAA), Dr. Mator M. F. Kpangbai, extends profound sentiment of felicitation to all Liberians and friends of Liberia for their support and solidarity demonstrated during the homegoing of the victims of the Philadelphia fire tragedy. In a joint Interim National Administration and Board meeting a forthnight ago, Dr. Kpangbai extended personal thanks to Hon. Jessie S. Phillips, ULAA External Affairs Committee Chairman, for the outstanding leadership he demonstrated while in representing the Interim National Administration and coordinating its activities with the fire victim families.