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WOODS SEEKING
SIRLEAF RESIGNATION?
I urge the President and other officials to take a page from my book. I voluntarily resigned from public service, remained
in Liberia, submitted to two concurrent audits and continue to avail myself of any process consistent with the laws of our
country. In this my guilt or innocence will be decided!-Atty. Samuel K. Woods, former Minister of Public Works
Politics- pg. 5
BUYING
SELLING
L$88.00/US$1
L$89.00/US$1
L$88.00/US$1
L$89.00/US$1
L$88.00/US$1
L$89.00/US$1
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in Monrovia and its environs. The rates are collected from the Forex Bureaux and the
commercials banks. The rates are not set by the Central Bank of Liberia.
Source: Research, Policy and Planning Department, Central Bank Liberia, Monrovia, Liberia
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FROM PAGE 1
the Health Sector Pool Fund exceeded US$ 40 million and the
total amount of contributions received was US$ 24 million,
the NHA report further indicates.
Despite millions pumped into the health sector, it remains
awful with medical services unavailable to Liberians in many
parts of the country. In Monrovia, major health facilities are
ill-equipped including the referral John F. Kennedy medical
center.
Redemption hospital is unable to cater to the population
of Bushrod Island before serving beyond that location. The
Liberian population is susceptible to common diseases such
as malaria, typhoid and others.
The Chinese constructed the Jackson F. Doe memorial
Hospital in Tappita, Nimba County but the facility in spite
of government funding has taken a private trend with the
average Liberian unable to afford a medical bill at the facility.
Health facilities around Liberia are in poor condition with no
adequate supply of medicines leaving patients at the peril of
sicknesses.
Senior government officials all travel abroad for medical
treatment when the local facilities are in ruins.
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FrontPage COMMENTARY
EDITORIAL A CAUTION FOR 2017
TEN YEARS ON,
LIBERIANS AWAIT O
THE BIG LIGHT
v
Act of Choosing Our leaders over the years have brought this country much sorrows
By: Reverend Dr. Kortu K. Brown, First Vice President of Liberia Council of Churches (LCC) ; Contributing Writer
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COMMENTS FROM
FPA ONLINE
RESTORATION
TOMORROW CHALLENGE
Jesse Fahngon-Metropolitan State University
The provisions of electricity n water supply to its
citizens are not milestones achievements. These are
BASIC and the simply utilities a government can make
available to its citizens. The FORMER n LATTER are not
legacy items, my friends.
Peterson Kortuwah
"President Sirleaf is racing against time to fulfill her
promise to the Liberian people and protect her legacy."
At this point, the question of legacy is off the table;
rather, it is now a matter of investigating, auditing,
and prosecuting this failed administration on charges
of Economic Crimes committed against the Liberian
people.
The Editor,
Anniversary Committee
1. Cde. Jerome Danguah Chairman
2. Cde. Mustapha S. Manobah Co-chair
3. Cde. Jerome Bernard Secretary
4. Cde. McArthur G. Dahnkuan Member
5. Cde. Theodosia Howard Member
6. Cde. Emmanuel K. Barnes Member
7. Cde. Amara Kamara Member
8. Cde. Emmerson Drobia Member
9. Cde. Eric Myers Member
10. Cde. Kanue Teegwiah Member
11. Cde. J. Jeremiah Testimony Barclay Member
Steering Committee
1. Vet. Benedict Williams
2. Vet. Joash T. Hodges
3. Vet. Malayah T. Chiyeo
4. Vet. Patrick Mbayo
5. Vet. Stephen R. Johnson
6. Vet. Darlington Smith
7. Vet. Augustus Panton
8. Vet. James S. Davis, II.
9. Vet. Janga A. Kowo
10. Vet. Michael Titoe
11. Vet. Dwana Bakongo Sesay
12. Vet. Bah-Wah Brownell
13. All Chairmen and Standard Bearers Emeritus
Advisory Committee
1. H. E. Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan
2. Cllr. Tiawan S. Gongloe
3. Cllr. Samuel Kofi Woods
4. Cllr. Jerome Verdier
5. Prof. Alaric Togba
6. Hon. Cummany Wesseh
7. Hon. Eugene Fallah Kpakai
8. Hon. Geraldine Doe-Sheriff
9. Mr. John B. S. Davies
10. Mr. Wilmot Paye
11. Mr. Abdullai Kamara
12. Mr. Phillip Wesseh
13. Mr. Alphonso Socrates Nimene
The Party henceforth mandates all militants, veterans, and
sympathizers to accord these committees the fullest support they
need in order to host an extraordinary anniversary this year. As we
blissfully anticipate SUP at 45, we must never abandon the struggle
that was long-started by martyrs Michael G. S. Dolo, Frederick
Gobawolee, Swanzy Elliott, Irene Nimpson, Benedict Garlawolu,
Wuo Garbe Tappia, Tonia Richardson, Weewee Debah and other
revolutionaries. As we proudly march in the imprints of these fallen
heroes and heralds, our hope, courage, determination and fortitude
must always rise above the surge of reactionary forces.
It is often said in Swahili sisi si wengine mpaka haki huja meaning
we will not rest until justice comes.
Long live SUP, long live SUPISTS, long live massescracy, SUP will never
die.
Done and issued on this 2nd Day of August A.D. 2015 by the mandate
of the Central Committee and Politburo concomitantly.
Signed: ___________________________________________________
Cde. Martin K. N. Kollie
Chairman on Information, Propaganda, Research, and Guidance, SUP
Approved: _________________________________________________
Cde. Nathan N. Kpao
Chairman, SUP
EDITORIAL TEAM
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WOODS SEEKING
SIRLEAF RESIGNATION?
I urge the President and other officials to take a page from my book. I voluntarily resigned
from public service, remained in Liberia, submitted to two concurrent audits and continue to
avail myself of any process consistent with the laws of our country. In this my guilt or innocence
will be decided!-Atty. Samuel K. Woods, former Minister of Public Works
being done to determined
what is happening at NOCAL
and will inform additional
action, one source explained.
ON NOCAL
Woods says he maintains his
position on NOCAL in spite
of the exchanges with the
President.
The President, in her
recent address to the nation,
announced that the Head of
NOCAL will be honorably
retired and severance benefits
paid out. I disagree! I believe
that a full management
audit be conducted. This
must
include
financial,
procurement amongst others.
Liberians need to know why
a once potentially viable
entity has so spectacularly
collapsed said Woods.
The
exchanges
between
Woods and President Sirleaf
on the NOCAL saga is raising
public eyebrows as to whether
the
one-time
cherished
relationship between the two
where the President heaped
praises on Woods at public
functions has severed.
The Executive Mansion did
not return calls seeking
response to Woods latest
assessment
but
sources
within the executive mansion,
told FrontPageAfrica that
the president is neither
perturbed or disturbed by
the outburst of Mr. Woods.
Because as a leader she
knows exactly what it takes to
govern a country and is doing
just those things that are
required make sure NOCAL
is a viable again and that the
processes that are already
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NOCAL.
The President, in her recent
address to the nation,
announced that the Head of
NOCAL will be honorably
retired and severance benefits
paid out. I disagree! I believe
that a full management
audit be conducted. This
must
include
financial,
procurement amongst others.
Liberians need to know why
a once potentially viable
entity has so spectacularly
collapsed.
The response, in the immediate
aftermath of what appears
to be the latest evidence of
the inexorable failure of a
national asset is inadequate,
is limited, is insufficient
and is disconcerting, if not
outrightly
disingenuous.
When the President openly
vindicates
rather
than
demand accountability, she
sends the wrong signal to a
public which now views our
government's actions with
much consternation and deep
mistrust. Information on the
situation at NOCAL was well
known to this administration
long time ago but it chose to
look the other way and do
nothing.
The full scale of the
consequences of NOCAL's
decline must not be lost;
it must be brought to the
full view of the public and
responsibility
taken
to
address collateral damage
occasioned
on
innocent
citizens and institutions. We
need to ensure that students
benefitting from NOCALs
Scholarship Programs are
given special consideration.
We need to deal with our
national human resource
deficit and therefore cannot
afford to let them become
victims of this imbroglio.
I, therefore, proposed that
the recommendation on
severance and retirement
payment
be
suspended
until a full report on NOCAL
is submitted to the nation
through an independent
process. The Board bears
equal responsibility and
therefore may not be the
competent
authority
to
conduct a house cleaning
exercise.
Accountability
institutions in our country
including LACC, GAC, PPCC
should take the lead, move
in immediately and act
consistently
with
their
respective mandates.
I URGE THE PRESIDENT
AND
OTHER
OFFICIALS
TO TAKE A PAGE FROM
MY BOOK. I VOLUNTARILY
RESIGNED FROM PUBLIC
SERVICE, REMAINED IN
LIBERIA,
SUBMITTED
TO
TWO
CONCURRENT
AUDITS AND CONTINUE
TO AVAIL MYSELF OF ANY
PROCESS
CONSISTENT
WITH THE LAWS OF OUR
COUNTRY. IN THIS MY GUILT
OR INNOCENCE WILL BE
DECIDED!
I recommend that the National
Legislature take seize of the
situation at NOCAL and attend
to the public anxiety on this
grave national matter.
We eschew violence but
cannot deny the public right
to sustained peaceful protests
when provoked by the
indifference or insensitivity of
our government.
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LEGISLATIVE BEAT
NO WRONG DOING
OIL COMPANY CLARIFIES ON RESIGNATION OF VICE PRESIDENTS
Please be assured that this action being taken by the board in no way suggests or insinuates that you or any senior
management officials have engaged in any wrongful act or malfeasance during your time with the institution.
LEGISLATIVE
LAWMAKER WANTS
AUDITS; FALLS
EXTENSION
STALLED
SHORT IN EQUITY
Henry Karmo (0886522495) henrykarmo@frontpageafricaonline.com
Monroviaepresentative Bhofal
Chambers
(CDCDistrict# 2 Maryland
County) has written
the House of Representatives
requesting the august body
to ensure the audit of several
Ministries
and
agencies,
but fell short to include the
National Legislature.
In the communication, Hon.
Chambers named the National
Oil Company of Liberia
(NOCAL), Liberty Gold Mine,
APM Terminals, The Liberian
Agriculture Company (LAC),
Arcelor Mittal (Mittal Steel),
Amlib, Putu Mining, Golden
Veroleum (Liberia) Atlantic
Resources Management and
Maryland oil Palm Plantations.
Other
includes;
Cavalla
Rubber Corporation (CRC),
Ministry of Health, Ministry
of Labour, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Ministry of Education
and the Ministry of Justice,
amongst others.
The lawmaker said his
communication is a humble
request for the purpose
of reminding all Liberians
that championing the cause
of economic probity and
equitable social justice must
be a collective duty and
Corruption Commission of
misappropriating the County
Development Funds (CDFs).
Last year, the LACC indicted
the Speaker of the House of
Representatives Alex Tyler,
his deputy Hans Barchue
and another lawmaker Adolf
Lawrence for their alleged
role in the US$25,000 legal
fees saga.
Legislative sessions were
disrupted on January 12
and 20, 2015 by a group of
renegade lawmakers who
complained the speaker of
the House of Representatives
to Plenary asking him
(speaker) to recuse himself
from presiding over plenary
in order to face investigation
into a US$25,000 allegedly
received from the National oil
company of Liberia (NOCAL).
Monroviahe
Senate
and
the
House
of
Representatives
failed to hold session
Tuesday because of failure
by the Executive to solicit
the needed signatures of
lawmakers in order to extend
session by six weeks.
Article 32b of the Liberian
constitution
states
that
the President shall, on his/
her own initiative or upon
receipt of a certificate signed
by at least one-fourth of the
total membership of each
House, and by proclamation,
extend a regular session of
the Legislature beyond the
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TARGET
HR
RECRUITMENT
Position
Head,
Human
Capital
Management
Legal Officer
Country Treasurer
Description
Education
Minimum
of
First
degree
in
Law
and
membership
of
relevant
legal
professional
organization/bodies,
Experience
5
years
legal
experience
of
which
a
minimum
of
3
years
are
within
a
banking
environment
with
specific
reference
to
banking
law
&
legislature
within
the
local
operating
environment,
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VACANCY
The Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) was established
by an Act of Legislature in September 2013 for
the purposes of assessing and collecting national
revenues as specified in the Revenue Code of Liberia
and other related laws; administering, accounting,
auditing, enforcing revenue collection laws and
regulations; and educating taxpayers to facilitate tax
and customs compliance.
Education
Tertiary
degree
in
any
field,
Relevant
certification
will
be
an
added
advantages,
Experience
Job
holder
must
have
at
least
7
years
working
experience
of
each
7
must
have
been
in
treasury
area
of
the
banking
industry.
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Monrovia resident
Ellen
Johnson-Sirleaf
has
signed into law the
National Budget in the
amount of US$622,743,420 (six
hundred twenty two million
seven hundred forty three
thousand four hundred and
twenty United States Dollars)
for Fiscal Year 2015/2016.
The total resource envelope for
FY2015/16 is US$622.7 million
and is composed of US$473.7
million in revenue raised from
domestic sources (taxes and
non-tax revenue); US$66.2
million in grants; US$58.6
million in external borrowing;
and US$24.2 million in unspent
resources carried forward
from FY2014/15.
These resources will be used
to continue delivering critical
public services, and to fund
projects designed to effectively
implement
the
countrys
development plan, as set out in
the Agenda for Transformation
(AfT) and the Economic
Stabilization and Recovery
Plan (ESRP).
Expenditure is split between
US$515.9
million
(82.8
percent)
for
Recurrent
Expenditure, and US$106.8
million (17.2 percent) for
Public Sector Investment
Projects (PSIP).
Sectors with key roles in postEbola socioeconomic recovery
received the lions share of the
total envelope, a whopping
55 percent. These sectors
GOVERNMENT NEWS
Although
this
budget
represents a two percent
(US$12.5 million) decline
in total appropriations, as
compared to last Fiscal Years
US$635.2 million envelope,
the aforementioned sectors
received
substantial
net
increases. Education received
a 20 percent increase;
EMPOWER
WOMEN
say global female leaders
PRESIDENT SIRLEAF ASSURES 14 LIBERIAN RETURNEES OF JUSTICE
MONROVIA
resident Ellen Johnson
Sirleaf has assured 14
Liberian young ladies
who recently returned
home from Lebanon that
her administration would do
everything possible to ensure
that justice prevail and those
held accountable for their
ordeal face the full weight of
the law.
According to an Executive
Mansion release, the Liberian
leader was speaking on
Monday, August 31, 2015
in the cabinet room of her
The
developed
nations
leading
the
world
in
advancing womens presence
in the labor force have a
high participation ratio of
women and high birthrate,
he added, pointing out that
womens
empowerment
may be a solution to Japans
demographic growth.
According to a World Economic
Forum study on gender
equality, released in October,
Japan placed 104th among
142 assessed countries in
2014. Abe pledged to address
this and support female
entrepreneurs, saying that the
number of enterprises started
by women has decreased over
the past decade and accounted
for less than 20 percent of all
startups.
Empowered women benefit
everyone, in Japan and all
over the world, said Marillyn
Hewson, the President and
CEO of American global
aerospace
and
defense
company Lockheed Martin.
Its
no
secret
women
are
underrepresented
in
leadership
positions
and
technical fields, she said,
lamenting
that
womens
potential
often
remained
untapped. Referring to her
own experience, she said: I
was often the only woman in
the room.
Hewson was last year named
the 21st most powerful woman
in the world by American
business magazine Forbes.
Leadership from the top
management, engagement of
women at all levels so they have
opportunities to develop their
skills, and an environment that
fosters success for all are the
three keys crucial to unlocking
womens potential, Hewson
said.
LETTER
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I Had
No
Involvement
in
Leaks
A Dismissed Deputy Minister Writes President Sirleaf
Madam President:
pay the tax arrears and current tax deductions to Government was with
the Internal Audit Bureau at the time we discovered that the requisite
funds in the bank had long disappeared before my assumption of duty
over the Department. The check for the taxes is currently with the Internal
Audit Bureau at the Ministry.
Fourth, during my tenure at the Department (8 April 2015 to 21 August
2015), the Ministrys procurement unit conducted all procurement
processes in line with the PCC and the PFM laws. All procurement was
done through the Procurement Unit at the Ministry, and all payments
were reviewed, cleared and endorsed by the Internal Audit Bureau prior
to concluding transactions. Fifth, we cooperated with the Department of
Administration on the coding of all assets for the project at the Ministry,
except that we could not code the project vehicle due to Deputy Minister
Shoniyins refusal to turn it over and have it labeled and coded.
The project vehicle is still in the possession of Mr. Shoniyin despite
calls by the Ministry of Commerce that all project assets should be used
for project implementation purposes, and marked with Japanese and
Liberian insignias. It can be recalled that Mr. Shoniyin refused to allow
the Japanese Ambassador use the project vehicle bought out of Japanese
grant during one of the Ambassadors visits. The vehicle rented for the
Ambassador broke down thus bringing a big shame and disgrace to the
Ministry, Government and Country. Notably, the Ministry of Commerce
and Industry raised issue about said vehicle during the meeting with
Your Excellency on Monday, 10 August 2015 when matters regarding the
full implementation of all Japanese grant projects were discussed with
ministries implementing said projects.
Last, we renovated and fully equipped the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Resource Center. About 100 staff of the Ministry have signed up for the
impending basic and advanced computer literacy programmes. The
Center would also be used to carry out internal training in writing,
research and documentation, and further address various capacity gaps
of staff at the Ministry.
It is important to inform you, Madam President, that the fraud being
investigated took place prior to my advent at the Ministry. The fraud
was uncovered due to the stringent anti-fraud measures we instituted
in addition to the ones stated supra. Although the internal auditors did
not detect the fraud during the audit as they relied on bank statements
provided them by my predecessor and the Project Manager appointed
by him, we got to know that the accounts were depleted when payments
vetted through the Procurement Unit and the Internal Audit Bureau, and
approved for vendors during the period May 2015 to July 2015 could not
be completed due to insufficient funds in the project account. Based on
the official bank statement obtained from the Afriland Bank, the funds
were virtually depleted before I took over the project.
The bank statement also reveals various anomalies. For instance, over
$1.6 million Liberian Dollars got withdrawn from the account prior to the
initial deposit of the project funds. Also there were several intermittent
deposits into the project account when the funds got depleted at several
intervals. How could deposits be made into a project account as though
the managers were operating a personal account? What were the sources
of funds deposited into the project account when indeed only the single
deposit of the first half of approved project funds remained the singular
funding source? Many other questions about the operation of the
project account remain unanswered; hence the need for a more robust
investigation so as to uncover what I consider a criminal syndicate.
Your Excellency, please permit me to throw light on the question of
leaking the fraud documents to the public as alleged by Deputy Minister
Shoniyin during his 14 August 2015 press conference. On Friday, 21 August
2015, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and I met, and he informed me that
he was extremely hurt by a story published in the Democrat newspaper
in which he was accused of being part of a fraud regarding the Japanese
capacity building grant at the Ministry specifically under the Department
of International Cooperation. Minister Ngafuan also informed that you
were angry about the widespread negative publicity of the fraud in the
media especially where your photograph had appeared in the media. He
intimated that it was likely that Your Excellency would take some action
on this especially against me as it was perceived that I had leaked the
information. He then urged me to use whatever strong connections I had
to provide Your Excellency full insight about my role in this premise.
I did not meet Your Excellency as advised by Hon. Ngafuan up to the time
you relieved me of the post. Interestingly also, I do not have any strong
connections that could have averted any decision Your Excellency would
take. In fact your letter is dated the same day; hence, not much could have
been done about this. My conviction was that the Minister, as head of the
Ministry, is fully armed with all relevant information about the fraud, and
could have provided you an informed and comprehensive picture in this
regard.
Madam President, for the record, it is the Ministry that officially published
the fraud information on its website on 7 August 2015, informing the
public that Mr. Augustine Nyanplu, the Project Manager recruited by my
predecessor, was on the run after it was discovered that funds which
should have been in the project account were depleted. The press release,
amongst others, calls for the arrest of Mr. Nyanplu. When this event
unfolded, I was on an official trip in New York where I led the Liberian
Delegation to the Intergovernmental Negotiations on the Post-2015
Development Agenda.
Your Excellency, the expected amounts in the project accounts are
estimated at $124,706. US (for the capacity building project), and
$53,400. US for the Monitoring and Evaluation project fund. After a
comprehensive bank statement has been received from the Afriland Bank
based on official request, it turned out that the capacity building project
account is in negative with a deficit of about $18 thousand US. The M&E
account only has less than $150. US. All the two projects accounts are
run in Liberian dollars. As a result of this fraud, the three staff (two in
the Ministers Office and one for the Japanese Projects Monitoring and
Evaluation) recruited under the projects cannot be paid. Indeed, this
situation is so embarrassing; hence those responsible for such fraud must
be held to account.
Once again, for the record, I have no involvement with the leakage of any
official information about the fraud. It was my former work colleague, Mr.
Elias Babatonde Shoniyin, who held a press conference on 14 August 2015
during which he accused me of being the one who had leaked information
about the fraud. He also displayed copy of a Liberian Dollar check valued
at about $3,000. US and accused me of double dipping.
I wish to inform and clarify that the check in question was issued me to
pre-finance my trips to Addis Ababa and New York from 11 July 2015
to 5 August 2015. The check was issued because my Daily Subsistent
Allowance (DSA) could not be processed and paid prior to my departure
for both trips that were back to back. I paid said check to the order of Mr.
SPORTS VOICES
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Blessing Moore, a female fan is confident that the Lone Star will
win against Tunisia in Saturday 2017 Africa Cup of Nations clash.
Moore, a newspaper vendor said she is hopeful that Lone Star
would overpower her North African opponents through the
experience force of Anthony Laffor, Sekou Jabateh and defender
Teah Dennis.
Says Moore: I named these three players because they have been
doing well for our beloved national team and I know they along
with the other players will do all their best against Tunisia on
Saturday in order to give Liberia the first win in the competition
and I am calling on all Liberians to give our fullest support to the
Lone star on Saturday no matter what the situation might be.
She condemned Liberians that are of the belief that the Lone Star
will not win against Tunisia because the team lacks experience
players who could stand the force of the visitors.
I can assure my fellow Liberians that we have experience players
M
Monrovia-
inister
of
Agriculture
designate,
Dr.
Moses Zinnah, has
called on Mano River Union
countries to prioritize the
increase in food production
and take charge of agriculture
in their countries.
Dr. Zinnah spoke when the
Mano River Union held a two
day sub regional consultations
toward developing a strategy
to increase rice production in
the MRU.
Dr. Zinnah said if food system
is under control, the security
of the MRU countries will be
guaranteed. If you have food
system under control, you will
have peace.
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MIGRANT CRISIS
RONT
undreds of migrants
have been protesting
outside a major
railway station in
the Hungarian capital after
police sealed off the terminal
to stop them travelling through
the EU.
Crowds chanted "Germany,
Germany" and waved train
tickets after being forced
to leave Keleti station in
Budapest.
Hungary is trying to restore
order and enforce EU rules,
officials said.
Meanwhile, German Chancellor
Angela Merkel has called for
the fair distribution of refugees
across Europe.
Austrian police said 3,650
migrants arrived in the
Austrian capital, Vienna, from
Hungary on Monday, with most
reopened to non-migrant
passengers, with lines of police
preventing migrants from
going inside.
The BBC's Nick Thorpe in
Budapest says hundreds of
migrants are circling the area
trying to find a way through
the guarded entrances.
The
decision
to
allow
refugees to board trains on
Monday evening and early
on Tuesday seems to have
been a temporary one to ease
the growing pressure at the
station, he adds.
Many protesters complained
that they had paid hundreds of
euros for tickets to Austria or
Germany.
One 20-year-old woman from
Aleppo, Syria, named only as
Marah, said her family had
bought six tickets for a train to
housands of Hillary
Clinton's emails while
US secretary of state
have been released,
including many that have been
censored after being deemed
classified.
Mrs Clinton, who is seeking
the Democratic nomination for
the 2016 presidential election,
has been under fire for using
a private computer server for
work emails while in office.
But she says no classified
information was sent or
received.
However, 125 emails were
deemed confidential by the
State Department.
The
State
Department
disclosed that Mrs Clinton
used a private server during
her time as Secretary of State
(2009-13) after journalists
requested copies of her
government emails.
Mrs Clinton's opponents have
accused her of putting US
security at risk by using an
unsecured computer system.
The presidential hopeful has
admitted that her decision
to use a private email server
at her New York home was a
mistake.
She served as Secretary of
State in 2009-13.
Ratings affected
The State Department released
4,368 emails - totalling 7,121
pages - late on Monday.
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What does James Debbahs 26-man squad contain after days of speculation?
Danesius Marteh, danesius.marteh@frontpageafricaonline.com
competitive
match
since
the 1-1 draw with Guinea
in the 2016 African Nations
Championship first round,
second leg encounter on July 5
at the ATS. He has been in Accra
awaiting a Czech Republic visa
for a trial.
MIDFIELDERS
The coaches
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If a player participates in an
official match on another
continent, the release period is
five days.
Friendly matches are deemed
less important and the release
period is 48 hours.
Fifa insists that official and
friendly matches should take
precedent over
domestic matches.
However, they state that
international
friendlies
that take place outside of
the designated dates are
unimportant.
Do Debbah and Sebwe know
this or are they suggesting
that Tunisia coach Henryk
Kasperczak, who picked eight
players from Etoile du Sahel
due to the clubs fine form
in the Caf Confederation and
wo Liberians broke
the
threshold
of
Winners Inc. when
they
won
LD$1
million each yesterday from
the sports betting company,
Winner Inc.
Sylvester Wonnuah, 23, and
Eric Robinson, 30, became
millionaires
yesterday
afternoon when they cashed in
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CHELSEA AGREE 4M
DEAL FOR HECTOR
he
22-year-old
was the subject
of multiple bids
from the White
Hart Lane outfit and saw a
transfer request rejected
and has now hit out at
Baggies chairman Jeremy
Pearce
Saido Berahino says he
will never play for West
Brom again following their
refusal to accept a bid from
Tottenham.
The 22-year-old has seen a
transfer requested turned
down by the Baggies as
the striker looked to force
through a move to White
Hart Lane after two bids,
understood to be worth
18 million and 22m were
rejected.
est
Ham
have
signed
Nottingham
Forest winger
Michail Antonio and Hull
striker Nikica Jelavic and
completed loan deals for
Barcelona midfielder Alex
Song and Chelsea winger
Victor Moses.
Antonio, 25, has moved to the
Hammers for an undisclosed
fee, reported to be 7m, while
30-year-old Jelavic moves in a
transfer worth about 3m.
Song, 27, and Moses, 24, have
joined the club on season-long
loan deals.
Antonio has signed a four-year
deal with a further two-year
option.
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