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GGAA Committed To Transparency and Accountability
Says – Fred Gwyan’s Allegations Are Baseless and Borders on Poor Judgments Philadelphia, PA, January 25, 2012: The National Administration of the Grand Gedeh Association in the Americas (GGAA) has read with grave concern an article published in the Independent Eye – an online news magazine which is attributed to Mr. Fred T. Gwyan, former [...]
The Late Old-man Charles Nynon Nynow Fineboy
The Late Old-man Charles Nynon Nynow Fineboy Ref: Invitation to a Memorial Service, Honoring Old-man Fineboy. Date: January 28, 2012 Place: New Life United Methodist Church at 51 South State Road Upper Darby, PA 19802 Time: 7 PM, Eastern Fellow Grand Gedeans and Friends of the Nynow Family: The Nynow Family, and the entire Twarbo/Gleo [...]
Letters To The Editor
Dear Grand Gedeans, It has been a long standing tension between the Annie Dennis leadership of “New England” and the new leadership of Grand Gedeh Association in the Americas, Inc. (Rhode Island Chapter). In the New England region, Rhode Island Chapter has been the cynosure of fund-raising and an influential partner within GGAA; but the [...]
BOLEY MAKES 360, APPOINTS WILLIAMS WITH RELUCTANCE
The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Konobo Statutory District Association Dr. Al Boley on Sunday made a volte-face by eventually appointing Augustus Cisco Williams as its new leader. Williams’ appointment comes in the wake of allegations of corruption against his former boss who was accused of embezzling over $6000 United States dollars. [...]
Local foundation Brother’s Brother shipping medical supplies to Africa
Culled from Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Friday, December 30, 2011 By Ann Rodgers, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette To American eyes, the hand-cranked hospital beds in the North Side warehouse of the Brother’s Brother Foundation appear to be obsolete. But to hospitals in Africa without electricity, they are priceless Tillman Collins, a Pleasant Hills resident who was a member of Liberia’s [...]
The Call for Diversity in Liberia-By Jackson Blamo
Recent results from Liberia’s national presidential election in October 2011, in part, suggest the country is still divided along tribal lines. If nothing else is to be learned, Liberia’s 14 years of civil war must be a wakeup call for the need of all Liberians to come together as one people and one nation! While [...]
CISCO WILLIAMS DENIES CHARGES; DECLARES HIMSELF PRESIDENT
Roughly 72 hours after his suspension, the vice president of the Konobo Statutory District Association Cisco Williams denied Tuesday that he collaborated with former president Solomon Tardey to defraud the association of $6000.52 and declares himself President of KSDA. In an exclusive interview with the MN Web, Williams said he was disappointed by the way [...]
FOR ALLEGED FRAUD, SOLOMON TARDEY OF KSDA IMPEACHED
The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Konobo District Association in the Americas Dr. Al Boley on Friday delivered a staggering blow to the political career of Mr. Solomon Tardey; uncovering what he termed as ‘grand larceny and theft’ that robbed the due-payers of thousands of US dollars and instilled a culture of [...]
BARMON EXTENDS XMAS GREETINGS, DISCUSSES INAUGURAL
President Alexander Barmon President Barmon sends out good-wishes to Grand Gedeans and sympathizers on the holiday of Christmas, the festival which is an annual celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. On December 25, billions around the world will celebrate this day as a religious and cultural holiday. It is also a time for contemplation [...]
LIBERIAN WOMAN SHATTERS THE MOVIE GLASS CEILING
When Aletha Jones fled the civil war in Liberia and hit the shores of North America, little did she dream of being a movie producer. A proud daughter of Grand Gedeh County Aletha moved to the US with one goal in mind; to escape the bloodshed and search for a peace of mind. In Minnesota [...]
REV. SEIDI ARRIVES IN THE US
The Executive Director of the Albert T. White Foundation has arrived in the USA for talks with the National President of the Grand Gedeh Association in the Americas. Rev Dr. Shelton Seidi arrived on Thursday December 1st on a 21 day visit. According to Hon. Tillman Collins, the Reverend will have a jam-packed itinerary; from [...]
EHRICH EXTENDS A HAND OF FRIENDSHIP TO JOLO
On Saturday November 12, the interim president of the Gbarzon District Association in the Americas stood before an impressive crowd in the Crown Castle Plaza in downtown Worcester, Massachusetts and delivered a riveting speech that’s resonating presently with the base of the GDAA. A recent telephone-poll conducted by MN Web on December 2nd, suggests 7 [...]
TARDEY LAUDS YOUBOTY
When citizens of the Konobo Statutory District Association met on Saturday November 26 at their 7th inaugural ceremony in Kansas City, it was not mission impossible or self-inflicted wounds that bled in the lack of unity of purpose among them but objectivity coupled with praises from the newly-inducted to his predecessor. Previous speakers to similar [...]
GARLEY TAPPED FOR THE EAGLE AWARD
The Eagle Award Association will this week recognize Mr. Peter Garley with its leadership and business Medal of Honor Award. According to the letter sent to Mr. Peter Garley, copy of which is in possession of the MN Web, states the award honors Garley for his indisputable contributions to the Staten Island community, and his [...]
Letter to the Editor: By Marvah Toe
Only In Liberia I felt absolutely sick to my stomach when I saw the graphic pictures of what appear to be dead bodies of two young men lying in pools of blood and of a young lady standing with blood oozing down her forehead (FrontPage Africa: “In the Line of Fire”, November 11, 2011). These [...]
“LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE WITH OPTIMISM”-GBOTE TARYOH
Delivering his keynote address to the Elected Leadership of Illinois Chapter, in a speech on Saturday November 26 the President of the Liberian community in Iowa, Mr. Gbote Taryoh said he was humbled to be a part of the occasion and thanked the eminent past leaders for their services to the community, Grand Gedeans and [...]
