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A ceremony paid tribute to Capt. Arthur Bonifas and 1st Lt. Mark Barrett, who were killed in 1976 while trimming a tree at the Joint Security Area of the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea.

The American and South Korean soldiers went off to chop down a poplar tree. Instead, they were chopped into pieces by ax-wielding North Korean soldiers. And what should have been a case of routine landscaping nearly triggered a second Korean War. Thousands of lives could have been lost, and the Korean peninsula devastated as it had been in 1950. All because of a tree, a hot-tempered North Korean lieutenant, and the most heavily armed border zone on Earth. The tale begins on the morning of Augus...

Liberia: Joint Security Shutdown Samuel Stryker Funeral Home for Violating Covid-19 Protocol Liberia: Joint Security Shutdown Samuel Stryker Funeral Home for Violating Covid-19 Protocol Share The funeral home will remain closed to the public until a fine of US$200 is paid in government’s revenue. MONROVIA – Samuel A. Stryker Funeral Parlor, one of the busiest funeral homes in the country has been shut down by the government for violating covid-19 protocol. The funeral parlor was closed by t...

Open Letter to Your Excellency Dr. George M. Weah, Sr., President of the Republic of Liberia Open Letter to Your Excellency Dr. George M. Weah, Sr., President of the Republic of Liberia Dear Mr. PRESIDENT: I WISH TO EXTEND MY COMPLIMENTS AND ALSO COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTLESS LEADERSHIP IN MOVING Liberia in the right direction. The basis of this open letter is the recent US Embassy security alert on Liberia which mentioned the increased armed robbery, drug abuse, and other matters of national...

South East Governors push legal backing for EBUBEAGU as Joint Security outfit On …Urge security agencies, local vigilantes to enforce open grazing ban in the zone …Condemn attacks on Imo State governor’s country home, urge FG to fish out perpetrators, ensure prosecution ‘We are in support of EBUBEAGU’ – CAN Governors of the South East geo-political zone, on Sunday, rose from a closed-door meeting with the leadership of religious, political and traditional institutions in the zone, ...

• Seek legal backing for Ebubeagu Governors of the South East geo-political zone, on Sunday, rose from a closed-door meeting with the leadership of religious, political and traditional institutions in the zone, Ohaneze Ndigbo and Joint Security Committee, at the Government House, Enugu, reiterating the adoption of EBUBEAGU as the common Joint Security outfit with its Regional Headquarters in Enugu. They also ordered immediate enforcement of the ban on open grazing by herdsmen in all the state...

UK defence budget sees investment boost By GlobalData 20 Nov 2020 (Last Updated November 20th, 2020 17:27) The UK defence sector is set to receive a seismic boost in funding, the largest investment in 30 years, increasing the defence budget by £16.5bn over the next four years, as announced today by the Prime Minister. Credit: Sandor Szmutko Share Article The UK defence sector is set to receive a seismic boost in funding, the ...

It is now nearly a month since the death was reported on Friday, February 19, 2021, of Executive Protection Service(EPS) agent Melvin Earley while on duty during President Weah’s tour of Nimba County. Initially there were conflicting accounts given of how agent Melvin Earley met his untimely end. One initial account, allegedly attributed to the EPS, said agent Melvin Earley shot himself to death. On the other hand, social media was awash with several accounts of the circumstances leading to h...

A FORMAL investigation has been launched by the Kingsgate Shopping Centre after an online video clip showing staff ejecting a shopper who tried to film in the mall went viral. Centre manager Neil Mackie said they were taking the matter "very seriously" after several readers contacted the Press on Sunday night to express concerns, with the footage showing a man, Alan Newton, being threatened and apparently jostled. He was told he wasnt allowed to film inside the centre, which he disputed, ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Daud Olatunji,Abeokuta Residents of Imeko-Afon Local Government Area of Ogun State have called on the Governor of the State, Dapo Abiodun, to come to their rescue on the incessant killings and destruction of their farms by Killer-Fulani herdsmen. This is coming after a farmer, Dele Olowoniyi, and two others were reportedly killed this week by the herdsmen. The residents in a letter dated February 9, 2021, addressed to the Governor and signed by the Chairman of the tran...