President Barack Obama is expected to issue an executive order Thursday paving the way for the deployment of National Guard forces to Liberia to help contain the Ebola outbreak there, sources told NBC News. via www.nbcnews.comFew Democrats are members
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Dan Henninger: A Year of Living on the Brink – WSJ – WSJ
Liberia, ISIS, Ukraine, Hong Kong, a hospital fighting Ebola infections in Dallas, the year s stock-market gains obliterated, and I almost forgot just last week Secretary of State John Kerry warned that climate change could end life as we know…
Ebola In The News – Is Too Much PHI Being Revealed And By Whom?
The names and photos of the late Thomas Eric Duncan and his former nurse Nina Pham are all over news media reports of the first cases of Ebola in the United States. But just how did news outlets learn their…
Ebola Yes, Bagpipes No – Mark Steyn
Thomas Eric Duncan has the distinction of being America's Patient Zero – the first but not the last person to develop Ebola symptoms in the United States.Is he a US citizen? No, he's Liberian.Is he a resident of the United…
USCIS Automatically Extends EADs for Qualified Liberian Nationals
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that certain Liberian nationals who hold Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) with an expiration date of September 30, 2014, pursuant to the Deferred Enforced Departure (DED), will receive an automatic extension of work authorization through…
In Light of Ebola Outbreak, WHO Issues Food Safety Reminders
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On Sunday, the World Health Organization released an information note regarding Ebola and food safety. A serious, ongoing outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Africa has killed more than 1,400 people in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and Nigeria, and another…
Ebola in the News
The Ebola virus, first diagnosed almost 40 years ago, for which there is no vaccine and up to a 90% fatality rate, is very much in the news. In the most recent outbreak, since March 2014, the Centers for Disease…
Sirleaf Calls for Renewed Investment in Girls’ Education
Marking the Day of the African Child on June 16, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf published an Op-Ed calling for renewed focused on and investment in the education of girls in Africa. In calling for increased funding not only to…
Tribunals have no jurisdiction to hear Owners’ claims for “procuring or inducing” breach of arbitration agreement incorporated into bills of lading
Owners chartered their vessel by way of a charter containing a London Arbitration clause, for a carriage from Turkey to Liberia. The vessel was sub-chartered, and three bills of lading issued to cover the cargo, each naming the same consignee…
Security Council Congratulates Special Court of Sierra Leone on Charles Taylor Judgment
Members of the Security Council today welcomed the decision by a United Nations-backed court to uphold the conviction of former Liberian President Charles Taylor for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during Sierra Leone’s civil war. In a statement…