CMYK www Advertize Here! eThew N TRULDYa INDEPENDENTwn Subscribe to our website https://thenewdawnliberia.com get the best of balance and accurate news, delivered daily French Version Inside The HOTLINE IN CASE OF EMERGENCY CALL 4455 ew Å N TRULDYa INDEPENDENTwn GOOD LEGACY SOCIAL & ATHLETIC ORGANIZATION We can be reach on Cell #s: PRICE LD$40.00 +231 (0) 886 428 177 / 776 450 541/ 770 373 784 VOL.10 NO. 91 THURSDAY, JUNE 04, 2020 or email: [email protected] RIA to resume a g P11e commercial flights Photos credit: LAA a g P11e No intention to expel Dillon - As Senators tussle over expulsion THURSDAY JUNE 04 2020 www .thenewdawnliberia.com NEW DA WN 2 Continental News SA court rules lockdown At one point during level four of the lockdown, short- restrictions 'irrational' sleeved T-shirts became South African court of slowing the rate of infection the meantime the current on alcohol and cigarette contraband as retailers were has found some or limiting the spread thereof," lockdown regulations will trade, failure to stay at home not allowed to sell them. c o r o n a v i r u s the written judgement read. apply. and gathering illegally. This ruling has serious A implications about those who l o c k d o w n r e g u l a t i o n s Judge Norman Davis argued Police have opened almost On Wednesday Health imposed by the government it was wrong to allow people to 230,000 cases for violating Minister Zweli Mkhize warned were imprisoned or fined for " u n c o n s t i t u t i o n a l a n d travel to attend funerals but lockdown regulations since on state TV that coronavirus not complying with lockdown invalid". not to earn their livelihoods by the beginning of lockdown on was a bigger threat now than regulations. Will the fines stay The judge picked out rules street trading, as many South 26 March, according to the at the start of the lockdown, in place or will they be around funerals, informal Africans do. Police Minister Bheki Cele. and he called on people to overturned by the courts? workers and amount of The government said it will Contraventions have remain vigilant as cases While all of this plays out, exercise as "irrational". review the regulations but in included breaches of the ban continue to rise.The South South Africa is gearing up for The government was African government has been confusion or even people given14 days to overhaul the criticised over some its outright ignoring lockdown regulations. lockdown regulations, many rules - some local media are South Africa initially had describing them as bizarre and not making it clear that the some of the world's most arbitrary because it banned government has two weeks to r e s t r i c t i v e l o c k d o w n things like the sale of cooked rectify the regulations. measures. The country has food, tobacco products, There is also a possibility 35,812 confirmed cases and alcohol and even prescribed that the government will 755 deaths.The case was filed what items of clothing people appeal against the court by the Liberty Fighters were allowed to buy. ruling. Network and the Hola Bona Renaissance Foundation. What did the judge say? The high court in the A Girl From Africa capital, Pretoria, ruled that the regulations were not RNELLE M. CRUZ was connected to slowing the rate because there was something born in Monrovia, of infection or limiting its she needed to write. Liberia, West Africa spread. A Not knowing what it was and has been a writer ever "The regulations... in a she wanted to write on the since she was a child. Her substantial number of last night she got to spend South Africa has had some of the most mother never took any interest instances are not rationally with her mother, but six years restrictive lockdown measures in the world in her writing, but Arnelle connected to the objectives after her mother's death, in knew that she would write her 2012 she realized what she own story one day. She always wanted to write. knew that one day she would What she wanted to write US issues new travel alert become very successful and was the story of her life. her experience with the war The Survivor Story of and trauma did not stop her Arnelle: A Girl From Africa dream. by Arnelle Cruz on Tanzania over Covid-19 Six months after she came Price: $6.99 USD. 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Categories: c o r o n a v i r u s , a v o i d i n g Her dream was short-lived Nonfiction » Biography » l o c k d o w n a n d i n s t e a d because a Canadian Idol judge Personal memoir emphasising protection of the told her that her voice sounded This compelling true story economy. worse than dogs barking in the follows a young girl whose On Monday, Health Minister street. life was torn apart by the civil Ummy Mwalimu said there Though she didn't have the war in Liberia, leaving her were only four Covid-19 voice and accent the judges with nothing but the hope to patients in hospitals in Dar es were looking for, she knew her survive. Her unforgettable Salaam. voice was in her writing. true story will take you on a High schools, colleges and Her mother died in 2006 and journey of fear, panic and universities were re-opened two days before her mother confusion. With no way out, on 1 June and sport events died, she told her mother she she and her family must find a allowed to continue. -BBC Tanzania's last coronavirus update was on 29 April needed a pen and paper way to stay alive. THURSDAY JUNE 04 2020 www .thenewdawnliberia.com NEW DA WN 3 Editorial Commentary By Arkebe Oqubay Rescuing our children Ethiopia’s Unconventional COVID-19 Response from rape and sodomy LIBERIA IS GRADUALLY but seriously descending to moral decadence Instead of implementing a national lockdown like most other governments, including in Africa, where family values and societal standards have slipped thru the window, Ethiopia initiated other essential measures in January, well ahead of most developed countries. And allowing immorality to take its seat in homes, churches, public offices its success so far illustrates how African countries can tackle the pandemic effectively despite tight and even market places. resource constraints. OUR ATTENTION IS specifically drawn to the increasing wave of domestic violence permeating the country, including rape and sodomy of our young DDIS ABABA – To the surprise of many, African coverage to protect front-line health workers. girls and boys by men, some time two or three times their ages, resulting governments have responded swiftly and to severe injuries and death. Aboldly to the COVID-19 crisis. Ethiopia’s Whereas many advanced and emerging economies unconventional approach, for example, reflects have introduced huge economic-stimulus and rescue HERE ARE SEVERAL cases: Police in Monrovia are investigating a man for the country’s limited financial and human plans, the Ethiopian government has been raping and impregnating his 15-year-old step-daughter, while a young resources, as well as the low level of available constrained by dwindling revenues and the need to man is being held by police for reportedly raping a 12-year-old girl in Tuan international support. Despite these severe reallocate budget expenditures to contain the town, resulting to death and another male adult is undergoing police constraints, the results so far have been better pandemic. It cannot please everyone, and therefore investigation for sodomizing a nine-year-old boy near the headquarters than anyone expected. has had to prioritize its modest resources. of the governing Coalition for Democratic Change in Congo Town, outskirt of Monrovia. Last month, a young man shot and killed his fiancé in From the start, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s The government’s COVID-19 economic-support Kakata, Margib County after the later quitted the relation, while a man government understood that Ethiopia’s success in package is based on the principle of shared costs and killed his lover in Bong County with a machete for suspected combating COVID-19 would depend not on the sacrifices.