Sports Mr. Caleb Gbarjolo - Sport Director May 16, 2009
The Sport Director, Mr. Caleb Gbarjolo confirmed to the Community that the Buffalo soccer team will be arriving in Syracuse on May 31st for a test match and he is therefore asking the entire community to rally its support toward the Syracuse soccer team by going on the field. Mr. Gbarjolo also stated that the game will be played at the berry Park. May 31, 2009 The Sport Director, Mr. Caleb Gbarjolo also confirmed that there will be another game coming up in Buffolo. He promised his boys, "the Syracuse team" that they will win by all means this time around. Mr. Gbarjolo praised his boys and asked them to be fully prepare for the coming game in Buffalo, NY. The Buffolo soccer team lost to LICOS soccer team 3-2 June 20, 2009 The Sport Director told the Community about the progress that has been made by the Syracuse soccer team so far. A test match was played in Buffalo on June 6, 2009 (Syracuse V.S Buffalo soccer and the female kick- ball teams". Buffalo Soccer team lost to the Syracuse team 3-2 while the female’s game resulted to 0-0.
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Tuesday, July 25, 2009 THE LIBERIAN COMMUNITY OF SYRACUSE, (LICOS) INC. RAISED ITS COUNTRY FLAG FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE CITY OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORKSyracuse, NY Saturday 25Th July 2009 –The Liberian Community of Syracuse (LICOS) INC. in collaboration with the City Council of Syracuse celebrates this years Liberia ‘s Independence Day which falls on Saturday 25th, July ,2009 at the City Hall of Syracuse, NY.
The aim of this celebration is to mark 162 years of Independence, to showcase to American the gratitude Liberians have for the United States, after spending over 5 years in the US. It also aims at raising the Liberian Flag in the City of Syracuse for the first time in History. The raising of the Liberian Flag indecates the Liberian Community of Syracuse recognition in the City.
Liberians at home and abroad are celebrating the 162nd independence anniversary of their country in many festive ways but with some reflections. The official commemoration takes place Monday in the central city of Gbarnga. But for Liberians in the United States, the celebration began over the weekend. The festivities on the grounds of the Liberian Embassy in northwest Washington, D.C. were complete with everything Liberian – the food, music, cultural performances and merchants peddling Liberian clothing and artifacts. Ambassador Barnes said his embassy was working with Liberians in the United States to lobby the U.S. Congress for permanent resident status for Liberians on TPS. “We are certainly concerned and we have tried to communicate to the Diaspora and those that are affected by the TPS program to move quickly to try to get regularized. And we are working with various groups in the Diaspora to..lobby on Congress to make sure that we get some sort of permanent solution to this problem,” Barnes said.
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Somalia: Piracy Surges in Indian Ocean
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