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Liberia

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 07:43:31 GMT
USAID Celebrates Private Sector Electrical Service
[New Dawn] -in Margibi County

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 07:43:26 GMT
Churches Want Snowe's Bills Ignored
[New Dawn] -meet with Senate Pro-Tempore Chie

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 07:43:23 GMT
Liberians to Receive 2.7 Million Treated Bed Nets
[New Dawn] To help in malaria prevention and other infectious diseases in the country, the Government of Liberia through the Ministry of Health in partnership with Plan Liberia International and other partners launches a nationwide campaign to begin ...

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 07:43:20 GMT
Over 100 LIS Officers End Training in Gbarnga
[New Dawn] The department of naturalization of the Liberia Immigration Service has ended a two-day capacity building retreat for over one hundred officers of the department. According to a press release issued by LIS, the training was organized by th...

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 07:43:18 GMT
Snowe Briefs Ghana's Akufo-Addo On Security Situation in Sub-Region
[New Dawn] Accra, Ghana-ECOWAS Parliamentary Chairman on Political Affairs, Peace, Security and African Peer Review Mechanism, Senator Edwin Melvin Snowe Jr., on Tuesday briefed Ghana's President Nana AddoDankwaAkufo-Addo, ECOWAS current Chairman on ...

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 13:33:30 GMT
GOL Losing Millions to IP Theft
[New Dawn] The Government of Liberia is losing millions of dollars annually as a result of widespread abuse of the country's 2016 Intellectual Property (IP) law broadly. The amount, which is US$4 million has been estimated by the Copyright Society of...

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 13:33:27 GMT
Return the U.S.15k
[New Dawn] -Cummings roars, as Sen. Dillon bows

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 13:33:23 GMT
Snowe Briefs Ghana's Akufo-Addo On Security Situation in Sub-Region
[New Dawn] Accra, Ghana-ECOWAS Parliamentary Chairman on Political Affairs, Peace, Security and African Peer Review Mechanism, Senator Edwin Melvin Snowe Jr., on Tuesday briefed Ghana's President Nana AddoDankwaAkufo-Addo, ECOWAS current Chairman on ...

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 13:33:18 GMT
UL Pledges Training for 250 Journalists
[New Dawn] The President of the University of Liberia (UL) Rev. Dr. Julius Julukon Sarwolo Nelson says the Department of Media and Communication Studies at UL will train 250 freelance and rural journalists in legal provisions as enshrined in Article ...

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 13:33:15 GMT
Liberians to Receive 2.7 Million Treated Bed Nets
[New Dawn] To help in malaria prevention and other infectious diseases in the country, the Government of Liberia through the Ministry of Health in partnership with Plan Liberia International and other partners launches a nationwide campaign to begin ...

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 13:33:08 GMT
Churches Want Snowe's Bills Ignored
[New Dawn] -meet with Senate Pro-Tempore Chie

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 13:33:01 GMT
ECOWAS End Post-Election Assessment Mission to Liberia
[New Dawn] An ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions (ECONEC) ended its joint post-election follow-up andneeds assessment mission in Liberia on Sunday June 13.The joint post -election follow-up Mission, which began its work on June 6, was led by Dr....

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 11:40:16 GMT
U.S.$15k for Lawmakers' Legislative Projects Amid Economic Meltdown Draws Massive Condemnations
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- It's been a long week of criticism for the Legislature since the disclosure of US$15,000 given to each lawmaker for legislative projects. In the view of the public, dishing out such amount of money among a handful of law...

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 11:40:12 GMT
Edwin Snowe Briefs Ghanaian President and Chair of the Heads of States and Governments of Ecowas On State of Regional Security
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Senator Edwin Melvin Snowe of Bomi County has held a meeting with Ghanaian President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Speaker Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin to discuss issues concerning regional security.

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 11:40:09 GMT
Ministry of Agriculture and the Japan International Cooperation Agency Launch 'Librice' for Smallholder Farmers in Bong County
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Ministry of Agriculture and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has launched what they termed as LibRice in an attempt to improve rice production in Liberia.

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 11:40:05 GMT
House Summons Health Minister Wilhelmina Jallah, NPHIL Director-General Macauley Over Covid-19 Spike
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The House of Representatives has summoned the Minister of Health Dr. Wilhelmina Jallah and the Director General of the National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL), Jane Macauley to give update on Liberia's standi...

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 11:40:01 GMT
Liberia Deeply Concerned Over Military Takeover in Mali - Foreign Minister Tells 49th Inter-Ministerial Conference
[FrontPageAfrica] Accra -- Liberia's Foreign Minister Dee-Maxwell Kemaya says the country is concerned about the 'unwelcomed' interruption in the civilian-led transitional process in Mali.

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 11:39:59 GMT
Letter to Senator Dr Henrique Tokpa
[FrontPageAfrica] Dear Senator Tokpa:

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 11:39:58 GMT
Pres. Weah to Deliver Special Statement At Second Annual Liberian Business and Investment Forum
[FrontPageAfrica] Washington D.c. -- Liberian President Dr. George Manneh Weah will deliver a special statement at the second Annual Liberian Business and Investment Forum slated for Wednesday, June 30th. Dr. Weah is expected to woo international bus...

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 11:39:55 GMT
Government of Liberia Losing Millions to Intellectual Property Theft, New Reports Unveils
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Copyright Society of Liberia (COSOL) says the government of Liberia is losing millions of dollars annually as a result of widespread abuse of the country's 2016 Intellectual Property law broadly.

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 11:39:52 GMT
Collective Efforts Needed to Fight Cyber Crime - Minister Kruah Asserts
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Minister of Posts & Telecommunications, Cllr. Cooper W. Kruah Sr., has stressed the need of collective efforts among government ministries and agencies if the fight against cybercrime will be achieved in Liberia.

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 11:39:50 GMT
Ligis Boss Backtracks On Comments That U.S.$1 Million Given to UNFPA - Says It's a 'Slip of Tongue'
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Prof. Francis Wreh, Director General of the Liberia Institute of Statistic and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS) has told the Senate that his earlier comments about transferring US$1 million to UNFPA for the conduct of p...

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 11:39:47 GMT
Rev. Dr. Reeves Admonishes Oldest Baptist Congregation in Africa to Uphold the Spirit of God
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Senior Pastor of the historic Providence Baptist Church, Rev. Dr. Samuel V. Reeves, has admonished members of Africa's oldest Baptist congregation, the Regent Road Baptist Church that they can only convert their soci...

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 11:39:44 GMT
Rep. Snowe 'Stops' Second Reading of His Proposed Religious Holiday Bill - Sente Pro-Tempore Discloses
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Senate Pro-Tempore Albert Chie has told a group of clergymen that Senator Edwin Melvin of Snowe Bomi County has requested the Senate not to allow the second reading of his proposed bill seeking religious holidays. As per...

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 13:33:21 GMT
Statement By Mr. Alexander B. Cummings, Political Leader of the Alternative National Congress
[New Dawn] June 15, 2021. Monrovia- Liberia: Our economy is under severe stress. The government is begging for budgetary support from friendly nations, including to meet its payroll obligations, as the productive sector of the economy collapses. Busi...

Tue, 15 Jun 2021 10:26:47 GMT
Man, 76, Allegedly Strangulates Colleague to Death in Mosque
[FrontPageAfrica] Kakata -- The Liberian National Police on Monday arrested and detained a 76-year-old man for allegedly killing his Muslim brother in a local mosque.

Tue, 15 Jun 2021 10:26:44 GMT
Pres. Weah Appoints New Auditor General, LACC Chair, Among Others
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- President George Weah has nominated P. Garwa Jackson as Auditor General of the General Auditing Commission while the County Attorney for Montserrado County Edwin Klah Martin has once again been nominated to serve as the ...

Tue, 15 Jun 2021 10:26:43 GMT
Liberia Electricity Corporation Issues Small Composite Micro Utility Permit
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Chairman of the Board of Commissioners (BoC) of the Liberia Electricity Regulatory Commission (LERC) Dr. Lawrence D. Sekajipo said the Commission has achieved another milestone with the issuance of the first Small Co...

Tue, 15 Jun 2021 10:26:40 GMT
Margibi Lawmaker Rallies Colleagues to Take the Lead in Establishing War & Economic Crimes Court
[FrontPageAfrica] Dwazohn -- Rep. Tibelrosa Summoh Tarponweh (CDC, District #1, Margibi County) has called on fellow lawmakers to muster the courage and lead the process in the establishment of a war and economic crimes court in Liberia.

Tue, 15 Jun 2021 10:26:38 GMT
Health Authorities Alarm Possible Surge of Covid-19
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Liberia's strides in significantly curbing the spread coronavirus, breaking transmission and getting back to normal life now suffers a major setback amid the rise of new infections, including the discovery of a new varia...



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