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Wed, 22 Sep 2021 08:27:57 GMT
Witness - Massaquoi Escaped Hours Before Arrest By Taylor
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia, Liberia -- A witness at the ongoing war crimes trial of ex-Sierra Leonean rebel leader Gibril Massaquoi has told the Finnish court hearing the case that then Liberian President Charles Taylor heard that Massaquoi was a spy...

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 08:38:50 GMT
Suspect Charged for Manslaughter
[New Dawn] Police authorities in Monrovia have charged a 40-year old man identified as Nyanford W. T. Benson, Jr., with manslaughter for allegedly beating on a wheelbarrow rider, victim Johnson Tokpah in the Gobachop Market in Paynesville, leading to...

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 08:38:47 GMT
More Liberians Should Turn to Tennis
[New Dawn] Tennis is one of the most popular sports played across the world, but why do most Liberians seem to have less interest in tennis?

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 08:38:41 GMT
Health Workers Lament Conditions of Work
[New Dawn] The secretary-general for the Health Workers Union of Liberia Mr. George Poe Williams says unfolding developments within the public sector are appalling.

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 08:38:37 GMT
Plenty for the Selected Few and Hunger for the Majority - the Case of Liberia
[New Dawn] A good proportion of young people today were taught from primary school that agriculture is the mainstay of the Liberia economy. Agricultural Science as a subject is part of our educational curriculum and therefore taught at all levels of ...

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 06:19:29 GMT
An Important and Timely Gift - Hospital Director Thanks Pope for Donated Equipment
[Agenzia Fides] Monrovia -- "The medical supplies donated by Pope Francis were very important to the hospital and timely. His example is not just one of words but with actions that should be emulated by other leaders", says to Fides Brother Peter Lan...

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 13:17:29 GMT
MoH to Screen Newborns for Sickle Cell Disease
[New Dawn] A team of experts from the hematology association in America is in partnership with Liberia to start screening newborns for sickle cell disease at the JFK hospital in Monrovia.

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 13:17:27 GMT
Government Reviews UL Faculty's Demands
[New Dawn] The president of the University of Liberia (UL) Rev. Prof. Dr. Julius Julukon Sarwolo Nelson says the Government of Liberia is reviewing demands made by the UL Faculty, which include salary disparity and salary increment, among others.

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 13:17:24 GMT
Maryland County - Missing Woman Found Alive After 2 Weeks
[New Dawn] Maryland County -- Maryland County: A 50-year-old woman, Eliza Robert, who reportedly went missing on September 4, 2021, in Wlowien town, Maryland County has been found alive after spending two weeks in the bush.

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 13:17:22 GMT
WSOT 2021 - Crypto Trading Competition of the Year Made History With U.S.$4.09 Million in Prizes
[New Dawn] ยท Record number of participants in Bybit's World Series of Trading (WSOT) 2021 drove up total prize pool to a historic $4.09 million, up from last year's $1.27 million

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 13:17:20 GMT
PAC Capital Limited Bags CFI.co Best Investment Banking Team Nigeria 2021 Award
[New Dawn] PAC Capital Limited ("PAC Capital"), a leading transaction advisory firm and the investment banking arm of PanAfrican Capital Holdings, has been announced the winner of the Capital Finance International (CFI) awards for Best Investment Ban...

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 13:17:19 GMT
Drivers Protest Against Fares Reduction
[New Dawn] Several commercial drivers staged a peaceful protest early Monday, 20 September 2021 in Monrovia, expressing their opposition to the reduction in transport fares by the government here.

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 13:17:17 GMT
Physically Challenged Student Seeks Financial Help
[New Dawn] Maryland County -- Physically challenged 26-year-old Venus Chukue Kumeh is not allowing her disability to limit her. A 12th grader, she is among thousands of students in southeast Liberia writing the 2021 West African Senior School Certifi...

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 13:17:16 GMT
Mary Broh - Pressure From Above Impedes GSA Operations
[New Dawn] The director-general of the General Services Agency (GSA) Madam Mary Taryonnoh Broh says the mandate and operations of the GSA are continuously impeded due to pressure from above.

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 13:17:13 GMT
CFE Ends Anti-Fraud Training
[New Dawn] The Liberia chapter of the association of certified fraud examiners (CFE) climaxes a three-day Anti - Fraud Training Conference in Monrovia.

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 13:17:10 GMT
PLP Finally Kicks Out Paye, Others
[New Dawn] The People's Liberation Party (PLP), through its General Policy Commission (GPC), has officially expelled its dethroned acting National Chairman Wilmot Paye and few others for allegedly violating the norms, code of values, and ethics of th...

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 13:17:08 GMT
Judge Urges Lawyers to Practice Discipline
[New Dawn] Civil Law Court Judge J. Kennedy Peabody has told lawyers here that their duties and social responsibilities are cardinal to the sustainability of the country's democracy, thereby calling on them to practice ethical professional discipline...

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 12:23:00 GMT
National CSO Council Wants Solicitor General Respond to Allegation of Ritualistic Killing, Conflict of Interest
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The National Civil Society Council of Liberia (NCSCL) has called on Solicitor General, Cllr. Sayma Syrenius Cephas to respond to allegations linking him to ritualistic killings and to explain his relationship with Ellen ...

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 12:22:58 GMT
People's Liberation Party Cautions Public Against Doing Business With Its Expelled Chairman
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Barely a month after being stripped of various executive committee positions, the General Policy Commission (GPC) of the newly certificated People's Liberation Party (PLP) has officially expelled its former Chairman Wilm...

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 12:22:54 GMT
Govt Refiles Indictment Against Gt Bank
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Republic of Liberia by and thru Kailondo Petroleum Incorporated by & thru its Chief Executive Officer, George B. Kailondo of the City of Monrovia(Plaintiff) on Friday, September 17, 2021 refiled an indictment at the ...

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 12:22:50 GMT
Overseer of Forky Kloh Jlaleh Family Fellowship Collaborates With International Prelates to Launch Spiritual Cleansing
[FrontPageAfrica] Paynesville City -- As part of effort to foster 'genuine' peace and reconciliation in Liberia, the Overseer of the Forky Kloh Jlaleh Family Fellowship Church, Reverend M. Emmanuel Nimely and a United States-based Liberian Prophetess...

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 12:22:47 GMT
Ex-VP Boakai Indicates He's Open to Prosecuting Benoni Urey in War Crimes Court
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Further doubts are emerging over core members of the Collaborating Political Parties (CPP) following statements made by Vice President Joseph N. Boakai of the Unity Party (UP) in an interview with the London magazine "Af...

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 12:22:44 GMT
Rotary Int'l District Governor Arrives in Liberia Today, As Assistant DG Morgan Speaks of Successes in Liberia
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The District Governor (DG) of Rotary International District 9101, Christopher Forster, is expected to arrive in Liberia on Tuesday for a weeklong assessment tour.

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 12:22:40 GMT
The Nation Gets Boost for Rural Telecommunications Development
[FrontPageAfrica] The head of the delegation, The Minister of Posts and Telecommunications and Chair of the Governing Board of the Universal Access Fund, Cllr Cooper W. Kruah Sr. signed an agreement on behalf of the Government of Liberia with a compa...

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 12:22:37 GMT
Massaquoi Lawyer Confident of Acquittal in War Crimes Trial
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The lawyer for accused war criminal Gibril Massaquoi's says he is confident of his client will be acquitted. Speaking outside the court at the start of week two of the court's unexpected return to Liberia, Kaarle Gummeru...

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 12:22:36 GMT
Lawmakers Support Liberia's Quest to Fight Illicit Financial Practices
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Several high-ranking members of the 54th Legislature have expressed full support for the strengthening of Liberia's AML/CFT regime, which seeks to fight and prevent illicit financial practices in Liberia.

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 12:22:33 GMT
National Elections Commission Announces Issuance of 25 Nomination Forms, Expecting More in Coming Days
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The process to replace vacancy created in the legislature as a result of lawmakers who filled those seats ran and won in December 2020 to be senators is expected to be crowded as the National elections commission (NEC) a...

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 13:49:53 GMT
FDA Graduates 15 Rangers
[New Republic] The Forestry Development Authority-FDA, is not leaving any stone unturned with its quest to protect the forest and all other parts associated with it. For this reason, it graduated 15 Rangers in the maritime system.

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 13:49:50 GMT
Unintended Consequences
[New Republic] One of the critical lawmakers of Nimba County , District #8 Representative, Larry Younquoi has decried the use of the county yellow machines by the local Authority and that of the Ministry of Public Works. According to him, it is not w...

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 13:13:06 GMT
Agriculture Transforms Nation Economy
[New Republic] Liberia food insecurity has risen the ambition of authority of a local Organization, Evergreen Agro Enterprise (EAE) to get involved in the cultivation of vegetables in Montserrado County.



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