Liberia
Fri, 12 Aug 2022 14:39:20 GMT'I Will Not Be Intimidated' - Unity Party's New Chairman Responds After Home 'Mysteriously' Burned Down
[FrontPageAfrica] Paynesville -- The home of Unity Party (UP) Chairman Rev. J. Luther Tarpeh was gutted by fire early Friday morning, leaving it completely burned. The cause of the fire hasn't been established, but Mr. Tarpeh said he suspects a foul ...
Fri, 12 Aug 2022 11:14:27 GMTPervasive Corruption in Govt, Private Sector Hampering Investments in Liberia - 2022 Investment Climate Report
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The United States State Department has released its 2022 Investment Climate Statements on Liberia which emphasizes that "pervasive government corruption constrains investment and development."
Fri, 12 Aug 2022 09:19:17 GMTAMEU Condemns Attack On Its Campus
[New Dawn] Calls on LNP to investigate the matter
Fri, 12 Aug 2022 09:19:08 GMTLiberia's Palava Hut Mechanism Delivering Quick Wins On Long, Winding Road to Justice
[New Dawn] The National Palava Hut hearings, the recommended restorative justice mechanism for crimes of "lesser gravity" committed during Liberia's 14-year civil war, kicked off in Sanoyea on Wednesday, 10 August with the Chairman of the Independent...
Fri, 12 Aug 2022 09:19:06 GMTArms Commission Warns Against Reckless Discharge of Firearms
[New Dawn] The Chairman of the Small Arms Commission of Liberia, Attorney Teklo Maxwell Grigsby, II condemns in the strongest term, reckless discharge of firearms by state security officers.
Fri, 12 Aug 2022 09:19:02 GMTRiver Cess Lawmakers Applaud Students' High WASSCE Performance
[New Dawn] River Cess County Legislative Caucus has hailed senior high students of the County for their academic accomplishment in the just-ended West African Senior Secondary Certificate Exams (WASSCE).
Fri, 12 Aug 2022 09:19:00 GMTLiberian Women Subjected to Modern-Day Slavery - the Danger of Human Trafficking
[New Dawn] Why are some people so wicked? Why do they keep others in bondage? Are they not aware of the United Nations Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons? These questions are tailored to put into context the abuse of Libe...
Fri, 12 Aug 2022 11:50:32 GMTUNHCR Applauds Liberia for Removing Gender Discrimination From Its Nationality Law
[UNHCR] In a major development to prevent statelessness, Liberia has amended its nationality law to grant women and men equal rights to confer nationality to their children.
Fri, 12 Aug 2022 08:26:04 GMTSen. Dillon to Dedicate Disadvantaged Youth Center
[New Republic] Montserrado County Senator Abraham Darius Dillon is poised to officially dedicate a 70 Thousand United States Rehabilitation and Integration center for disadvantaged youths, referred to as "Zogos."
Fri, 12 Aug 2022 08:26:02 GMTPresident Weah Commits
[New Republic] Citizens at a Town Hall Meeting in Kabada, Sinoe County were joyful when they received President George M. Weah in the county on Sunday, May 9,2021.
Thu, 11 Aug 2022 13:09:15 GMTEPA Laments Continuous Destruction of Wetlands - Vows Stronger Actions Against Violators
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Prof. Wilson Tarpeh, has lamented the extent to which wetlands in Monrovia and its environs are being destroyed. He says, the Agency would not take suc...
Thu, 11 Aug 2022 13:09:10 GMTUrey, Wife Divorce After 36 Years of Marriage
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The political leader of the opposition All Liberian Party (ALP), Benoni Urey, has lost the game of love after his wife of 36 years, Mai Urey, filed for divorce, citing incompatibility of temper, FrontPageAfrica gathered.
Thu, 11 Aug 2022 13:09:07 GMTBility Accepts Petition to Vie for Nimba's 7th Electoral District Rep. Seat in 2023
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- In what appears to be a new political paradigm shift in Nimba County, embattled Liberty Party National Chairman, Musa Bility has accepted the petition to contest for the Representative seat of Electoral District #7 in ne...
Thu, 11 Aug 2022 13:09:07 GMTNew Solid Waste Management Solution Hits Monrovia
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Sway Solid Waste Management Solutions, a new waste collection company, has been launched in Monrovia.
Thu, 11 Aug 2022 13:09:04 GMTUniversity Lecturer Sillah Rallies Support to Include Agricultural Science in School High Curriculum
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- A Lecturer at the University of Liberia, Mr. Zayzay Sillah says, he's rallying support for the Ministry of Education to authorize the inclusion of agricultural science in the high school's curriculum.
Thu, 11 Aug 2022 13:09:01 GMTMinimum Wage Board Conducts First Sitting - Outlined Issues Affecting Take-Home By Workers
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Minimum Wage Board of Liberia has held its first Board sitting with all members in attendance.
Thu, 11 Aug 2022 13:08:59 GMTWASSCE Results Show Liberian Students Performed Better in English, Mathematics and Biology
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The provisional results from the just ended 2022 West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) has been released with Liberian students performing better in English, Mathematics and Biology unlike befor...
Thu, 11 Aug 2022 13:08:57 GMTAiling Police Officer Threatens Suicide in Pursuit of Justice
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- An Inspector of the Liberia National Police (LNP) has threatened to commit suicide due to the failure of the Government of Liberia (GOL), through the Ministry of Justice to investigate the severe brutality meted against ...
Thu, 11 Aug 2022 13:08:56 GMTCathedral School Alumni Association of North America Gives Liberia's Deputy Speaker Highest Honor
[FrontPageAfrica] Charlotte -- Members and officials of the Cathedral School Alumni Association of North America (CSAA) on Saturday awarded its highest honor to Liberia's Deputy Speaker, Cllr. J. Fonati Koffa, for his outstanding service and dedicati...
Thu, 11 Aug 2022 12:44:50 GMTEPA's Assessment in Cape Mount Desires More
[New Dawn] Editorial: Final report of environmental assessment and water quality testing released by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on spillage of cyanide into the Marvoe Creek and Mafa River in Grand Cape Mount County appears to be inexha...
Thu, 11 Aug 2022 12:44:46 GMTElection Troublemakers to Face the Hague
[New Dawn] Says Cllr. T. Dempster Browne
Thu, 11 Aug 2022 08:59:18 GMTDr. Tenny Fires At Mcgill Accuses Him of Disunity in CDC
[New Dawn] A stalwart of the running Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) Dr. Lester Zomatic Tenny sharply blames the Minister of State for Presidential Affairs Nathaniel F. McGill, for disunity in the ruling party. Minister McGill is a former execu...
Thu, 11 Aug 2022 08:59:16 GMTGOL Constructs Bailey Bridge in River Gee
[New Dawn] The Government of Liberia (GOL) through the Ministry of Public Works (MPW) has begun construction for a bridge over River Nur in Joquiken, a densely populated gold mining community in River Gee County.
Thu, 11 Aug 2022 08:59:14 GMTFreeport of Monrovia Goes Paperless
[New Dawn] The Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) and port operator APM Terminals Liberia have launched the Port Automation and Digitization (PAD) project at the Freeport of Monrovia.
Thu, 11 Aug 2022 08:59:13 GMTUNDP Partners With MCC to Launch Cash for Work Waste Management Program
[New Dawn] UNDP in partnership with the Monrovia City Corporation (MCC) and in collaboration with the United Nations Volunteer (UNV) Program, will on 13, August 2022, launch a Cash for Work clean-up exercise covering 10 communities in Monrovia and it...
Thu, 11 Aug 2022 08:59:11 GMTWorks Minister Ruth Collins in Hot Water
[New Dawn] Public Works Minister Ruth- Coker Collins appears to be in hot water, as Civil Law Court "A" Presiding Judge, Nancy Finda Sammy issues a writ of arrest against the Minister, her lawyer and two deputies.
Thu, 11 Aug 2022 08:59:09 GMT'Mcgill's Statement Undermines Development Partners' Confidence in GOL'
[New Dawn] The Center for Accountability and Transparency in Liberia (CENTAL) says the recent statement by Minister of State for Presidential Affairs Nathaniel F. McGill has already undermined citizens' and international partners' confidence in the G...
Thu, 11 Aug 2022 08:59:06 GMTLonestar Cell MTN, Official GSM Sponsor of the Liberia Marathon
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Thu, 11 Aug 2022 07:17:53 GMT-As Harsh Punishment Awaits Him
[New Republic] The former executive member of the Liberia People Democratic Party (LPDP) and one time staunch supporter of the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change, Dr. Togar Gayewea Mcintosh has gone to the Alternative National Congress-ANC becaus...
Thu, 11 Aug 2022 08:53:41 GMTPrime Business Africa Holds Colloquium for Late Board Director, Amb. Eloho Otobo August 11
[New Dawn] The management of Newstide Publications Limited, publishers of Prime Business Africa, organises a colloquium in honour of late Nigerian diplomat, Ambassador Ejeviome Eloho Otobo who was a member of its Board of Directors.