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Mon, 15 Mar 2021 10:27:27 GMT
NEC Denies Edith Gongloe_weh's Appeal
[New Republic] Former Superintendent and the lone female candidate in the just ended December 8, 2020 special senatorial election in Nimba County has finally fallen prey to Representative Jeremiah Kung.

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 10:08:10 GMT
CU Board of Trustees Acknowledges Outgoing President
[New Republic] The Board of Trustees of Cuttington University recognized the outgoing President of Cuttington University, Dr. Herman B. Browne for his many developmental undertakings at the University in the Country.

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 10:08:08 GMT
LRA Turns Over Fake Confiscated Refrigerant Gasto EPA
[New Republic] The Customs Department of the Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) has turned over twenty-eight (28) cartons of fake Maxron 134a refrigerant gas to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for onwards scientific testing.

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 10:05:53 GMT
UNDP Solar Project Helps Improve Health Services At Buchanan Government Hospital
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Great relief has come to the government hospital in Buchanan Grand Bassa County, with the supply of solar energy through UNDP Liberia Solar for Health Project.

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 10:05:51 GMT
Liberia to Power Its Economy Through Improved Energy Access and Job Creation
[FrontPageAfrica] Washington -- Liberia's efforts to transform the lives of poor people have received a huge boost with financing approved on Friday, March 12, by the World Bank. Two new operations will increase access to sustainable, reliable and af...

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 09:50:17 GMT
CU Graduates Over 300 Students
[New Republic] Suakoko, Bong County- Cuttington University Main Campus in Suakoko, Bong County on March 12, 2021 carried out its graduation ceremony of over three hundred students in various discipline.

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 09:13:00 GMT
National Elections Commission Board Confirms Jeremiah Koung's Victory in Nimba Senatorial Election
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Board of the National Elections Commission (NEC) has affirmed and confirmed its hearing officer ruling against Madam Edith Gongloe-Weh due to her inability to provide substantial evidence to prove fraud.

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 09:12:57 GMT
House Controversially Passes Free Education Bill Amid Dismay By Huge Segment of Lawmakers in Session
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The House of Representatives has passed a bill seeking to create a special education scheme to support deserving students attending public tertiary institutions across Liberia.

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 09:12:56 GMT
Two Minors Escape Homes After Step-Mothers Threatened to Beat Them
[FrontPageAfrica] Paynesville City -- Samuel Siafa, 10, and Jackson Davis, 9, left the respective homes to avoid being 'abused' by their step-mothers. They are currently in the custody of the police who found them wandering around.

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 09:12:52 GMT
'Our Son Did Not Commit Suicide - We Want Justice' - Family of Deceased EPs Agent Breaks Silence
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The family of Melvin Early, the Executive Protection Service Agent (EPS), who reportedly shot and killed himself in Nimba County last month while on duty with the President, says under no circumstance he would have kille...

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 09:12:49 GMT
Denmark, Others Suspend Use of Astrazeneca Covid Vaccine Brought to Liberia Over Suspected Side Effects
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Liberia will shortly begin administering the astraZeneca covid vaccines after receiving 96,000 doses that arrived in the country last Saturday under the COVAX initiative, a partnership between Coalition for Epidemic Prep...

Sun, 14 Mar 2021 18:16:09 GMT
Country to Power Its Economy Through Improved Energy Access
[New Republic] Liberia's efforts to transform the lives of poor people have received a huge boost with financing approved on Friday, March 12, by the World Bank. Two new operations will increase access to sustainable, reliable and affordable energy, ...

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 08:28:27 GMT
Liberia's Young Philanthropist Aminata Sheriff Intensifies Mission in Putting Smile On Faces of Underprivileged Children
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- One of Liberia's youngest humanitarians, Aminata Sheriff and her team continue to make headways over their meaningful interventions in the community.

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 08:28:25 GMT
Central Bank of Liberia to Prioritize Policy Support for Agriculture Development
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Board of Governors of the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL), during its 25 February 2021 sitting, unanimously agreed to support policies toward the development of the agricultural subsector with a goal of stabilizing foo...

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 08:28:23 GMT
LACC Partners With Local Civil Society Organization to Use ITC to Fight Corruption
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) has agreed to partner with a local non-governmental Organization "The Integrity Watch Liberia" in the fight against corruption and will do so through the use of Information t...

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 08:28:21 GMT
CSO Concludes Two-Day Workshop to Validate Number of KBAs in Liberia
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- A two-day intensive workshop to improve freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas (KBA) in Liberia was concluded on March 10, 2021 in Monrovia with a call to conserve and protect freshwater KBA species.

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 08:28:18 GMT
United States Government Donates Testing Kits to Boost Covid-19 Fight in Liberia
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- As part of its many contributions to aid Liberia in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States Government, through the USAID Infectious Disease Detection and Surveillance (IDD) Project has donated a huge ...

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 08:28:16 GMT
Diaspora Liberians Group 'Grateful' to Pres Weah for 'Indispensable Role' in Dual Citizenship
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Liberians in the diaspora, represented by The All-Liberian Conference on Dual Citizenship (ALCOD), is extending heartfelt gratitude and grateful appreciation for the indispensable role President George Weah played in adv...

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 07:54:32 GMT
'Greed, Wickedness Undermining Liberia's Image' - Rev. Cllr Dr. Pearl Brown Bull
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- A Liberian clergywoman and lawyer, Rev. Cllr. Dr. Pearl Browne Bull, says the image and prosperity of Liberia are under threat as a result of greed for money and wickedness.

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 07:53:34 GMT
PUL Announces 2019-2020 Awards Committee
[New Republic] To honor the outstanding work of journalists and news entities across Liberia and to showcase emerging talents, the Press Union of Liberia (PUL) is now accepting entries for its 2019/2020 awards.

Sun, 14 Mar 2021 18:19:43 GMT
Press Union of Liberia Considers Litigation to Reprimand Security Forces' Heavy-Handedness
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- To mark one year of Liberian journalists rally in Monrovia to detest the brutalization of media practitioners, the Press Union of Liberia (PUL) says litigation is the best reprimand for security forces' heavy-handedness.

Fri, 12 Mar 2021 09:05:09 GMT
Bong Residents in Fear Over Closure of Clinic
[New Dawn] Residents of Yowee Town and other nearby communities in Bong County are living in fear due to the closure of the only clinic in the area. Since the opening of the clinic in 2020, nurses assigned at the health facility have over the last fi...

Fri, 12 Mar 2021 09:05:04 GMT
Judiciary Sidelined in U.S.$9 Million Budget
[New Dawn] -Chief Justice freezes President Weah's signing

Fri, 12 Mar 2021 09:05:00 GMT
Conflicting Accounts Over Tragic Accident
[New Dawn] The Office of Speaker Bhofal Chambers and the Press Bureau of the House of Representatives are in clear contradiction here, over Tuesday's (March 9. 2021) tragic motor accident involving the Speaker's escort jeep that knocked down a pregna...

Fri, 12 Mar 2021 09:04:56 GMT
FAO Hosts Japanese Ambassador to Liberia
[New Dawn] The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has hosted Japanese Ambassador to Liberia, Tsutomu Himeno in Monrovia.

Fri, 12 Mar 2021 09:04:54 GMT
PCC Asked to Demolish Unsanitary 'Public Toilets'
[New Dawn] The environmental department of the Paynesville City Corporation (PCC) is being urged to vigorously shutdown unhygienic 'public toilets' run by individuals in the city.

Fri, 12 Mar 2021 09:04:51 GMT
CBL to Prioritize Policy Support for Agriculture Development
[New Dawn] The Board of Governors of the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL), during its 25 February 2021 sitting, unanimously agreed to support policies toward the development of the agricultural subsector with a goal of stabilizing food prices in the med...

Fri, 12 Mar 2021 09:04:48 GMT
UNDP Solar Project Helps Improve Health Services At Buchanan Government Hospital
[New Dawn] Great relief has come to the government hospital in Buchanan Grand Bassa County, with the supply of solar energy through UNDP Liberia Solar for Health Project. Reliable solar supply has improved services to patients not just from Buchanan ...

Fri, 12 Mar 2021 09:04:45 GMT
Liberia Receives APRM Country Support Mission
[New Dawn] A technical country support mission of the African Peer Review Mechanism Continental Secretariat has arrived in Lieria for a three-day official visit which starts March 10-13, 2021.

Fri, 12 Mar 2021 08:37:30 GMT
Minister Kemayah Seeks Support for MRU
[New Republic] - As He Holds Talks with Irish Ambassador to Liberia



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