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Wed, 09 Jun 2021 13:49:04 GMT
LERC Expresses Dismay Over LEC's Power Outage Announcement
[New Republic] The Liberia Electricity Regulatory Commission (LERC) has expressed dismay over a public service announcement and a Facebook post issued by the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) on Monday 31 May notifying customers of planned outage...

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 12:13:24 GMT
CDC Prepares for Any Eventuality
[New Dawn] -Cyril Allen

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 12:13:22 GMT
Liberia, China Sign MOU to Construct 2 Overhead Bridges Here
[New Dawn] The Government of Liberia and the Government of the People's Republic of China have formalized an implementation agreement for the construction of two overhead bridges along Tubman Boulevard in Monrovia. The project is titled Implementatio...

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 12:13:20 GMT
Liberia, Guinea Hold Rail User Conference
[New Dawn] A joint International Ministerial conference between Liberia and neighboring Guinea will begin in Monrovia on Wednesday, June 9, 2021.The 3-day gathering is intended to discuss the development of a rail corridor to transport Guinean mining...

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 12:13:19 GMT
MoL, LCC Sign MOU to Create 500 New Jobs
[New Dawn] The Government of Liberia through the Ministry of Labour and the Liberia Chamber of Commerce (LCC), have signed a MOU for the creation of 500 new jobs for university graduates in Liberia with a minimum salary of US$350.00 per month.Accordi...

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 12:13:17 GMT
Senate Probes Botoe Kanneh's Complaint
[New Dawn] The Liberian Senate has ordered the Committees on Defense, Security and Intelligence and Transport to probe a complaint filed by Gbarpolu County Senator Madam Botoe Kanneh that she was disrespected on 1 June 2021 by a Transport Ministry of...

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 12:13:13 GMT
Pop Francis Accepts Resignation of Archbishop Zeigler
[New Dawn] Pop Benedict Francis has accepted the resignation of the pastoral care of the Archdiocese of Monrovia, Lewis J. Zeigler, the Vatican reports. According to report, Archbishop Zeigler retired on Monday, June 7, 2021 at age 77, having succeed...

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 12:13:11 GMT
Sen. Snowe Condemns Malian Crisis
[New Dawn] Senator Edwin Melvin Snowe, a member of the ECOWAS Parliament has described the military takeover and refusal to relinquish power to civilian rule as troubling.Speaking in plenary at the ECOWAS Parliament in Abuja, Nigeria on Monday, Senat...

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 12:13:08 GMT
Bring TRC Document On the Floor
[New Dawn] -Weah urges lawmakers

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 12:13:06 GMT
"Sustainable Development Rests On Liberia's Ability to Attract Foreign Investors"
[New Dawn] -U.S. Ambassador says

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 12:13:04 GMT
First Lady Launches Menstrual Hygiene Initiative
[New Dawn] The First Lady's Office in collaboration with Clar Hope Foundation and Gender Ministry launches a national initiative to boost awareness and sensitization on menstrual and personal hygiene on Wednesday, June 9, at the Centennial Memorial P...

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 10:44:47 GMT
Liberia, Guinea Hold Major International Rail User Agreement
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- A joint International Ministerial conference between Liberia and neighboring Guinea will begin in Monrovia on Wednesday, June 9, 2021.The 3-day gathering is intended to discuss the development of a rail corridor to trans...

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 10:44:43 GMT
Lonestar Cell MTN Enhances Liberia's Digital Financial Platform, Launches MTN Mobile Money in-App Qr Code
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- In its bid to boost Liberia's digital financial platform, Lonestar Cell MTN has launched its MTN Mobile Money In-App QR Code.

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 10:44:40 GMT
Ex-Bomi County Senator Frowns At Setting of Payment Plans for Current, Former Government Official Found Guilty of Corruption
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Former Bomi County Senator Sando Dazoe Johnson says the 'strange phenomenon' of setting up payment plans for current or ex-public officials found guilty of embezzling state funds that has engulfed the justice system of L...

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 10:44:37 GMT
Bea Mountain Accused of Shielding Expatriate Allegedly Involved in Sexual Harassment
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Bea Mountain Mining Corporation, currently exploring and mining for gold in Western Liberia is engulfed in allegations of a major coverup to shield alleged sexual harassment involving one of its expat employees and a...

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 10:44:33 GMT
Thomas Fallah Considering Contesting Foya District Seat in 2023
[FrontPageAfrica] Foya District -- The 2023 presidential and legislative elections are three years away but there are signs that Monsterrado County District Five lawmaker Thomas Fallah is exploring contesting in Foya District, Lofa County.

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 10:44:31 GMT
A Looming Rice Problem in Liberia
[FrontPageAfrica] MORE THAN FORTY TWO YEARS after the April 14, 1979 rice riots brought the William R. Tolbert government to its knees, rice Importers are launching an appeal to the current government headed by President George Manneh Weah to permit ...

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 10:44:27 GMT
Covid 'Variant of Concern' Detected in Liberia
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Several Passengers traveling on SN Brussels flight Tuesday tonight were left in shock after being told to halt their travels due to the positive Covid19 tests.

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 10:44:25 GMT
As Water And Sewer Employees Remain Unpaid for Months, Leaked Audio Reveals U.S.$900k Being Paid to Contractor
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation (LWCS) has announced that the Corporations' Deputy Managing Director for Finance, Sensee J. Morris has been placed under investigation by the national security apparatus for allege...

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 10:29:08 GMT
Journalism As a Public Good and the Role of the Media in Liberia
[New Dawn] 27 May 2021; Monrovia, Liberia:Earlier in May, we celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Windhoek Declaration, a seminal document issued by African journalists meeting in Windhoek, Namibia, in 1991. The Declaration, as relevant today as it...

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 10:29:01 GMT
Trying to Fulfil Liberia's Disabilities Law
[New Dawn] Achieving 4% right to work by People with Disabilities (PwD) in Liberia is an uphill struggle.

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 10:07:22 GMT
PUL, UL Media Studies Host Blyden Intellectual Discourse Series Today
[New Republic] The Press Union of Liberia in partnership with the Department of Journalism &Media Studies at the State-run University of Liberia and the Volunteers for Sustainable Development in Africa, (VOSIEDA) will on Wednesday, June 9, 2021, orga...

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 10:07:19 GMT
National Judicial Conference Opens
[New Republic] The 4th National Judicial Conference commenced in Monrovia on Monday, June 7, after ten years, this week commenced its first conference under the administration of Chief Justice Francis Kporkor.

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 09:47:31 GMT
Begging Weah to Contest
[New Republic] Citizens of Foya County have officially petitioned President George M. Weah to contest come 2023 General and Presidential Election.

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 09:47:27 GMT
Bureau of Corrections Takes Probation and Parole Awareness to Liberian
[New Republic] The Bureau of Corrections and Rehabilitation (BCR), with support from UNDP, will conduct a series of workshops from June 7-24 to raise awareness on the use of probation and parole as a means of decongesting prisons.

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 09:47:24 GMT
NaFAA Extends Second Time Voluntary Payment
[New Republic] The National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA) has given all operators of paddle canoes widely known as Kru canoes up to June 16, 2021 as grace period for the payment of their 2021 fishing license fees.

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 09:47:20 GMT
GOL Losses U.S.$200,000.00 to Impeach Justice Ja'neh
[New Republic] The Government of Liberia is at the verge of losing Two-Hundred Thousand (200,000.00) United States Dollars to former Associate Justice, Kabinet Ja'neh for wrongfully impeaching him.

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 09:47:16 GMT
Seven Members Delegation From ECOWAS Electoral Network in Liberia
[New Republic] A seven-member delegation from ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions, (ECONEC), post-Election Follow Up and Needs Assessment Mission arrives in Liberia Sunday for a week-long visit.

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 10:58:10 GMT
President Weah Reaffirms Liberia's Commitment to 'End Aids 2030' Campaign
[Govt of Liberia] The President of Liberia, H.E. Dr. George Manneh Weah as assured the United Nations General Assembly that Liberia remains committed to global efforts to eradicate HIV/AIDS by 2030 consistent with "Common Africa Position on HIV/AIDS,...

Tue, 08 Jun 2021 14:43:40 GMT
Liberia to Increase Productivity, Market Access for Farmers, Agri-Enterprises
[LINA] Monrovia -- The World Bank Board has approved a new financing to increase productivity and market access for smallholder farmers and agri-enterprises in Liberia.



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