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Fri, 10 Dec 2021 14:41:23 GMT
Senate Votes to Distribute Road Fund Equally Among All Counties
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Members of the Liberian Senate have agreed that monies generated under the National Road Fund be distributed evenly amongst counties making up the 15 subdivisions of Liberia.

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 14:41:22 GMT
Liberian to Participate in Youth Town Hall At U.S. Summit for Democracy
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The U.S. Embassy in Liberia announced today that Sonnie Christine Lawrence, a 2019 fellow of the Mandela Washington Fellowship Program, will virtually participate in the Youth Town Hall at the Summit for Democracy on Fri...

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 14:41:21 GMT
National Port Authority in Full Swing Operation
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The National Port Authority had clarified that normal port operations are currently proceeding smoothly at the Freeport of Monrovia, following temporary closure by the Debt Court of Montserrado County, on Tuesday, Decemb...

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 14:41:18 GMT
Payowi Commemorates 16th Days of Activism - Embarks On Awareness to Eliminate SGBV Cases
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- As part the ceremony marking the celebration of the 16th Days of Activism in Liberia, the Program coordinator of Paramount Young Women Initiative (PAYOWI), Miss. Hawa C. Wilson has called on Liberians to join hands toget...

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 14:41:16 GMT
Farmers Trapped in Subsistence Farming Due to Lack of Agricultural Financing - Study Finds
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- study carried out by the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has found that farmers in Liberia are trapped in subsistence farming because most financial institu...

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 14:41:13 GMT
Liberty Party Alarms Threats Against Party's Leadership - Seeks Protection From Justice Ministry
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Following the surreptitious suspensions of the Political Leader of the opposition Liberty Party (LP), Senator Nyonblee Karnga-Lawrence, and several others National Executive Committee (NEC) members, fear has reportedly g...

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 14:15:42 GMT
Environmental Protection Agency Launches Liberia's First National Adaptation Plan and 1st Adcom
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Environmental Protection Agency has launched Liberia's First National Adaptation Plan (NAP) and adaptation communication. The NAP is intended to address Liberia's medium and long term climate change adaptation interv...

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 14:15:39 GMT
'General Broh' Apologizes to House for Not Honoring Invitation Owing to Medical Issues
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The embattled Director General of the General Service Agency, Madam Mary Broh has apologized to the House of Representatives for her failure to honor plenary's invitation on Tuesday.

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 14:15:36 GMT
Civil Society Groups Want Tangible, Urgent Actions for SGVB Survivors
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Top Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have begun to hold stakeholders' engagement meetings aimed at advocating for tangibles and urgent actions to be taken in increasing budgetary support for Sexual Gender-Base Violence...

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 14:15:33 GMT
LWSC Launches 100 Day Action Plan With Support From World Bank
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation with support from the World Bank has launched its one hundred Days revenue collection action plan .

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 14:15:32 GMT
Green Advocate International, Partners Launch Community Advocacy for Land and Livelihood
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Green Advocates International (GAI) Alliance for Rural Democracy (ARD) Natural Resource Women Platform (NRWP) has officially launched the Community Advocacy for Land and Livelihood Support (CALL) project in the country.

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 14:15:26 GMT
Pres. Weah Urges World Leader to Protect the Fight Against Corruption and Human Rights
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- In a speech to world leaders, President George M. Weah has called for the strengthening of democracy and "protecting against". The fight against corruption, he said, and the promotion of freedom and human rights, are cru...

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 14:15:23 GMT
Multinational Stakeholders Validate Grebo/Krahn National Park Management Plan
[FrontPageAfrica] Paynesville -- A five-year strategic management plan designed to ensure an effective administration of the Grebo/Krahn National Park (GKNP) consistent with internationally acceptable standard and protocol has been approved by multin...

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 14:15:17 GMT
How the U.S. Sanction On Sen. Prince Johnson Could Further Dwindle His Political Influence
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Nimba County Senator Prince Y. Johnson prides himself as the 'king of Nimba' but to the U.S. Government, he is the king of "Pay-for-Play" in Liberia. And dearly they have made him pay for it - sanctioned by the Departmen...

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 12:35:15 GMT
CBL Dedicates Regional Cash Hub in Gbarnga
[New Dawn] The services of the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) will be enhanced and more inclusive, following the dedication of a regional Cash Hub in Gbarnga, Bong County.

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 12:35:12 GMT
CENTRAL - Be Non-Selective in Corruption Fight
[New Dawn] The Center for Transparency and Accountability in Liberia or CENTAL has urged the Weah administration to be non-selective in the fight against corruption.

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 12:35:06 GMT
LACC Wants Special Corruption Court
[New Dawn] Corruption Commission (LACC) Executive Chairperson Cllr. Edwin Kla Martin has appealed to the Government of Liberia through the Legislature for the enactment of a specialized court to fast track prosecution of corruption cases here.

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 12:35:01 GMT
Weah Urges Protection in Corruption Fight
[New Dawn] President George Manneh Weah has called for the strengthening of democracy and protection in the fight against corruption in an address to world leaders while maintaining that the promotion of freedom and human rights are crucial to the ma...

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 12:34:59 GMT
Host Counties Petition Legislature
[New Dawn] Amidst protest and countered protest

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 12:34:56 GMT
LACC Promises Robust Fight Against Corruption
[New Dawn] The Executive Chairperson of the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) Cllr. Edwin Kla Martin says here that in declaring war against corruption the Commission will remain robust in consonance with the 2008 Act that established the ant...

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 12:34:53 GMT
Grand Gedeh - 'Rise and Take the Giant Steps'
[New Dawn] Tchien Education Officer tells Agriculture youth graduates

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 14:41:25 GMT
CBL Dedicates First Regional Cash Hub in Gbarnga
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The services of the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) will be enhanced and more inclusive, following the dedication of a regional Cash Hub in Gbarnga, Bong County. The Cash Hub, a flagship CBL Project, aimed at modernizing f...

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 12:35:18 GMT
Publishers Go to the Poll Today
[New Dawn] Members of the Publishers Association of Liberia (PAL) are expected to go to the poll today, December 10, 2021, to elect their leadership for another three years term.

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 12:35:11 GMT
U.S. Sanctions PYJ for Corruption
[New Dawn] The Government of the United States has slammed "Economic Sanction" on Liberian Senator Prince Yormie Johnson (PYJ), for corruption in what appears to be ongoing efforts to enclose the notorious warlord for eventual war crimes charges.

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 08:56:05 GMT
U.S. Treasury Sanctions Prince Yormie Johnson Under Global Magnitsky Act
[FrontPageAfrica] On International Anti -- Corruption Day, the U.S. Mission in Liberia stands in solidarity with all those committed to confronting and ending widespread corruption. This includes those within the Government of Liberia who stand up ag...

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 08:13:50 GMT
'Tax Payment Is PAPD's Backbone,' President Weah Says As He Launches Revenue Symposium
[Govt of Liberia] The President of the Republic, Dr. George Manneh Weah, says his administration will not tolerate the refusal of some Liberians to pay their taxes, which he described as backbone of the government's flagship development program, Pro-...

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 08:12:11 GMT
House Summons Mary Broh for Contempt
[New Dawn] The House of Representatives in open session Tuesday, December 7, 2021, summoned the Chairperson of the Citizens Engagement Board, Madam Mary Broh to appear before the August body today, Thursday, December 9, 2021, to show reasons while sh...

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 08:12:08 GMT
Mining War Looms
[New Dawn] HPX, Ivanhoe Liberia express concern over multi-user access to major corridors

Sat, 11 Dec 2021 08:05:19 GMT
U.S. Treasury Issues Sanctions on Prince Yormie Johnson
[allAfrica] Excerpts from a press release issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury:

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 07:43:22 GMT
Senator Dillon to Lead Campaign for the Removal of Musa Bility As Liberty Party Chairman
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- In the wake of multiple suspensions and internal wrangling within the opposition Liberty Party, the suspended Vice Chairman for Political Affairs of the party, Senator Abraham Darius Dillon, has expressed deepest regrets...



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