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Mon, 04 Jan 2021 05:03:54 GMT
Maritime Authority Denies Sanctions Report
[New Dawn] The Liberia Maritime Authority (LiMA) clarifies reports that the United States recently imposed sanctions on several Liberian-registered shipping companies. The LiMA rejects such information as misleading and inaccurate.

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 06:45:49 GMT
Who Are Those in Charge of Liberia's Fiscal and Monetary Policies - Tweah, Tarlue or Mcgill?
[Observer] Just who are those in charge of Liberia's monetary and fiscal policy is the question on the lips of most Liberians. The question is being asked because from all indications, Minister of State Nathaniel McGill, rather than the Governor of t...

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 06:45:02 GMT
Aware International School Student Wins Creative Writing Contest
[Observer] A 15-year old eleventh grade student of the Aware International School was a proud winner of the poetry category of the annual short story and poetry writing competition organized by the SFI Write Liberia.

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 05:22:28 GMT
Alex Cummings Urges Pres. Weah to Focus On Improving Living Conditions in 2021 Instead of "Competing With Local Musical Artists"
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Chairman of the Collaborating Political Parties (CPP), Mr. Alexander B. Cummings, has challenged President George Manneh Weah to place a keen focus on his enormous task of improving the living conditions of Liberians...

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 05:22:19 GMT
Newly Elected Senators Vow to Ensure That the Wealth and Resources of Liberia Positively Impact the Lives of All Citizens Through Budgetary Allocation
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Ahead of the official commencement of the Fourth Session of the 54th National Legislature, about eight newly elected Senators have pledged to be vigilant and proactive in the execution of their constitutional responsibil...

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 05:22:14 GMT
Senator Dillon "Decimates" CDC and President Weah
[FrontPageAfrica] "I Mulbah K. Morlu, Chairman of the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC), on December 8, 2020, one of us will leave his position. I will defeat Dillon. Dillon, if I do not defeat you, let me resign as chairman of the CDC on Decembe...

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 05:22:07 GMT
Safe Positions, Condoms and Masks - Liberian Sex Workers' Covid-19 Playbook
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Lovely 24, is looking for men wanting to quench their sexual desires. Wearing a black bra top and hot pants, she is at a local entrainment bar here in the capital. Lovely, not her real name, and other women here offering...

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 05:21:58 GMT
Analysis of the 2023 Elections - the George Weah Factor
[FrontPageAfrica] As a political organizer, a campaign planning trainer and a grassroots' leader with over 18 years of professional experience, honestly President George M. Weah can still win an election if he has the best people, placed in the right...

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 05:22:20 GMT
Elections 2020 - Cummings-Led Ccpp Won a Political Battle, the War Comes 2023
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The disruptive (meaning that he did not emerge from the political class or culture) Weah Presidency is about midway through its six-year term. A midterm election has proffered the biggest of jolts and sent thinkers ponde...

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 05:22:16 GMT
Wall Street Journal Report Cites Liberia Among Best Responders to Covid-19
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Liberia, hard hit by the Ebola epidemic in 2014, was one of the first countries to start screening for Covid-19 at airports and to adopt other control measures, such as rapid testing, complete contact tracing and quarant...

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 05:19:52 GMT
Anxiety Over Covid-19 Stimulus Food Package
[New Dawn] Despite households enumeration by the Liberia Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS) several citizens in Maryland County have expressed frustrations over prolonged delay of the government COVID-19 Stimulus Food package reaching t...

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 05:18:40 GMT
Bomi - Senator-Elect Snowe Picks Alice Gborie Lansanah to Replace Him
[New Dawn] Senjeh District, Bomi County. Independent candidate for the Special Senatorial Elections from Bomicounty, Representative Edwin Melvin Snowe Jr. has overwhelmingly won a seat in the Senate following the December 8, 2020 elections. This mean...

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 05:05:26 GMT
Stakeholders End Boundary Harmonization Meeting in Grand Gedeh
[New Dawn] The Grand Gedeh Bar Association in collaboration with the Grand Gedeh County Legislative Caucus has ended a two-day Community leaders meeting with stakeholders of bordering communities near Ivory Coast. District Commissioners, youth leader...

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 05:22:17 GMT
Four U.S.-Based Pastors Admonish Fellow Pastors and Church Leaders Back Home Despite Economic Challenges
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Four renowned and acclaimed pastors and Church Leaders based in the United States of America are encouraging Pastors and Church Leaders back home to continuously remain focus and dedication to the assignments given them ...

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 05:04:54 GMT
600 Kids Benefit TRF's 'Encountering My First Santa' Initiative
[New Dawn] The Raphaelyn Foundation (TRF) has put smiles on the faces of hundreds of the kids during the festive seasons in line with its sole purpose to give hope and inspire lives. TRF made it a duty to ensure that six hundred children from five co...

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 05:06:04 GMT
Police Boss Donates to Disadvantaged Liberians
[New Dawn] The Inspector General of Police, Patrick Toe Sudue has donated variety of food items to several groups of indigent Liberians during the festive season. The Police Chief on New Year's Eve visited a number of care homes and made the donation...

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 20:25:32 GMT
Liberian Journalist, Fatoumata Fofana, Publishes Debut Novel
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- A former editor of the Daily Observer newspaper, Fatoumata Fofana, has published her first novel, entitled SADJIO. Published by New York-based Adelaide Books, this novel traces the life of a young girl growing up in a co...

Thu, 31 Dec 2020 10:12:26 GMT
AFL Faces Accommodation Problem Chief of Staff Discloses
[NEWS] The Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) Major General Prince C.Y. Johnson has disclosed that accommodation of soldiers is a major challenge hindering the recruitment of more personnel.

Thu, 31 Dec 2020 11:56:36 GMT
Govt Develops Handbook for Artisanal Mining Sector
[NEWS] Artisanal and small-scale mining is the main source of income for more than 100,000 gold and diamond miners in Liberia. Out of the 1,293 mining operations in the country, 1,142 (88.3 per cent) are artisanal and small-scale miners.

Thu, 31 Dec 2020 08:17:45 GMT
President Weah Issues Executive Order 103 to Stimulate Economic Growth
[Govt of Liberia] The President of the Republic, H.E. Dr. George Manneh Weah has issued Executive Order No. 103 aimed at stimulating economic growth in the Liberian economy.

Thu, 31 Dec 2020 12:44:04 GMT
Rep, George Wants Account of Damaged Banknotes Before Replacement
[NEWS] Montserrado County District #Seven Representative, Solomon George, is calling on the Executive branch of government to account for the amount of damaged Liberian banknotes before the National Legislature can authorize the printing of new bankn...

Wed, 30 Dec 2020 07:38:21 GMT
Trump Extends Live, Work Benefit for Liberians
[FrontPageAfrica] United States -- After calling the COVID relief bill a "disgrace," President Donald Trump signed the measure on Dec. 28, extending expanded unemployment benefits and an eviction moratorium, averting a government shutdown, and provid...

Tue, 29 Dec 2020 17:00:10 GMT
CPP Calls for Rerun of Nimba Disputed Election
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Tue, 29 Dec 2020 14:20:12 GMT
Ministry of Mines and Energy, Partners Hold Workshop for Artisanal and Small Scale Miners
[FrontPageAfrica] Kakata, Margibi County -- The Ministry of Mines and Energy in collaboration with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Monday organized a one-day stakeholders workshop with the...

Tue, 29 Dec 2020 13:29:17 GMT
Govt Pays U.S.$5 Million to Ganta-Saclepea Road Contractors
[NEWS] The Government of Liberia, through the National Road Fund (NRF) has disbursed US$5 million for the payment of contractors of the Ganta-Saclepea road corridor, which constitutes phase one of the Ganta-Tappita Road Project.

Sun, 27 Dec 2020 17:07:07 GMT
Lack of Funds in Liberia Hampers Legal Enforcement of Rural Land Rights
[RFI] Monrovia -- In the two years since the long-awaited Land Rights bill was passed, it was supposed to give local communities direct ownership to their land, but a lack of awareness and little funding have impeded progress.

Thu, 24 Dec 2020 08:51:34 GMT
LNBA Condemns Acts of Torture & Electoral Violence in Gbarpolu
[New Dawn] The Liberian National Bar Association (LNBA) strongly condemns the acts of torture and electoral violence that were recently perpetrated in Gbarpolu County during the December 8, 2020 midterm senatorial elections in that county. The LNBA e...

Thu, 24 Dec 2020 08:51:33 GMT
Margibi - Civil Society Asks for Referendum Vote Recount - NEC Warns of Insecurity
[New Dawn] Civil Society Organizations in Margibi, including the Citizen For Sustainable Peace and Development (CsP), Rural Women Network of Liberia (RWNL), United Students Organization (USO), and the Association of Community Chairman and Traditional...

Thu, 24 Dec 2020 08:51:29 GMT
PYJ Killed More Nimbaians
[New Dawn] -Rep. Larry Yonquoi

Thu, 24 Dec 2020 08:51:26 GMT
Gbarpolu - Paramount Chief Not Held Accountable for Election Violence and Threats
[New Dawn] Uncertainty and anxiety looms in Gbarpolu County over the recently held Special Senatorial Election on December 8, which remain unconcluded as of December 22.



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