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Wed, 10 Feb 2021 09:10:39 GMT
Ellen Closes, Weah Opens
[New Republic] President George Manneh Weah has broken ground that will lead to the opening of Invincible Sports Park, a multi-purpose complex.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 08:31:44 GMT
9th Judicial Circuit Court Judge Wants Justice Actors to Disengage From Undermining the Court System
[New Dawn] The newly assigned judge at the 9th Judicial Circuit Court in Gbarnga, Bong County, Roland Dahn has called on Justice Actors in the County to disengage from acts that intend to undermine the justice system of the country.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 08:31:44 GMT
NEC Confirms CDC Fokos Victory
[New Dawn] The Board of Commissioners of the National Elections Commission, (NEC) has confirmed and reaffirmed the Board's declaration of Mr. Frank SaahFoko as the winner of the 8 December 2021 electoral District Number 9, Montserrado County Represen...

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 08:31:43 GMT
War Crimes Court Finally Comes to Liberia
[New Dawn] The trial of a suspected Sierra Leonean warlord, Gibril Ealoghima Massaquoi, accused of atrocities in Liberia during the civil war, which started in Finland is finally bringing the much debated court to Liberia. The Finnish Non-Governmenta...

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 08:31:43 GMT
PAPA's President-Elect Speaks On Pending Induction
[New Dawn] The President-elect of the Paynesville Photographers Association (PAPA) Mr. Sampson B. Yeabah says preparations are ongoing for subsequent induction of officials elected at recently held elections. Making the disclosure to reporters in Pay...

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 08:31:41 GMT
Stakeholders Brainstorm On Liberia's AfCFTA Status
[New Dawn] A major stakeholder's workshop on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement has officially opened at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry in Monrovia, with stakeholders emphasizing the significance of the instrument in bo...

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 08:31:40 GMT
Rep. Duncan Donates 3 Buses to Students in Sinoe
[New Dawn] As a means of fulfilling his 2017 campaign promises to the people of Sinoe County, electoral district#1Representative and Chairman of the Sinoe Legislative Caucus, Crayton O. Duncan has put to an end long distance trekking by students in G...

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 08:31:39 GMT
Senate Probes Missing Persons At St. Moses
[New Dawn] -summons security apparatus

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 08:31:37 GMT
Youth Group Wants Tough Punishment Against FGM
[New Dawn] Youth Alliance for Better Future located in Jacob town, Paynesville has urged the Government of Liberia through the Ministry of Gender, Children, and Social Protection, and the Ministry of Justice to institute tough punishment against perp...

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 08:31:35 GMT
Concern Group Plans Demonstration
[New Dawn] A group under the banner, Citizens United for Equal Justice has promised a massive protest if Bong County Superintendent Esther Walker does not hand over her son to Police.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 08:31:33 GMT
Weah Breaks Grounds for Multi - Purpose Sports Complex
[New Dawn] President George Manneh Weah has broken grounds for the Invincible Sports Park, a multi-purpose complex that will contain basketball courts, tennis courts, volleyball courts, walking trails, a children's playground, and an outdoor gym, tog...

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 08:31:30 GMT
Inland Church School Honors First Principal
[New Dawn] Inland Church Liberia Paynesville Omega branch has honored the church's school first Principal for his dedication and meaningful long-time financial contribution to both the Inland Church and the John B. Wahpoe Academy operated by the Chur...

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 08:31:29 GMT
Commending the U.S. for Donating Over 430 Textbooks
[New Dawn] In continuous demonstration of United States-Liberia's traditional and historical ties, the Government of America thru the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the U.S. Department of Health & Human Service's Health ...

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 08:18:38 GMT
Civil Society Groups Want Senator Varney Sherman Stripped From Influential Judiciary Committee's Chairmanship
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Liberia's largest civil society platform, the National Civil Society Council of Liberia and the Liberia CSOs Anti-Corruption Coalition have petitioned the Liberian to remove Senator H. Varney Sherman of Grand Cape Mount ...

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 08:11:10 GMT
Monrovia Turns Into City of Lights
[New Republic] At long last, the city of Monrovia has been turned into a 'new city of lights'. This was made manifest last Friday by the president of Liberia, Dr. George M. Weah.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 08:11:08 GMT
Foreign Minister Impressed By Chinese - Aided Project At LBS
[New Republic] Following a guarded tour of ongoing works at the Liberia Broadcasting System (LBS) along with Chinese Ambassador Mr. Ren Yisheng, Liberia's Foreign Minister H.E. Dee - Maxwell Saah Kemayah, Sr., said he is impressed by the progress bei...

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 10:23:51 GMT
Harsh Condition Forces Physically Challenged Out of College, Turns to Shoe Repairing
[FrontPageAfrica] Buchanan -- The coordinator of the disabled community in Grand Bassa County has said the many challenges they are enduring are making their future bleak.

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 10:23:50 GMT
Defense Questions Timing of Alleged Events in Monrovia in Massaquoi Trial
[FrontPageAfrica] Tampere, Finland -- Prosecution and defense went head-to-head on the reliability of news references to Gibril Massaquoi's whereabouts at the start the second week of the trial against him at the Pirkanmaa District Court in the Finni...

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 10:23:49 GMT
Rep. Samuel Korgar Frown On Foreigners Engaging in Retail Businesses
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Representative Samuel Korgar (PUP-Dist#5 Nimba County) has alarmed over what he calls unfair business practices by foreign businesses, specifically Chinese businesses against struggling Liberian businesses. He has called...

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 10:23:46 GMT
Has the Liberian 1970s Revolution Come Full Circle?
[FrontPageAfrica] If asked "how's the Revolution?" many would answer: "it failed." That's because there seems to have been many false starts. There were many moments when leaders claimed to be leading a revolution just to fall well short and chased a...

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 10:23:44 GMT
Lofa County Senator-Elect, Brownie Samukai, Others, Found Guilty By Supreme Court -
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Supreme Court of Liberia has upheld the lower court's ruling against Senator-elect J. Brownie Samukai and two other co-appellants and sentenced them to two years in prison each for misapplication of US$1.1 million in...

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 10:23:40 GMT
Pres. Weah to Hold Quarterly Meeting With Health Stakeholders
[FrontPageAfrica] As He Dedicates First Polio Emergency Operations Center for Liberia

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 10:23:37 GMT
Three Former 'Zogos' Complete Rehabilitation - Become Productive Citizens
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Three young men who had undergone rehabilitation have gotten a new lease of life after they graduated from the New Life Recovery Center, a faith-based rehabilitation center in Sundaygar Town, Margibi County.

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 10:23:32 GMT
Jallah Town Resident Stage Violent Protest Demanding Electricity - Say It's More Useful to Them Than 'Presidential Street Lights'
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Hundreds of aggrieved residents of the Jallah Town Community in Monrovia during the early morning hours of Monday, February 8 staged a violent protest, setting roadblocks stalling normal working, business, and academic a...

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 10:23:26 GMT
House Probes How MNG Gold Obtained License for Underground Mining
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The House of Representatives Committee on Concession and Natural Resources says it has investigated and established that the Ministry of Mines has given authorization to MNG Gold to carryout underground mining in its pla...

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 05:10:39 GMT
Liberia Commissions First National Polio Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
[WHO] Monrovia -- To Stop the spread of circulating vaccine derived Polio Virus type 2 (cVDPV2) in Liberia and protect communities from this crippling disease, on 5th February 2021, the Government of Liberia and the Global Polio Eradication Initiativ...

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 08:31:24 GMT
Jackson Children Foundation Elects PTA Officials
[New Dawn] The Jackson Children Foundation for Better Education (JCFFBE) situated in St. Kizito Community in Paynesville City has elected the school's Parents Teachers Association (PTA) Chairman and Co-Chairman respectively.

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 09:44:25 GMT
Liberia President's Son Claims Immunity After Arrest At Paris Party Under Curfew
[RFI] Liberia President George Weah's son was arrested last week in Paris for breaking Covid-19 curfew rules with a raucous house party. French police intervened at an apartment in an upscale neighbourhood of the capital and questioned George Weah Jr...

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 09:25:47 GMT
New U.S. Ambassador Michael Mccarthy Handovers 430 Current Textbooks to Nursing and Midwifery Institutions in Liberia
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Ambassador Michael McCarthy, the new United States Ambassador accredited to Monrovia has stressed that the United States government is willing to support the health sector of Liberia. He, at the same time, handed over 43...

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 09:25:39 GMT
LMHRA Warns Public Against Buying Drugs From People Selling in Buckets
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The open sale of drugs both traditional and pharmaceutical by unregistered outlets is a major concern in Liberia.



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