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Mon, 01 Mar 2021 09:52:36 GMT
Covid-19 Vaccines and Its Power Dynamics Where Does Africa Stand
[FrontPageAfrica] On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID 19 as a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). This eventually allowed the World Health Organization to play coordinating and advisory roles ...

Mon, 01 Mar 2021 09:52:34 GMT
There's the Need to Teach the Public the Dangers of Fumes Deriving From Generators
[FrontPageAfrica] THE NEWS OF EIGHT members of one family dying overnight from suspected carbon monoxide derived from a generator is one that pricks the heart of the nation - it should not have been.

Mon, 01 Mar 2021 09:52:33 GMT
James Edward Marshall United Methodist Church Celebrates 110th Anniversary
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- One of Liberia's oldest churches, James Edward Marshall Memorial United Methodist, has announced the observance of its 110th-year of existence.

Mon, 01 Mar 2021 09:52:29 GMT
People's Liberation Party Political Leader Dedicates Three Bridges Worth Over Us$250,000 in Margibi County
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Vision Bearer of the newly established People's Liberation Party (PLP), Dr. Daniel E. Cassell, has vowed to fight for the redemption of Liberians, particularly those who have been marginalized from the equitable dist...

Mon, 01 Mar 2021 09:52:26 GMT
Japanese Ambassador Accredited to Liberia Begins Five-Day Visit to Liberia
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Ambassador of Japan to Liberia His Excellency HIMENO Tsutomu with residence in Ghana will be visiting Liberia beginning Monday, March 1, 2021 to Friday, March 5, 2021. The Japanese Ambassador accredited to this capit...

Mon, 01 Mar 2021 09:52:24 GMT
Female Senatorial Candidates Battling Their Way Through the Supreme Court to Earn Seat in the Senate
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Ms. Botoe Kanneh - a commoner, a meat seller - who some may have considered as not having any class in politics - has proven to be very formidable in the almost all-male senatorial election but the fight to clip her wing...

Mon, 01 Mar 2021 09:52:23 GMT
Government, Development Partners Petitioned to Support Customary Land Formalization Process
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- A group of Liberians comprising local officials, local and national civil society organizations have called on the Government of Liberia and international development partners for more support towards the full implementa...

Mon, 01 Mar 2021 09:52:22 GMT
House of Representatives Launches Inquest Over 'Declining Education System'
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The House of Representatives has tasked its Committee on Education to launch an investigation into the "alarming situation" affecting the education sector.

Mon, 01 Mar 2021 08:07:37 GMT
Foreign Minister Maxwell Kemayah Pledges Government's Support to Land Authority, Partners to Scale Up Customary Land Formalization
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dee Maxwell Saah Kemayah, Sr. has pledged the Government of Liberia's commitment to fully implementing the Land Rights Act (LRA).

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 13:40:39 GMT
Weah Commissions Harper Port Refurbishment Project
[New Dawn] Harper, Maryland County-President George Weah on Thursday February 25, broke grounds for the construction of a brand new multipurpose office complex and Petroleum storage facility at the Port of Harper.

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 13:40:35 GMT
Fight Over Brownie Samukai
[New Dawn] The Liberian Senate and the Ministry of Justice are in a brawl here over the certification of Lofa County Senator-elect, J. Brownie Samukai after the Supreme Court of Liberia gave approval Wednesday, 24 February, upholding ruling by the Na...

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 13:40:31 GMT
Major Tragedy
[New Dawn] -As generator smoke kills UL Graduate, seven others

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 13:40:29 GMT
Weah Dedicates Major Southeastern Highways
[New Dawn] Harper, Maryland County- President George Weah on Wednesday February 24, dedicated two major highways in the southeast as part of activities on his nationwide county tour.

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 13:29:52 GMT
National Port Authority to Give Elections Commission U.S.$40k for Recount of Ballots in Rivercess County - Sen. Teahjay Discloses, but Port Authority Denies
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Senator J. Milton Teahjay on Thursday made a startling revelation that the National Port Authority (NPA) headed by Mr. Bill Twehway, has committed to pay US$40,000 to the National Elections Commission for the purpose of ...

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 13:29:51 GMT
House of Representatives Approves U.S.$24 Million Supplementary Budget for Fiscal Year 2020-2021
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The House of Representatives has approved a US$24.3 million supplementary budget for fiscal year 2020/2021 to enable government deliver on programs that are critically in need of funds.

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 13:29:48 GMT
Inconsistent Testimonies Plague Massaquoi Trial
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The prosecution case in the Finnish war crimes trial of Gibril Massaquoi, holding sessions in Liberia this month, has struggled with inconsistencies in the testimonies of witnesses to events that happened as long as 20 y...

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 13:29:47 GMT
Day After Graduation Celebration, 8 Members of One Family Found Dead in House
[FrontPageAfrica] Paynesville -- Nancy Miller, believe to be in her early 40's, was one of those joyous graduates, who Wednesday walked out of the Undergraduate section of the University of Liberia.

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 13:29:46 GMT
'Completion of Fish Town-Harper Road Phase One Spurring Development' - Acting Public Works Minister Ruth Coker
[FrontPageAfrica] Harper -- Acting Public Works Minister Ruth Coker has hailed the completion of phase one of the Fish Town- Harper Road in southeastern Liberia, saying it is "contributing greatly to the growth and development of the region."

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 13:29:45 GMT
Mano River Youth Network of Liberia Launches Community Awareness On Covid-19 Prevention and Violence Against Youths
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- A civil society organization, the Mano River Youth Network of Liberia (MaRioNet Liberia) recently launched its community awareness campaign on the prevention of the coronavirus disease and to end violence against childre...

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 13:29:44 GMT
House of Representatives Approves U.S.$24 Million Supplementary Budget for Fiscal Year 2020-2021
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The House of Representatives has approved a US$24.3 million supplementary budget for fiscal year 2020/2021 to enable government deliver on programs that are critically in need of funds.

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 13:29:43 GMT
U.S.$6 Million Petroleum Storage Terminal Construction Insight At Port of Harper
[FrontPageAfrica] Harper -- President George Manneh Weah has broken ground for the construction of a petroleum storage terminal facility (PST) as he commissioned the Harper Port refurbishment project on Thursday.

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 13:29:41 GMT
Senate Mandates Justice Minister to Withdraw Letter to NEC Halting the Certification of Lofa County Senator-Elect Brownie Samukai
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Liberian Senate has ordered the Minister of Justice to withdraw a communication served the National Elections Commission (NEC) by Solicitor General Sayma Syrenius Cephas which instructed the NEC not to certificate Mr...

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 13:29:40 GMT
Bettomax Liberia Launches Mobile App
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- BETTOMAX Liberia formally launched its Web and Mobile Application to sports betting and games of chance players over the weekend at the company's Head Office on 3rd Street in Sinkor.

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 13:29:37 GMT
LISGIS, Partners Assured of Modern Equipment to Conduct 2021 National Population and Housing Census
[FrontPageAfrica] Kakata -- Andrew Tellewoyen, the Census Coordinator at the Liberia Institute of Statistic Geo-Information Services (LISGIS) says despite the delay in the conduct of the National Population and Housing Census, his team is fully prepa...

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 12:49:28 GMT
'Let's Put Aside Politics' Senator Moye
[NEWS] Bong County Senator Prince Moye has rallied all Liberians including his colleagues to see Liberia as the bigger picture and help develop it.

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 12:30:50 GMT
In Gbarpolu Electoral Dispute - NEC Order Full Scale Investigation
[New Republic] MONROVIA-The National Elections Commission (NEC) has ordered a full scale probe into the Gbarpolu County December 8 and 7, 2020 electoral dispute in which property were damaged and citizens wounded.

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 09:18:19 GMT
Liberia's Fisheries Boss Calls for Concerted Efforts
[New Republic] The Director General of Liberia's National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA), Madam Emma Metieh Glassco is admonishing all governments consistent with international best practices and for the safety of fishing crew to ratify ...

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 05:09:14 GMT
Ivorian Refugees in Liberia Struggle to Get a Helping Hand
[RFI] Monrovia -- Ivorian Ruth Sayne, 33, escaped the post-election violence in Cote d'Ivoire in 2011 and fled to neighboring Liberia with her husband, a farmer. While life was hard in the refugee camp, formerly the site of the Prime Timber Productio...

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 14:33:52 GMT
Catholic Prelate Cautions Parishioners to Believe in Science in Covid-19 Fight
[FrontPageAfrica] Paynesville -- The head of the St. Kizito Catholic Church of the Archdiocese of Monrovia, the Reverend Father Ambrose D. Kroma has cautioned his congregation to strictly adhere to all safety measures imposed by the Parish in the wak...

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 14:33:49 GMT
Margibi County Legislative Caucus, Citizens Want Drug Abuse Become Nonbailable Offense
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Citizens of Margibi County through their Legislative Caucus are calling for a review of the existing drug law of Liberia to make drug abuse a nonbailable offense.



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