Liberia
Fri, 12 Mar 2021 09:05:09 GMTBong Residents in Fear Over Closure of Clinic
[New Dawn] Residents of Yowee Town and other nearby communities in Bong County are living in fear due to the closure of the only clinic in the area. Since the opening of the clinic in 2020, nurses assigned at the health facility have over the last fi...
Fri, 12 Mar 2021 09:05:04 GMTJudiciary Sidelined in U.S.$9 Million Budget
[New Dawn] -Chief Justice freezes President Weah's signing
Fri, 12 Mar 2021 09:05:00 GMTConflicting Accounts Over Tragic Accident
[New Dawn] The Office of Speaker Bhofal Chambers and the Press Bureau of the House of Representatives are in clear contradiction here, over Tuesday's (March 9. 2021) tragic motor accident involving the Speaker's escort jeep that knocked down a pregna...
Fri, 12 Mar 2021 09:04:56 GMTFAO Hosts Japanese Ambassador to Liberia
[New Dawn] The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has hosted Japanese Ambassador to Liberia, Tsutomu Himeno in Monrovia.
Fri, 12 Mar 2021 09:04:54 GMTPCC Asked to Demolish Unsanitary 'Public Toilets'
[New Dawn] The environmental department of the Paynesville City Corporation (PCC) is being urged to vigorously shutdown unhygienic 'public toilets' run by individuals in the city.
Fri, 12 Mar 2021 09:04:51 GMTCBL to Prioritize Policy Support for Agriculture Development
[New Dawn] The Board of Governors of the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL), during its 25 February 2021 sitting, unanimously agreed to support policies toward the development of the agricultural subsector with a goal of stabilizing food prices in the med...
Fri, 12 Mar 2021 09:04:48 GMTUNDP Solar Project Helps Improve Health Services At Buchanan Government Hospital
[New Dawn] Great relief has come to the government hospital in Buchanan Grand Bassa County, with the supply of solar energy through UNDP Liberia Solar for Health Project. Reliable solar supply has improved services to patients not just from Buchanan ...
Fri, 12 Mar 2021 09:04:45 GMTLiberia Receives APRM Country Support Mission
[New Dawn] A technical country support mission of the African Peer Review Mechanism Continental Secretariat has arrived in Lieria for a three-day official visit which starts March 10-13, 2021.
Fri, 12 Mar 2021 08:37:30 GMTMinister Kemayah Seeks Support for MRU
[New Republic] - As He Holds Talks with Irish Ambassador to Liberia
Fri, 12 Mar 2021 08:37:27 GMTRadio Margibi Breaks Ground for Over U.S.$60k Modern Facility
[New Republic] Kakata- Radio Margibi in Kakata has broken ground for the construction of a new home valued at a little over sixty thousand United States dollars (US$60.000.00).
Fri, 12 Mar 2021 08:37:23 GMTLiberians in the U.S. Identify With Late UL Graduate Family
[New Republic] A group of Liberian women in the United States Under the banner 'Women with Impact' has identified with the family of the late University of Liberia Graduate Nacy Miller who along with seven other family members died in the house on th...
Fri, 12 Mar 2021 08:37:20 GMTMedia Development Program Ends in Liberia
[New Republic] The Liberia Media Development (LMD) program has come to a close after more than five years of implementation. AS and as a tradition, LMD is expected to hold an official closeout ceremony on Tuesday, March 16, 2021.
Thu, 11 Mar 2021 07:27:42 GMTDefense Focuses On Witness Inconsistencies in War Crimes Trial
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Over the past three weeks of hearings lawyers representing Gibril Massaquoi in his war crimes trial have focused heavily on inconsistencies in witnesses' testimonies in an apparent effort to discredit the prosecution cas...
Thu, 11 Mar 2021 09:54:37 GMTGovernment, National Traditional Council of Liberia, Embark On Re-Dedication of Graves of Fallen Liberian Chiefs, Kings, and Peacemakers
[FrontPageAfrica] Bomi County -- The Government of Liberia (GOL), through the Ministry of Information, Cultural Affairs and Tourism (MICAT) and the National Traditional Council Of Liberia (NTCL) have embarked on an initiative aimed at dignifying and ...
Thu, 11 Mar 2021 09:54:34 GMTUBA Reimagines Digital Banking, Gives Customers More Control, Convenience With New Mobile App
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA), Plc is set to change the face of digital banking services with its new mobile banking app aimed at delivering first-rate services to customers.
Thu, 11 Mar 2021 09:54:30 GMTElectricity Regulatory Commission Licenses Liberia Electricity Corporation With a Call for Continued Support
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Liberia Electricity Regulatory Commission (LERC) has issued six separate licenses to the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) after the nation's premier energy supplier met all of the criteria for licensing.
Thu, 11 Mar 2021 09:54:27 GMTWitness Links Gibril Massaquoi to RUF Activities in Liberia
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Prosecutors stepped up their case against former RUF commander Gibril Massaquoi for war crimes on Wednesday putting a former bodyguard of Foday Sankoh, leader of the Revolutionary United Forces (RUF), on the stand who to...
Thu, 11 Mar 2021 09:54:24 GMTSpeaker Convoy Knocks Down Pregnant Woman Leading to Death of Baby
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- A five-month pregnant woman has lost her baby as a result of being hit by one of the vehicles in Speaker Bhofal Chambers on Tuesday morning near the John F. Kennedy Memorial Medical Center.
Thu, 11 Mar 2021 09:54:21 GMTLiberia to Get First Modern Commercial Inland Storage Facility
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Global Logistics Services (GLS) Group and InfraCo Africa (A PIDG subsidiary) shareholders of the joint venture the company, Liberia Inland Storage and Distribution Services (LISDS) have broken ground for the construc...
Thu, 11 Mar 2021 09:54:19 GMTCommunity-Based Youth Groups Trained in 'Result-Based' Advocacy
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Patience S. Koteah, the Executive Director for "Taking Actions for Girls" says young people are the driving force behind the developmental goals of any country and as such it's important that they understand how advocacy...
Thu, 11 Mar 2021 09:54:16 GMTRep. Frank Foko Calls for Reconciliation in Constituency At Swearing-in Ceremony
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Montserrado County District #9 new Representative, Frank Foko has called for Liberians, especially his constituents to reconcile their differences and move the country forward following a polarizing election.
Thu, 11 Mar 2021 09:54:13 GMTNEC Certificates Biney, Bartekwa and Foko
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The National Elections Commission (NEC) has issued certificates to senators-elect James Biney and Numene T.H. Bartekwa of Maryland and Grand Kru Counties, respectively.
Thu, 11 Mar 2021 09:54:13 GMTMonrovia Residents Still Wait for Covid-19 Food Relief From Government
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Months after a programme to provide food for the poor under a COVID-19 food relief effort had started, some residents of Monrovia are still waiting for their rations. The Liberian government had allocated an amount of $2...
Thu, 11 Mar 2021 09:54:09 GMTDKT Unveils Lydia Post Pill, Brand Ambassadors
[FrontPageAfrica] Paynesville -- DKT International, a charitable non-profit organization which focuses on providing contraceptives and safe abortion products to women and girls, on Saturday, March 6, launched it flagship signature product, Lydia Post...
Thu, 11 Mar 2021 09:09:29 GMTLiberians Mourn Their Dead
[New Republic] -Reflect On How Ebola Treated Their Relative
Thu, 11 Mar 2021 09:00:58 GMTSpeaker Convoy in Tragic Accident
[New Dawn] A 40 year old woman, now in critical condition lost her five months old pregnancy and sustained a broken spine, while her mother legs are reported broken when the speeding convoy of House Speaker Boahfal Chambers ran into them early Tuesda...
Thu, 11 Mar 2021 09:00:55 GMTJudge Urges Police to Investigate Cases Thoroughly
[New Dawn] Maryland -- Maryland County newly assigned Circuit Court Judge, Cllr. Geeplah Tiklo Konton wants law enforcement officers in the county to properly investigate cases before charging and sending suspecs to court for trial.
Thu, 11 Mar 2021 09:00:53 GMTSuperintendent Jailed in Maryland
[New Dawn] Maryland -- Due to failure to pay bill in a land dispute case, Maryland County Fiscal Affairs Superintendent, Anthony Wloflo Bedell, has been arrested and incacerated at the Harper Central Prison in the county.
Thu, 11 Mar 2021 09:00:50 GMTMSF Provides Training for Visiting Hospital Staff
[New Dawn] Eighteen staff members from Liberia's James N. Davis Jr. (JDJ) Memorial Hospital have completed a seven-day training program at the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Children's Hospital in Monrovia since the beginning of the year.
Thu, 11 Mar 2021 09:00:48 GMTElectricity Regulator Craves for Unhindered Funding
[New Dawn] The Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the Liberia Electricity Regulatory Commission (LERC) Dr. Lawrence D. Sekajipo has urged the Government of Liberia and its implementing partners to provide uninterrupted funding to the commissio...