Friday 3rd September, 2010

• DBC Jonathan Hicks to Conduct Symposium On Political Reporting In Liberia

  Liberian Journal

  , has received funding from the Ford Foundation to travel to Liberia to conduct a symposium on political and election reporting in advance of that country’s 2011 presidential election.

• Chevron to begin explorations off Liberia's coast

  Fox 23

  (David McNew, Getty Images) MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — The head of Liberia's state-owned oil company says it has signed an agreement with Chevron Corp. to begin explorations off the country's coast....

• Chevron joins with Nigerian firm to explore Liberian offshore oil reserves

  General Sources

  MONROVIA, Liberia - The head of Liberia's state-owned oil company says it has signed an agreement with Chevron Corp. to begin explorations off the country's coast.Fodee Kromah, president of ...

• Team Drops Indiscipline Football Players

  All Africa

  Liberia's senior football team has dropped three key players ahead of its African Cup of Nations qualifiers match against Zimbabwe on Sunday, September 5 in Monrovia. Lone Star's Hungarian Coach, Ber...

• U.S.-Based Liberian Laments Poor Education Conditions

  All Africa

  A Liberian based in the United States, Mrs. Rosaline Kingston Bonsi, has expressed a pathetic condition surrounding the learning environment of Liberian students and has called partnership with alread...

• Inmates Beg for Clemency At Zwedru Correction Palace

  All Africa

  Several inmates at the Zwedru Correction Palace are appealing to President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to grant them Executive Clemency. Some of the prisoners were convicted for crime ranging from Murder, ...

• Govt Initiates Peaceful Solution in Gbarpolu, Bomi Land Dispute

  All Africa

  Efforts by the Liberian Government aimed at finding an amicable solution to the land dispute between Bomi and Gbarpolu Counties has commenced with the launch of an official inquiry over the rightful o...

• Journalist Declares Intention for 2011 Elections

  All Africa

  A veteran Liberian broadcast journalist, Mr. Peter Kphan Toby, has declared his intention to run for the House of Representatives for District #6, Weegbyee, Saclapea, in Nimba County in next year's ge...

• More Calls for Drop in Cabinet Positions

  All Africa

  The Senior Stenographer at the House of Representatives Mr. J. Sayfurh Geplay has given support to the call for reduction in multiple cabinet positions. Mr. Geplay said merging certain cabinet posts ...

• No Guilty Verdict in LEC Theft Case

  All Africa

  The Supreme Court of Liberia has set free the Manager of the Ducor Petroleum Company Mr. Amos P. Brousius, Former LEC Managing Director for Administration Mr. Joseph Giddings and Former Warehouse Cler...

• Govt Signs U.S.$1.6 Billion Agreement to Develop Oil Palm Industry

  All Africa

  The Government of Liberia ("GoL") and Golden VerOleum (Liberia) Inc. ("GVL") Thursday, September 2, announced a partnership for the cultivation of sustainable palm oil by the company and by Liberian s...

• Liberia: Firestone Liberia to Host Scholarship Awards Ceremony

  All Africa

  The Management of Firestone Liberia is expected to host a scholarship awards ceremony for deserving students who have been qualified to benefit from the company's Scholarship Program for the 2010/2011...

• Liberia: Disagreement Over APM U.S.$1.7 Million Heightens

  All Africa

  The Managing Director of the National Port Authority (NPA), Ms. Martida Parker and the Chairman of the Board of Directors have differed over the US$1.7 million concession agreement for the reconstruct...

• Liberia: Boakai Welcomes Pantropic to Country

  All Africa

  Liberia's Vice President, Joseph N. Boakai has welcomed the U.S. based Pantropic to Liberia, noting that its operations will touch the lives of rural dwellers, and help boost Government's Poverty Redu...

• Liberia: Firestone Hands Over New Hand Pump to BWI

  All Africa

  The administration of the Booker Washington Institute (BWI) in Kakata, Margibi County, has lauded the long-standing partnership between it and the management of Firestone Liberia.

• Liberia: Cabinet Endorses Plans for Developing Liberia Beyond 2011

  All Africa

  Monrovia, Liberia - The Cabinet last Friday supported progress being made on two of the most significant issues for the future development of Liberia beyond 2011: Local Governance and Decentralization...

• Liberia: 100 Women Get Financial Empowerment Training

  All Africa

  The Microfinance Unit of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in collaboration with the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), and CARE International, has completed a weeklong finan...

• Liberia: Education Ministry Liable

  All Africa

  A Liberian educator, Mr. John Nester Randall says the government’s compulsory primary education was not making any impact on the life of many students. And this, he blamed it on the lack of crea...

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