Provides the latest RSS feeds for Liberia News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Liberia News.net http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/cat/0c2a4f9c423160d2/ en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 12:40:19 -0400 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:40:19 -0400 30 Shares in Frank Timis' African Petroleum (AP) have fallen 90 percent over the past 12 months and reports of an alleged investigation by the National Stock Exchange of Australiaamidst claims of stocks dumping by senior AP executives have made international headlines. In February 2012, AP announced a major discovery in its Naria-1 Well offshore Liberia, causing a significant jump in its stocks ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214717002/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:08:36 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214717002/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 May 22, a USD 100 million unfunded Risk Participation Agreement (RPA) between the AfDB and Commerzbank AG under which the two banks will share the default risk on a portfolio of qualifying trade transactions originated by issuing banks in Africa and confirmed by Commerzbank AG. This facility will help address critical market demand for trade finance in Africa by providing support for trade in ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214717005/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:54:09 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214717005/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 ABIDJAN-The President of the Ivorian National Assembly has reacted for the first time on what appears to be the last report of the independent expert of the United Nations dated 12 April 2013. The former prime Minister statement was maintained during a press conference he hosted in conjunction with the Head of Government, Ivorian current Prime Minister Daniel Kablan Duncan, Wednesday May 22, 2013 ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214717003/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:54:08 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214717003/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 On May 3, 2013, members of the Liberian media assembled in Buchanan, Grand Bassa County to observe World Press Freedom Day, a day declared by the United Nations to remind member states about the need for a free, independent and pluralistic media. But it was also to pay tribute to journalists and media workers who were killed in the performance of their trade. Ever since this day was adopted, ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214717004/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:54:08 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214717004/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 The Vice President for Administration at the William V.S. Tubman University in Harper has resigned. According to a press release posted recently on the bulletin of the university, the resignation of Dr. Joseph Isaac was based on his appointment as the new President of the African Methodist Episcopal University (AMEU) by the Board of Trustees in Monrovia. Dr. Isaac was the first Vice President ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214717007/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:42:54 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214717007/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 The faith based media group, Christian Media Center, says it finds it difficult to accept that Archbishop Michael Francis has finally left Liberians without a word from his lips. Responding to the news of the Archbishop's death, Christian Media Center noted that Liberia has lost a voice and it is very less likely that any member of the Liberian clergy can fill the void that Michael Francis ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214717008/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:42:54 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214717008/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 The New Democrat Newspaper has announced the established of a foundation in honor of its fallen Publisher and Managing Editor Tom Kamara. Mr. Kamara, who was known in the media as a fearless and a legendary writer, died on June 8, 2012 after a brief illness. According to New Democrat release, the foundation, which would be named and styled, "Tom Kamara Foundation" (TKF), will seek to ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214717006/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:42:54 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214717006/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 The latest assets declaration report released by the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) on the verification of public officials' assets has exposed several officials who allegedly refused to allow their assets [already declared] to be verified by the LACC. The verification process by the LACC was intended to show the truthfulness of the assets that have been declared by officials of ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214716774/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:42:53 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214716774/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Police in Monrovia have announced the arrest of a 28 years old woman for alleged involvement in the trafficking of nine children all under the age of five at a local checkpoint on the Monrovia/Gbarnga highway yesterday. According to police spokesman, Sam Collins, Madam Salomine Togba was arrested by a team of police with the children at a checkpoint, and disclosed that she is being questioned, ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214715500/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:41:12 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214715500/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 The Liberia Media Center (LMC) has held a one-day seminar for peace club students in various universities and colleges across the country. Speaking at the Seminar Wednesday at the LM C offices, the Project Coordinator Richard Hoff said the training is a 24-month grant in which the European Union (EU) provided 80 percent and LMC 20 percent as part of the peace initiative to bring together ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214715501/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:29:44 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214715501/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Tripoli - An armed group on Monday (May 20th) struck the Mellitah oil and gas complex west of Tripoli, wounding at least two guards. According to a source at the facility, armed assailants from "outside the area" mounted their attack in the early morning. They were able to seize arms and some twenty vehicles before taking off, Libya Herald reproted. Colonel Juma Abdul Jalil, commander ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214715247/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:29:42 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214715247/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Nairobi and was received at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport by Cabinet Secretary for Devolution and Planning Ms. Ann Waiguru. Liberia's Honorory Consul in Kenya Mr. Kimani Benson Mathu was also in ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214713880/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:50:56 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214713880/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 The President was received by Devolution and Planning Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru. They held discussions at the Presidential Pavilion before the President and her entourage left the country for AddisAbaba the venue for the five-day AU meeting. The Liberia President was accompanied by Senior Officials in her Government including among others Hon. Lewis G. Brown, Liberian Information Minister ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214712535/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:41:15 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214712535/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Residents of the Gibi District in Margibi County are calling on the Government of Liberia, through the Ministries of Education and Internal Affairs, to aid them in over-coming traditional practices against formal education. Residents of Gibi District, which has over 10,000 residents, complained that during the regular instructional period, there are disruptions by country (traditional) devils. ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214712786/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:06:53 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214712786/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 The Land Commission has launched its Urban Land Inventory Project in Gbarnga, Bong County. The Project is intended to map up the city for proper records of the population, as well as the number of houses, among others. Giving an over view of the project, the Commissioner for Land Use and Management at the commission called on residents of the city of Gbarnga to cooperate with the ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214712785/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:06:53 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214712785/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Monrovia - The President of the Invincible Eleven (IE) Majestic Sports Association has described the lack of medical team and equipment at various Liberia Football Association (LFA) league matches as completely against the rules of the game. Mr. Richard Tolbert made the description Wednesday after one his team's defenders Benjamin Nyanforh sustained a serious injury to the head after he ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214712791/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:06:52 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214712791/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has counter-argued the general perception here that the young people were "lost generation," rather saying they are "opportunity" generation. "People sometimes call our young people the "lost" generation; we think they are the "opportunity" generation," President Sirleaf said. Speaking at the ground-breaking ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214712787/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:06:52 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214712787/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 The Ngwayah's family in Suakoko District, Bong County has announced the construction of a modern clinic in the town of Gbornokalansue. Speaking at the ground breaking ceremony, Suakoko District Commissioner Claude Saul described the project as a blessing from God, stressing that the importance of constructing a clinic in Gbornokalansue could not be over-emphasized because a lot of people ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214712788/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:06:52 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214712788/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has dedicated the new marginal wharf at the National Port Authority with a promise that government's partnership with the APM Terminal will continue. The APM Terminal is an American based company that signed a concession agreement with the Liberian Government to manage the pier of the National Port Authority for a period of 25 years. In the dedication of the ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214712789/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:06:52 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214712789/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 About fifty years ago, a young handsome priest burst on to the scene at the Catholic Church on Ashmun Street and immediately became a star for us school children, boy scouts and hangers on. Sharp, funny, deeply intellectual and above all compassionate towards humanity, we would all latch on this young energetic man, who himself was still in his twenties. We never thought he would rise to be an ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214712792/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:06:52 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214712792/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 The Liberia National Police (LNP) led by its Inspector General, Col. C. Clarence Massaquoi has honored a Liberian who was adopted by an American Adaption organization identified as Acres of Hope. Mr. Jacob Elder (Adopted Child) who is currently residing in the United States of America with his adopted parents and visiting his mother land (Liberia) was adopted in November 2003 in the heat of the ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214712790/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:06:52 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214712790/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Nimba County is said to be in a state of shock following a live radio confession by the county's Senior Senator Prince Y. Johnson (PYJ), detailing how he influenced elections officials in the county to cheat for his NUDP's candidates. He alleged that President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf to whom he pledged his support in the November 2011 presidential runoff, was also instrumental in ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214712549/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:06:52 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214712549/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 THE LIBERIA ANTI-CORRUPTION Commission released its Verification report Tuesday in which it is purported that some officials of the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf-led government misrepresented the facts and lied in their declaration of assets. ONE OF THE MAJOR discoveries in the findings is that the managing director of the National Port Authority, Matilda Parker lied about the value of her assets and ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214712556/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:06:51 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214712556/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Defects in both the current Labour Law and Draft Decent Work Bill 2010 have been discovered, with a call for action to bring Liberia in harmony with international standards and the practice on child labour. Attorney-At-Law Michael M. Allison, Managing Director of the BRICS Mano River Union Legal Consultants said there was disharmony between minimum age for education and work issue in Liberia. ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214712564/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:06:50 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214712564/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 The First Telecommunications Consumer Parliament organized by the Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA), has ended in the Central Liberian provincial City of Gbarnga, Bong County, following a one-day session, with parliamentarians proffering several recommendations to improve the telecommunications sector in Liberia. In a 16-count recommendations presented at the end of the parliamentary ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214712569/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:06:50 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214712569/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 The Liberian Government has invited a technical delegation from Equatorial Guinea to Monrovia in early June after both governments agreed on May 21, 2013 to arrange the financing and construction of the Roberts International Airport (RIA) and social housing in Liberia. In a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed in Malibo between Liberia and Equatorial Guinea on 21 May, both governments agreed ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214712567/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:06:50 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214712567/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Monrovia- The report issued by the Liberia Anti Corruption Commission (LACC) that some officials of the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf-led government misrepresented the facts and lied in their declaration of assets with the commission has hit high notes in Liberia. The LACC particularly noted that the managing director of the National Port Authority Matilda Parker lied about the value of her assets and ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214711578/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Thu, 23 May 2013 05:57:25 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214711578/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf departed the country on Wednesday, May 22, for intergovernmental engagements in Ethiopia and Japan, and a philanthropy event sponsored by Forbes Magazine, in the United States. According to an Executive Mansion release, President Sirleaf departed for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on the first leg of her trip, to attend the 21st Ordinary Session of the Summit of the ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214711395/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Thu, 23 May 2013 05:57:25 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214711395/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 WASHINGTON, D.C. April 2, 2013: The Coalition for Justice in Liberia (CJL), a U.S.-based human rights advocacy organization, in collaboration with other international human rights groups, will hold a series of conferences and trainings during the months of March and April, to highlight the state of human rights in Liberia. Under the theme ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214706486/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:09:28 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214706486/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 The University of Liberia Commencement convocation held at the Samuel K. Doe Sports complex on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 in Paynesville was not characterized by the usual personality galore like many others before ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214705399/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:27:35 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214705399/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 The watchdog group Global Witness says while publication of a full audit of how Liberia awarded its resource concessions between 2009 and 2011 is a global first, the government must take a step further to act on those reports. ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214705398/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:27:35 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214705398/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Transcript of Interview with H.E. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf"Liberia: The Road to Peace & Prosperity"Moderated by Axel Threlfall, Lead Anchor of Thomson Reuters TelevisionHeld at the Ronald Reagan Building, Washington, D.C. Friday, May 17, 2013Mr. Threlfall: Ladies and Gentlemen, it's a great pleasure for me to be hosting this Newsmaker conversation with the President this ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214704478/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:26:19 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214704478/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 More and more couples without children want to adopt, but on the other hand, there are fewer kids up for adoption. Previously, the lack of kids for adoption, in developed countries was compensated through the adoption abroad. Now this is more complex. The number of international adoptions has dropped by 48%. Before investigating the roots of this reduction, it is worthwhile to recall two ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214702195/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:51:38 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214702195/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 BROOKLYN PARK, Minn: Nobel Peace Prize recipient Leymah Gbowee, an activist and social worker from Liberia, will offer a public talk on peace-building Sat., April 27, from 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Brooklyn Park (Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 7217 West Broadway Ave, Brooklyn Park, MN 55428). She is in the Twin Cities as part of an annual two-day youth ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214700859/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:23:01 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214700859/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 As Liberia anxiously awaits the arrival of committed investors on its soil in order to enhance its human resource capacity by ably providing job opportunities to its citizens, other foreign companies are using this line to exploit the Country and its human resource development under dubious situations. Few years ago, a Australia owned Company, the Buchanan Renewables Energy (BRE) landed on the ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214696632/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:03:15 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214696632/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 A two-man Liberian Table Tennis Association delegation to the International Table Tennis Annual General Meeting in Paris, France has appealed to the conference to consider support to the LTTA in the areas of training for coaches, players and administrators. LTTA President Amos B. Korvah and Technical Director Wasiu Awobajo explained the current state of the table tennis in Liberia and called on ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214696631/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:03:15 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214696631/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 An Interactive Legislative Forum on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) has ended in Monrovia with several Lawmakers pledging their unflinching support to the WASH sector of Liberia. The Medium known as "Meet the Lawmakers WASH Forum" was sponsored by the Liberia WASH Consortium and implemented by the United Youth for Peace, Education, Transparency & Development in Liberia ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214695049/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:50:56 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214695049/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 KINSHASA, DRC, MAY 22, 2013-On the first day of an historic joint United Nations/World Bank Group mission to the Great Lakes region, the World Bank Group announced $1 billion in proposed new funding to help countries in the region provide better health and education services, generate more cross-border trade, and fund hydroelectricity projects in support of the Great Lakes peace agreement that ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214695048/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:50:55 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214695048/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Rome, 22 May 2013 - The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will provide a US$3 million loan to the Republic of Seychelles to help revive the agriculture sector, strengthen small-scale artisanal fisheries and promote rural microenterprises on the islands of Mah, Praslin and La Digue. The financing agreement for the Competitive Local Innovations for Small-scale Agriculture ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214695047/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:50:54 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214695047/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 The Liberia Anti Corruption Commission or LACC has released the names of several government officials who lied about their wealth when they declared their assets. LACC Cllr. Francis Johnson Allison named National Port Authority or NPA Managing Director Matilda Parker, the Port of Buchanan Operations Manager Oretha Zeon, Ministry of Internal Affairs Comptroller Blayon Brown Sarlee and Charles ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214694777/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:39:07 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214694777/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 The Organizers of the failed April 12, 2013 demonstration in Liberia have called on the Unity Party (UP)-led government of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to implement the Proposals recommended during negotiations that led to the calling off of said protest action. Two of the Civil Society Organizations behind the failed demonstration, the Coalition for the Transformation of Liberia (COTAL) and ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214695050/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:39:07 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214695050/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Ladies and Gentlemen, it's a great pleasure for me to be hosting this Newsmaker conversation with the President this afternoon. It seems that the Liberia story is getting more and more newsworthy by the minute, so we couldn't have asked for a better time to host this event. I went into the "green room" just about a half hour ago to meet with the President ahead of this. She ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214693463/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:24:50 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214693463/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Publication of a full audit of how Liberia awarded its resource concessions between 2009 and 2011 is a global first, said campaigning watchdog Global Witness today. The audit, which was published last week, reveals significant violations of Liberia's laws that the government now urgently needs to address. The publication of the audit also helps set a new standard for implementation within ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214688675/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Wed, 22 May 2013 08:41:09 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214688675/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 The Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) has released its asset declaration variation report, in which several government officials have been listed as "non-cooperative" while others were also listed for "intentional and material misrepresentation" of assets declared. The LACC asserts declaration process is intended to fully vet, verify and certify the truthfulness of ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214687274/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Wed, 22 May 2013 07:31:04 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214687274/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Liberian media has lifted the block-out on activities surrounding President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and her chief bodyguard Othello Warrick. The decision was taken by the Press Union of Liberia (PUL) following a unanimous decision to end the 18 days media block-out. In a statement, which contained a caveat, the union said "No manner of threats by Warrick and his EPS will cause us to waver in ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214687275/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Wed, 22 May 2013 07:31:04 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214687275/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Since the formation of Liberia's republican governance system, public service has largely been regarded by most Liberians as shortcut to prosperity. When an official leaves public life without owning huge properties and colossal bank accounts, he's regarded a stupid person. This quick-wealth mentality of Liberians toward public service not only sustains the culture of loot, plunder and ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214687278/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Wed, 22 May 2013 07:31:03 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214687278/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 The leadership of the Press Union of Liberia announced in Monrovia yesterday that the union has ended its fortnight-long news blackout of the presidency. The union's action followed series of policy consultations with its member institutions, members of the Liberian civil society, and the union's international affiliate organizations. "We come today to disappoint our President ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214687276/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Wed, 22 May 2013 07:31:03 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214687276/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 The superintendent council for the fifteen political subdivisions of the country has registered to the new Minister of Internal Affairs Morris Duckley that superintendent are not in word with individual legislative caucuses and the lack of logistical components. Speaking on behalf of the council, the superintendent of Rivercess County, Willington Gevon Smith told journalists that the council has ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214687279/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Wed, 22 May 2013 07:31:02 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214687279/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 "WHAT A FRIEND We Have in Jesus," is the title of an old Christian spiritual. It goes to say that all who toiled, and are heavily laden, should take their burdens, pains, and sorrows "to the Lord in prayers" because He knows "our every weakness". This is a song found in many old Christian hymnals; it might not match contemporary spirituals in the recognition God as ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214687277/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Wed, 22 May 2013 07:31:02 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214687277/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Gbapolu County Senator Armah Z. Jallah has suggested that the country's remaining natural resources be given to Liberians. Speaking to reporters, Senator Jallah explained that several concession companies did not have the technical and financial capacities but were awarded concession rights in the country. He said it will be in the interest of the country, if the remaining concession ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214687282/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Wed, 22 May 2013 07:31:01 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214687282/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Despite huge international support to Liberia's health sector, the problems facing the sector are undeniably far from over. For the past two budgetary years, health has had huge allotments, the country's health conditions continue to depreciate on a daily basis. For instance in Grand Bassa County, the newly elected Senator, Nyonblee K. Lawrence revealed recently that the health ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214687283/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Wed, 22 May 2013 07:31:01 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214687283/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Welcome home from the US. For several days last week, you figured prominently in efforts by 27 eminent persons from around the world to resolve outstanding contentious issues in order to finalizing a policy and programme document for the UN Development Goals beyond 2015. We understand these efforts, being the expected pillars upon which the future of UN humanitarian and development efforts will ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214687281/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Wed, 22 May 2013 07:31:01 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214687281/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 On Tuesday, May 21, 2013, we reported the practice of sodomy among inmates in over-crowded prison cells in many parts of the country. Specifically, our Tuesday's publication placed emphasis on Nimba County in the north of Liberia where inmates were being pressurized to give themselves to be sodomized by fellow prisoners who have overstayed in cells. In our report, we quoted an inmate just ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214687280/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Wed, 22 May 2013 07:31:01 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214687280/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 A group of civil society organizations under the banner, "Liberia CSOs Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Network)" says it is deeply disappointed in the Government of Liberia for its alleged lackadaisical attitude in supporting the Country's WASH sector. The WASH CSOs Network said it is also disappointing to note that President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf who is Africa Goodwill Ambassador ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214687286/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Wed, 22 May 2013 07:31:01 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214687286/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Land Commission Chair Dr. Cecil T. O. Brandy says the hard work of implementing the land rights policy now begins in Liberia, having developed and presented the draft policy to President Ellen Johnson- Sirleaf at the Centennial Memorial Pavilion Tuesday. "The implementation of this policy requires even more hard work; even more consultations; even more involvement with communities as we ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214687285/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Wed, 22 May 2013 07:31:00 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214687285/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 A four-day conference on the development of a national action plan for eliminating child labor in Liberia has begun in Monrovia. The gathering brought together both local and international stakeholders drawn from every sector on the issues of child labor dubbed: "Development of a Background Document." Addressing the conference, Charles Kwarteng Asafo-Adjei, the International Labor ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214687284/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Wed, 22 May 2013 07:31:00 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214687284/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Monrovia- The Sirleaf Market Women Fund with support from City Construction on Tuesday launched a farming cooperative in Mount Barclay, Montserrado County for Liberian market women. City Construction presented the amount of US$2,317 to the market women for the purchase of tools for the 15-acre farmland project intended to help shift market women from being mere buyers to producers. At the ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214687287/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Wed, 22 May 2013 07:31:00 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214687287/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Finance minister Amara Konneh says County Council Resolutions on sound development projects and financial statements are conditions for disbursing county development funds. Speaking during his appearance before the Plenary of the House of Representatives Minister Konneh blamed the delay in the disbursement of County development funds to failure of County authorities to provide performance report ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214687288/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Wed, 22 May 2013 07:30:59 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214687288/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Dead and gone ever since but yet-to-be-resolved circumstances that led to her death continue to remind her parents and ordinary Liberians of her life, and compounding this is the delay in bringing the trial of her alleged murderers to close. With a new chief justice at the helm of the Supreme Court in person of Cllr, Francis Korkpor, the biological mother of the late Angel M. Togba is calling on ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214687289/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Wed, 22 May 2013 07:30:59 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214687289/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Finance and Health Ministers Amara Konneh and Walter Gwenigale have been summoned to appear before the Senate plenary Thursday, May 23, 2013 to answer why health workers in Grand Kru County have not received their three months' pay. The decision to summon the two ministers was reached Tuesday, following a complaint by a Grand Kru County Senator, Peter Coleman that health workers in that ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214686938/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Wed, 22 May 2013 07:30:58 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214686938/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has ordered the Minister of Public Works to block the Samuel K. Doe (S.K.D) Boulevard road. President Johnson-Sirleaf ordered that the road be blocked to vehicles and other activities to allow speedy construction of the road. "Mr. Public Work Minister, block the road... so you can get the job done; you can't be trying to pave the road and you've ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214687290/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Wed, 22 May 2013 07:30:58 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214687290/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has ordered Public Works Minister Samuel Kofi Woods, to close the SKD Boulevard Road currently under renovation in Paynesville to traffic in order to avoid ongoing works obstructed and delayed by cars and pedestrians. "Mr. Minister [Samuel Kofi Woods], block the road so you can get the work done! You can't be building the road and you have people passing ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214687036/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Wed, 22 May 2013 07:30:57 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214687036/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 The Liberia anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) in its latest report on officials of government asset declaration has booked some public officials for what it described as intentional material misrepresentation and unexplained wealth accumulation while serving in government. Those hooked for the false declaration of assets are the Managing Director of the National Port Athority (NPA), her deputy, ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214686035/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:22:56 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214686035/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 The Land Commission established by an Act of the National Legislature on August 4, 2009 implementing a number of projects in consonance with its mandate and objectives, immediately following its launch, the commission has conducted consultations in all 15 counties, completed the land validation process and has submitted same to the Executive branch of the government for enactment into law. ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214686036/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:22:56 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214686036/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 A communication sent by Maryland County Senior Senator John A. Ballout, calling Senators' attention and involvement in the saga between the Liberian media and the Director of the Executive Protective Service (EPS) was met with stiff resistance, with some Senators spewing very harsh comments at journalists, an indication also that they have turned their backs on the plight of the media. ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214686033/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:22:56 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214686033/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Several bullets disgorged from the nozzles of rustic guns near an Ivorian border town close to Liberia and the casualties were seven peace-keepers of the Nigerien Contingent of the United Nations Observatory Mission in Ivory Coast along with four Ivorian citizens, thus igniting a terrifying pugilistic-like cataclysm between Ivory Coast and Liberia, which took mature diplomatic maneuverings to ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214686034/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:22:56 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214686034/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Authorities of Grand Bassa County on Monday, May 20 commissioned a committee to assess issues affecting water, sanitation and hygiene in the county.mThe Grand Bassa Strategic WASH committee was established as the result of a tactical meeting held recently in the county by the United Youth for Peace, Education, Transparency and Development in Liberia with funding support from Wateraid. The ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214686040/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:22:55 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214686040/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 The New Democrat article on Thursday, May 9, 2013 carried an article called, "500,000 Liberians Alienated", caught my attention. After reading the article several times, I felt compelled to express my views on the issues raised. The first issue is about "Section 20, 1 (b) of the Nationality Law" which they have called unconstitutional and discriminative against Liberian ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214686039/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:22:55 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214686039/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 At the request of the Government of Liberia, the Government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea has agreed to arrange the financing and construction of the Roberts International Airport and social housing in Liberia. According to an Executive Mansion release, the agreement was contained in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed by the two Governments in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, on ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214686037/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:22:55 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214686037/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Fourth, choose wisely. When choosing the person or people you're going to build the business with, be careful. Even if someone is your best friend, it doesn't mean that you will partner well in a business operation. Things to consider when choosing your co-leaders and support players include: Does the other person complement your weaknesses? Or do both of you bring only one set of the ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214686038/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:22:55 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214686038/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 A youth group, the Coalition of Youth & Students to Enhance Peace and Democracy in Liberia has admonished Liberians to be their "brother's keeper" instead of being community destroyers, making specific reference to a speech delivered by National Unification Day Orator T. Nelson Williams on May 14, 2013. In a statement issued in Monrovia on May 17, 2013, the group's ... http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214686041/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:22:54 -0400 http://www.liberianews.net/index.php/sid/214686041/scat/0c2a4f9c423160d2