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Belle Yella Town Finally Connected - As Convoy Crosses Over Tuma River Bridge
Vehicles have for the first time entered the old prison town of Belle Yella since December 2009 when President Ellen Johnson defied the thick jungles to drive into the town, with yellow machines gnawing forest trees to make way. After the President's convoy returned hours later, rivers washed away temporary bridges, and the people there had never seen vehicles entering the town until a ...
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Independent Information Commissioner Hears First FOI Hearing in Liberia
The Liberian Freedom of Information Commissioner Mark Bedor Wla Freeman has held the first hearing of request denial redress filed by the Center for Media Studies and Peacebuilding, (CEMESP) against the Liberia Anti- Corruption Commission, LACC. The hearing took place on June 13, 2013 at the offices of the Commission in Monrovia. This matter had to be reverted to the Independent Information ...
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Internal Affairs Minister Proposes Green Tourism - to Protect Liberias Rainforest
Highlighting global warming and climate change as real challenges and threats resulting from undue human and industrial misuse and abuse of the ever diminishing forest resource, Minister of Internal Affairs Morris Dukuly has proposed a national program to protect the forests of Liberia. Minister Dukuly said a comprehensive re-reforestation program that is in response to global climate change is ...
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U.S.$17.5 Million Lost to Poor Sanitation - World Bank Report Says
Liberia, according to a new World Bank water and sanitation program report, is losing US$17.5 million annually to poor sanitation, due to several challenges including the destruction of the mount coffee water treatment facilities, looting of water distribution facilities coupled with the demand for urban migration that forced the establishment of large populated slum communities. All of these ...
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Liberia Rep. Forh Expulsion Eminent - As CDC Probe Team Recommends
Reports The Informer gathered over the weekend suggest that Congress For Democratic Change (CDC) under-fire lawmaker Edward Forh might be expelled from the party for alleged corruption. A committee established by the party months ago to probe the Montserrado County District #16 Representative's request of chopping the country's development money reported Friday calling for the ...
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Impersonating Lawyers Warned - Liberias Judicial Ethics Chief Sounds Caveat
Lawyers often found in the habit of impersonating as Counselors at Law have been warned to desist or risks bearing a punishment to be instituted by the Grievance and Ethics Committee of the Judiciary. The Chairman of the committee, Cllr. Pearl Brown-Bull signed out the caveat Monday in what she referred to as addressing burning issues that have been observed and tends to bring the Judiciary ...
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Liberia U.S. Policy Shift John Kerry Vs. Hillary Clinton - a Liberia Tale of the Tape
In her four years as U.S. Secretary of State, Hilary Rodham Clinton made two key visits to Liberia - the first during a seven-nation tour of Africa in 2009 and another to attend the second inauguration of her long-time friend, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf in January 2012. Sirleaf, in return met Clinton almost a dozen times during her first term, on separate visits to Washington, climaxing with a final ...
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UNDP Boosts Liberias Vision 2030
Following six months of its official launch by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in Gbarnga, Bong County last December, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Government of Liberia (GOL) on Friday, June 14, 2013 signed a five year seven new programs to support nearly all of the pillars of Liberia Rising 2030, otherwise known as Nation Vision 2030. The initiative which includes ...
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Minnesota-Based Pro-USA Awards Sports Training Scholarships to Minority Youth
Pro-USA, Inc., a US-based Liberian non-profit sports organization, has awarded $17,000 in scholarships to 10 minority youth associated with the Twin Stars Academy, a Minnesota sports center, a release issued to The Liberian Journal (TLJ) ...
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Mpc Condemns Political Parties Bill
The opposition Movement for Progressive Change (MPC) party has joined the Liberty Party in opposing the political parties' sustenance bill recently passed by the 53rd Liberian Legislature. MPC political leader Simeon Freeman said the bill, currently before President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf for signing into law, is a waste of the Liberian people's resources as well as a burden on ...
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Bong Officials At Loggerheads
The Office of Senator Jewel Howard-Taylor of Bong County has appointed accusing fingers at two officials of the county for halting projects proposed by her. Senator Taylor's political Advisor, Melvin Cole accused Caucus Chairman George Mulbah and Acting Superintendent Anthony Sheriff of stopping the renovation of the Muslim School in Gbarnga under the county's social development ...
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Lawyers Debate Grand Gedeans Fate
Assigned Criminal Court "D" Judge Yussif D. Kabba is today expected to rule into lawyers' arguments on whether to prosecute or dismiss an indictment drawn against 19 Liberians from Grand Gedeh County, having been in detention for some 450 days over alleged commission of mercenarism. Following State and defense lawyers' submissions Monday, the judge entertained five minutes ...
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Liberia Appreciating Our Countrys Recognition
Liberia's presence more among the comity nations once more continues to be manifested in the numerous recognitions the world-over. Since the inception of the Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf Administration in 2006, following the 2005 general and Presidential elections, Liberia's relations with the nations of the world has tremendously continued to improve with positive impacts. Such ...
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Liberia Firestone Graduates Over 50 Students in Skills Training
Firestone Liberia Accelerated Learning and Skills Training Program has graduated 54 students in various skills. The graduation ceremony took place on Friday, June 7, 2013, at the Harbel Field House in Margibi County. Serving as Guest Speaker was Firestone Liberia's Controller, Mr. Patrick Rodrigo. He commended the students for their decisions to venture into skills training saying, ...
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West Africa Flood Prep Kicks in As Rainy Season Nears
Dakar/Niamey - West African and Sahel countries are setting up measures to minimize flood damage as the annual rainy season approaches. The African Centre of Meteorological Applications for Development (ACMAD) in a seasonal weather outlook says near-average or above-average rainfall is likely over the western Sahel, which stretches across Mauritania, Senegal and western and central Niger. These ...
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Liberia gaining the world's attention for the right reasons
When members of the international community, and even many Africans themselves, think of Africa one of a few stereotypes come to mind; poverty, crime, corruption and political instability. Africa is seen as a haven for everything nefarious in the global community, terrorists are trained here, rebels attack their governments, drugs are grown in, and exported from, African soil and many African heads of state preside over a government whose authority does not extend beyond their capital city.
Liberia, not often in the international news for doing well, seems to be making a concerted effort to redress this trend, suggesting that a period of integrity may be ahead for the continent as a whole; South Africa is hosting the FIFA World Cup, Egypt is cooperating with the international community in opening up its border with Gaza and Liberia’s government is holding its own as an example of the far-reaching effects of good governance and rooting out corruption. Read more
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