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Gbowee Demands Major Policy Overhaul -Wants Technocrat Takeover of Education
Successive Liberian government administrations, opposition critics, political commentators, and ordinary Liberians had agreed , over the past several years, that the educational system set in the 1940s under Liberia's centralized bureaucracy is no longer sustainable in the 21st Century. But nothing significant has been done so far to remedy the situation, save to impose intermittent ...
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USAID Hailed - Deputy MICAT Boss on FOI Trip to USA
Efforts to cast some ambers of light in the opaque Liberian bureaucracy bore a fruit nearly two years ago with the adoption of what came to be known as Freedom of Information law that not only obligates public officials and agencies to heed request for information but also increases citizens' right to knowledge and information as guaranteed by Article 15 of the Liberian Constitution. But ...
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Five-Year Program Launched Under Vision 2030
Following six months of the launch of Liberia Rising or Vision 2030 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 programs to support nearly all of the pillars of Liberia Rising 2030 of the Vision. The initiative includes GOL's ...
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Jusitice on the Horizon for Detained Grand Gedeans -MOJ Begins Trial in 14 Days
The trial of the controversial 19 Grand Gedean mercenary suspects comes on within two weeks, if Solicitor General Betty Lamine Blamo fulfilled the commitment she made to the Senate Committee on Defense, National Security, and Intelligence. The solicitor general, who is also the Liberian justice minister, made the promise during a meeting with the senate committee, according to committee chair ...
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Pragmatic Approach - Liberia and UNDP Sign New Four-Year Country Program
Government and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) have signed a new four-year country program at the National Elections Commission. Finance Minister Amara Konneh and UNDP resident representative Aeneas Chuma signed on behalf of their respective institutions on June 14 after months of reviews, stakeholder's consultations and validations. The seven core programs for the period ...
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Liberia Liberians Running out of Patience -Says CDC Junks Wologisi Plant Demands Reforms
Liberians erected, upon a platform of more than a decade of death and devastation, an epitaph of civil rule in 2005 – based on an all-inclusive multiparty democracy – and reinforced it in 2011. Multiparty democracy promises collective rule and collective responsibility. This is why by instituting it Liberians had hoped their elected officials would work together to resuscitate their ...
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Judiciary Downplays Retroactive Claims
The office of the Court Administrator at the Temple of Justice appears to be downplaying claims by a court staff in Sinoe County that some 200 of their colleagues are yet to receive the US$25 retroactive salary since it was endorsed by President Ellen Johnson- Sirleaf early this year. In a phone conversation with UNMIL Radio Coffee Break 12 June 2013, a caller, who said he was a Judiciary ...
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Bhofal Chambers Seeks Moratorium
A radical member of the national legislature has suggested a moratorium of new concession agreements for the period of six years. Representative Bhofal Chambers said placing moratorium on the signing of new concessions would enable government to correct some of the wrongs that were made in the past. It is not clear whether Chambers' suggestion includes the Wologizi concession which is ...
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Senior Officers Face Investigation
The Liberia National Police say it has commenced investigation into an alleged gun smuggling involving Bernard Cooper and two top officers, Senior Inspector Gregory Coleman and Intelligence Chief Sam Nimely. A press release dated June 13, 2013 and signed by Police Spokesman Sam Collins, said the LNP is concerned about the report of gun smuggling which linked two of its senior officers. The ...
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Liberia Gets UNDPs New Country Programs
The Government of Liberia and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) over the weekend signed seven core programs to mark the start of a new program cycle, covering 2013-2017. The signing ceremony followed months of reviews, stakeholders' consultations and validations. Highlighting areas the new program will address, Mr. Chuma said some of the critical areas are linked to the AFT and ...
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Teachers Oppose Political Parties Bill
The Monrovia Consolidated School System Teachers Association has opposed the recent passage of the Political Parties' Sustenance bill, which is currently before President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf for approval. The MCSS teachers want the bill scratched or veto by the presidency, vowing to rally their colleagues across the country to petition the Executive not to sign the bill into law. The ...
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Liberias Dream to Brazil 2014 Dies
Liberia has again missed out on its chance to qualify for the 2014 World cup in Brazil. The country's National Team, the Lone Star Sunday, 16 June lost to the Toranka Lions of Senegal 2-0 at the Samuel K. Doe Sports Complex in Paynesville outside Monrovia. Despite an early perfect coordination in the first half of the match, the Senegalese took the lead in the 15th minute of the first half ...
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Citizens Disappointed in Rep. Corneh
Several citizens and residents of Salala Distinct #6 in Bong County have expressed disappointment in their Representative Adam Bill Corneh. The citizens alleged that Representative Corneh fooled them with 'false campaign promises' that led to his re-election in the county. The disenchanted citizens, amongst other things, cited the failure of Rep. Corneh to complete a town hall ...
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Students Want LEITI to Award Contracts
Judges have declared the St. Theresa Convent High School winner of the high school debate after final intellectual exchange with the Len Millar High School on Friday, June 14, 2013. Both schools debated on whether or not, the Liberia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (LEITI) should be involved in awarding contracts to companies here. A total of 10 schools participated in the debate, ...
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NTA Workers Union Launch CBA Talks
As a means of conforming to high standard in fostering industrial harmony and maximizing profitability, the National Transit Authority (NTA) has begun negotiating the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with its workforce. The negotiation which began since June 13, 2013 in Monrovia considered both right-based and interest-based issues. It brought together executives of the NTA, the United ...
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Trouble for African Petroleum
Shares in Frank Timis' in African Petroleum, a West African oil and gas company, have fallen by 90 percent over the past 12 months. The wealth of controversial former billionaire Frank Timis has fallen by more than $1 billion and questions have been raised why shares are being dumped in the company that made him rich. Timis's wealth has fallen to about $250 million after being listed ...
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Liberia CDC Wants Rep. Forh Out
The special committee set up by the Congress for Democratic Change to investigate Montserrado County Electoral District #16 Representative Edward Forh for his alleged bribery solicitation scandal with former Montserrado County Supt. Grace Kpaan has recommended Forh's expulsion from the party. In its findings submitted to the National Vice Chairman for Operations, Mulbah Morlu, the ...
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Liberia Liberia Makes First Appearance At G-8 Summit
Liberia will today make its first ever appearance at a Group of Eight (G-8) nation's summit, thanks to an invitation extended to President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf by British Prime Minister David Cameron. President Sirleaf who departed the country Sunday will participate, in a luncheon meeting of the G8 Summit in Lough Erne, Northern Ireland. President Sirleaf will join three other African ...
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Sick Police Officer in Ghana
At long last, Officer Boima Gabriel has been flown to the Republic of Ghana to undergo advanced medical treatment for a damaged spinal cord. The Patrol Police Officer has been hospitalized at the S.D. Cooper Hospital since April 13, 2013 after he was hit by a motorcyclist while on official duty at the Logan Town Police sub-station on April 10, 2013. Officer Gabriel left the country last ...
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Lonestar Cell MTN Gets U.S.$25 Million
Liberia's premier GSM Company, Lonestar Cell MTN has signed a Syndicate Loan of US$25 Million with United Bank of Africa, Liberia Bank for Development and Investment, Guaranteed Trust and Ecobank Liberia Limited, respectively. The transaction is to provide capital to support continuous network rollout and upgrade of Lonestar Cell MTN's infrastructure across Liberia, while delivering d ...
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Pres. Sirleaf Salutes Queen Elizabeths 87th Birthday
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has congratulated Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, II, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on the occasion of her 87th Birth Anniversary. President Sirleaf, in her congratulatory message to Queen Elizabeth remarked with deep admiration the Queen's dedication to the service to the People of the United Kingdom and the realm of the ...
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Youth Network Seeks Model UN Confab
Having participated in the Model United Nations Conference held in Accra, Ghana from 13 to 15 2013, the Reform Youth Network has asked government officials and other business entities here to work along with them in order to create Liberia Model United Nations Conference. "Having participated in this great life experiencing conference, it is the [prayer] of Reform Youth Network officials ...
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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf hosts fruitful meeting of the High Level Panel on Fragile States
The African Development Bank's new High Level Panel on Fragile States, chaired by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia, met in Monrovia, Liberia, on Friday, June 14 to make decisions on the panel's immediate priorities for critical analysis and ...
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Forh Hooked CDC Committee Recommends Expulsion of You Eat - I Eat - Lawmaker
The corruption saga between Representative Edward Forh (CDC-district#16 Montserrado County) and the dismissed Montserrado County superintendent Grace Kpaan may have been overlooked by plenary of the House of Representative but Forh's party, the Congress for Democratic Change has not. The committee set up by the party to investigate Forh, a senior party executive, implicated in the ...
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Early Marriage Is Violence Against Women - Elders Group Laments Painful Plight
November 25, 2012, marked the International Day of the Elimination of Violence against women, but it is shocking to learn that around 70 percent of women experience physical or sexual abuse during their lifetime. According to "The Elders", a group of independent global leaders brought together by Nelson Mandela in 2007, child marriage is a form of violence against women. "How can ...
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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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