As a means to ensure constant and steady supply of rice in Liberia, President Joseph N. Boakai has officially commissioned his Rice Committee set up few weeks ago. The Committee consists of fifteen members including twelve Government and non-Government entities and three individuals. Ambassador Charles A. Minor will chair the committee. The twelve entities are…
Following the Senate’s summoning of the Global Tracking Maritime Solutions (GTMS), Liberia Revenue Authority, Public Procurement Concession Agreement, Ministry of Finance and Development Planning and the National Port Authority at a public hearing, Madame Aminata Bangura, Managing Director of GTMS has told senators that the company has played its part to properly operate under the…
Days after the Minister of Internal Affairs of Liberia Francis Nyumalin brought an Indian identified as Manoj Kumar Vatwani into the country, the Liberia Immigration Service (LIS) has deported the Indian man from Liberia leaving more questions than answer. According to our reporter, Vatwani was brought into Liberia on Sunday, June 9, 2024 by the…
The Government of Liberia through the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has rolled out a social cash transfer program in four counties. Speaking Thursday, June 13, 2024 at the Ministry of Information regular press briefing, Gender Minister Gbeme Horace Kollie said the social cash transfer project is a component six of the REALISE…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Cyber Security Focal Person at the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications Victor K. Jarlwood Jr., has alarmed a significant cyber-attack on Liberia’s top-level domain, .LR. Speaking with reporters Wednesday, June 12, 2024 in Monrovia, Jarlwood said the malicious activity led to the disconnection of the domain by…
The Center for Integrated Solutions (CIS) will on today, Thursday, June 27, 2024, host the first Locally-led Development Summit in Liberia. The summit is intended to reshape Liberia’s development contours by emphasizing local leadership and fostering partnerships between local organizations and international development institutions. The event is taking place at the Corina Hotel in Sinkor…
UNICEF Liberia in partnership with Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has begun the commemoration of the Day of the African Child and will climax with a formal program on Friday, June 14, 2024. As part of activities of the celebration, the elections of a new leadership of the Liberian Children Parliament and children…
The Government of Liberia through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has appealed to its Korean ally to allow two imprisoned Liberian diplomats to end their jail term in Liberia. The Liberian Maritime Program officials were arrested by the police in the South Korean City of Busan, and formally charged with the crime of “two-person joint…
The House of Representatives has cited authorities of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Liberia Revenue Authority, Ministry of Transport, and Head of the Department of Vital Statistics responsible for Birth Certificates to clarify issues of Decentralization and Local Governance across the country. Decision was triggered by a communication from Maryland County District # 2 Representative,…
Bomi County Senator, Edwin M. Snowe has frowned at the Ministry of Public Works for restoring road user permit to Western Cluster. The permit is intended to transport iron ore from the Bomi Hill Mines to the Freeport of Monrovia. In a communication to Plenary on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, Senator Snowe said Western Cluster…
