Ahead of her inauguration as the 16th President of the University of Liberia on today, Friday, January 10, 2025, Dr. Layli Maparyan has vowed to lead the university with all she has acquired in her over thirty years career as an academia. Speaking to journalists at the Executive Mansion on Thursday, January 9, 2025, after a…
The Minister of Finance and Development Planning (MFDP) Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan has warmed government heads of entities to properly manage budgetary allotments to cover the entire one-year fiscal period. Speaking Thursday, January 9, 2025, at the beginning of a three-day workshop on the effective execution of the Fiscal Year 2025 National Budget, Minister Nyafuan urged ministers…
Liberia’s Vice President Jeremiah Kpan Koung has departed Liberia to represent President Joseph N. Boakai at the African Union (AU) Extraordinary Summit on the Post-Malabo Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP). The summit is expected to take place from January 9-11, 2025, at the Commonwealth Resort Hotel in Munyonyo, Kampala, Uganda. Vice President Koung is…
Deputy Minister for Public Affairs at the Ministry of Information, Cultural Affairs and Tourism (MICAT), Daniel O. Sando, has condemned the recent violence in Lofa County that led to the burning down of structures and blockage of major passage routes. Speaking during MICAT’s regular press briefing on Thursday, January 9, 2025, Minister Sando said the…
President Joseph N. Boakai has appointed a new Multi-Stakeholder Group (MSG) for the Liberia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (LEITI). According to an Executive Mansion release dated January 9, 2024, following extensive consultations with various constituencies in compliance with the LEITI Act of 2009 and the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Standard, the appointments bring together…
The Senator of Bong County Prince K. Moye has applauded the Nation Associates of Public Defenders of Liberia (NAPDOL) for clinching to liberty and justice despite the many challenges faced in defending their clients. Speaking at the 7th Annual Convention of NAPDOL at the Temple of Justice in Monrovia, Senator Moye said the need to…
A team from the Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) headquarters, comprising Customs, Communications, and Taxpayer Education units, conducted a one-day knowledge-sharing engagement Wednesday, January 8, with customs officers assigned to the Port of Buchanan, Grand Bassa County. A January 8, 2025 release said the initiative aimed to enhance the officers’ skills and performance in executing their…
The Chief Executive Officer of 4Life Zoe Technical Training Program, one of Liberia’s fastest growing vocational training institutions, has disclosed plans by his vocational school to give away one thousand scholarships for the year 2025. Speaking on Truth FM 96.1 Breakfast Show yesterday, January 9, 2025, Mr. Francis A. Varney said the scholarships are designed to…
The Center for Legal AID Support Service (CLASS) with support from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is conducting a two-day consultation training for media institutions and civil society organizations (CSOs) on legislative engagement and lawmaking processes and procedures. The day one of the training on Thursday, January 9, 2025, brought 43 journalists as part…
