The Executive Director of Integrity Watch Liberia, Harold Aidoo has lauded the 55th Legislature Joint Committee on Ways, Means and Finance for the first time participation of CSOs in the ongoing budget hearings. The Joint Committee on Ways, Means, Finance and Budget of the House of Representatives and the Liberian Senate has been conducting budget…
The Solidary and Trust for a New Day (STAND-Movement) has announced in Monrovia that Lucas Richards, the American Missionary accused, in Jessica Lloyd’s just concluded case will be prosecuted in the United States for his crimes committed against the alleged victim. Speaking to reporters on the crime scene in Palmfarm Community, Dixville, Montserrado County, STAND…
The Liberia National Police (LNP) seems not be taking lightly its decision to restrict motorcyclists from the main streets of Monrovia and its environs, as Deputy Police Chief for Operations remains resolute on the enforcement of the law. The reaffirmation of the LNP’s decision comes in the wake of threats from motorcyclists that they will…
The Liberia Media and Marketing Services Incorporated, publisher of The NEWS Newspaper celebrates 35 years of media work. Established on April 24, 1989 by Professor Wilson K. Tarpeh as a voice of the voiceless, the paper has undergone series of tough times under various Liberian government administrations. At some point, reporters, editors and correspondents were…
The Government of China has donated solar powered systems to the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications intended to boost communication infrastructure and economic development of eight of Liberia’s fifteen counties. The implementation of the project will provide a stable, reliable, clean and green power supply for the central office as well as other eight counties…
Environment experts say saving paper means combating deforestation, and in the case of Liberia, thousands of acres of forests are cut down to produce charcoal, increasing climate change, flooding, and air pollution. To contribute to the reduction of the use of paper, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) through the Accelerated Community Development Programme (ACDP),…
Over the weekend, Jozephus Coenen, the CEO of ArcelorMittal Liberia, launched another round of ArcelorMittal Liberia’s ‘Community School Supply Initiative’. This initiative aims to provide educational materials to students in need. It will target the distribution of branded notebooks, pens, and pencils to over 10,000 students from more than 40 primary schools in the counties…
The Movement with Integrity for National Development (MIND), has described Representative Bintu Massalay of Grand Cape Mount County as a beacon of hope for many youth, less fortunate, struggling students and market women through her numerous humanitarian endeavors. A press release on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 quotes the Executive Director of MIND, Sekou D. Sonii…
Presidential Press Secretary, Kula V. Fofana has disclosed that payment for 700 workers, who were on supplementary payroll at the Ministry of State for Presidential Affairs, has begun. Fofana told a press briefing on Monday, April 22, 2024 at the Executive Mansion that the dismissed workers are receiving payment for the months they were owed….
In preparation for the forthcoming by-election scheduled for April 23, 2024 in Nimba and Grand Gedeh Counties, the Ministry of Education has issued a directive to suspend classes in all public, private and faith-based schools in those areas. The ministry said the decision is made in the interest of ensuring the safety and smooth conduct…
