The just ended Liberia Investment Forum 2024, the first ever to have been held in Canada, has unbundled multiple investment opportunities following the holding of separate meetings by President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr. with some global investors committing to invest in mining, sanitation and infrastructure in the country. The forum was recently held at the…
The Liberia Intellectual Property Office (LIPO) says it is embarking on the conduct of a three-month awareness across the country to ensure people understand the rights to intellectual property. Speaking Thursday, September 24, 2024, the Director General of LIPO Garmai Koboi said the awareness campaign represents a critical effort by the Government of Liberia to…
Liberia will join the rest of the world on Friday, September 27, 2024, to celebrate World Tourism Day in Grand Bassa County. Speaking Tuesday, September 24, 2024, Deputy Minister for Cultural Affairs and Tourism Kadiatu D. Konteh-Brohini said the theme for this year’s celebration is “Tourism and Peace.” Deputy Minster Brohini said theme alliance outlines…
President Joseph N. Boakai has disclosed plans for an Annual National Diaspora Dialogue aimed at forging a collective approach to national development. Speaking to hundreds of diaspora Liberians on Staten Island in New York recently, the President highlighted the potential benefits of coordinated engagement between Liberians abroad and at home. He expressed desire to enhance…
The Government of Liberia through the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning (MFDP) has announced the launch of a nationwide Fiscal Year 2024 Open Budget Initiative and Fiscal Year 2025 Pre-Budget Consultations across the country. According to MFDP press release dated September 24, 2024, the Department of Budget and Development Planning will lead the exercises…
The Minister of Finance and Development Planning (MFDP) Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan has emphasized the significant role of the United States in Liberia’s development. Minister Ngafuan made the statement during a meeting with US Ambassador Mark Toner on Monday, September 23, 2024, at the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning in Monrovia. He said the story…
The 2024 World Bank Africa Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) report reveals that Liberia’s public sector is poorly managed as the country performed worst in the Public Sector Management and Institution indicator with a discouraging 2.7 score from an average 2.9 required to pass the indicator. To make matters worse, the country’s accumulated score…
Liberia’s President Joseph N. Boakai has rallied world leaders at the United Nation General Assembly (UNGA) to make the world a better place for all, despite being confronted with many challenges. Speaking Sunday, September 22, 2024 at his first UNGA in New York, United States of America, President Boakai said, “We are gathered here with…
The Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation (LWSC) through its Managing Director Mo Ali says recent rupture on the 36in pipe at the White Plains water facility is a little difficult to repair. It can be recalled that the entity cut off water supply to Monrovia due to a rupture last weekend on the 36-inch main…
The Plenary of the Liberian Senate has endorsed the Senate Ways, Means, Finance and Budget report on the draft recast budget declining to concur with the House of Representatives on the passage of the recast budget. The Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, Senator Prince Moye, disclosed that the Liberian Senate differed in the restoration…
