2008-09-05
Liberty Party Rejects Commission
The Liberty Party has rejected an investigative commission set up by President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf to probe an alleged e-mail scandal linking several officials of the Unity Party led government.2008-09-05
2011 Elections Threatened
The Elections Commission of Liberia (NEC) headed by Commissioner James Flomoyan has disclosed that the pending 2011 general and Presidential elections could face a serious setback if the bills currently before the National Legislature are not passed on time. 2008-09-05
Print Journalists Barred From Main Senate Chambers
The Liberian Senate has moved to ban print journalists from having access to its main chambers. The move is said to be upon the recommendation of the Senate Committee on Rules, Order and Administration. 2008-09-05
Film Ministries Unveils
A special gospel ministry named and styled "Film Ministries" has been unveiled in Liberia. 2008-09-05
Country to Host International Forum
President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and former Ireland President now President for Realizing Rights (RR), Ms. Mary Robinson, including the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights are expected to address a high level forum Monday on promoting decent work in Africa. 2008-09-05
CDC Opposes Frances Johnson-Morris
The Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) has vehemently opposed the appointment of Cllr. Frances Johnson-Morris to head the Anti-corruption Commission, alleging that she would be a "presidential puppet". 2008-09-05
"Govt. Must Apologize, Pay Reparation"
An American professor of Pan African Studies at California State University has recommended that the Liberian government make public apology and pay reparation for crimes committed against its citizens by previous governments. 2008-09-05
UL Student Group Declares 'Vote of No Confidence'
A group calling itself the "Rainbow Coalition" at the University of Liberia has declared a "vote of no confidence" in Dr. Amos C. Sawyer's led search committee to replace outgoing President Dr. Al-Hassan Conteh, terming it as a conduit designed slyly by the government to stall the departure of Dr. Conteh and the reopening of the institution. 2008-09-05
LTA Issues Equalization Order of GSM Operators
The Liberia telecommunications Authority (LTA) has issued an order equalizing frequency allocations for all GSM operators in Liberia. 2008-09-05
APD to Host Symposium
The Alliance for Peace and Democracy (APD), a coalition of the Liberia People's Party (LPP) and the United People's Party (UPP) will hold a joint symposium later this month in memory of the late legendary politician Gabriel Baccus Matthews. 2008-09-05
Liberian-American Couple Assist Orphans
A Liberian-American Couple based in Brooklyn, United States of America has continued the donation of several bags of rice and other humanitarian supplies to several orphanages and old folk homes in Monrovia and its environs. 2008-09-05
Waifem Equipped 7,800 Financial Officials
The Director General of the West African Institute for Financial and Economic Management (WAIFEM), Dr. Osi C. Itsede has disclosed that since the establishment of the organization, it has trained 7,800 financial officials from member countries. 2008-09-05
Who Wins FMC Bid?
As the Inter-ministerial concession committee (IMCC) is poised to release its findings for the bidding process for the Forest Management Contract (FMC) for Area Three in Gbapolu and Lofa Counties, concerns are mounting as to who wins the bid. 2008-09-05
Help Support New Kru Town
During the Liberian civil-war, the Borough of New Kru Town, wedged outside Monrovia proper, and occupied by Prince Johnson's INPFL, was a safe haven for thousands of Liberians and foreigners who sought frantically for refuge. New Kru Town served as a major transit point for Liberians of all persuasions. 2008-09-05
200 AFL Soldiers Return From Nigeria
About two hundred (200) soldiers, accompanied by an officer of the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL), earlier this week returned to the country after completing a specialized welfare-training course at the prestigious Nigerian Army School of Infantry in Kaduna state, from the Federal Republic of Nigeria. 2008-09-05
EDU-CARE Empowers Teachers
EDUCARE-Liberia, a non-governmental, but educational organization has embarked on a Teacher Enhancement program by empowering some 120 teachers from both public and private schools in Monrovia. 2008-09-05
Bad Governance Blamed for Country's Crisis
A Liberian Historian said tyranny in Liberia was planted by the American Colonization Society (ACS) during the formation of the modern Liberian state. 2008-09-05
Education Ministry Revokes Several Schools Licenses
The Ministry of Education has revoked the licenses of several schools in Monrovia and its environs for their failure to resume classes on a specific date as was mandated by the Ministry. 2008-09-05
Labor Minister On Apprentices, Employees' Issue
The Minister of Labour, Atty. Samuel Kofi Woods, has admonished some workers and apprentices that his ministry would work closely with employees and employers to ensure that there is co-existence in a good working environment. 2008-09-05
Due Diligence Exposes Delta's Bankruptcy
The much awaited due diligence report on the Western Cluster Iron Ore Deposit confirms what most analysts had already stated. |
