Month: January 2018

BY: Papie Sheriff Kollie, Jr. The plenary of the House of Representatives Tuesday mandated its   committees on ways, means, Finance and Development Planning, Judiciary, Banking and Currency, including commerce and industry to probe accusations bordering on the refusal of several business entities operating in the country to accept the local currency in Liberia in the …

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Mr. President, We Respectfully Disagree For “ White Man Citizenship” On Monday, January 29, 2018, President George M. Weah, addressed the joint session of Liberian 54th Legislature calling for among other things the repealing of laws that tend undermine  “Rapid development and coexistence” President George M. Weah, highlighted Article 8, 9 & 10 of the …

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By: Papie Sheriff Kollie, Jr. IPNews-Capital Hill-Monrovia, Liberia-31 January 2018: As part of effort in giving Liberian back the economy Grand Kru county Representative in the 54th Legislature Cllr. Jonathan Fonati Koffa   Tuesday hit the ground running with an Act title “Liberian Business and Economic Empowerment Act of 2018” which seek to protect some business …

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Madam Vice President and President of the Senate; Mr. Speaker; Mr. President Pro-Tempore; Honorable Members of the Legislature; Your Honor the Chief Justice, Associate Justices of the Supreme Court and Members of the Judiciary; The Dean and Members of the Cabinet and other Government Officials; The Doyen, Excellencies and Members of the Diplomatic and Consular …

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IPNews-Monrovia, Liberia- 30 January 2018:The Presiding  Judge of the debt court at the Temple of Justice, Eva Mappy-Morgan has handed down a guilty verdict against Montserrado County Superintendent  for her repeated failure to appear before the Commercial Court at the Temple of Justice to answer the charge of Action of Debt lawsuit filed against her …

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IPNews-Monrovia, Liberia – 30 January 2018:  President George Manneh Weah has delivered his maiden state of the Nation Address and  with a call to move away from the passed of overly protecting the Constitution of Liberia on provision that prohibits duly citizenship and granting of citizenship to non-Negro persons. President Weah stated that the ideal …

In State of Nation Address: Pres. Weah Calls For Granting Citizenship To “White Man”. Read More »

IPNews-Addis Ababa-Ethiopia-30 January 2018: Liberia’s president, George Weah has lauded Morocco’s return to the African Union on Sunday; stressing Morocco’s return reinforces the African unity. The President described Morocco’s return as a positive development for the continent, in a press meeting parallel to the 30th AU Heads of State and Government Summit, held in the Ethiopian …

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