Day: March 6, 2018

Former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Is to Address Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs Tonight

IPNews-Monrovia,Liberia- 6 March 2018: Former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Is to Address Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, tonight in Arthur Lewis Auditorium beginning at 4 p.m. Madam Sirleaf, who is served as president of Liberia from 2006 to 2018, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was the first democratically elected female head …

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LEC Losses 49% To Commercial Theft -Plans To Prosecute Electricity Thieves

IPNews-Monrovia,Liberia-6 March  2018:The Chief Executive Officer of the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC), John Ashley has disclosed plans to embark on a rigorous campaign to combat power theft, which is causing the corporation huge financial losses. Electricity theft accounts for 49% of commercial losses sustained by the LEC. CEO Ashley disclosed that there are several commercial …

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India Enhances Weah`s Development Agenda; Opens USD$144m credit line to Liberia

IPNews-Monrovia-Liberia- 6 March 2018 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India has joined President George Manneh Weah to ensure that the Liberian government’s ‘pro-poor agenda’ trickles down to the downtrodden who are in dire need of economic revival and has announced India’s willingness to revive allocation of a line of credit worth US$144 million. The …

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Sen. Varney Sherman Blasts Lawmakers for Sensationalizing Health Minister-Designate Confirmation

IPNews-Monrovia, Liberia-6 March 2018: Grand Cape Mount Senator, Cllr. Varney G. Sherman, has blasted some members of the Committee on Health, Social Welfare and Children Protection for what he calls ‘sensationalizing’ the confirmation hearing of Health Minister-Designate, Dr. Wilemina Jallah Senator Sherman, who came to the hearing as an observer, noted that it was unfair …

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BWI Board of Governors Probes Nepotism & Impropriety Allegations -Constitutes Five-Member Committee

IPNews-Monrovia, Liberia-6 March 6, 2018: The Board of Governors of the Booker T. Washington Institute has begun probing allegations of nepotism and improprieties levied against the principal of the Booker Washington institute (BWI), Atty. Harris Fomba Tarnue by some anonymous writers. The investigation started over the weekend at a one day BWI employees’ meeting with …

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‘Fiasco Confirmation’ -Steinbock Block Manager Describes Sen. Cooper’s Campaign Against Nuquay

IPNews-Monrovia,Liberia-6 March 6, 2018:The block manager of Steinbock Liberia, Andrew Nelson Yancy has described as fiasco Senator Cooper’s recent campaign against the nomination and subsequent confirmation of the former Speaker of the 53rd National Legislator, James Emmanuel Nuquay as Director General of Liberia Civil Aviation Authority (LCAA). It can be recalled that President George Weah …

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