Month: April 2018

Visiting Islamic Cleric Grand Mufti of Zimbabwe pays courtesy call on Vice President Howard-Taylor

IPNews-Monrovia,Liberia 3 April 2018:Visiting Islamic Cleric, Dr. Ismail Musa Menk, Grand Mufti of Zimbabwe, has   paid a courtesy call on Vice President Chief Dr. Jewel Howard Taylor, at the Presidential Palace in Gbarnga, Bong County. Dr. Menk is in the country at the invitation of the Al-Noor Foundation for Islamic Development in Liberia. A release …

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Bleeding Coffers Amid Dual Currency Regime

IPNews-Monrovia,Liberia 3 April 2018:In the midst of a twin-shock after the Ebola virus disease outbreak in 2014, with sharp decline in the price of the country`s main export earnings, both rubber and iron ore, the state coffers continue to bleed amid a dual currency regime. Quite intriguingly, latest report published by Global Witness indicted former …

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Police Brutality On The Rise -Two Persons Wounded, Victimized

By T. Lula Jaurey IPNews-Monrovia,Liberia-3 April 2018:A police officer identified as Jerome Togbah has reportedly assaulted one of his neighbors in the Major Taylor community in the township of Caldwell leaving his victim with bruises in his face. On April 2, 2018, officer Togbah allegedly gruesomely used his forehead and hit victim Emmanuel Moore slightly …

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Stella Maris Student Sentenced To Ten Year Prison Term Over Murder Charges

By T. Lula Jaurey IPNews-Monrovia,Liberia-3 April 2018: Over murder charges, Judge Roosevelt Z. Willie, Resident Circuit Judge at Criminal Court “A” at the Temple of Justice has sentenced student Chris Better of the Stella Maris Polythenic Engineering Department for ten years. The incident occurred since November 27, 2016, at the Clear View Entertainment in Duport …

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‘Explosive Weapons Increase Civilian Casualties’ -Says LANSA; Catalogues Effects Of War

IPNews-Monrovia, Liberia-3 April 2018:The chairman of Liberia Action Network on Small Arms (LANSA) has observed that civilians harmed from the use of explosive weapons in populated areas have been highlighted as a top humanitarian priority following increase in recent years of conflicts taking place in urban settings resulting in high levels of civilian casualties. Making …

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MOH/MOE & Carter Center Trained 249 to tackle mental health, and adolescents

IPNews-Monrovia, Liberia-2 April 2018:The Ministry of Health in Liberia has disclosed that it has already trained 19 clinicians in child and adolescent mental health through assistance from the Carter Center’s Mental Health Program in partnership with the Ministry of Education, and the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection. According to the Ministry of Health, …

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Votes Counting In Sierra Leone’s runoff Elections Continue

Counting of ballots has begun after official polls close late Saturday, March 31, 2018, in Sierra Leone’s rescheduled presidential run-off vote. International and regional observers notably former Interim President of Liberia, Prof Amos Sawyer, who Heads of ECOWAS Observation Mission, as expressed indication of a free and fair runoff- elections even though there are reports …

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FALSEHOOD! Civil Society Refutes Negative Media Reports Against ADI Management

IPNews-Monrovia,Liberia-1 April 2018:  Seven Civil Society under the banner Grand Coalition of Civil Society Organizations in Liberia, has sharply reacted to recent media reports linking the Management of ADI to bad labor practice and poor performance as works of blackmailer whose intentions are to extort money from the ADI Management through spreading of misinformation of …

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Did Retired Liberian President Sirleaf Influence Global Witness’ Exxon Report On Liberia? -PRES. WEAH ORDERS JUSTICE MINISTER INVESTIGATE GLOBAL WITNESS REPORT

IPNews-Monrovia,Liberia-1 April 2018: As a global watchdog, research and journalism group, Global Witness has and stands for a good cause in exposing the lack of transparency, accountability, and abuse around the world but having and standing for a good cause is not the same as doing the right things in pursuing that cause, especially when …

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