Month: April 2018

‘Innovative Technology Solves Africa`s Challenges’ -VP |Encourages Liberians

IPNews-Monrovia,Liberia-25 April 2018: Liberia’s Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor has spoken of the need for Africans to use innovative technology to solve Africa’s development challenges. VP Howard-Taylor however stressed that the people of Africa need “Knowledge and information on the use of today’s innovation to be on speed pace of our one world. Addressing hundreds of …

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Guest Commentary by: Fetus Poquoi, Editor-In-Chief, New Democrat Newspaper The Threat Against The Media Is The Media Itself

It is a disservice and betrayal of the public trust when journalists abandon their constitutional and traditional role to make much-ado about less significant matters. The sole purpose of journalism is to serve society and its people. The independent press is widely considered the lifeline of democracy due to its vital role in the provision …

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Largest Oil Palm Mill in West Africa to be Constructed in Maryland County

IPNews-Monrovia,Liberia-25 April 2018: The Chairman of the SIFCA Group of Companies and owner of the Cavalla Rubber Corporation(CRC) and the Maryland Oil Palm Plantation (MOPP), Mr. Allasanne Doumbia has disclosed that work is already underway for the construction of what will be the largest oil palm mill in West Africa upon completion. According to Mr. …

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Ivorian Refugees Status In Limbo-No food ration, good medication and better education for children

IPNews-Monrovia,Liberia-25 April 2018: The status of the Ivorian refugees in the Bahn Refugee Camp in Nimba County is said to be in limbo, since the United Nations High Commission for Refugees cutoff all activities in 2016. The refugees who appear very pale and distraught told the Daily Observer in the Bahn Refugees on Thursday, April …

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AFL Launches First HIV SERO-Prevalence Risk Survey

IPNews-Monrovia,Liberia-25 April 2018: Soldiers of the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) with support from the U.S Department of Defense HIV/AIDS Prevention Program (DHAPP), in collaboration with the Research Triangle Institute (RTI) International over the weekend launched its first HIV SERO-Prevalence and Behavior Epidemiology Risk Survey (SABERS). This excise is to determine the HIV prevalence and …

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FDA Launches Third National Park -Determined to steer biodiversity conservation efforts

IPNews-Monrovia,Liberia-25 April 2018: Barely a week following the official launch of the Grebo-Krahn National Park in Zwedru, Grand Gedeh County, the management of the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) over the weekend officially inaugurated the Gola National Park in Kongba District, Gbarpolu County, an FDA release said. According to the release, the ceremony was attended by …

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Rep. Morris Wants Sitting Lawmakers Out of Senatorial By-elections

IPNews-Monrovia,Liberia-25 April 2018: Montserrado County District 1 Representative Lawrence Morris has called on his colleagues to abandon their political quests and not participate in the pending senatorial by-election in Montserrado and Bong counties. The reason, according to Morris, is that the upcoming by-election is to usher in new faces at the legislature, but not to …

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U.S. Human Rights Cast Clouds On LNP, Judiciary; Says Sector inhabits “Excessive force, corruption, and bribery”

IPNews-Monrovia,Liberia-25 April 2018:The Liberia National Police has again been indicted for random and indiscriminant arrests characterized by use of excessive force, assaults, rape and abuse, including tear gas, leading to injuries and death. The indictment does not spare the Liberian judiciary either. It details that police officers & magistrates frequently detained citizens for owing money …

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Electricity Expansion Project Suffers Setback -World Bank Office Discloses

IPNews-Monrovia,Liberia-25 April 2018:World Bank’s Monrovia office , Communication Officer, Michael Sahr, has disclosed that construction on the 66 k/v transmission line to Kakata under the Liberia Acceleration Electricity Expansion Project will  has suffered setbacks. The project aims to increase access to electricity and strengthen institutional capacity in the electricity sector. Sahr said the contract suffered …

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