Month: January 2019

Cllr. Tiawan Gongloe Inducted LNBA President-Frowns on Commissioning of Lib-US Ambassador Patten Without Confirmation

IPNews-Monrovia-Liberia-Monday- 28 January 2019: Newly inducted President of the Liberia National Bar Association (LNBA), Cllr. Tiawan Gongloe, has frowned on recent commissioning of George S. W. Patten, Sr., to as Liberia’s Ambassador to the United States by President George Manneh Weah without the confirmation by the Senate as required by the Constitution. The LNBA President …

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Frm. LP Brumskine Worries Over NEC’s Independence Ahead of 2020 Mid-Term Senatorial Election -Wants Reform In Election Laws

IPNews-Monrovia-Liberia-Monday- 28 January 2019: Former Liberty Party (LP) standard bearer and political leader Cllr. Charles Walker Brumskine has expressed worries over the current composition of the National Elections Commission (NEC), ahead of ensuing 2020 mid-term senatorial election. He recommended electoral reform in which political parties would be given the chance and responsibility to recommend the …

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Pres. Weah Addresses 54th Legislature Today-As Expectation for Economy Revival Remains High

IPNews-Monrovia-Liberia-Monday- 28 January 2019: Liberia’s twenty-fifth President, George Manneh Weah, will today address the 54th National Legislature of Liberia on current state of the Country. The President’s address to the 54th Legislature on today is in consonance with Article 58 of the 1986 Constitution, which set aside the fourth working Monday in January of each …

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Sharks extinction underway in Liberia’s water; Environmental Scientist Warns

IPNews-Monrovia-Liberia-26 January 2019: George Toe reflects on the good old days, when catching a couple of sharks helped fill a fisherman’s pocket and fed a hungry family. Fifteen years or so ago, local fishermen who ventured off the coast of Liberia could expect to come back with 200, maybe 300, of the fish in their …

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Over 16bn Investigation Delay, US-Based Liberian Warns of Unprecedented Action

IPNews-Monrovia-Liberia: Saturday, 26 January 2019: The Movement for Justice in Liberia is deeply worried about the prolonged investigation into the disappearance of the $16 billion Liberian Dollar Banknotes printed and brought into the country in March 2018 few months into President George Oppong Weah’s leadership. According to a dispatch from Lawrenceville, Georgia, USA , the …

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VP Howard-Taylor Bags Bong County Highest Traditional Title of “PONOFALO”

IPNews-Monrovia-Liberia: Saturday, 26 January 2019: The people of Bong County have bestowed another but highest distinguished traditional title upon their Daughter, Chief Dr. Jewel Howard-Taylor, Liberia’s Vice President. According to the Chief Dakpanah of Liberia, Chief Moses Suakollie, the title, “PONOFALO” is the highest traditional title in the Kpelleh tradition. The title, according to a …

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Former Public Works Minister Wants Full Scale Investigation into Violence at Rep. Yekeh Kolubah’s Residence; But Other Argues ‘Why Now?’

IPNews-Monrovia-Liberia: Saturday, 26 January 2019: Former Human rights lawyer Attorney Samuel Kofi Woods, II, is calling on the independent human rights Commission and the entire government of Liberia to launch a full scale investigation into recent violence in district #10, when Representative Yekeh Kolubah hosted a district children’s party. The former Public Works Minister stated …

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Breaking news: Court Places Injunction on PUL Operations Over Suspension of VP Octavian Williams

Reports coming out of the Monrovia City Court, says, the court has placed an injunction on the operations of the Press Union of Liberia, until the mertis and Demetris of the suspension of its Vice President,Octavian T. Williams, for time indefinite. According to a highly placed sources, the law suit follows repeated summons from the …

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Rep. Gray Slam Critics Over Claims of Pres. Weah Used of Gov’t Money

By: Mayamu Kromah IPNews-Monrovia-Liberia-Thursday- 24 January 2019: Montserrado County District #8 Lawmaker Hon. Arcarus Gray has slammed critics over claims that, President George Manneh Weah is using tax payers’ money to build his ninth street and Rehab community respectively. The lawmaker condemn in the strongest term the act of fabrication by some unscrupulous individuals and …

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