IPNews-Monrovia: A Liberian lawyer who challenged the destruction of the country’s tropical forests for palm oil plantation has won the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize for Africa. Alfred Brownell is being recognised for his campaigns to prevent more than 500,000 acres of forest from being cut down by Liberia’s biggest palm oil company, Golden Veroleum Liberia …
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BY: S. Winston Blyden, Sr. IPNews-Monrovia: Montserrado County Representative Acarous Gray has justified the failure of the Speaker and the CDC legislative Caucus from attending the funeral of the late Montserrado County District 15 Representative Adolph Lawrence. Addressing a news conference Monday in Monrovia, Representative Gray said the decision for the party to boycott the …
IPNews-Monrovia: Stakeholders are calling for total support and backing of the Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) in the full implementation of the country’s first-ever comprehensive Domestic Resource Mobilization (DRM) Strategy. The stakeholders, representing local and international development partners and NGOs, civil society and the business community, described the strategy as being attractive and inclusive to boost …
IPNews-Monrovia: The Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) says it has adopted tougher and sophisticated prosecutorial methods to ensure that individuals engage in acts that undermine revenue generation are made to account for crimes committed. According to LEC Manager for Information and Public Affairs, Mambu James Kpargoi residents of Nezoe Community were told during a town hall …
IPNews-Monrovia:A district court of the U.S. State of Pennsylvania may sentenced former spokesman of the defund National Patriotic Front of Liberia-NPFL to 30 years jail for his involvement in the Liberian civil war. According to a dispatch from the United States, the U.S. government sentencing memorandum and mottion for upward departure and Variance. Prosecution, represented …
IPNews-Monrovia:The government of Liberia has come under sharpe criticism for its failure to account properly for funding provided by UN agencies for various projects implimentation across government line ministries. According to a communication dated April 25,2019, addressed to Nathaniel McGill, Minister of State, UN Resident Coordinator, to Liberia, Yacoub El warned that the continued failure …
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IPNews-Monrovia: The Armed Forces of Liberia on Friday showcase various Guidons representing units within the AFL at a colorful ceremony held at the Barclay Training Center in Monrovia. The Guidons are decorated flags representing various units within the Armed Forces of Liberia. Speaking at the ceremony, AFL Chief of Maj/Gen. Prince C. Johnson III, said …
IPNews-Monrovia: Opposition Liberia National Union -LINU is calling for dialogue with planners and organizers of June 7 planned protesters. Addressing reporters at its 16 Street national headquarters, LINU Political leader Nathaniel Blama, stated that it was time to dialogue rather than Protest and called on the protesters to abort further plans. “Liberia have had a …
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IPNews-Monrovia:Last than 24hours since Liberia’s economic management team laid out it’s full economic recovery plans for resuscitating Liberia falling economic nightmare, and it attending macroeconomic performance, the African Development Bank Group has predicted a 22% growth for Liberia between 2019-2020. In its report-“Liberia Economic Outlook”, the Bank stated that Liberia’s real GDP growth rebounded to …
IPNews-Monrovia:Nearly three months since president George Manneh Weah, signed into law the ‘Kamara Abdullah Kamara (KAK) Act of Press Freedom’, sending huge praises from Liberians and it’s international partners, signifying the path of building upon what his predecessor former president Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has laid down. The instrument which was a resubmission to the 54th National …
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