Day: January 27, 2021

Millennium Challenge Compact Closure Consistent with MCC’s 5-Year Compact Lifespan—MCA-L clarifies

IPNews-Monrovia: Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and Millennium Challenge Account Liberia (MCA-L) marked the close of Liberia`s Compact. The $257 million Compact aimed to encourage economic growth and reduce poverty in Liberia by addressing the inadequate access to reliable and affordable electricity and the poor quality of road infrastructure. The Compact invested in the rehabilitation of …

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Weah’s Gov’t Gets 800Million Investment Scale-up Package

IPNews-Monrovia: Liberia’s government expect talks with ArcelorMittal SA to yield an agreement to invest $800 million in the West African nation, President George Weah said. Talks with the steelmaker about amending a so-called Mineral Development Agreement have made “significant progress,” Weah said in an address to the nation Monday in the capital, Monrovia. Changes to …

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Amid increase in Drug Usage: LDEA IN NIMBA PLEADS FOR PASSAGE OF DRUGS LAW

BY ARCHIE SEIBOB YINI IPNews-Nimba: Local office of the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA)in Nimba has lauded citizens of the county for the kind of cooperation accorded them during the year 2020. In an interview with IPNEWS NIMBA correspondent, the LDEA county coordinator, Agent Lincoln B. Nersahn disclosed that through the citizens efforts, they were …

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Meet the Organization Fighting Drugs Abuse in Liberia

By Jusu M. Ville, contributor In recent years, illicit drug abuse in Liberia has become a serious problem, as many talented individuals now transmute addicts and a problem for public health and law. But the problem, which has submerged the country lately, is something that has caught the attention of Miatta Kamara, the Vice President …

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LNBA Prexy Applauds Senate’s Decision Taking on Nwabudike

IPNEWS – Monrovia – The Liberian National Bar Association (LNBA) has applauded the Senate for its action taken against the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission Chairperson, Cllr. A. Ndubuisi Nwabudike of his fake Liberian citizenship. Speaking on Tuesday, January 26, to Judicial reporters on the grounds of the Temple of Justice, Cllr. Tiawan Gongloe, President of LNBA, …

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“Realistic Report” Margibi District 2 Rep. Asserts

IPNwws-Monrovia: Hours after the annual address delivered by President George M. Weah, Margibi County Electoral District #2 Representative, Ivar K. Jones has described as “realistic” Monday’s Report by the President. Providing a quick response to the President’s address, Rep. Jones indicated that the President presented the status of the Country’s economy, both incomes and expenditures …

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Tax Collectors in Month-Long Workshop on Excise Stamps Implementation

IPNEWS – Monrovia: The Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) in collaboration with the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning ( MFDP) has begun a month-long training workshop on the procedures and processes leading to the imposition of excise tax stamps on several commodities and goods currently on the Liberian market. The workshop is sponsored by USAID …

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