Month: May 2021

At NPA: Victory for dockers in Liberia after titanic struggle for justice

IPNEWS: Twenty-four dockworkers are today back at work after a struggle of epic proportions. Members and leaders of ITF affiliate the Dock Workers’ Union of Liberia (DOWUL) were wrongly suspended by APM Terminals in Monrovia, the country’s capital. Those wrongful suspensions set in motion more than seven months of struggle, hardship and stress for these …

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Civil Society Group Lauds NSA Director Pearson for “Giving Face to Liberia’s Intelligence Community”

IPNEWS – Monrovia: National Security Agency’s (NSA) Director James Henric Pearson has been commended by a civil society group, for “giving face to Liberia’s intelligence community.” The Citizens Movement to Protect Good Governance and Rule of Law (MPGGRL) further described Dr. Pearson’s marvelous works being carried out at the nation’s central intelligence and termed him …

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HELL BREAKS LOOSE AT LPRC, AS SECURITY CHIEF-OPERATION MANAGER IN FISTFIGHT

BY:JOSEPH TUMBEY. IPNEWS: The grounds of the Liberia Petroleum Refining Company (LPRC), on Wednesday, May 5, 2021 was the scene of gangsterism when two senior members of the LPRC Management staff got into a fistfight resulting in a severe injury which left at least one employee tooth broken. According to eyewitnesses, the commotion ensued between …

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Dr. Mosoka Fallah Gets 2021 UK Alumni Global Impact Award; To Panel Major Global Health Engagements

IPNEWS: The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Refuge Place International (RPI), Dr. Mosoka P. Fallah, has been invited as one of the panelists at ensuing ‘Decolonising Global Health in Africa’ Webinar. The event is to be hosted by Newmark Group IMC and the Global Health Decolonisation Movement in Africa (GHDM-Africa). In a communication from the …

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Gold Rush Heats Up in Liberia, As another Commercial Gold Mining Company Emerges

IPNEWS: Amid outcry by locals for depletion of resources from their Ancestor’s land without direct benefit to the place to which those minerals are derived from. Over the last few years, notable names in the gold industry such Acures Mining , Bea Mountain, MNG Gold, Liberty Gold, Hammiburg Resources, among others, with huge financial resources …

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Over Go Slow @ Freeport: APM-NPA Management, Port Users signed Resolution after fruitful Multi Stakeholders Talk

IPNEWS: A Joint Resolution aimed at calling off a ‘Go Slow’ action at the Freeport of Monrovia has been signed so as to make way for normal operations at the Port. According to a release from the NPA, all contending parties: Custom Brokers Association, Port Truckers, and members of a constituted Multi Stakeholders Body have …

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MINISTER GESLER MURRAY WANTS FREE EDUCATION

By: JOSEPH TUMBEY. IPNEWS: Mines and Energy Minister Gesler Murray has condemned current situation of the educational system and is calling for urgent recalibration to provide a balance in both the public and private sector. Serving as a key note speaker of the first graduation exercise of The Salvation Army Polytechnic T-SAP on Friday April …

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Over Death of Little Precious Ireland: Police charges Student Jovenus Turay ‘Negligenti Homicide’

IPNEWS: Even though the father of the late Precious Ireland, said Saturday during the funeral, that his family has forgiven the kid who shot and killed his daughter. Dr. Ireland stated that “we hold nothing against him, we don’t want anything from him, no blood for blood. Liberia has seen enough of this. We forgive …

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“Liberia’s Education Under Threat by Poor Sector Leadership” Frm. PUL SG Julius Kanubah Alarms

IPNEWS: On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, a former official of the Press Union of Liberia (PUL), says the ‘right to knowledge without interference’ and the ‘academic freedom to receive and impart knowledge and information’ is under serious threat by the George Weah administration. According to Mr. Julius Kullie Kanubah, the threat is …

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Deputy Speaker Arrives in Barclayville ahead of World Press Freedom Day Celebration

IPNEWS: The Deputy Speaker of the 54th Legislature and Grand Kru County District #2 Representative, Cllr. J. Fonati Koffa has arrived in Barclayville Thursday ahead of the 2021 World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) celebration, organized by the Press Union of Liberia (PUL). Deputy Speaker is in Barclayville and will serve as Guest Speaker of the …

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