-As Healthcare Delivery Dwindles IPNEWS – Monrovia: The fast rate at which Liberia Healthcare delivery has dwindled in the month of June since the resurgence of the deadly and new variant of the COVID-19 virus has prompted the President of the Liberia National Bar Association (LNBA) to challenge President George Weah and top government officials …
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IPNEWS: As debate over the establishment of the War and Economic Crimes Court intensifies, the International Justice Group (IJG) and its partners, the Movement for Justice in Liberia (MOJUL) and the Global Initiative for Justice (GIJ) has called for the full implementation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) recommendations. In what appeared to be …
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IPNEWS: During the first outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic in Liberia, and in efforts by the Government to provide relief to its people following a nation-wide lockdown to combat the virus, the Liberian government allocated US$25 million to provide food to vulnerable households in the country, while the World Bank provided US$5 million that amounted …
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IPNEWS: The Institute for Research and Democratic Development (IREDD) has released findings from its first survey conducted on improving Liberia’s COVID-19 response and recovery process highlighting the lack of transparency and accountability in budgetary allocation and appropriation. The Institute for Research and Democratic Development (IREDD) is a research and policy advocacy organization that works with …
-But Dr. Karteh Says No Shortage of Vaccine IPNEWS: Despite massive media campaigns by health authorities urging Liberians to take advantage of the AstraZeneca Vaccines brought into the country in April 2021 to build up the immune capacity of the people in the fight against the COVID-19 new variant, health authorities have disclosed that the …
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–Wants US$10 Million Allocated in Budget By Joseph Tumbey, josephtumbey@gmail.com IPNEWS: As efforts continue on all fronts to combat the resurgent COVID-19 pandemic in Liberia, Bong County Electoral District #2 Representative J. Marvin Cole calls for benefits cut from the Executive and the Legislature to purchase COVID-19 vaccines and testing kits for the country. Representative …
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By Joseph Tumbey, josephtumbey@gmail.com IPNEWS: In an effort to help Liberia security agencies to make the country a drug-free society, six community leaders who voluntarily joined the fight under the canopy of “Community Police” were arrested by the Liberia National Police (LNP) Sinoe County detachment. According to reports reaching IPNEWS, the six community leaders were …
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IPNEWS: In spite of the many outreach and media campaigns undertaken by the Government of Liberia and its partners to curtail mob violence usually committed by individuals who take the law into their hands, the menace still takes root in the country. The Liberia National Police (LNP) in Buchanan, Grand Bassa County sent to court …
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-Says Political Officer Abel Plackie IPNEWS – Monrovia: Recently, the self-styled pressure group, Coalition for Democratic Change-Council of Patriots (CDC-COP), through its leadership disclosed on a local radio that there is a planned protest against Montserrado County Senator Abraham Darius Dillon to demand the lawmaker refund the US$15,000 he received as a member of the …
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-386,000 People to Benefit IPNEWS: The World Bank has approved additional financing to the Liberia COVID-19 Emergency Preparedness and Response Project to enable affordable and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines. The financing, amounts to US$8 million grant (US$7 million International Development Association-IDA and US$1 million Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Multi-Donor Trust), will support the …
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