Month: October 2021

House Of Representative Gets Copies of approved 2021 Special National Budget

IPNEWS: The Honorable House of Representatives has finally received 78 copies of the approved 2021 Special National Budget from the Executive, through the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning. The 2021 Special National Budget was submitted to the Lower House on Thursday October 28, 2021 during Day 4 of the Special Session of the Honorable …

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LIBERIA, GHANA HOLD TALKS ON SITUATION OF CURRENT AND FORMER LIBERIAN REFUGEES IN GHANA

–Joint Technical Committee Established to Find Amicable, Lasting Solutions IPNEWS – ACCRA: The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Liberia, Amb. Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah, Sr. headed a high-level Liberian Government delegation to Accra, Ghana for the first consultative dialogue held in the Conference Room of the Ministry of National Security of Ghana from …

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In BeaMountain Bad Mining Exploitation Saga – Two Civil Society Organizations Join Forces

IPNEWS-Monrovia: The Green Revolution of Liberia, a civil organization in collaboration with Conscious Cape Moutainians against exploitation and bad governance in Grand Cape Mount has called the attention of the Government of Liberia and the international community over bad mining exploitation by Bea Mountain Company. The two CSOs state that BeaMountain mining exploitation has practically …

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Marketers Accuse Public Works of Undermining Government

By Joseph Tumbey;josephtumbey@gail.com; (+232)777941209 IPNEWS-Monrovia: A group of Liberian business owners under the banner “United Marketers Association of Liberia (UMAL)” has accused the Acting Public Works Minister, Ruth Coker-Collins of undermining the Liberian Government’s Pro-poor agenda by protecting a Lebanese businessman over them. According to UMAL, after demolishing the former ‘Gobachop’ Market in Red Light …

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GOL Commences Fight against Breast Cancer

As President Weah Conducts Exercise with Participants. By Joseph Tumbey; josephtumbey@gail.com; (+231)777941209 IPNEWS-Monrovia: The Ministry of Gender, Children & Social Protection in collaboration with the 0ffice of the First Lady of Liberia, Clar Marie Weah, commemorate the Breast Cancer Awareness Month under the theme: “A Get Pink’d Danxercise Affair”   celebrating Survivors & honor lost loves. …

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UNDP and Partners Collaborate to Eradicate Corruption in Liberia

By Joseph Tumbey; josephtumbey@gmail.com; (+231)777941209 IPNEWS-Monrovia: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched Anti-corruption initiatives project in Liberia in collaborative efforts to fight against massive corruption across the country. Speaking at the formal launching program held at the Liberia Ministerial complex in Monrovia on Tuesday October 26, 2021 the UNDP said the project is intended …

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Vice President Jalloh Says He Was Key for Democratic Rule in Sierra Leone

–As VP Taylor Calls for Basic Voters Education before 2023 Elections By Joseph Tumbey; josephtumbey@gmail.com; (+232)777941209 IPNEWS-Monrovia: Sierra Leone vice president Mohammed Judeh Jalloh has disclosed that in the early 1990s when current president Julius Maada Bio was a military ruler, he (Jalloh) practically fought him to restore their country to democratic civil rule following …

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"Price hiking & hoarding of commodities, are deemed illegal" Commerce Minister Sounds Warning

IPNEWS: The Government of Liberia, through the Ministry of Commerce and Industry say it recognizes increasing transactions using the Liberian dollars with quotation of prices different from the officially published exchange rate by the Central Bank of Liberia, has directly constraint the purchase of goods and services for ordinary citizens amidst appreciating status of the …

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PERSPECTIVE: Joe Biden Should Support the War and Economic Crimes Court for Liberia

IPNEWS: It is time to do right by Liberia and abide by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Liberia’s recommendations. In 1990, just prior to the start of its civil war, the West African nation of Sierra Leone had a population of just over four million people. Over the next eleven years, more than 50,000 …

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Charles Taylor sues Liberian government over pensions

IPNEWS: Former Liberian warlord-turned-president Charles Taylor, jailed for five decades for war crimes, has filed a lawsuit against his country’s government over its ‘refusal’ to pay his pension and retirement benefits, according to a court statement. Taylor sparked a 13-year civil war in Liberia when he led a rebellion in 1989 to oust President Samuel …

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