Year: 2021

Pro-Temp Seeks support for Miners in Affected Communities; Tours G’ Kru County ahead of Pres. Weah’s visit

IPNews-Grand Kru County: The President Pro-Tempore of the Liberian Senate, Albert Chie, wants mining Companies operating in Grand Kru to provide assistance to affected Communities . Pro-Temp Albert T. Chie during a visit yesterday to one of the popular mining sites in Parluken , specifically, Ma Mary Village frowned on the deplorable condition of the …

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Switzerland: Liberian War Crimes Trial Resumes;Victims, Witnesses to Testify

IPNEWS-Geneva:The trial of a former Liberian rebel leader arrested in Switzerland for alleged war crimes during Liberia’s first civil war will start its second important phase on February 15, 2021, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch issued a Question-and-Answer document on the trial on February 12. On December 3, 2020, the Swiss Federal …

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Dr. Mosoka Fallah to speak at London School of Economics on ‘Global Health Security and COVID-19 Vaccines Administration’

IPNews-Monrovia: Former Director General , National Public Health Institute of Liberia, and Time Magazine 2014 Persons of the Year, Dr. Mosoka P. Fallah, is lineup to speak at the prestigious London School of Economics alongside world leading scholars, including Dr. Robtel Pailey, on Global Health Security and COVID-19 Vaccines Administration According to a dispatch from …

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The Paradox of Geography and Vaccine: When the Constructs of Global Health Security and Vaccines as a Global Good are Abandoned

Essay by Mosoka P. Fallah On January 12, 2021 I read with excitement the World Health Organization (WHO) news release, “UNICEF, WHO, IFRC and MSF announce the establishment of a global Ebola vaccine stockpile”. We all owe a debt to the efforts of the “International Coordinating Group (ICG) on Vaccine Provision” to bring this to …

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Golden Veroleum To Pay US$643,005.54 …As S/Court Wants Tropical Logistics Action Of Debt Settled

IPNEWS-Capitol Hill: The Supreme Court of Liberia, has ruled against Golden Veroleum for an Action of Debt case which was taken up to the High Court to be looked into by GVL on a Writ of Certiorari. As a final arbiter of justice the Court mandated the lower court to have jurisdiction in the matter. …

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Perspective: We Don’t Have An Army When We Don’t Dignify Our Soldiers— A Sober Reflection On The Celebration Of the 64th Armed Forces Day Of Liberia

By: Moncio Robert Wilmot Kpadeh (Sage) Kim Jong Un pontificates “The military might of a country represents its national strength. Only when it builds up its military might in every way can it develop into a thriving country.” As we celebrate the 64th Armed Forces Day, streams of pressing thoughts come to mind as regards …

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Today is Armed Forces Day in Liberia; No Parade Due to COVID-19

IPNEWS-Monrovia: For the first time in 65 years of its existence the Residents of Monrovia are not awaken to sound of Drums and beautiful show of Liberia’s cherished Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL). Today in 1956, the Liberia Legislature passed into law upgrading the once Frontier Force to the Armed Forces the Republic of Liberia. …

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Thursday Is Armed Forces Day; to Be Observed as National Holiday

IPNEWS – Monrovia: President George Manneh Weah and Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces of Liberia, has by Proclamation declared Thursday, February 11, Armed Forces Day. The day is to be observed as a National Holiday throughout Liberia, with strict adherence to the prescribed Covid_19 health protocols. The President’s proclamation further directs and orders all military …

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India Wants to Open Embassy in Liberia As Country Closes Honorary Consul General Office; Retires Jeety

IPNEWS – Monrovia: The Government of the Republic of India is to shortly open its Embassy near Monrovia. For this reason, Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi-led administration has written the Liberian Government, through its embassy near Abidjan, La Côte d’Ivoire, that with “immediate effect” it has asked Mr. Upjit Singh Sachdeva to “cease” to act …

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Deputy Speaker Cllr. J. Fonati Koffa wants TRC implemented; Calls for Legal & Infrastructure Process setup to Embrace War Criminals Prosecution

IPNews-Monrovia: On Monday February 15, war crimes trial of Gibril Massaquoi, 51, on allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including murder and aggravated rape, allegedly committed during the second Liberian Civil War between 1999 and 2003, is scheduled to start in Monrovia. Earlier this week, the Court in Finland, heard the case involving …

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