Year: 2021

Liberia Makes Int’l Head-waves in Peacekeeping

IPNews-Bamarko, Mail: The modern Armed Forces If Liberia, under the Director, Major-General, Prince C. Johnson, is being praised to its display of professionalism, and discipline by the international community. The Director of the United Nations Office of Peacekeeping Strategic Partnerships (OPSP), Major General Jai Menon, described AFL peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated …

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Breaking News! Defeated Senators’ Staffers Looting Senate Wing? Ahead of NEC Certification of 3 Newly-elected Senators Tomorrow

IPNews-Monrovia: Amid the official certification of three newly-elected Senators tomorrow, January 6, by the National Elections Commission- NEC, reports from the Liberian Senate, speak of disproportionate looting of the Senate by some defeated Senators in the Dec. 8, 2020 Special Senatorial Election. The certification program is expected to take place at 11 A.M, in the …

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Liberia-Africa’s Chinese Loans Dragnet

IPNews-G20 Meetings: Liberia with a current GDP average, is among the lest West African Nation currently in debt with the People’s Republic of China, with 50 million debt acquired between 2000-2017, by the former Transitional Government headed by Charles Julie Bryant and the last days of former Liberian President Ellen Sirleaf. It is not clear …

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Samuel Tweah Issues New Directive “for Processing and Disbursement of Central Gov’t Payroll”

IPNews-Monrovia – The Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Mr. Samuel D. Tweah, has issued a new directive for Processing and Disbursement of Central Gov’t Payroll, which according to him, will ensure the timely processing and disbursement of employees’ salary. According to Finance Min. Tweah, “By the 1st of every month, the payroll period of …

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Int’l Community Hails Liberia for COVID-19 Response Efforts

IPNews-Monrovia: Liberia again has become a model for dealing with strange pandemic, especially COVID-19, by the International acclaimed Wall Street Journal has described Liberian among several countries as the best at learning from recent epidemics when it comes to how the country has so far handle the coronavirus pandemic. In its recent report on the …

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Breaking News! UP Dumps Johnson Gweikolo for Clarence Massaquoi in Deputy Speaker Race

IPNews-Monrovia: The authoritative Independent Probe (IPNews), has reliably gathered that the former ruling Unity Party has dumped long-time educator and statesman, Nimba County’s District No. 9 Representative Johnson Gweikolo, as lead candidate for the post of Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives. The party instead has decided to put forth Lofa County’s Representative Clarence …

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VP Howard Seeks Donor Funding For Safe-home Project, Spoon Foundation To Oversee Donations

IPNews-Monrovia: Liberia’s Vice President Chief Dr. Jewel Howard-Taylor says she is in talks with a number of organizations and individuals on the construction of a safe-home project for the protection of survivors of sexual gender based violence (SGBV). This effort under the auspices of the Jewel Starfish Foundation in collaboration with the Office of the …

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“There is Crisis in the Land”, Rev. Samuel Reeves’ calls for Redirection of the Nation Affairs

IPNews-Monrovia: The Presiding Pastor of the Providence Baptist Church, Rev. Dr. Samuel V. Reeves, says there is crisis in the land. Rev. Reeves, preaching at the frist Sunday, January 3, 2020, from the St. John chapter 4: 46-49, and on the theme: ” Hearing from God during Crisis”-Focus on Listening”, stated that leaders if Liberia …

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Why Africa’s COVID-19 Outbreak Hasn’t Been as Bad as Everyone Feared

IPNews-Monrovia: When COVID-19 initially blazed through Asia, Europe and then the United States, global public health experts worried that it could be catastrophic for Africa, with its crowded cities, poorly funded health sector and lack of testing facilities. The U.N. Economic Commission for Africa in April predicted up to 300,000 deaths this year if the …

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Governance Must Be About The People, The People, and The People

By: Robert Moncio Kpadeh (Sage) There is and has always been a missing link in the governance of Liberia, which is ZERO EMPHASIS ON THE PEOPLE. It has been a marauding specter of brazen evil where the ruling governors and their cohorts get richer and gleefully live a garish lifestyle while the people on whose …

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