Day: August 10, 2022

Minister McGill Gets More Lashes As CENTAL Criticizes His Defense of Corruption

IPNEWS-Monrovia: The Center for Transparency and Accountability in Liberia (CENTAL) says recent utterances of the Minister of State for Presidential Affairs, Nathaniel McGill defending corruption is extremely troubling, given his position of influence in the Liberian Government. A CENTRAL’s statement released in Monrovia asserts, what Minister McGill says or does could shape the decisions of …

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Military Takes Over Freetown Amidst Rising Tension for President Marda Bio Stepdown

—-As Gov’t Imposes Curfew, & Shutdown Internet IPNEWS: FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – Amidst rising tension in neighboring Sierra Leone, for the stepdown of President Marda Bio, Sierra Leone, the military high-command of Sierra Leone has taken over several parts of the Capital Freetown hours after the government announced a full force of dust-to-dawn curfew across Sierra …

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House Receives President Weah Special Session Request

……Set to return Up Capitol Hill Monday IPNEWS: The Honorable House of Representatives has received a Communication from the President of the Republic, H. E. Dr. George Manneh Weah, requesting the return of lawmakers from their break for a special legislative session. The President’s Communication is quoted as saying the return of the Legislators for …

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President Weah Appoints Cllr. Bernard Chairperson of Ad-Hoc Pre-Selection Committee of LACC Commissioners

IPNEWS-Monrovia: President George Weah, has appointed Cllr. Archibald Bernard as chairperson of an Ad-hoc Committee charged with the responsibility to pre-select candidates to serve as Commissioners of the amended Liberia Anti-corruption Commission (LACC), an Executive Mansion release says. Cllr. Bernard’s appointment by the President is consistent with Section 6.10 of the Act to Amend and …

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President Weah Recalls Legislators for Special Session on Critical National Issues

President George Weah, is calling to work members of the 54th National Legislature for a special legislative session. A Proclamation issued Tuesday, August 9, 2022, called the legislators to “a Special Session of the 54th Legislature for a period of thirty (30) days; beginning Monday, August 15, 2022, to Tuesday, September 13, 2022, to discuss …

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UNDP Partners with Monrovia City Corporation to launch Cash for Work Waste Management programme

IPNEWS: UNDP in partnership with the Monrovia City Corporation (MCC) and in collaboration with the United Nations Volunteer (UNV) Program, will on 13, August 2022, launch a Cash for Work clean-up exercise covering 10 communities in Monrovia and its surroundings to help tackle the issue of poor waste management, while providing short-term income to support …

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Bloody Protest Rock Freetown; Call for Marda Bio Government Stepdown Echoes

—-As Gov’t Announces Nationwide Curfew IPNEWS: FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – Violent protests continued to rock the Sierra Leone capital Freetown throughout Wednesday morning. According to reports, scrolls of dead bodies are seen in many parts of the capital following exchanges and live bullets by riot police, backed by the Military against civilians calling for President Marda …

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PERSPECTIVE: In the 1800s, the American Colonization Society relocated thousands of freed Black Americans to West Africa. It led to the creation of Liberia

On December 21, 1816, a group of fifty white elites gathered in a Washington, D.C. hotel to discuss the future of freed Black Americans. Following the American Revolution, the number of freed Black Americans had grown from 60,000 in 1790 to 300,000 by 1830. The American Colonization Society emerged as the solution, with the mission of shipping Black people …

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Perspective: The stay or longevity of ArcelorMittal-Liberia in Liberia Will Serve Liberia Good

By Julius T. Jaesen II ArcelorMittal-Liberia, Liberia’s biggest investment company, since its advent in our country in 2006, has been a devoted business partner to Liberia’s socioeconomic development and transformation. The company has since been dutiful and committed to meeting up with its terms and conditions of the agreement to the national government to support …

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Writ of Arrest up for Minister Collins Others

IPNEWS: Judge Nancy Sammy has ordered the arrest and incarceration of Public Works Minister, Ruth Coker Collins her deputies, and others for failing to appear in court today. The court’s order came after the Minister and her deputies refused to appear in court to show probable cause why she and others involved should not be …

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