Day: August 18, 2022

Liberia: Red Alert! Banks Confirmed US. Sanction Designees Account Blocked

IPNEWS: Highly placed sources at serval Banks in Liberia have confirmed notice from the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), for the blocking and freezing of personnel accounts belonging to three designated Liberian officials. According to IPNEWS impeachable sources, at the United BANK for Africa (UBA) and SIB (formerly GN BANK) confirmed they received official communication from the …

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U.S. Sanction Takes 1st Strike @ Nathaniel McGill & Family

…..As UBA, Others Swiftly Put Freeze on Accounts IPNEWS: On Monday, August 15, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Liberian government officials Nathaniel McGill, Sayma Syrenius Cephus, and Bill Twehway for their involvement in ongoing public corruption in Liberia. These officials are designated pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13818, which builds upon and …

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Democracy Not About Elections, But Putting In Place Right Things

–V.P Howard Taylor Underscores By: James Lehmer Hiama, Jr.; hiamajames@gmail.com; 0770334857/0888270604 IPNEWS-Monrovia: Speaking at the Mano River Union (MRU) Woman Conference on Wednesday, August 17, 2022 at the Ministerial Complex in Congo Town, outside Monrovia, in commemoration of the 2022 National Kukatornon Peace Festival, the Vice President of Liberia Jewel Howard Taylor, told the gathering …

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ArcelorMittal Liberia Turns over 112 Metric Tons of Valuable Metal Scraps to Bong Authorities

–Proceeds Expected to be used for a local school in Rock Crusher Community Renovation   ArcelorMittal Liberia (AML) has turned over a huge deposit of valuable metal scrap materials to authorities of Bong County to be sold and proceeds used to renovate a public school in the Rock Crusher Community of Kokoyah District. Proceeds from …

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Sen. Smith Wants Reduction of NEC Registration Fees for Aspirants

IPNEWS-Monrovia: Rivercess County Senator Wellington Geevon Smith says he is seriously against the National Elections Commission’s (NEC) new amendment law that seeks to increase the registration fees of those who want to contest in the 2023 general elections. Senator Smith stated that he does not support such an amendment that will impose unnecessary constraints on …

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Nat Barnes Rallies Liberians to Take Lead for U.S. Targeted Sanctions

IPNEWS-Monrovia: Presidential aspirant, Ambassador Nathaniel Barnes has welcomed and commended the announcement of August 15, 2022, that the United States Department of Treasury had imposed sanctions on three Liberian government officials: Nathaniel McGill, Sayma Syrennius Cephus, and Bill Twehway for Public Corruption. Stating his position in an Op-ed dispatched to the Independent Probe on Tuesday, …

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McGill, Others’ Suspension Is Cosmetic – DPPL

By Taisiah K. Merfee IPNEWS-Monrovia: The opposition Democratic People’s Party of Liberia (DPPL) has condemned what it said is the cosmetic and face shielding suspension of State for Presidential Affairs Minister, Nathaniel McGill, Solicitor General, Seyma Syrenius Cephas and National Port Authority managing Director, Bill Twehway. The United States Government has imposed sanctions on the …

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George Weah: Hopes for Liberian football revival with legend as President

By Danesius Marteh – Football Writer, Liberia When a former Balon d’Or winner was elected as the country’s President, most Liberians would have thought their fortunes on the football pitch would be transformed. Four and a half years on, stakeholders are still hoping George Weah can dribble past mounting problems and help lift the national game. …

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