IPNEWS: The Central Bank of Liberia released the final four denominations in its updated banknote series on Sept. 21. The $20, $50, $500, and $1,000 notes join the $100 note that was issued in September 2021. The $5 and $10 bills were replaced with coins of the same denominations ($1,000 Liberian is the equivalent of …
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One of the two presidential candidates for the forthcoming Press Union of Liberia (PUL) election, Julius Kullie Kanubah has presented his manifesto to members of the PUL with the hope that his ideas will be brought by them in his vision to redeem the journalists’ union and make it regain its lost glory, advocacy, as …
By Jacqueline L. Dennis IPNEWS: The Liberia National Police on Monday, October 24, 2022, forwarded to court the son of a businessman, Attorney-at-law George B. Kailondo, George Kailondo Junior, on allegations of illegal possession of a firearm. Police arrested him recently after he allegedly discharged the firearm, a pistol, and wounded a man identified as …
IPNEWS: The Minister of Mines and Energy, Gesler Murray has disclosed that the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) and Cote d’Ivoire have concluded a 27MW Power Agreement in the TRANSCO CLSG deal. Murray claimed that government and its partners are keen that residents access electricity as they do during the rainy season. He said, “The first …
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The ECOWAS Resident Representative Office in Liberia and the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in collaboration with international partners formally launched a series of dialogues on peace, security, and development on Friday, 21, October 2022. The exercise will comprise monthly national dialogues on carefully selected topics to be addressed by various international partners …
THE NAME LIBERIA Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS) has now become synonymous with corruption as the government Agency continues to be in the news for alleged acts of financial malfeasance and other unwholesome acts. JUST QUITE RECENTLY, LISGIS’ suspended census project coordinator, G. Alex Williams, accused officials of the Agency of squandering US$1.1 …
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— Successor Weah Has Never disbursed additionally-Allotted US$300k –A Questioning Synopsis; As PUL 2022 Election Emerges About the Press Union of Liberia (PUL) Founded in Monrovia on September 30, 1964, the Press Union of Liberia (PUL) is the umbrella organization serving Liberian media professionals and institutions. The PUL has oversight responsibility for addressing problems arising …
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BBC News – A Russian court has rejected an appeal by US basketball star Brittney Griner against her nine-year jail term for drug charges. The court near Moscow upheld the sentence, with the state prosecutor calling it “fair”. The double Olympic winner apologized for her “honest mistake” in the appeal hearing via video link, saying …
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BBC News – South Africa says it will allow a sanctioned Russian oligarch to dock his superyacht in Cape Town. The $521m (£472m) vessel, which belongs to Alexei Mordashov – an ally of Russian leader Vladimir Putin – left Hong Kong earlier this week. South African opposition leaders had urged the government to seize the …
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