Day: November 25, 2022

In Bong County: Sande Bush School stalls Census for days

IPNBEWS: The 2022 national population and Housing Census has been halted in a specific area in Bong County. Already, the process is mired by countless controversies and challenges ranging from lack of logistics for timely deployment to reported corruption involving Finance Minister Samuel Tweh- its Board chair. Up to the present, many of the enumerators …

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PUL President Constitutes Independent Media Stakeholder Committee to probe electoral disagreement

IPNEWS: The President of the Press Union of Liberia (PUL) Charles B Coffey, Jr, has constituted an Independent Media Stakeholder Committee to probe into the current electoral disagreement among members of the Union. President Coffey decision is in adherence to Supreme Court Justice in Chamber His Honor Yusif Kaba mandate, following a conference with concerned …

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SUPREME COURT TO DECIDE PUL CONTROVERSIAL ELECTION, IF…

IPNEWS: In order to resolve the Press Union of Liberia (PUL) controversial election conducted in Gbarnga, Bong County despite several complaints by a contending party regarding the process, which later filed a Writ of Prohibition to the Supreme Court of Liberia for redress, the Justice-in-Chambers of the High Court, Yussif D. Kaba has given the …

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Who Leak Pres. Weah’s Letter on Social Media?

– Senate Secretariat Faces Investigation A local news network, SPOON TV on Thursday, November 24, 2022, reported that it had gathered a report that staff of the Senate Secretariat is being investigated by the Senate leadership over how a communication from President George Weah meant for President Pro-Tempore Albert Chie leaked and was seen circulated …

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Gov’t Pledges to Match UNFPA Support By 2% on All Sexual & Reproductive Health Commodities

IPNEWS: The Ministers of Health and Finance and Development Planning, Dr. (MD) Wilhelmina Jallah and Mr. Samuel D. Tweah have respectively signed committing the Liberian Government to match by two percent whatever supports that the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the United States Aid for International Development (USAID) are jointly going to be providing …

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Former EPS Officer Patrick Kollie Murder Case in Full Swing

IPNEWS: Criminal Court “A” Judge Roosevelt Willie is expected to continue with the hearing in the alleged murder case involving a former Executive Protective Service (EPS) Officer Patrick Kollie. Kollie, now disrobed from the presidential guard, is currently behind bars at the Monrovia Central Prison. He is alleged to have shot Valentine Johnson (deceased), who …

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US$500K Expended on President Weah’s 48-Day Travel?

IPNEWS: The local media has reported that President George Weah’s decision to be out of Liberia for 48 days, which includes a nine-day stop in Qatar to watch the FIFA 2022 World Cup, could cost the country more than US$96k – more than what his government appropriated to some leading government hospital. President Weah, who …

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“Africa Will Shape the Future,” Says Biden’s Advisor

IPNEWS: A senior advisor to US President Joe Biden says that the upcoming US-Africa summit is rooted in the recognition that Africa is a key geopolitical player, one that is shaping the present and will shape the future. The statement comes from Dana Banks, who works in the Biden administration as Special Assistant to the …

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US$100 Million Cocaine Case Goes To Criminal Court ‘A’

IPNEWS: The City Court Magistrate, Jomah S. Jallah on Monday, November 23, 2022, forwarded three defendants in the US$100 Million Cocaine trafficking case to Criminal Court ‘A’ on grounds that the Monrovia City Court lacks jurisdiction in the matter. Defendant Makki Ahmed Issam, a resident of Sinkor along with co-defendants Adulai Djibril Djalo and Oliver …

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