Day: January 26, 2023

“I Will Address the Situation Out There at the Appropriate Time” – SPOON Network CEO Witherspoon Speaks Out

IPNEWS-Monrovia: Following the reports that the Chief Executive Officer of Spoon Network, Stanton A. Witherspoon has broken silence over reports that he has been linked to academic fraud and charged by US federal authorities. Mr. Witherspoon said what is happening out there regarding the reports will be addressed at the appropriate time due to the …

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VP Jewel Says Gov’t Commits US$500K for Department of Fisheries Aquaculture Science

By Taisiah K. Merfee Performing the official launching exercise of the Department of Fishery and Aquaculture Sciences (DoFAS) at the University of Liberia on Wednesday, January 25, 2023, Vice President Jewel Howard Taylor disclosed the Visitor of the University and President of Liberia, George Weah has committed the Government to provide US$500 to the program. …

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Feds: 3 South Florida Nursing Schools Sold 7,600 Fake Degrees Worth US$100M; 25 Charged

–Crackdown dubbed ‘Operation Nightingale’; One Stanton Witherspoon Linked IPNEWS-MIAMI: Three now-shuttered South Florida nursing schools sold more than $100 million worth of fake nursing diplomas, leading authorities to charge more than two dozen people, federal prosecutors said Wednesday afternoon. U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Markenzy Lapointe and representatives from FBI Miami and …

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ROAD PROMISES FULFILLED

PRESIDENT GEORGE MANNEH WEAH HAS ACCOMPLISHED MORE THAN 470km ROAD THROUGHFARES; HE IS SET TO GIVE PROGRESS REPORT NEXT MONDAY JANUARY 30TH, 2023; AS GOVERNMENT OF LIBERIA DISBURSES OVER US$40 MILLION IN 2023 IPNEWS: In his 2022 5th State of the Nation Address to the joint chambers of the Legislature, President George Manneh Weah told …

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Why Potential Boakai’s Running Mates Turning Him Down?

–As Sen. Prince Moye Prefers Collaborating Party Member IPNEWS: Some time ago when there was heated noise within the Collaborating Political Parties (CPP) regarding their framework document being altered until the matter was thrown out of court, some former governing Unity Party partisans were posting on social media that with the breakaway of the UP …

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Deputy Speaker Calls for More Support for Fisheries Sector-Pledges Gov’t Support

By Taisiah K. Merfee    IPNEWS: Deputy House Speaker, Cllr. Jonathan Fonati Koffa has said that the Fisheries Sector is a key Component of the Liberian Economy and that the launch and introduction of the Bachelor of Science degree in Fisheries and Aquaculture Science at the State-run University of Liberia is pivotal to the learning process …

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Scramble for PYJ’s Nimba Influence Unabated

–Main CPP, UP Admit Engagements despite US Gov’t’s Warning IPNEWS: A local daily has reported that the two main opposition political institutions ahead of the 2023 October presidential and legislative elections have begun what they term as ‘informal discussions’ the political party of sanctioned Nimba County Senator Prince Y. Johnson (PYJ) political institution, the Movement …

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AML Extends Agro Reforestation Program to Bolo Village, Nimba County

IPNEWS: ArcelorMittal Liberia’s Environmental Department in collaboration with a non-governmental organization, Committee for Peace and Development Advocacy (COPDA), has commenced an Agro Reforestation Program in Bolo, a community of impact around its Yekepa concession area.  The reforestation project is part of ArcelorMittal Liberia’s Biodiversity Conservation Program (BCP) which is intended to introduce commercial and sustainable …

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Revisit The Farmington River Declaration

…CSO Council Calls On ECOWAS, NEC & Political Parties IPNEWS: Taking cognizance of the growing political tensions in Liberia, the National Civil Society Council of Liberia (NCSCL) has called on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the National Elections Commission (NEC), and political parties to immediately revisit the Farmington River Declaration ahead of …

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University of Liberia Administration Accused of Hiring Buses to Commute Students

IPNEWS: A local daily has reported that students’ groupings at the state-owned University of Liberia (UL) are said to be mounting pressure on authorities of the university to guarantee the provision of a conducive and smooth learning environment for the over 20,000 students attending, with a caveat to their President Julius Sarwolo Nelson to desist …

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