Day: February 9, 2023

LRA, DHL Sign MOU On Trade Facilitation

The Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA), through its Customs Department, and DHL International Liberia on Monday (Feb 6) signed a trade facilitation agreement at the LRA Headquarters in Paynesville. Trade facilitation is a World Trade Organization (WTO) instrument that removes barriers and paves the way for expediting the movement, release, and clearance of goods, including goods …

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Liberia Makes Strong Case for Top IMO Seat

A high-level Government of Liberia delegation, led by the Commissioner of the Liberia Maritime Authority (LMA) Lenn Eugene Nagbe, has made a compelling case for  ‘’Category A” membership with the International Maritime Organization (IMO). Making Liberia’s case at the IMO Headquarters in London on Tuesday, Commissioner  Nagbe highlighted the strategic role the country plays in …

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South African Youth Leaders, UL Student Leaders Share Knowledge at a Dialogue

Under the auspices of the Embassy of South Africa to Liberia, youth leaders from Pretoria, South Africa, and student leaders from the University of Liberia have participated in a fruitful interactive roundtable dialogue. The one-day dialogue was held Thursday, February 2, 2023, on the University of Liberia Capitol Hill campus ahead of a dialogue planned …

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MRD-WEAH Confusion Deepens; Says Pres. George Weah Has Short Memory

It looks like the ongoing confusion between the one-time darling boy of former rebel leader Prince Y. Johnson, and the Standard Bearer of the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change, George Manneh Weah, is far from over. This time, the Political leader of the Movement for Democracy and Reconstruction (MDR) has questioned the memory capacity of …

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ALJA Boosts Liberian Media With Computers, Digital Recorders

About 20 Media Institutions, including many community radio stations across the Country, will this week receive Laptop Computers and Digital Voice Recorders worth thousands of US dollars from the Association of Liberia Journalists in the Americas (ALJA). In a Press Release issued on Wednesday, February 8, 2023, the Association says the donation is part of …

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Liberia’s Beauty Queen Criticized for Wearing CDC’s Paraphernalia at President Weah’s Nomination Rally

The media reports that Miss Liberia Verolyn Veseh Vonleh has been criticized after she was spotted wearing the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) paraphernalia at the nomination rally for President George Weah’s second term bid. Miss Vonleh, 21, an indigenous of Rivercess County was crowned Miss Liberia on July 24, 2022, after queen Wokie …

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VP Taylor against Voters Trucking ahead of Voter Registration

Vice President of the Republic of Liberia, Jewel Howard Taylor has warned against voters trucking by those she referred to as “failed politicians” in various districts across the country ahead of the voter registration. Voter trucking has become a widespread phenomenon within Liberian body politics since post-war Liberia and is eroding very severely the essence …

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What Happen to the Case of Moses Owen Brown and Daniel Tarr in Korea?

The trial of Mr. Moses Owen Brown, Liberia’s Permanent Representative to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and Mr. Daniel Tarr, Director of the Marine Environmental Protection Department of the Liberia Maritime Authority is scheduled to have commenced on Wednesday, November 30, 2022, in Busan, South Korea. Messers. Brown and Tarr were charged with multiple counts …

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Will Liberian Traditional Leaders And Zoes Actually Heed The Ban Announced On FGM?

Many are wondering if traditional leaders and Zoes will adhere to this latest ban on Female Gentile Mutilation (FGM) announced on Tuesday, February 7, 2023. On several occasions in the past, ban of FGM practices had been announced but yet the practice had still been continuing. The Liberian government of Liberia through the Gender Ministry …

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NEC Legal Officer Faces Senate’s Probe

Two of the Senate’s statutory committees have been mandated to investigate the National Elections Commission’s legal officer’s “purported” academic qualifications. The probe into Teage Jalloh comes as Grand Bassa County Senator Nyonblee Karnga-Lawrence has informed her colleagues that the NEC lawyer is unfit and unqualified for the job. “The terms of reference of legal officers …

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