Day: March 25, 2024

Firestone Liberia Makes History as World’s First ISCC PLUS Certified Natural Rubber Farm

IPNEWS-NASHVILLE, Tennessee: Bridgestone Americas (Bridgestone) proudly announces its Firestone Liberia natural rubber growing and processing facility has become the world’s first natural rubber farm to earn the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS recognition. The Firestone Liberia facility, sprawling across approximately 118,990 acres in Harbel, Magibi County, has been awarded the ISCC PLUS certification …

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Liberia: Nat’l Security Council Agrees Audit of Ministry of State

IPNEWS: President Joseph Boakai held the first National Security Council NSC meeting on 20 March 2024, with an “ oath of confidentiality” administered to members of the council at Executive Mansion. The NSC is a strategic state institution, comprising the Ministries of Justice, Finance, Defence, Internal Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Chief of Staff of the Armed …

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Liberia: ‘Balli Island Project’, Weah’s Unforgettable Mirage (PART I)

—The Tragedy of Political Promises IPNEWS: Hopes for a brighter future in post conflict Liberia, a promise by politicians nowadays by politicians are now becoming worrisome for ordinary Liberia with seemingly nobody to trust. In 2012, when former President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf proposed relocating the capital to Zekepa, her announcement did not go without scrutiny. There …

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ArcelorMittal Liberia Supports Local Effort to Raise Awareness on Environment and Climate Change

IPNEWS: ArcelorMittal Liberia has partnered with a local entertainment powerhouse, La Quen Entertainment, to foster environmental consciousness within the mining communities of Nimba. La Quen Entertainment, renowned for organizing the annual Miss Earth Liberia beauty pageant, joined hands with AML and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to spearhead a two-day campaign aimed at amplifying awareness …

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Liberia: Simeon Freeman Describes Draft National Budget ‘Scaring and Terrible’

By Edwin G. Genoway, Jr(231886458910)-edwin.genoway@frontpageafricaonline.com IPNEWS: The political leader of the Opposition Movement for Progressive Change (MPC) Mr. Simeon Freeman has described as Scaring and terrible, the National draft budget submitted by the Boakai led government. “Most of the revenue coming out of the budget is from our domestic revenue, 92.5% of this budget going …

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PERSPECTIVE: Liberian Business Community must be a priority of the Boakai Administration

By: Samuel P. Jackson Development Consultant  Sixty-two days since the ascension to power of President Boakai on January 22, 2024, he is not paying enough attention to the business community. I don’t know of any meeting with the following pillars of the Liberian Business Community. I can be corrected but this is my honest observation. …

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Liberia: Defence lawyers Argue Statute of Limitations In Kunti Kamara Case

Mr Kamara is seeking to overturn his conviction and 30-year prison sentence handed down by a jury in November 2022. IPNEWS: Lawyers defending Liberian warlord, Kunti Kamara, in his appeal of his 2022 conviction for war crimes, advanced their second challenge to the case in court Friday, arguing that France’s statute of limitations for such …

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PERSPECTIVE: A Generational Collaboration; Fundamentals of Liberia’s National Reconciliation and Nation-building

By: Austin S.  Fallah- A Nationalist and Advocate for Social and Economic Justice for all Airbreathing Human Beings: An intriguing political paradigm is currently unfolding in the Republic of Liberia – a fascinating amalgamation of generational identities at its executive helm. This unique scenario presents a significant opportunity to guide Liberia onto the path of …

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