Day: May 25, 2024

Liberia: Drugs Abuse Reaches Crisis Proportion’, Health Minister Louise Kpoto Alarms

IPNEWS: Key amongst the government of Liberia key deliverables for the 100days of president Joseph Boakai is Dr. Louise Kpoto’s strategy for the Health Ministry to combating drugs and substance abuse. Speaking at the 3-day Presidential Cabinet Retreat, Health Minister Dr. Louise Kpoto alarmed over Liberia’s escalating drug and substance abuse crisis. Dr. Kpoto said …

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Liberia: Central Bank of Liberia Clarifies 2019 Corporate Social Responsibility

IPNEWS: The Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) clarifies a media report of Tuesday, May 21, 2024, citing the on-going audit report by the General Auditing Commission (GAC) about financial disbursements made during the July 26 Independence Celebration in 2019. The news article mentioned several disbursements to the Liberia National Police, the National Security Agency, and …

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Liberia: Gov’t To Reactive Maintenance Zones As 285 Earth Moving Equipment Are Expected To Be Distributed Across Liberia Soon…

IPNEWS: About 285 earth moving equipment are expected to arrive in Liberia soon. The earth moving equipment which will be divided across the fifteen Counties will see each County receiving nineteen pieces. The move by the government is part of its ARREST Agenda with focus on road construction. The initiative is part of President Joseph …

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Liberia: “Rice Issue Is Complicated “, Commerce Minister Acknowledges, Proffer Several Recommendations For Lasting  Solution

IPNEWS: The Minister of Commerce and Industry Amin Modad has admitted that rice issue in Liberia is complicated but not impossible to be addressed. Speaking at day two of the Cabinet retreat, Minister Modad said the government is putting in place lots of strategies and measures in a move to have the issue addressed. The …

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Liberia: Assets Recovery Is Unstoppable, We Will Act Legally, President Boakai Discloses 

IPNEWS: President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has reiterated that the process of  assets recovery in his government is unstoppable. According to him , his government will work to ensure that government assets will be retrieved in line with the laws of the Country. The move by President Boakai’s government  is among other things geared towards continuous …

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Perspective: Building a Liberian Middle Class: The Key to National Liberation

By: Austin S. Fallah  – A True Son of Liberia, Africa, and the Planet Earth Soil In the heart of West Africa, Liberia, a nation with a storied past, stands at a crossroads. As a society, it is incumbent upon us to address the systemic issues that have been woven into the tapestry of our …

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Liberia: GRAND KRU SUP EMBARKS ON INITIATIVES TO COMBAT ILLEGAL SUBSTANCES

IPNEWS: Grand Kru County Superintendent, Antoinette Worwlee Nimley has embarked on a more robust initiatives to strengthen and enhance citizens and state security working relationship in an efforts trickle narcotics drugs, including other menace that will impede the county’s growth and development. She said young people are Victims as a result of consuming harmful substances …

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CSO Council Wants Joint Collaboration Between Police, LDEA Tackle Drugs Fight

IPNEWS: The National Civil Society Council of Liberia (NCSCL) wants all hands on deck in the fight against drugs in the country, so as to have a free society. NCSCL in a statement issued on Thursday, May 23, 2024 stated that the recent revelation by the Director General of the Liberia Drugs Enforcement Agency (LDEA), …

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Local financial institutions commit to supporting MSMEs

To commit to its principles of fostering innovative approaches and harnessing innovative financial solutions with strategic partners, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is investing to fully unleash the true potential of Liberia’s informal sector and to harness people’s entrepreneurial energy in a variety of ways. Through its Growth Accelerator programme for business development, UNDP’s …

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