Day: August 14, 2024

HWPL World Peace Summit Celebrates 10th Anniversary, a Decade of Global Commitment to Peace

On September 18, 2024, the 10th Anniversary of the HWPL World Peace Summit will be celebrated in South Korea and various locations worldwide reaching 122 countries. Under the theme ‘Creating World Peace Community Through Regional Collaboration’, this event commemorates global leaders’ and citizens’ commitment to peace that lasted for a decade, with an eye towards …

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Breaking! Gov’t Dismisses Nine MCC Employees Over Dangerous Comments Against Pres. Boakai, Others, But….

—As Political Pundits Alarm Over Blatant Violation of the Kamara Abdullah Kamara Act of Press Freedom IPNEWS: In a usual style, the Director General of the Civil Service Agency, Hon. Josiah Joekai, has requested the Monrovia City Corporation to immediately relieve nine employees for consistently engaged in dangerous and destructive social media campaigns against public …

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Role of ECOWAS Parliament in Community budget formulation and monitoring, joint committee meets in Abidjan to deliberate

By Julius Jeh, Liberia IPNEWS: ECOWAS Parliament’s Speaker Memounatou Ibrahima has challenged member states to regularize or increase their funding to the community to enable it to address its many challenges. Speaker Ibrahima’s comments were contained in her opening remarks at the delocalized meeting of the Joint Committee on Administration, Budget, Finance, Public Accounts, Macroeconomic …

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Pres. Boakai Signs Executive Order No. 135 to Protect and Stimulate Local Manufacturing in Liberia

IPNEWS: Joseph Nyuma Boakai. Sr., has signed Executive Order No. 135, extending Executive Order No. 119 which institutes measures to protect and stimulate local manufacturing. The aim is to continue to solidify the gains and stimulate economic growth in the Liberian economy. The extension of this Executive Order comes as a recognition of the need …

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Liberia: WHO Donates Medical Supplies For Prevention and Treatment of Neglected Tropical diseases (NTDs) and Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs)

IPNEWS: The World Health Organization (WHO) on 6th August donated a consignment of medical equipment and medicines to support the country’s efforts in combating neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and strengthening WHO PEN-Plus programs aimed at addressing severe NCDs at the primary healthcare level. The items donated include Mectizan tablets for the prevention and treatment of Lymphatic Filariasis …

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Liberia: Red Flag! CBL Acting Deputy Governor In 90K Loan Default

IPNEWS: With less than 72 hrs since the appointment of Acting Deputy Governor James B. Wilfred, by President Joseph N. Boakai following the resignation of Madam Nyemadi D. Pearson, former Deputy Governor for Operations at the Central Bank of Liberia, following an uproar in the release of a General Auditing Commission reports from 2018 to 2023 …

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Liberia: Rep. Matthew Joe Resurrects Gov’t ‘Yellow Machines’

IPNEWS: For nearly two months now the story of the yellow machines had gone quiet after members of the House of Representatives voted to summon top officials of President Joseph Boakai’s cabinet in early July 2024 to provide detailed information about the controversial earth-moving equipment the administration started bringing into the country. Even though nothing …

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Pres. Boakai Setup Road Maintenance, Rehabilitation and Financing Committee

IPNEWS: In an effort to achieve the objectives of the “Road” Pillar of the A.R.R.E.S.T Agenda, President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., has appointed the Road Maintenance, Rehabilitation and Financing Committee. The Committee is expected to assess the challenges of road network, engage partners, and identify resources including funding for the building, maintenance, and rehabilitation of …

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Liberia: ‘No Alteration in National Budget’, Acting Finance Minister Rubbishes Claims

IPNEWS: Amidst claims and counter claims that 20 million was secretly added to the draft national budget signifying gross tampering and bridge of the Public Financial Management laws of Liberia, acting Finance and Development Planning Minister Anthony Myers has dismissed recent claims by host of Senators, including Gbarpolu and Margibi counties Senators of budget alterations …

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Liberia: Pres. Boakai 10,000 Digital Skills Training for Youth Jumpstart

IPNEWS: The Government of Liberia says it has officially kicked off the National Digital Skills Training Program across the country. The National Digital Skills training program which is designed to implement digital awareness, skills training and empowerment programs for Liberians, seeks to provide opportunity to 10,000 young people in various digital competencies in the first …

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