Madam Cooper maintained that government has a responsibility of ensuring that the business climate in Liberia is more “investment friendly”. Red gatesMadam Cooper claimed that too many “red tapes” are being created in the country, to prevent foreign investors from doing businesses in Liberia. According to her, the situation has compelled most foreign investors to neglect Liberia and go to neighboring countries, including Guinea, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone and Ghana to do their businesses. “Corruption is too much; the lack of trust in a lot of people that are currently holding positions-a lot of them cannot be trusted; they don’t understand how to deal with foreign investors and so, foreign investors just do not want to deal with them. They (foreign investors) go to other countries across the region.

MONROVIA – Rep. Alex Chersex Grant of Grand Gedeh County has taken his spot as a prominent Liberian with degree scandal attached to his name. The Administration of the University of Liberia has not given any official response to our inquiry. Some of Grant’s relatives who confided in FPA claimed the lawmaker is a 1990 secondary school dropout from the Zwedru Multilateral High School in Grand Gedeh County. Also, a man claiming to be Grant’s former instructor, told FPA: “I’m surprised to hear Alex is doing his Master’s. “Do I need degree to be representative or do I need degree to serve my people; or do I also need degree to make money?

He said he met Massaquoi in 1999 when they were all in the RUF together. Massaquoi left Liberia in 2000 before we got there in May 2001.”“11” said his RUF forces stayed in Liberia from May to June in 2001 before the RUF disarmament in Sierra Leone. He said he then met Massaquoi in Sierra Leone 2002 at the party headquarters when RUF was running to be a political party. It was the Special Court that arranged Massaquoi’s resettlement in Finland and immunity from prosecution for crimes committed in Sierra Leone. I can’t remember, but I am sure I met Massaquoi in 2003 but I do not remember the last time I heard from him.

Liberia: Office of Senate Pro-Tempore Says Recording Linking Him and the Senate to Soliciting Bribe for the Printing of New Banknotes Is Distorted to Misinform the PublicMonrovia – The Office of the President Pro Tempore of the Liberian Senate has described as disinformation, misinformation, and an act of dishonesty that discussions were held and captured on audio on solicitation of funds to facilitate the authorization of the printing of a new family of Liberian Dollar Currency. The discussion being referenced to was on budget issues, specifically the overdue payments of funds to the Senate and the President Pro Tempore’s Office from their respective budget lines. The statement also states that the matter of the very audio was reported to the Press Union of Liberia and the Liberia National Police in 2020. Meanwhile, President Pro Tempore Albert T Chie is calling on the Press Union of Liberia to investigate the matter. Senator Chie also expressed disappointment over the manner in which some journalists are misleading the public on the working of the Liberian Senate and urged journalists involved to desist.

Central Bank of Liberia Warns against Crypto Currency; Says It Has Not Issued Any License for Such TransactionMONROVIA – The Central Bank of Liberia’s (CBL’s) says its attention has been drawn to a publication made in the May 6, 2021 edition of the FrontPage Africa newspaper, captioned “First Digital Asset Company to be Launched in Liberia”, with particular reference to the launching of Crypto currency in Liberia on May 14, 2021 by an organization named ‘The Abundance Community Coin (TACC). The CBL clarified that at no time has the Bank approved any license for the above-mentioned company to transact ANY financial business in Liberia, in accordance with Section 3 (1) of the New Financial Institutions Act of Liberia. The CBL views the attempt by TACC to introduce a digital financial product in Liberia without adherence to the required regulation as not only illegal, but also intended to undermine the country’s financial system. Any attempt to proceed on the contrary, the CBL will have no other alternative but to pursue legal recourse in accordance with the law. Accordingly, the CBL reassures the general public about safeguarding the financial system against action counterproductive to the operation of the system and urges members of the public to exercise due caution in transacting with such illegal financial institution.

“Man Is One Name” – A Speech Delivered by Dr. William R. Tolbert When He Received 1974 Gold Medallion of the Society of “The Family of Man” of the Council of Churches of New York[Dr. William R. Tolbert, Jr., president of Liberia and a practicing Baptist minister, was the recipient of the 1974 Gold Medallion of the Society of “The Family of Man” of the Council of Churches of New York. The existence of basic conflicts, of poverty and unbearable misery still constitute a challenge to which the human family must now respond in a more genuine, personal and pragmatic manner. In the more spiritual context, therefore, the family of man truly reflects the nature of the Divine. Indeed there must be reflected in their day-to-day living, and not simply articulated in their verbose professions, unadulterated human love rendering them obligated, accountable keepers of one another. For truly as members with natural affinity, of the Family of Man, our eternal challenge is mankind.

The facility is a beneficiary of the Ambassador’s Special Self-Help (SSH) Fund, a grassroots assistance program launched by the United States Government since 1964. The SSH Fund allows the Ambassador to respond directly to requests from communities for small-scale, community-based development projects that promise to have immediate impact. We want to give them a little boost.”Speaking further, he said the Ambassador’s SSH Fund has assisted community groups in Liberia to develop lasting, self-sustaining projects that benefit entire communities. Each year, the SSH Fund supports approximately 12 to 15 projects with the awarding of grants between US$1,000 to US$10,000. It also supports economic development projects that increase a community’s financial resources for undertaking self-help projects on their own.

Grand Kru County’s Superintendent, Madam Doris N. Ylatun, speaking at the indoor program of the 2021’s World Press Freedom Day celebration in her CountyBARCLYAVILLE, Grand Kru County – Madam Doris Nyanplane Ylatun, Superintendent of Grand Kru County, located in Southeastern Liberia, has alluded to journalistically unethical information dissemination by (many) members of the Liberian press community. The World Press Freedom Day in Grand Kru County was organized by the Press Union of Liberia (PUL)“Every nation of the World depends on its Press people to propagate its development projects. Therefore, I encourage the Liberian press to exhibit high level of professionalizing and engage in responsible reporting. If you ever visited Grand Kru County over the years, you will inform the Country about the great changes that are taking place. During his speech earlier, the president of the Press Union of Liberia, Mr. Charles B. Coffey, Jr., touched on “responsible reporting” by members of the Liberian press community.

Al Johnson told reporters that the arrangement reached with Eric Geso is a demonstration of his promised to do what he promised to do for local Liberian Artist. After our studies, we have come to pick our first Liberian artist that we want to take internationally. That is when he discovered his first Liberian artist Flex leading to a joint venture with Akon. The powerful trio sign Liberia’s Artist of the Year and largest artist Eric Geso and laid the groundwork Liberian artists having a powerful platform to become successful international musicians. The future of Liberian music will never be the same and ramifications this can implement in the future of the prosperity for Liberians is limitless

Ganta, Nimba County – An international organization, Action Against Hunger, with funding from Agence Française de Développement (AFD) has donated a brand new Toyota Ambulance to the Ministry of Health through the Nimba County Health Team. The donation was made at the Nimba County Health Team offices in Sanniquellie, Nimba County recently as part of efforts geared towards mitigating the spread of the virus and helping to contain it. Nimba County is among three selected counties (Montserrado, Margibi & Nimba) where the AFD emergency response to COVID-19 project is being implemented. She recounted Action Against Hunger support to the county health team prior to the outbreak of the coronavirus, including supporting the county health team on the nutritious project and UNICEF lead project. Nimba County Health Officer, Dr. Netty Joe expressed gratitude to the Ministry of Health for identifying Action Against Hunger to support the health team against COVID-19.

The initiative is under the auspices of the “Mobilizing Media to Fighting COVID-19 (MMFC) project” initiated by Journalists for Human Rights (JHR), a Canada-based charity organization. “When you do that then you have equipped yourselves adequately for robust reporting on human rights violations in the country,” he stated. “It is important that you draw a line as to how you are going to engage yourself in covering human rights issues. with that you will not narrow human rights reporting to just civil and political rights. Since 2002, Journalists for Human Rights have worked around the world to train and engage local journalists, media outlets, civil society organizations and other relevant stakeholders to strengthen and improve human rights coverage in local contexts.

I desired to be a professional mechanic and ArcelorMittal Liberia has given me the required training and skills to be one. This has been a proud accomplishment for Loots and his team of dedicated and professional trainers at the VTC and the entire ArcelorMittal Liberia family. To have the opportunity to start this journey from a zero base, the opportunity to envisage, and now, we are about to celebrate the first 45 ArcelorMittal Liberia Training Academy graduates, it is magic! Loots’ pride in the success of the ArcelorMittal Liberia Training Academy reflects the strong commitment of the company towards investing in the human capital of Liberia, especially the country’s youthful population. ArcelorMittal Liberia is supporting the Government to bridge this gap by providing top-notch technical and vocational education training to Liberia’s youth, international advanced scholarships, internships, support to technical institutions amongst other interventions.

wMonrovia – Liberia Football Association first Division Club Monrovia Club Breweries have booked their place in the final of the Petro Trade Cup despite a 2-2 drew against semifinal rivals LISCR FC. Meanwhile, Watanga FC also edged past Nimba County based side Nimba Kwado to claim their finalists’ spot. Watanga FC advanced to the cup final on Wednesday— winning 1-0 at home and 4-2 on aggregate. The Bushroad Island side will play Paynesville based Watanga FC in the final on May 23 at a venue to be announced by the Liberian football Association and the sponsor Petro Trade. The winner of the Petro Trade Cup will represent Liberia in the Confederation of Africa Football Cup.

The grant is intended to support the policy unit team at the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, under the Liberia Economic Policy Dialogue Activity (LEPDA) project, which is funded by USAID. Flomo said it is important for technicians to have the right tool in order to deliver on their mandate, adding that the policy unit team has the required competence. He thanked the People of America for providing Liberia with the in-kind grant, which will enhance the work of the (PUT) to deliver on its mandate. “We remain grateful to the American people for providing us the in-kind grant to deliver on our mandate”. Wilson noted that the timeline of the grant is three months, starting from May 17 to August 16 2021.

Capitol Hill, Monrovia – Several members of the House of Representatives on Tuesday were left astounded by Speaker Bhofal Chambers’ unilateral decision to abruptly adjourn the session due to power failure at the Capitol. During Tuesday’s session, the plenary was almost set to reach a quorum as per the House’s rules, but Speaker Chambers called for the session to be adjourned. “When he [Speaker Chambers] sees that there are some critical communications coming on the floor that will bring heated argument, he delays those communications so that they will perpetually die. He said it was time for Speaker Chambers to ensure session time is strictly adhered to. He noted that the presiding officer should asked plenary to decide whether to adjourn or not due to the power outage.