Her father is visually impaired and her mother, who is a marketer, are unable to pay the bill and pay for advance medical treatment. Paynesville – Lovina Narodoh,24, is living in agony after suffering severe burns on her body when fire gutted her home in December 2019. Lovina ordeal occurred when she bravely entered the blazing house to rescue her son, who was asleep. Lovina told FrontPageAfrica Thursday that the bruises on her skin are worsening daily, making it uneasy for her to sleep at night. Her father is visually impaired and her mother, who is a marketer, are unable to pay the bill and pay for advance medical treatment.

The Ministry of Public Works (MPW) has also begun the steel preparatory work for the bridge-to-bridge project. Last week, Public Works Minister Mabutu Nyenpan, Minister of State Nathaniel McGill and Finance and Economic Planning Minister Samuel Tweah toured the construction in response to the many concerns being expressed by commuters who ply the route daily. Minister Nyenpan explained to FrontPageAfrica at the weekend that COVID – 19 has had a paralysing effect on the progress of Road rehabilitation works. Additionally, Minister Nyenpan says, multiple teams are being deployed to work on various sections simultaneously. Plenary voted in favor of a motion proffered by Rep. Dixon Seboe (District #16, Montserrado), citing Minister Nyenpan on Tuesday, June 16, 2020.

Representative Papa Kolleh (ALP -District #7 Bong County) was elected chairman. Leadership positions were divided amongst the four collaborating political parties. The All Liberian Party (ALP) was elected chairman, Former ruling Unity party (UP) took the Secretary General position, while the Liberty party (LP) is the Co-Cahir and the Alternative National Congress (ANC) Assistant Secretary General. In an interview with legislative reporters, Representative Kolleh said, the meeting by the caucus was intended to solidify the CPP caucus in making a difference in terms of how they work on national issues. “We will work to strengthen the leadership of the CPP and engage the government positively on issues affecting the country,” Rep. Joseph P. Kolleh CPP caucus chairman.

MONROVIA – The process of removing ghost employees from the already crowded Public Sector payroll has always been a tough nut to crack. The taskforce has institutionalized the national identification number as the primary and sole biometric identity of government employees, and Civil Service Agency & the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning have been granted full access to the electronic verification platform of the national ID system. Despite its huge development needs, Liberia spent more than 60 percent of its meager budget envelope on the payment of salaries for public sector employees. Unlike other reform processes, the strategy initiated by the taskforce is providing a catalyst for payroll reform efforts. This is a view espoused by Del Francis Wreh, Executive Director of the Liberia Macroeconomic Policy Analysis Center LIMPAC, “this provides a catalyst to all the other payroll reform processes.

The total money available for the food distribution right now is US$30 million. With this amount, we are in the position of full swing for the food distribution,” Minister Tarpeh told journalists. That test run is the first in communities, outside of dedicated location like the orphanage,” Minister Tarpeh said. He called on the residents to cooperate with the World Food Program (WFP) which he says is going to head the food distribution process in the entire 15 counties. In the food distribution process, we will also prioritize frontline responders.

Maretha International School is among few private schools, where parents are asked to pay for resource materials for pupils’ instructional materials. However, many schools are accused of requesting parents to pay extra fees to procure instructional materials to enhance distance learning. One of such schools, accused by parents for requesting extra fees, is the Maretha International School in Monrovia. Maretha International School is among few private schools, where parents are asked to pay for resource materials for pupils’ instructional materials. “Schools should not impose upon parents and parents should not expect anything from schools, this is why PTA is important,” he said.

The Untold Story Of COVID-19 And Its Mental Health Impact On LiberiansMonrovia – In Liberia, the efforts to Combat COVID-19 largely revolves around people’s physical health whilst little or no attention is placed on mental health, in spite of the new challenges and realities the outbreak brings. The Carter Center Mental Health Program Lead adds that the MHPSS Pillar is responsible to address the mental health needs of people infected and affected, and that includes responders such as doctors, nurses, mental health clinicians, social workers, burial team and ambulance team. Without support from the IMS response, it is difficult for the pillar to effectively function and address the mental health needs of frontline responders,” Dossen said. All attempts to get the mental health division of the Ministry of Health to respond after weeks of email exchanges failed. But the Carter Center Mental Health Lead Benedict Dossen stressed that getting coronavirus should not be a sentence of guilt or punishment.

Margibi County – Humane Society International Liberia on Thursday launched a “feed and treat exercise” for domestic animals in Charlesville, Margibi County. The animals benefiting from the exercise are dogs, cats, and other domestic animals. Speaking to reporters about the initiative, Humane Society International Liberia Country Director, Morris Darbo said the initiative is a respond to the fight against COVID-19. He said diseases diagnosed in these domestic animals are tick and flee, worms, skin diseases, rabbis, and pad virus among others. “Humane Society is not strange to us, so they are trying their best to do what they supposed to do [for us].”Humane Society International is an international organization that provides lifetime care for animals.

The donation include 100 bags of rice, three hundred tins (five gallons) of oil and dozens locally made masks to 100 households. She added that First Lady Clar Marie Weah, through her foundation is soliciting support for the needy and disadvantaged communities including people with disabilities, orphans, the elderly and vulnerable girls. “The role of the first lady is to go out and ask for help to support you. Madam Harris called on the First lady and her Foundation to support her organization undertake sustainable programs that will improve the livelihoods of people living with disabilities. At the end of April, the foundation, in partnership with GSM giant, Orange Liberia donated 15,000 locally produced face masks to the COVID-19 National Response Center.

Deputy Health Minister for Administration, Ms. Norwu HowardMonrovia – The Ministry of Health has come out strongly to defend its Deputy Minister for Administration, Ms. Norwu Howard, against what it describes as “orchestrated attempt to ruin the hard-earned reputation. In a press release under the signature of Mr. Sorbor George, the Health Ministry’s Communication Consultant, the ministry said Freedom FM, in a series of radio shows, had reported that Dep. “Following a Technical Management Meeting on April 30, 2019, the Ministry then forwarded the company’s request to the Liberia Revenue Authority, which is the agency of government solely responsible to grant or deny duty free privileges. “LRA granted the company’s request in the interest of the government and People of Liberia, to ensure the successful end and a durable product.”The contract for the construction of the new Redemption Hospital was signed in 2017, long before Minister Howard took office. Minister Howard only renewed the contract after it expired and has been successfully facilitating its implementation.

Abstract:This paper attempts to evaluate the impact of individual types of taxes on economic growth by utilizing regression analysis. The paper is based on entrepreneurs complains on the taxes imposed by the Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA), qualifying some of them as arbitrary. Wolokolie, MBA, CFE, CA, CPA, CFIP, CTP, PhDKey words: Taxes, Liberia Revenue Authority, Economic Growth. Since economic growth is one of the fundamental economic objectives of the economic policy makers and it is the basic assumption of fulfilling other social objectives, the following can be stated resulting from this paper. In their effort to stimulate economic growth, countries like Liberia should try to lower taxation rate in the case of corporate taxation, personal income taxes and social security contributions.

In view of the aforesaid, are there legal basis for the postponement of the SSE? The National Elections Commission was represented by Counsellor F. Musah Dean Jr. (now Attorney General of Liberia) and the late Counsellor Theophilus C. Gould while the government was represented by Cllrs. The Republic of South Korea is recorded as the first country to conduct nation-wide elections in the coronavirus pandemic era. Electoral officials declined to postpone the election; South Korea has never postponed any election, even the 1952 election which was held during the Korean War. Liberia’s continuous political stability and economic development is contingent the holding of free fair and democratic elections before the end of 2020.

The youth in Liberia are faced with formidable challenges which has exacerbated over time leaving them with less opportunities and limited options for advancement; not to mention females, the future of young women in Liberia is at stake. An estimated 51% of youth ages 15-24 are illiterate and approximately 60% have not completed primary school according to Liberia Youth Assessment Situational Analysis Report 2019. This is scaring for the future of Liberia because youth capacity is extremely essential to the sustainable economic and development of Liberia; it is important that the youth of Liberia be skilled, competent and erudite enough to deliver. The Liberia national youth policy shows that the youth constitute more than a third of the total population and nearly half of the labor force in Liberia. In addition, in 2009, African Union Heads of States and government declared the year 2009-2018 as the decade of youth Development in Africa to accelerate youth empowerment for sustainable development.

What are the best strategies and or means for achieving the basic human freedom, peace and the beloved community? Dr. King’s analysis of social and or systemic and collective evil undergirded his quest for the ethical ideal of the beloved community. For him the beloved community was the goal of one’s civil rights and of the human struggle as a whole. Finally, as we endeavor to build the beloved community, we must realize that the church needs the community and the community needs the church. We cannot afford to turn our backs on the building of the beloved community in post-civil was Liberia.

Most of these deaths, 78.2% were drug overdoses with known drug classification. Moreover, 21.8% were unclassified drug overdoses. A further investigation revealed that for unclassified drug overdoses, 71.8% involved opioids, translating to 99,160 additional opioid-related deaths. Another study on Opioid Overdose found that the number of drug overdose deaths decreased by 4% from 2017 to 2018. In 2018, more than 67,000 people died from drug overdoses, making it a leading cause of injury-related death in the United States.