Liberia: New Political Party, People Liberation Party (PLP), Accredited And Certificated By National Elections Commission
The Organizing Chairman of the People’s Liberation Party (PLP), Mr. Tapple E. Doe (first from left, receives the accreditation certificate from the Chairperson of the National Elections Commission (NEC) Cllr. Davidetta Browne-Lasannah (in the middle), while Mr. Lewis Brown (first from right) looks onMONROVIA – The National Elections Commission (NEC) has officially accredited and subsequently certificated the People’s Liberation Party (PLP) as a new full-fledged political party in Liberia. She disclosed that the party has met all of the requirements under the laws of Liberia to become a full-fledged political party in Liberia. “Today we are here to certificate the proposed People’s Liberation Party following weeks of engagement with the commission to become a full-fledged political party in Liberia”. “We have organized ourselves into the People’s Liberation Party.
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December 22, 2020 00:33 UTC
Liberia: New Transformers Arrive to Benefit Thousands of Households, Businesses
The transformers were received at the LEC’s compound on the Bushrod Island upon its arrival in the country on Friday, December 18. According to him, the Presidential Transformer Replacement Project will immensely help to reduce power theft in the most populous county in Liberia. We are receiving about 26 new transformers today and these transformers will help a lot”. Abdul Koroma is also the Coordinator of the Presidential Transformer Replacement Project. In fact, early next year, we will witness the arrival of another consignment of brand new transformers into the country.
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December 22, 2020 00:29 UTC
Empowerment Squared Launches Hope Development Program in Liberia
Empowerment Squared, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, will be implementing the Harnessing Opportunities to Promote Entrepreneurship (HOPE) development program over the next 12 months in Liberia. Instead, we must understand the obstacles they have had to overcome to stay alive and invest in the right opportunities to empower them,” said Leo Nupolu Johnson, founder and Executive Director of Empowerment Squared. The Mastercard Foundation’s Employee Innovation Fund has committed USD $99,700 to Empowerment Squared to recruit, educate, prepare, and transition beneficiaries through seed funding for small-scale ventures, including mentorship from local entrepreneurs and professionals. The project will assess existing abilities and skills of participants to ensure they demonstrate the aptitude, commitment, and desire for entrepreneurship. It will also provide basic training on computer skills, social skills, ethics, and mindset development, including psychosocial counselling and support.
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December 22, 2020 00:22 UTC
ALJA Commends Liberians for Peaceful and Successful Midterm Elections
Minneapolis, Minnesota – The Association of Liberian Journalists in the Americas (ALJA) is commending the National Elections Commission (NEC), leaders of political parties, the government of Liberia and Liberians for the peaceful conduct of the recent special senatorial and by- elections in the country. ALJA is also, commending the recent constitutional referendum held in the country. ALJA says the outcomes of the recent elections would build upon gains Liberians have made over the years relative to the holding of elections that are free, fair, and transparent in the country. The team was attempting to enter the town of Nomodatonau in District 3 where the National Elections Commission (NEC) ordered a rerun of the December 8th elections. Additionally, ALJA is committed to advancing press freedom through media capacity building and the fostering of good governance in Liberia through media advocacy.
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December 22, 2020 00:15 UTC
Liberia: Protest in Gibi District as Citizens Resist Green Advocates, Say It Is Sowing Seed of Discord
Liberia: Protest in Gibi District as Citizens Resist Green Advocates, Say It Is Sowing Seed of DiscordGIBI, Margibi County – It appears that the once cordial relationship that existed between Green Advocates International (GAI) and the people of Margibi County has turned sour. Green Advocates International is not in our interest. “Green Advocates has never brought anything for us here before. Speaking further, he said Green Advocates International also used underage children to stand with several placards with the inscription: “SRC, please return our land to us” among others’. SRC was established by a merger in July 2007 between a standalone rubber processing factory called Weala Rubber Company and a standalone rubber plantation formerly called Salala Rubber Corporation.
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December 22, 2020 00:12 UTC
Liberia: Man, 34, Booked after he Falsified AFL’s Document to Join Private Security Firm
Monrovia – Lowell Mah, 34, has been arrested and turned over to the Liberia National Police after he forged the Arm Forces of Liberia (AFL) document to join the NAYJAY Electronic Security. Mah, a resident of Brewersville explaining to FrontPage Africa says he was told by one of his friends that the security firm is accepting applications for security guards. According to Mah, the AFL document was unknown to him placed in his file by the guy who told him about the job vacancy. Major Patrick Varney Colemen, ex-military personnel who served in the US Army is the head of NAYJAY Electronic Security. Mah who falsified the AFL document was however taken to the Liberia National Police for further questioning.
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December 22, 2020 00:11 UTC
GIABA Restores Liberia’s Financial Intelligence Unit membership
MONROVIA – The Financial Intelligence Unit of Liberia appreciates the Inter- Governmental Action Group Against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) for restoring Liberia downgraded status over the period of one year. The decision was reached during the just ended 34th Plenary, held in Somone, Senegal from December 4-14, 2020. The Technical Committee recognizes the tremendous progress made by Liberia from November 2019 to present in solving some of the deficiencies in its Anti-Money Laundering regime. With the exit of Liberia from the enhanced expedited reporting process, the Financial Intelligence Unit of Liberia hereby announces Liberia’s automatic removal from itsprevious downgraded status. The FIU believes that most corruption, fraud and bribery cases have been undermined by some insurance companies issuing bonds way beyond their capacity and financial liquidity.
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December 22, 2020 00:11 UTC
Eighty-Five Thousand Vulnerable Liberians to Benefit from USAID Unconditional Cash Transfer Activity
MONROVIA – The United States Agency for International Development, in partnership with King Philanthropies and private donors, has launched a cash-transfer program, which will provide direct cash support to vulnerable Liberians. The newly launched USAID Unconditional Cash Transfer Activity (UCT) will provide 85,000 Liberians the equivalent of US$50 in Liberian currency (approximately 7,750 Liberian Dollars) per month for three months to improve food security, start or expand income-generating activities, and protect their livelihoods. Targeted beneficiaries include Liberians disproportionately affected by the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as those previously affected by the Ebola epidemic. USAID contracted with GiveDirectly to implement the Unconditional Cash Transfer Activity. Namita Desai, GiveDirectly Liberia Country Director, said that GiveDirectly is working to ensure a rigorously fair process for selecting cash transfer beneficiaries and that transfers reach those Liberians who need them the most.
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December 22, 2020 00:11 UTC
IMF Board Approves US$48.8M Extended Credit Facility Support to Liberia
MONROVIA – The Board of the International Monetary Fund provided additional financial assistance of US$48.8 million to Liberia under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement, a program launched at the end of last year. According to a recent report by the IMF, the government has worked hard to meet humanitarian needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. By taking lessons from the Ebola crisis, the policy response was prompt. But this policy response was costly in terms of economic slowdown, trade disruptions, and food insecurity. This most recent IMF assistance complements those actions as Liberia accompanies the difficult reform agenda the authorities have been pushing through amid the COVID-19 crisis.
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December 21, 2020 22:30 UTC
Interview: An Expat; A Manager – How Two Young Liberians Breakthrough the Ranks of Int’l Mining Company, Avesoro
Hamilton S.S. Kamara,32, and Sydney Jenkins Cooper,33, are two Liberians who have ascended to senior managerial positions at two respective subsidiaries of international gold mining company, Avesoro Holdings. Avesoro owns MNG Gold in Kokoya, Bong County and Bea Mountain Mining Company in Kinjor, Grand Cape Mount County in Liberia. Mining activities were not impressive in Liberia; we had just one mining company which was the Bea Mountain Mining Company in Grand Cape Mount County at the time. What do you see as the future of professional Liberians working at MNG Gold company in Bong County? Question: How does it feel as a Liberian working with an international mining company in a foreign company?
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December 21, 2020 05:15 UTC
Bridge Liberia Gets New Managing Director
Gbovadeh Gbilia at Liberian school with studentsMONROVIA – The Honourable Gbovadeh Gbilia has been appointed as the Managing Director for Bridge Liberia; one of the partners supporting the Ministry of Education to deliver the Liberian Education Advancement programme (LEAP.) As the Government’s LEAP programme enters its fifth year in Liberia; the new Managing Director for Bridge will focus on supporting the Minister of Education and his Ministry to deliver on the promise of LEAP to Liberia’s youth. Of the 298 public schools in the programme, Bridge Liberia supports 171 of them in counties across the country – serving tens of thousands of students. Commenting on his new appointment, Gbovadeh says: “ LEAP is truly transformational in impact, design, and ambition. The visit provided a real boost for the programme and the education sector in Liberia.
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December 21, 2020 05:01 UTC
Liberia: Constitutional Amendment Likely Impossible as Referendum Results Show Constitutional Two-thirds of Votes for Approval Unattainable
What is even more noticeable about the referendum is the manner in which the invalid votes outnumber the valid ‘yes’ and ‘no’ votes combined in some counties. The total valid votes are calculated by adding the ‘Yes’ votes to the ‘No’ votes. Of this sum, the NEC would ascertain whether the ‘yes’ votes on each proposition reach two-thirds requirement for approval. Whether the person votes yes, no, or spoils the ballot doesn’t feature in determining the threshold. At present, the highest YES Votes accumulated thus far apply to changing of the election date from October to November.
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December 21, 2020 05:01 UTC
Liberia: 'Pres. Weah Popularity Cannot Get Him Re-elected'
Though Fahngon did not mention names of these individuals, but said there are about five of them that the President needs to dismiss. He made these assertions on Friday during a Facebook live broadcast when he promised to speak on the topic, “Why Liberians love the President but hate his government to the bone” on Saturday. Deputy Minister Fahngon was weighing in on the massive defeat of the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change in the December 8 Senatorial election despite all the gains President Weah has made in the government. Minister Fahngon emphasized that the Liberian people love the President but “hate his government to the bone”. He said the CDC’s defeat did not start with December 8 senatorial election, recalling that the Coalition was beaten in Bong County, District 13 and by Senator Dillon – all before this midterm election.
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December 21, 2020 04:38 UTC
Liberia: 37-Year-Old Burns to Death After Attempting to Save Her Three-Year-Old Son from Their Burning House
Liberia: 37-Year-Old Burns to Death After Attempting to Save Her Three-Year-Old Son from Their Burning HouseZoweinta, Kpaii District, Bong County – A woman and her 3-year-old son are dead. The family members recalled how Davies and her older son had made it out safely but soon realized that Kollie likely was still inside the house. Davis reportedly was last seen running back into the burning house to save her son. Davies and her son later died at Phebe Hospital Thursday after they were rushed to the hospital by relatives. The relatives can be reached through Emmanuel Ballah, a journalist working with Radio Gbarnga, a local radio station in Bong, on: 0888885336
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December 21, 2020 04:30 UTC
ECOWAS Ambassador Babatunde Olanrewaju Ajisomo Wraps up Mission in Liberia
MONROVIA – The Special Representative of the President of the ECOWAS Commission in Liberia, Babatunde Olanrewaju Ajisomo, has reached the end of his mandate in Liberia after eight years of service. Ajisom said he is proud of how much has been “accomplished together in strengthening the bond between Liberia and ECOWAS”. He strengthened collaboration between ECOWAS Gender Centre in Dakar, Senegal and the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection in Liberia. He also served as Secretary to the Joint Ministerial Council of the Nigeria-Sao Tome Joint Development Zone, comprising, Ministers of Petroleum Resources, Defence, Agriculture and Foreign Affairs from 2007-2010. He also obtained another E-Learning Certificate on Legal Aspect of Public Debt Management from the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), Geneva.
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December 21, 2020 04:19 UTC