Liberia: National Oil Company Vows to Find Oil in Upcoming Round for Exploration
Monrovia – As Liberia poised to conduct its next bid round in April this year, the Liberia Regulatory Authority (LPRA) and the National Oil Company of Liberia (NOCAL) has expressed optimism over the discovery of oil this time around. Ivory Coast discovered oil just right around the same area we are going to launch the bid round,” he declared. Speaking further, he noted that there are indication that Liberia has oil as the fingerprints and the geology are there to prove that. “To realize the outcome of a bid round, the regulator must be financially liquid. The bid round allows a single oil company or a group of oil companies to apply for a ‘Production Sharing Agreement’ in a competitive and transparent environment giving them the right to search for commercial deposits of oil.
Source:Front Page Africa
February 20, 2020 06:22 UTC
Liberia: Benoni Urey Insists on Primary for the Election of CPP Standard Bearer
Monrovia – The head of the four Collaborating Political Parties (CPP) Benoni W. Urey says if anyone will head the ticket of the CPP, that person has to be voted at a primary. However, the issue of having a complete political framework including a political leader for what appears to be an alliance continues to dogg the arrangement. “I Benoni Urey will not be part of anything; other than going to a primary to elect our standard-bearer. “I Benoni Urey will not be part of anything; other than going to a primary to elect our standard-bearer. He is, however, calling on all politicians in the country to join him in calling on the international community save the political space of Liberia.
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February 20, 2020 06:22 UTC
Public Health Institute Gets Full Capacity to Test for Coronavirus in Liberia
With the capacity to test for the virus fully completed, public health experts can make quick determination of any suspected case in LiberiaMonrovia – Liberia now has the capacity to conduct test for the Coronavirus in country following a recent supply of reagents from the World Health Organization to the National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL). On February 11, NPHIL acting Director General told a news conference that Liberia did not have the capacity to conduct actual testing of Coronavirus cases in the country. Now, with the capacity to test for the virus fully completed, public health experts can make determination of any suspected case. “The arrival of the reagents to test in country will give us the time we need to quickly response if we have a suspected case. In Liberia, health authorities have been working to prevent any situation.
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February 20, 2020 06:02 UTC
Liberia Revenue Authority Impounds Ghanaian Vessel Smuggling Goods into the Country
Speaking to FrontPageAfrica the Commissioner General of the Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) Mr. Thomas Doe-Nah lamented that it is due to these smuggling activities that there are currently so many illicit mining activities going on in various parts of the country. He said the LRA has intelligence that similar illegal ships often smuggle goods into the country via Marshall, Sinoe, Greenville and other areas where there is little or no monitoring going on. The seized vessel and goods are currently in the custody of the LRA, pending full investigation. He said borders between Liberia and Guinea from the Lofa belt and Liberia and Sierra Leone are so porous that people can easily smuggle goods into the country. Business men and women from Liberia and neighboring countries also use these illegal entries to smuggle goods into Liberia in their quest to evade taxes and immigration requirements.
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February 20, 2020 06:00 UTC
Methodist Church Liberia Joins Rest of Africa in One Voice against Homosexuality ahead of Worldwide Convention
The Methodist Church was built with the aimed of winning more souls for God not to be involved with activities that are against God’s will. The Methodist Bishop disclosed that they will be called the United Methodist Church of Africa. The Methodist Church was built with the aimed of winning more souls for God not to be involved with activities that are against God’s will. At the 187th Annual Conference in Ganta, Nimba County, over 1,200 Methodists from Liberia and around Africa attended the Liberia Annual Conference. The Annual Conference was held under the theme, “A future with Hope” with text from Jeremiah 29:11 and Roman 5:1-6.
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February 20, 2020 06:00 UTC
CJPS, Bong County Health Team Begin Mobile Birth Registration Campaign
Gbarnga, Bong County – The Center for Justice and Peace Studies (CJPS) in collaboration with the Bong County Health Team has commenced a birth registration mobile campaign in Bong County. So, CJPS in collaboration with the Bong County Health Team has deemed it necessary to take the campaign to rural dwellers,” Konyon said. “Some of the challenges people have expressed is that they don’t have the means to come to the County Service Center to access the facility. “We are also providing direct support to the birthday registration unit at the Bong County Service Center as a way of sustaining our actions,” Konyon added. Nyanquoi Urey, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer of the County Health Team, thanked CJPS for the initiative and said it will aid them in reaching out to residents in the rural parts of the county.
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February 20, 2020 05:37 UTC
Liberia: Pres. Weah to Consider Sen. Johnson’s Concerns after His Outburst
Senator Johnson has recently expressed disenchantment about not being consulted by President George Weah before the appointment of Nelson N. Korquoi as Superintendent of Nimba County. Speaking to FrontPageAfrica via cellular phone, Minister Nagbe stressed that the President will not reinstate former Nimba County Superintendent Dorr Cooper, who was recently dismissed by the President. “We are satisfied with the manner in which he communicated his concerns and we are reviewing it as a government,” said Nagbe. “Senator Johnson stated that he should have been consulted as a senior supporter of the government in Nimba [County] and consultation that went on was not adequate, but we will listen to Senator Johnson and I’m sure we will find a resolution. Nagbe argued that the issue raised by Senator Johnson is a normal phenomenon in politics for which the lawmaker’s concern must be recognized.
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February 20, 2020 05:37 UTC
Liberia: Court Clears Travel Ban against Musa Bility, LBDI President
Monrovia – The Monrovia City Court at the Temple of Justice on Wednesday, February 19 canceled the government’s travel ban placed on President of the Liberia Bank for Development and Investment, John Davies and businessman Musa Bility. Stipendiary Magistrate Jomah Jallah stated that it cannot place travel ban on the two individuals because there is no case before the Magisterial Court. Massaquoi, the court only has a jurisdiction on a suspect only when he is investigated, charged and brought under the jurisdiction of the court. “Solicitor General Cephas, Montserrado County Attorney Martin both represented Ellen Corkrum and John Davies, their actions to place travel ban on our client is a gross violation of the law,” argued Massaquoi. Following arguments by both adversarial counsels, the court then ruled, cancelling the travel ban.
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February 20, 2020 05:37 UTC
Liberia’s Public Health Expert Tolbert Nyenswah Speaks at Int’l Panel of Experts on the Coronavirus Disease
On 14 February 2020, Africa confirmed its first case as the Minister of Health and Population of Egypt, Dr Hala Zayed, confirmed the first case of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Egypt. Tolbert Nyenswah told the international gathering, that Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a deadly disease with occasional outbreaks that occur primarily on the African continent. Mr. Nyenswah said since the West African Ebola outbreak in 2014, lessons learned showed, several developing countries have taken concrete steps. Nyenswah is a Senior Research Associate in the department of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Nyenswah is also a member of the Global Health Index International Panel of Experts which assesses the overall health of nations globally based on a myriad of health indicators.
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February 20, 2020 05:26 UTC
Liberia: State Prosecutors Present First Witness in Former Defense Minister Economic Sabotage Case
Augustine S. Mehm, Senior investigator of the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) took the witness stand for the State on Wednesday, February 19. Monrovia – State prosecutors have presented their first witness in the trial of former Defense Minister Brownie Samukai and his two former deputies – Joseph P. Johnson and J. Nyumah Dorkor- in the economic sabotage case. The former Defense Minister and his two deputies are charged with the commission of the crimes of economic sabotage, misuse of public money, money laundering, criminal conspiracy and theft of property. However, Augustine S. Mehm, Senior investigator of the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) took the witness stand for the State on Wednesday, February 19. Mehm also served as the senior investigator in the former Defense Minister and his two deputies’ case at the level of the LACC.
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February 20, 2020 05:26 UTC
Liberia: State Prosecutors Present First Witness in Former Defense Minister Economic Sabotage Case
Augustine S. Mehm, Senior investigator of the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) took the witness stand for the State on Wednesday, February 19. Monrovia – State prosecutors have presented their first witness in the trial of former Defense Minister Brownie Samukai and his two former deputies – Joseph P. Johnson and J. Nyumah Dorkor- in the economic sabotage case. The former Defense Minister and his two deputies are charged with the commission of the crimes of economic sabotage, misuse of public money, money laundering, criminal conspiracy and theft of property. However, Augustine S. Mehm, Senior investigator of the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) took the witness stand for the State on Wednesday, February 19. Mehm also served as the senior investigator in the former Defense Minister and his two deputies’ case at the level of the LACC.
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February 20, 2020 05:26 UTC
Liberia: Musa Bility’s Lawyer Slams Solicitor General for “Gross Violation of the Law”
Jonathan MassaquoiMonrovia – The recent travel ban placed on Businessman Musa Bility and eight other defendants over corruption allegations, has been termed as violation of the country’s law. The criticism of the Solicitor General’s latest travel ban came Tuesday, February, 18, during legal arguments between Bility’s lawyer and that of state prosecutors. “The court can only have a jurisdiction over defendants who have been charged and brought under the jurisdiction of the court. Jonathan MassaquoiIn counter arguments to resist the travel ban Cllr. “The court can only have a jurisdiction over defendants who have been charged and brought under the jurisdiction of the court.
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February 20, 2020 05:26 UTC
Liberia: Musa Bility’s Lawyer Slams Solicitor General for “Gross Violation of the Law”
Jonathan MassaquoiMonrovia – The recent travel ban placed on Businessman Musa Bility and eight other defendants over corruption allegations, has been termed as violation of the country’s law. The criticism of the Solicitor General’s latest travel ban came Tuesday, February, 18, during legal arguments between Bility’s lawyer and that of state prosecutors. “The court can only have a jurisdiction over defendants who have been charged and brought under the jurisdiction of the court. Jonathan MassaquoiIn counter arguments to resist the travel ban Cllr. “The court can only have a jurisdiction over defendants who have been charged and brought under the jurisdiction of the court.
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February 20, 2020 05:26 UTC
Liberia: Unity Party Embattled Chairman Back to Supreme Court with Complaint against the Party
Embattled former ruling Unity Party’s chairman, Wilmot Paye (left) in conversation with his lawyer, Cllr. Arthur Johnson after court session on TuesdayMonrovia – The suspension of former ruling Unity Party (UP) Chairman Wilmot Paye by the party’s executive committee is far from over as the case has been transferred from the lower Circuit Court to the Supreme Court. Presiding Judge Peter Gbeneweleh of Civil Law Court “A” at the Temple of Justice ordered the case to the Full Bench of the Supreme Court Tuesday, February 18, following an argument into petition by Paye’s lawyer for declaratory judgment. The petition for the Writ of Declaratory Judgment was filed on behalf of the suspended Unity Party (UP) Chairman to the Civil Law Court “A” after Cllr. JohnsonCllr Johnny Momoh for the Unity Party stated that the party’s constitution provides that the decision of the Executive Committee is binding and can’t be reviewed.
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February 20, 2020 05:15 UTC
Liberia: Unity Party Embattled Chairman Back to Supreme Court with Complaint against the Party
Embattled former ruling Unity Party’s chairman, Wilmot Paye (left) in conversation with his lawyer, Cllr. Arthur Johnson after court session on TuesdayMonrovia – The suspension of former ruling Unity Party (UP) Chairman Wilmot Paye by the party’s executive committee is far from over as the case has been transferred from the lower Circuit Court to the Supreme Court. Presiding Judge Peter Gbeneweleh of Civil Law Court “A” at the Temple of Justice ordered the case to the Full Bench of the Supreme Court Tuesday, February 18, following an argument into petition by Paye’s lawyer for declaratory judgment. The petition for the Writ of Declaratory Judgment was filed on behalf of the suspended Unity Party (UP) Chairman to the Civil Law Court “A” after Cllr. JohnsonCllr Johnny Momoh for the Unity Party stated that the party’s constitution provides that the decision of the Executive Committee is binding and can’t be reviewed.
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February 20, 2020 05:15 UTC