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Citizens of one of Liberia's newest and remotest counties, River Gee have elected members of the Trustee Board of Radio Gee, the only Community Radio in the county.
Candidates, observers and the National Election Commission (NEC)-and even voters-expected a huge turnout in Tuesday, November 10, 2009 much publicized Montserrado County senatorial by-election, but only fate knew what would unfold.
The Liberia Produce Marketing Corporation (LPMC) has honorably retired 12 staff after diligently serving the entity for at least 25 unbroken years.
The National Election Commission (NEC) failed last evening to give additional preliminary result in the Tuesday's senatorial by-election poling as earlier promised, but said it would announce the final result today.
The National Elections Commission (NEC) Wednesday blamed the Liberia National Police (LNP) for delays in the Tuesday, November 11 by-election polling, but the Police have termed the Commission's claimed as "lies".
Vice President Joseph Nyumah Boakai had told Liberians from every spectrum of the society that after years of war to peace and recovery, the world is critically "watching" Liberia.
Public Works Minister Samuel Kofi Woods has again called on the Chinese contracted company CICO to speed up and finish road rehabilitations in Monrovia before the current dry season slips away.
Dismissed Grand Cape Mount County Development Superintendent Erasmus Fambullah has failed to cooperate with Police to establish what led to the misapplication of US$62,000 of the Cape Mount development fund, Prosecution lawyers have told Criminal Court "A" in Monrovia.
The following is a statement by the President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on the recent by-election in Montserrado County.
The United Bank for Africa (UBA) Liberia Limited has signed a$10 million financing deal with Liberia 's leading telecom company, Lonestar Limited, a company partly owned (51 per cent) by MTN Communications Limited, for a network expansion programme.
Celebrated African footballing legend, George Oppon Weah joined Chelsea's Michael Essien at a charity event during the weekend to launch a foundation that aims to provide basic amenities and improve the lifestyles of a targeted Ghanaian community in need.
Urey Salutes Supporters, Non-Supporters, Opponents, Vows to Win Comes November 24
A group calling itself "Friends of Wilson Tarpeh" says it owes Congress for Democracy Change leader George Weah squarely responsible for the defeat of their candidate in the first round of the senatorial by-elections.
The Liberia National Commission on Small Arms (LiNCSA) with support from the ECOWAS Small Arms Programme (ECOSAP) and UNDP Community Security and Social Cohesion has concluded a week-long massive sensitization and awareness campaign against Electoral Violence from 3 - 10 November 2009.
A four-man high-powered DHL Delegation from the South Saharan Africa will tomorrow Sunday, November 15, 2009 arrive in the Country. The official DHL delegation include Philippe Couchman, Vice President, South Saharan Region, Paul Salter, Chief Financial Officer, South Saharan African, Patrick Assi, Area Manager, West Africa, as well as Akwasi Aninakwah, incoming Country Manager Liberia.
National coordinator of Ohanaeze Ndigbo in Diaspora, Dr. Mitshell Nnanta has expressed deep concern over the detention of 517 Igbo in Liberia for criminal charges and sundry offences, and called on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to look into the plights of Igbo in foreign lands.
Charles Taylor's testimony was cut short for the second day in a row, as prosecutors asked for more time to "rearrange strategies" for the cross-examination of the former Liberian president on trial for his alleged role in crimes committed during Sierra Leone's brutal conflict.
As Charles Taylor faced his second day of cross-examination, his defense counsel objected to prosecution attempts to introduce "fresh evidence" after its case was closed, calling it a trial by "ambush." Meanwhile, Mr. Taylor tried to distance himself from the types of acts committed during Sierra Leone's brutal conflict – such as fighters forcing a mother to laugh while they buried her ...
The President of the West Africa College of Nursing (WACN), Mrs. Dedeh Jones has blamed the drastic decline in the standard of the nursing education and practice in the country to the employment of "unqualified medical personnel' who do not meet the basic standard of the profession.
Liberia is among 86 developing countries that have become eligible for grant assistance in the fiscal year 2010, says the just released United States government Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) country-by-country indicator data that measures the policy performance of each nation.
The ruling Unity Party candidate in Tuesday November 10, 2009 By-elections for Montserrado County, Clemenceau Blayon Urey (PICTURED), has taken an early lead ahead of strong contenders Geraldine-Doe Sheriff of the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) and Professor Wilson Tarpeh of the Alliance of Peace and Democracy (APD), according to the first results released by the National Elections ...
The West African College of Physicians has conferred on President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf an honorary fellowship.
The finale of an election now considered a referendum on the government will be a repeat of the 2005 contest between President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and football star George Weah, with both standing behind their candidates for the Montserrado County senatorial race.
Urging Liberians and her government officials to go back to the soil and grow their own food-rice, the nation's staple-President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has cut the first panicles of rice in her backyard farm in Monrovia.
The Ministry of Public Works has launched two Bailey bridges in Montserrado and Margibi Counties.
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