November 20
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Liberia: Lawmakers Accept AG Kilby's Excuse for More Time
Liberia's new Auditor General, Mr. Robert L. Kilby, has written a formal communication to the Senate Committee on Public Accounts, Audit and Expenditure, begging the august body to... Read more »
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Liberia: Gov't Holds First Consultation On Draft Nat'l Youths Empowerment Document
The Government of Liberia (GoL) through the Ministry of Youth and Sports on Monday, November 19, 2012 held its first High-Level Consultation Forum on the drat Liberia National... Read more »
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Liberia: Defense Lawyers Suffer Major Blow in Criminal Trial
Defense lawyers representing the legal interest of two defendants in a criminal trial suffered a major blow on Monday, November 12, 2012, when the presiding magistrate denied an... Read more »
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Liberia: U.S.$2.5 Million Educational Grant for Grand Bassa Concluded
The Director for Community Services at Liberia Annual Conference (LAC) of the United Methodist Church of Liberia has disclosed the conclusion of for a US$2.5M Educational Grant for... Read more »
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Liberia: Former NEC Boss Sued for U.S.$ One Million Action of Damages
Lawyers representing the dismissed Director of Public Information and Outreach of the National Elections Commission (NEC) Mr. Bobby Livingstone, on Wednesday, October 31, 2012... Read more »
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Liberia: Gov't Outlines Factors Responsible for Hike in Commodities
The Government of Liberia (GOL) through the Ministry of Commerce and Industry has outlined several factors responsible for the hike in the prices of commodities on the local... Read more »
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Liberia: Sources Hint - Lonestar Cell MTN's Suspension Disastrous
Credible sources on Sunday, November 18, 2012 confided in the Independent Authoritative Heritage that authorities of the LonestarCell MTN had made a submission to the Liberia... Read more »
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Liberia: AG Kilby Contradicts EU Report On GAC to Lawmakers
Liberia 2nd post war Auditor General, Mr. Robert L. Kilby, told the Senate Committee on Public Accounts and Audits hearing on Tuesday, 13 November 2012 that the "Peer Review... Read more »
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Liberia: Fear Grips Oldroad Residents Over Planned Eviction and Demolition Exercise
Several residents of Sinkor Oldroad within the Yekeh Kulubah Community are said to living in fear for the eviction and demolition of structures built on an alley way.The Monrovia... Read more »
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West Africa: Regional Agriculture Project to Assist Liberia Achieve Food Security Launched
The Liberian Government, World Bank and development partners on Wednesday, November 14, 2012 launched the West Africa Agricultural Productivity Program (WAAPP) intended to make... Read more »
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Liberia: The Performance Scale - Minister Amara Konneh Under the Spotlight [column]
Minister Konneh's PR operatives aptly described him as: "From refugee to Minister". Certainly, the Sidiki Trawally-led team was giving themselves the value for their salaries... Read more »
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Liberia: Liberia's National Table Tennis Gets Major Boost
The Embassy of the People's Republic of China on November 6, 2012 donated three sets of table tennis boards and 20 boxes of table tennis balls to the Liberia National Table Tennis... Read more »
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Liberia: Two Liberian Historians Want Liberian History Rewritten
At the latest edition of the outdoor Interactive Community Outreach and Media Blended Public Forum of the Liberia Media for Democratic Initiatives, "THE DIALOGUE" two Liberian... Read more »
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Africa: World Standard & Africa Industrialization Day Celebration Underway in Monrovia
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry in collaboration with the West Africa Quality Program will celebrate World Standard and Africa Industrialization Day (AID) on November 20,... Read more »
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Liberia: Where Are the Killers ? [column]
It could be recalled that in 2008, precisely 16 August, some marauding armed men murdered one Stafford Tamba in cold blood at his Gardnersville Residence, outside Monrovia. Tamba,... Read more »
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Liberia: Public School Authority Decries Instructional Materials, Others
The President's plan for free education is failing in Gbarpolu County where teachers have no teaching materials, the buildings are in disrepair and the staff-to-student ratio at... Read more »
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Liberia: Maryland Legislative Caucus Chairman Resigns
The Chairman of the Maryland County Legislative Caucus, Representative Isaac Barlu Roland, has tendered in his letter of resignation as Chairman of the Caucus. Lawmaker Roland... Read more »
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Liberia: Teenage Pregnancy, Early Marriage, Others Still Hampering Girls' Education in Liberia
The Program Manager of Plan-Liberia has said teenage pregnancy, transactional sex and early marriage are the main vices hampering girls' education in Liberia and across Africa.... Read more »
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Liberia: 'Up-Country' Basketball Tournament Kicks Off in Gbarnga
The Government of Liberia (GOL) through the Ministry of Youth and Sports (MYS) in collaboration with the Liberia Basket Federation (LBF) will today, Thursday, November 8, 2012 kick... Read more »
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Liberia: Reinforcing VP Boakai's Caveat, but With Vigilance [column]
Sometimes ago, Liberia's Vice President Joseph N. Boakai cautiously warned that Liberia will no longer accept substandard products and work from international business partners and... Read more »
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Liberia: 'The Performance Scale' - Lewis Brown Under the Spotlight... [column]
The good people of Liberia reconfirmed their support for Madam Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf after the 2011 polls. Yes, another mandate to lead our country for six additional years. But... Read more »
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Liberia: Land Commission Outreach Program Ends
The Government of Liberia(GOL) through the Land Commission in collaboration with the Crusaders for Peace, Land Conflict Resolution Project, USAID and the American people has ended... Read more »
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Liberia: New Appointments in Gov't
President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has made new additional appointments in her government, affecting several ministries and municipal entities. The new appointment affects the... Read more »
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Liberia: Save the Children - MDGs Will Not Succeed Unless...
The global charity group Save the Children through its Chief Executive, Justin Forsyth, has said unless inequality is addressed, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) will not... Read more »
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Liberia: Ellen Awarded Indira Gandhi Prize 2012
The Honorary Consulate General of India in Liberia has announced that the President of the Republic of Liberia, Her Excellency Mrs. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, has been awarded the... Read more »
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