AfDB to Launch Public Financial Management Academy
The training, technical assistance and policy dialogue delivered by the academy will cover upstream and downstream issues in the public financial management cycle. The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) on Wednesday approved the creation of a virtual academy to build public financial management capacity in African countries. Other implementing partners include key regional public financial management institutions, regional technical assistance centers, universities, and national public administration training institutes. The training, technical assistance and policy dialogue delivered by the academy will cover upstream and downstream issues in the public financial management cycle, tailored to the specific needs of African countries. The technical assistance component will target relevant public institutions or their units, civil society organizations, and think tanks, involved in public financial management activities in Africa, including the media.
Source:Daily Observer
June 10, 2022 21:21 UTC
Liberia: Govt Succumbs to Hike in Petrol Prices
The prices of gasoline and fuel have once more been increased by the government just days after rejecting a plea from the Petroleum Importers Association of Liberia. As for fuel, the wholesale price per gallon is US$6.72 while the pump price is US$ US$ 6.90 (L$1,050.). Previously, the wholesale price of gas per gallon was US$5.48 while the pump price was set at US$5.66. "The Ministry of Commerce Inspectorate Team will be closely monitoring the approved ceiling prices to avoid an arbitrary hike in the pump prices of gasoline and fuel oil on the local market." Presently, there are more than seven registered importers who ensure that adequate petroleum products are on the Liberian market.
Source:Daily Observer
June 10, 2022 00:53 UTC
Liberia: Gov’t Succumbs to Hike in Petrol Prices
The prices of gasoline and fuel have once more been increased by the government just days after rejecting a plea from the Petroleum Importers Association of Liberia. As for fuel, the wholesale price per gallon is US$6.72 while the pump price is US$ US$ 6.90 (L$1,050.). Previously, the wholesale price of gas per gallon was US$5.48 while the pump price was set at US$5.66. As for fuel, the wholesale price per gallon is US$5.82, while the pump price is US$6.00. Additionally, a future increase in gas and diesel prices is inevitable if the Russia-Ukraine war continues.
Source:Daily Observer
June 09, 2022 15:42 UTC
Bridge Construction Delay Frustrates Maryland Residents
Residents of Wartehken and Gbolobo Nimeken towns in Pleebo Statutory Soloden District in Maryland County have expressed frustrations over the delay in the construction of a US$35,000 bridge linking the two towns around the cavalla river belt. According to the aggrieved residents of both towns, the construction of the bridge started in 2021, when the statutory superintendent of the District, Aloysius Williams, broke ground for the construction of the bridge. Since then, however, there has been no sign of completing the bridge project. “The designated area for the bridge construction is not good for a culvert; but only a bridge can go there, due to its close proximity to the cavalla river,” youth leader Mark Cooper noted. “The bridge construction project was in 2021 awarded to Sammy Group of Company, who succeeded in completing the basement of the bridge,” he disclosed.
Source:Daily Observer
June 09, 2022 05:25 UTC
Dr. Sammie Writes Book on Prosecuting Perpetrators of SGBV Crimes
A Liberian, based in the Netherlands, has written a book on International Criminal Law. The book, Linking High-level Accused to Sexual and Gender-Based Crimes in International Criminal Law, is available on Amazon and other major platforms. Dr. Sylvester Sammie ((Ph.D.) graduated from the University of Groningen’s Graduate School of Law in Groningen, the Netherlands last November 2021 earning a doctorate degree in International Criminal Law. 100 individual cases from the ICTY, ICTR, and ICC are examined and revealed that in most cases there were sufficient pieces of evidence to prove that sexual gender-based crimes were committed. On how he thinks his book will help solve sexual gender-based crimes in Liberia, he answered: “NGOs and CSOs may use this book as an advocacy tool for their work in the effort to address sexual gender-based crimes in Liberia.
Source:Daily Observer
June 08, 2022 17:43 UTC
Liberia: Lofa By-Election Set for June 28
The Plenary of the Liberian Senate yesterday voted to set June 28, as the new date for the conduct of the delayed Lofa County by-election. Yesterday’s decision followed the ruling last Friday, by the Supreme Court of Liberia, upholding the opposition Unity Party’s contention that it has the right to participate in the delayed Lofa County by-election. The Senate Plenary decision was also triggered by a communication received from the National Elections Commission (NEC) requesting the Liberian Senate to set a new date for the Lofa County by-election. Notably, River Cess County Senator Wellington Geevon Smith abstained during the voting period on the new election date, while River Gee County Senator Conmany B. Wesseh voted ‘No’. Senator Wesseh earlier intimated that as far as he could recollect, the Election Commission never nullified the result of the December 2020 Senatorial Elections that announced Brownie J. Samukai the winner in Lofa County.
Source:Daily Observer
June 08, 2022 16:57 UTC
Liberia: 28-Yr-Old Allegedly Strangulates Girlfriend to Death
Monrovia – Mohammed Barry goes by the nickname “Monster” on the soccer field and such a monster he has been to his girlfriend, Annie Lomas, whom he allegedly strangulated to death on Monday out of sheer jealousy. He has been arrested by the Liberia National Police (LNP) and is currently in detention. On the suicide note, Barry’s justification for killing his girlfriend was abandonment by her after turning against his family for her sake. According to Mr. Carter, Barry was arrested in a community around the Risks Institute as he tried to flee from justice. The police spokesman disclosed that remains of the late Annie Lomax have been deposited at the JFK Medical.
Source:Front Page Africa
June 08, 2022 12:19 UTC
Liberia: LMHRA MD Discloses Outcomes From WA-MRH 11th Steering Committee Meeting
Monrovia – The Managing Director of the Liberia Medicines and Health Products Regulatory Authority (LMHRA) Managing Director, Pharmacist Keturah C. Smith-Chineh (Mrs.), recently attended the 11th West Africa Medicines Regulatory Harmonization (WA-MRH) Initiative Steering Committee Meeting; where several issues about the regulatory harmonization of medicines were discussed. The 11th WA-MRH Steering Committee Meeting which was held in Abidjan, the Ivory Coast, from the 29th to the 30th of April 2022, brought together heads of the 15 West African Regulatory Authority on Medicines. The role of the Steering Committee of the WA-MRH initiative includes: providing strategic and policy direction; approving technical documents and ensuring the proper implementation of the activities of the initiative. The WA-MRH Steering Committee meeting was formulated to appraise the West Africa Medicines Regulatory Harmonization (WA-MRH)-related activities in the region and provide the necessary guidance for more efficiency. The African Medicines Regulatory Harmonization (AMRH) Initiative is an attempt by the African Union to strengthen regulatory capacity, encourage harmonization of regulatory requirements, and expedite access to good quality, safe, and effective medicines.
Source:Front Page Africa
June 08, 2022 11:05 UTC
Liberia: Care for Earth and Earth Cares for Us – In Commemoration of World Environment Day – FrontPageAfrica
As nearly all human beings are not suicidal, it is most important to share knowledge about how to save lives. There are three types of pollution that we bring to destroy the Earth on which we live: air pollution; water pollution and land pollution. In the search for better lives, human beings are building factories to produce products while putting gas emissions into the air. Polluted land produces polluted food that kills people. These State managers have become dependent on foreign partners whose profit orientation continues to have the African State managers promote the production of the raw materials for export without any prioritization of Value Addition.
Source:Front Page Africa
June 06, 2022 12:29 UTC
Liberia: EPA Releases Preliminary Report in Cape Mount Water Pollution Saga; Says There’s Need for Further Probe
Liberia: EPA Releases Preliminary Report in Cape Mount Water Pollution Saga; Says There’s Need for Further ProbeMonrovia – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released its preliminary report into the pollution of Marvoe Creek and the Mafa River in Grand Cape Mount County. The EPA in its preliminary report confirmed that there were deaths to aquatic species including fish, crabs, crawfish, and other fauna inhabitants; and these fatalities were caused by asphyxiation – deprivation of oxygen needed to sustain life underwater. The pollution of the water bodies was reported in late May prompting the EPA to dispatch a team of investigators on May 25. The EPA preliminary report further stated that there’s a need to widen the investigation, especially when there are other conditions that could cause the degree of distress and or deaths of aquatic fauna. Where necessary, a third-party, EPA certified consultant/Laboratory will be called in to assist with these investigations,” the EPA stated in a release signed by Danise Love Dennis, head of Media & Corporate Communications.
Source:Front Page Africa
June 04, 2022 22:46 UTC
Liberia: Government Drops All Charges against Alexander Cummings, Others
Monrovia – The Government of Liberia through its Solicitor-General, Sayma Syrenius Cephus has announced that the Government is expected to shortly drop all charges against Mr. Alexander B. Cummings, and others for ‘forgery and criminal conspiracy’ brought against them by the All Liberian Party ( ALP). In a statement issued on Friday, Solicitor-General Cephus said there was no reason to further adjudicate the case following the Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of the Unity Party and the ALP to field a candidate in the Lofa County Senatorial Bi-Election. The ALP of Benoni Urey sued Mr. Cummings and his party’s hierarchy for allegedly altering the CPP framework document inserting an illegal exit clause that bar breakaway member of the CPP from contesting in any election until 2024. The case has been lingering at the Monrovia City Court for months. Therefore, I am constrained to highlight the compelling need of calling a spade a spade, end the trial and drop any and all criminal charges against defendants Alexander B. Cummings and his lieutenants without prejudice to the state and with the right to re-file where applicable.
Source:Front Page Africa
June 04, 2022 17:40 UTC
Liberia: UNDP Launches Cohort Two of its Growth Accelerator Project
Report by Francis G. BoayueThis program is being implemented with policy support from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry along with iCampus Liberia and Accountability Lab Liberia. The Growth Accelerator Liberia is a UNDP and Government of Liberia initiative under the Livelihood & Employment Creation project implemented by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry. The Resident Coordinator of UNDP Stephen Rodriques said the Growth and Accelerator Liberia Program started in 2021 with aim of supporting and accelerating impactful For-profit ventures across Liberia. “The growth accelerator is a proven model that works. Accountability Lab Liberia Country Director, W. Lawrence Yealue, II for his part, said of their experiences the Growth Accelerator Liberia challenge is in partnership with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry with funding from UNDP Livelihood and Employment Programme.
Source:Front Page Africa
June 03, 2022 20:04 UTC
Liberia: Why Kenneth Best Deserves the ‘HALL of FAME’
With this premise, let me state why Kenneth Y. Best is qualified for the newly organized ‘Hall of Fame’ of the Press Union of Liberia. Missing any of these elements will lay aside your age right and education to face the wrath of the Professor, something that internally branded Daily Observer as “Kenneth Y. Personally, there are a few instances that cannot just run out of my memory when a bell rings with the sound of Kenneth Best. After a period of egoistic and suppressive editorial regime at some point in time, I realized from 2013 upward how Mr. Best was interested in seeing me excel.
Source:Daily Observer
June 03, 2022 13:09 UTC
Donors Commit To Fisheries Sector Development
Monrovia-International Fisheries Donors, including the European Union, China and World Bank have reaffirmed their commitments to further assist in the development of the Liberian Fisheries sector through technical and financial support. Speaking Thursday June 2, during a technical meeting that brought together Donors within the Liberian Fisheries sector at NaFAA’s corporate headquarters, Chinese Ambassador Ren Yisheng affirmed China’s commitment to providing what he termed as “technical support in the development of agriculture in Liberia”. Ambassador Yisheng disclosed that he was highly impressed of being in the gathering of donor partners to Liberia’s fisheries sector as such meeting enable Liberians through their government to be informed about the donors support to the sector. Mr. Theo kaspers, head of Cooperation stated that they are working along with NaFAA’s priority areas in developing the Liberian fisheries sector. Mr. Manoballah recounted that the support from the various donors have contributed immensely toward the development taking place in the Liberian fisheries sector.
Source:Front Page Africa
June 03, 2022 08:12 UTC
Union of Liberian Associations in the Americas, Paynesville City Corporation Launch Solid Waste Management Project
Paynesville – In an effort to address the menace of improper waste disposal, the Union of Liberian Associations in the Americas (ULAA) and the Paynesville City Corporation (PCC) have launched a Solid Waste Management Project in the City of Paynesville. The project is funded by the Liberian Diaspora Initiative Fund (LDIF), which focuses on health, education, technology and entrepreneurship. Mr. Kamara said the partnership with the PCC is unique as ULAA does not have the capacity to implement projects in Liberia by itself. The organization has provided a grant of US$2664 for the implementation of the first phase of the project which targets drainages within Paynesville. Diggen pointed out that maintaining a proper solid waste management system is a challenge for municipal authorities in the country.
Source:Front Page Africa
June 03, 2022 07:34 UTC