Liberia Receives 96,000 Doses of COVID-19 Vaccines
Minister Kemayah said the government is thrilled with the initial doses of 96,000 doses of the COVID-19 Vaccines, stating that it will further demonstrate Liberia’s preparedness in continuation of fighting the Virus, noting that what they have received had further demonstrate astute leadership of President Weah. Foreign Minister Kemayah assured citizens that the vaccine provided to Liberia has been tested, proven to be fate to be utilized. Minister Jallah said that the consignment of COVAX Vaccine is very important to the government of Liberia continued fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Jallah noted that the government attaches great importance to the protection of its citizens especially with the arrival COVAX Vaccine. The fast arrival of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines has shown that multilateralism and multi-actor partnerships work to solve the most pressing problems.
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March 07, 2021 11:26 UTC
Liberia: Americares Constructs Incinerator, Ambulance to Grand Bassa Government Hospital
GRAND BASSA — Prior to the construction of the new incinerator and placenta pit, the Liberia Government Hospital in Grand Bassa County, the Incinerator and Placenta Pit were outdated as need for new ones could not be overemphasized until the Americares stepped in to help. In consultation with the Grand Bassa County Health team, Americares agreed to construct a modern incinerator and a placenta pit. The U.S.-based organization also donated to the Zondo Clinic and the Liberian Government Hospital in Grand Bassa County. The Grand Bassa County Health Team, Americares and the Ministry of Health signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the construction of an incinerator, placenta pit, and a waste holding building at the Government Hospital in Buchanan. In 2017, the Value of Americares donation was worth US $149,859.87 and was distributed to over 15 heath facilities in Montserrado and Grand Bassa Counties.
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March 06, 2021 17:48 UTC
Liberia: Maritime Institute Resumes Academic Activities as Pres. Weah Urges Students to Strive for Excellence
Monrovia — President George Weah has overemphasized the importance of the Liberia Maritime Training Institute (LMTI) describing it as a reliable component in making Liberia a maritime nation to reckon with. President Weah said education and professional skills provided at LMTI are essential to developing a pool of national workforce. President Weah stated further: I have learned with satisfaction that the 24 cadets who graduated in 2019 are doing well, by all accounts. President Weah commended the Commissioner of Maritime Authority, Lenn Eugene Nagbe for the able leadership demonstrated since his appointment evidenced by the timely re-opening of this Training Academy. He pledged that Government will remain committed to supporting the growth and development of the Liberia Maritime Training Institute through the Liberian Maritime Authority.
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March 06, 2021 11:03 UTC
Liberia: Witness Shows Scar as Massaquoi Trial Hears of Killing and Rape at Waterside
He said he will send everyone to heaven and when we get there we should say ‘Angel Gabriel sent us’,” he said. Earlier witnesses have described the same warnings and the alias they say Massaquoi used, “Angel Gabriel”. “Angel Gabriel”, Civillian 77 said, took four men from among those captured, a distance away from the rest towards West Point and killed them. The witness said soldiers informed “Angel Gabriel” and his men that they were sent by Benjamin Yeaten to put the situation at Waterside under control. He made the statement that ‘I Angel Gabriel, I am going to kill you and when you die, tell God I, Angel Gabriel, killed you’.
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March 06, 2021 09:11 UTC
Liberia: CEMENCO Refutes FPA Report
The attention of the Management of Liberia Cement Corporation (CEMENCO) is disturbingly drawn to a story carried in the March 2, 2021, edition of FrontPage Africa (FPA) News Paper under the heading: LIBERIA: CEMENCO LINKED TO FRAUDULENT PACKAGING OF CEMENT. Even though the story is purported to be the outcome of an investigation conducted by FPA, Management says that at no time was it contacted by FPA to confirm and/or get its side of the story. Certainly, Management is left to wonder what kind of “investigation” was it that blind-eyed the other side (CEMENCO). Management says that from the above narrative, it is clear that CEMENCO has not engaged in any “deceptive business practice” as alleged. The Management of CEMENCO is presently in consultation with its Layers to review its legal actions.
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March 05, 2021 12:22 UTC
Liberia: National Elections Commission Submits US$1.1 Million Budget for By-elections in Bomi, Bong & Grand Gedeh Counties
Capitol Hill, Monrovia – The National Elections Commission (NEC) has informed lawmakers on Capitol Hill that it would cost the government US$1.1 million to conduct three by-elections in Bomi, Bong and Grand Gedeh Counties. The NEC made the disclosure in two separate communications to the House of Representatives, following announcements by the House of vacancies in the three counties. In the communication, the NEC put the cost of the elections for Bomi County District #1 at US$340, 010.77, US$359, 162.27 for Grand Gedeh District #1 and US$400,000 for Bong County District #2. The letter bearing the budget for Bong County arrived late on Thursday after the House had adjourned session, according to officials. There were several members of the House of Representatives who contested for Senatorial seats in the just ended elections.
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March 05, 2021 12:11 UTC
Liberia’s Traditional Leaders Sound Warning To Opposition Politicians ‘Preventing Developments’; ‘Undermining’ George Weah-led Government
Chief Karwor had gone Ghana to attend a meeting organized by the leadership of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Chief Karwor pointed out that traditional leaders will very soon petition the National Legislature to pass a law that will prevent opposition politicians from orchestrating chaos or instability if they do not become successful during future elections. Chief Karwor hinted that the proposed petition will also be totally against the undermining or “fighting” a person who wins the presidency, regardless of status. He reminded his colleagues to desist from playing the role of opposition politicians to undermine the growth and development of the society. Chief Karwor furthered: “The way I see Ghana.
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March 05, 2021 08:58 UTC
Liberia: Kosiah Demands US$1.5M in Compensation
Alieu Kosiah shouts in the Swiss Federal Criminal Court at the start of his trial in December 2020. By James Harding Giahyue, New Narratives Senior Justice Correspondent“The long, unjustified detention of which he has subjected demands compensation,” Dmitri Gianoli, Kosiah’s lawyer, told judges on Thursday in his second day of closing arguments. Plaintiffs are required to claim compensation in a civil action in Switzerland whether or not the accused can pay. Kosiah, 45, faces 25 counts of murder, cannibalism, rape, sexual enslavement, forced transport, looting and recruitment of a child-soldier. “Alieu Kosiah must be acquitted of all charges because he was not there,” he told the three-judge panel hearing the case.
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March 05, 2021 08:48 UTC
Liberia: Witnesses Describe ‘Angel Gabriel’s’ Rape, Killing Spree in Waterside
Gibril Massaquoi talks with his lawyer in Tampere, Finland from where he is listening to the hearing in his war crimes trial in Liberia via videolink. By Lennart Dodoo, with New NarrativesThe witness said that ‘Angel Gabriel’ ordered his soldiers to bring a plate and a stool. “He said, ‘‘Y’all see — I am about to do the same thing I did to the other bodies’,” the witness told a silent courtroom. The witness told the four-judge panel that he and the others moved in and began to pack goods. Thursday’s witness told the court the captives were later transported to a house in the 12 Houses community in Paynesville where they met other captives.
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March 05, 2021 08:26 UTC
Pres. Weah Lights Up Peace Island Today Under the Monrovia Consolidation of Transmission and Distribution Project Funded by the European Union
About 1,800 households in the Peace Island Community will for the first time connect to electricity from the national grid. His Excellency Dr. George M. Weah, President of the Republic of Liberia, and His Excellency Ambassador Laurent Delahousse, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Liberia, will jointly commission the lighting up of the Peace Island Community. The Light Up Monrovia Project is a USD 50.5 million European Union Fund that is expected to electrify about 38,000 new homes in Monrovia and its environs. Peace Island, like other communities under the project, will get its power source from the Paynesville substation and the newly constructed Congo Town substation which is located near the James Springs Payne Airport. The project, when completed, will close the gap between the main transmission line connecting Bushrod, Capitol, Congo Town and Paynesville Substations.
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March 05, 2021 08:15 UTC
Jackie Russ: The Man Revolutionizing The Liberian Music Industry – An Interview
How did your journey as a music video director start? What was the hardest music video to create/direct? Unless there are a big-money investment and entertainers change their marketing strategiesWhat makes a good music video? Out of all the music videos you have directed, which would you say are your top 5 favorites? The music industry right now is at standstill.
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March 05, 2021 08:03 UTC
Liberia: CEMENCO Management Refutes FPA Story
MONROVIA — The Management of Liberia Cement Corporation (CEMENCO) says its attention is disturbingly drawn to a story carried in the March 2, 2021, edition of FrontPage Africa (FPA) Newspaper under the heading: LIBERIA: CEMENCO LINKED TO FRAUDULENT PACKAGING OF CEMENT. The story, by a Staff Reporter of FPA, asserts that investigation by the paper has uncovered “… what is being described as a deceptive business practice by a renowned cement company, CEMENCO in Liberia.”In a press release, the Management of CEMENCO categorically denies the story as baseless, untrue and published with reckless disregard for the truth and journalistic prudence. Even though the story is purported to be the outcome of an investigation conducted by FPA, Management says that at no time was it contacted by FPA to confirm and/or get its side of the story. “Certainly, Management is left to wonder what kind of investigation was it that blind-eyed the other side (CEMENCO),” the press release adds. See page… for the full text of the press release issued by the Management of CEMENCO.
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March 05, 2021 07:56 UTC
Liberia: More than 1.3 Million Hectares now under Community Ownership & Control
Monrovia – Local communities across Liberia seem to be taking advantage of the new Land Rights Law to reclaim their ancestral land. With more than 1.3 million hectares of Customary Land now under formal community ownership and control, the future seems to be getting brighter for local communities across the country. The Forestry Development Authority, through the Liberia Forest Sector Project is currently implementing projects under the bilateral agreement with Norway. The Liberia Land Authority is also benefiting from the Liberia Forest Sector Project. After a decade of widespread land conflicts between communities and concessionaires across Liberia, the Government of Liberia seems to be changing course.
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March 05, 2021 07:07 UTC
Liberia: Political Parties’ Women Reach Out To JFK Hospital
MONROVIA — As part of its many activities in commemorating this year’s International Women’s Day (IWD), the Coalition of Political Parties’ Women in Liberia (COPPWIL) on Thursday, March 4, 2021 identified with nurses at the maternity walls of the John F. Kennedy Medical Center (JFK). Tubman, whose 1961 visit with former U.S. President John F. Kennedy laid the groundwork for USAID funding for a national medical center in Liberia. COPPWIL is the conglomeration of women drawn from all 28 registered political parties in Liberia with the aim of promoting women’s participation in politics and political governance. Receiving the items on behalf of the nurses, the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of the JFK, Madam Sia Watta Comanor, lauded COPPWIL for its kind gesture. Here in Liberia, women have played crucial in all sectors of the society,” the Gender Minister noted.
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March 05, 2021 06:56 UTC
Global Tracking and Maritime Solutions Holdings Helps Liberia Get Off U.S. Coast Guard Advisory List
However, according to the report from the US Coast Guard, recent assessments conducted in 2018 by their organization helped determine that Liberia was actively working on maintaining effective anti-terrorism measures in it’s Maritime operations. “The Republic of Liberia is removed from the list of the Countries Affected in paragraph B of the Port Security Advisory. In an interview, Commissioner of the Liberia Maritime Authority (LiMA) Lenn Eugene Nagbe emphasized the commitment of the Liberian government to remain compliant with stipulated U.S. counter-terrorism measures and other international protocols governing maritime security. What has happened to Liberia ports does not only tremendously help Liberia in global compliance but will help reduce freight rates, insurance cost usually levied on Ports that are classified within such list and so much more. Such classification is the security aspect to meet in relation for all global ports not just the United States”.
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March 05, 2021 06:55 UTC