EMANSO Group of Companies Distributes Foot-propelled Hand Washing Machines, Rice to Communities, Disadvantage People across Montserrado
Monrovia – A rising innovative Liberian owned business, the EMANSO Group of Companies has begun the distribution of locally manufactured hand-washing materials to several residents and communities across Montserrado County. The EMANSO Group also distributed rice and sanitary materials such as soap and bleach to the residents that included people living with disabilities, institutions and several communities. While communities and group that were given the special locally made foot-propelled hand washing machines were the Battery Factory, Stephen Tolbert Estate and the Waterside Central Market. “So, from the EMANSO Group of Companies, we have come to share with you the little we have as we all observed the lockdown. Meanwhile, the CEO of EMANSO Group of Companies has called for the adoption of the foot-propelled hand washing machines across the country.
Source:Front Page Africa
May 06, 2020 17:48 UTC
UNDP: Fattens Up Wall Street With $4b; Fattens Up the Rich With $2.03b.
by UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) change onto profit-making (i.e., the idea to invest $4.7B donors’ money into investment portfolios)? More so, why did UNDP allocate a significant portion of the program ($2.0B) to individuals, but allocated a minuscule amount to companies? Sadly, why does the United Nations add 65% of the based salary to the original salary, resulting into excessive salary? However, UNDP should not invest donations at the expense of fighting poverty, education, etc. For instance, on page # 44 through page # 77 of its 2017 Audited Financial statements, UNDP listed (1) Board Recommendations; (2) UNDP Responses; and (3) Board Assessments.
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May 06, 2020 14:37 UTC
Liberia: Rep. Koffa Writes CBL to Audit MC2 Bank over Corruption Practices in Grand Kru County
MONROVIA – Amid widespread practices of alleged corruption and racketeering (extortion) at the Grand Kru Rural Community Finance Institution (MC2 Bank), District #2 Representative, Cllr. J. Fonati Koffa has formally written the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) on Tuesday to conduct a comprehensive audit. He added that reputable auditing firms through AFriland Bank audit the bank annually. The Superintendent of the Grand Kru County, Madam Doris Yltun said the delay in getting the Central Bank to transmit money to MC2 is responsible for salary delay in the county. MC2 Bank was established to tackle decentralization of payments of civil servants and provide access to banking of residents in the county.
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May 06, 2020 14:37 UTC
Liberia Ranks 38 in Open Budget Transparency Index
MONROVIA – Liberia has ranked high over Nigeria, São Tomé e Príncipe, Equatorial Guinea and the Gambia but has fallen to Ghana and Sierra Leone in a global open budget survey conducted in Liberia by the Instituted for Research and Democratic Development (IREDD). Liberia’s transparency score of 38 in the Open Budget Survey (OBS) 2019 is near its score in 2017. Liberia has increased the availability of budget information by: How comprehensive is the content of the key budget documents that Liberia makes available to the public? Public ParticipationThe Open Budget Survey report also pointed out that transparency alone is insufficient for improving governance and that Inclusive public participation is crucial for realizing the positive outcomes associated with greater budget transparency. Legislative oversight 0 42 100 limited Audit oversight 0 61 100 adequate.
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May 06, 2020 14:15 UTC
Liberia: Anti-AIDS Media Identifies With Members amid COVID-19 Crisis
MONROVIA – In the wake of the COVID-19 crisis occasioned by and government’s lockdown measures in the country, the Anti-AIDS Media Network, AAMIN on May 4, 2020 donated several items to its members from various media institutions and secretariat staff in the country. The organization’s members are across the fifteen counties of Liberia, but the donation targeted journalists from Montserrado County, the epicenter of the virus. He called on members of AAMIN to continue to practice what they have learned over the years as trained health journalists while reporting on the COVID-19 in the country. Andrews reminded the AAMIN members who had assembled for the donation to adhere to all health protocols as they report on the virus. Mr. Akoi M. Baysah, Assistant Secretary-General of the Press Union of Liberia (PUL) thanked AAMIN and partner for identifying with its members in a timely manner.
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May 06, 2020 13:52 UTC
Liberia: Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa Launches Coronavirus Outreach and Awareness Initiative
MONROVIA – The Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa (GPFA) has launched its Coronavirus Outreach & Awareness Initiative (COAI). The first phase of this GPFA initiative included several community-based approaches and partnerships with organizations & institutions to raise awareness around the prevention and transmission of COVID-19 in Liberia. The Foundation realizes this impact and as such, has launched the second phase of their COVID-19 outreach. Since the inception of COVID-19 in Liberia, the Foundation has distributed over 2,000 masks to market women, bank tellers, motorcyclists, and the general public through its scholarship recipients. She also applauded local organizations, youth, and women-led groups for their efforts in the fight to stop the spread of the virus.
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May 06, 2020 13:41 UTC
Liberia: Who’s Telling the Truth? President Weah’s Press Secretary Backpedals On 9th St. Property
He said all the materials used on the property were shipped into Liberia via the Freeport of Monrovia. He said, Timothy is the sole financier of the 9th Street property “that was once owned by the President.” “It’s being revamped and of course it’s being built under the ownership of Mr. Timothy Weah,” he had earlier said. While the 9th Street property was being remodeled, the President was simultaneously rehabilitating his private relaxation Jamaica Resort and began the construction of a 47-unit multi-million-dollar complex along the Robertsfield highway. The 9th Street property, according to that declaration was worth US$150,000, the Rehab structure was valued US$100,000. The Miami, Florida property – US$1.4 million while the other property in Florida was put at US$900,000.00.
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May 06, 2020 00:00 UTC
Liberia: Collaborating Political Parties Reaches Out to Underprivileged Communities
Monrovia – Opposition Collaborating Political Parties (CPP) comprising All Liberian Party, Unity Party, Liberty Party and Alternative National Congress, has reached out to several underprivileged communities in the wake of the COVID-19 lockdown. The four political parties think that the most vulnerable in society during such crises are the ones who should be looked out for. They termed their gesture as a way to put a smile on the faces of those often forgotten in society. “On behalf of the four collaborating parties we are moving out extending hands to several less fortunate communities within the 17 electoral districts of Montserrado County,” he said. Since the outbreak of the virus in Liberia, CPP has been proactive in helping to prevent the spread of the virus in by giving out preventative materials in the fight against the deadly virus.
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May 05, 2020 23:48 UTC
Former Brewerville City Mayor Dies Of Covid-19 In USA
MONROVIA – The former Mayor of the City of Brewerville, outside Monrovia has died of Covid-19 in New York, United States of America. On July 18, 2017, Mr. Curtis resigned from the Alternative National Congress (ANC) of Alexander Cummings after he lost the party’s primary to Mr. Abraham C. Sesay few months to the elections. Tributes have begun pouring in since the news of Mr. Curtis’ death broke out. My heartfelt condolences to the family” a former candidate in the 2017 general and presidential elections, Mr. Abraham C. Sesay wrote on his official Facebook page. Mr. Curtis was also the Chief Executive Officer of Crystal Ball Hall and Life FM radio station in Brewerville, outside Monrovia.
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May 05, 2020 23:37 UTC
Int’l Partners Express Willingness and Support for Liberia’s National Response to COVID-19
New York – The United Nations Peacebuilding Commission and International Partners of the Republic of Liberia have indicated overwhelming willingness and expression of support to the Government and People of Liberia for Liberia’s National Response to COVID-19. She reaffirmed that the International Partners and United Nations stand in solidarity with the Government and People of Liberia in this difficult situation. He indicated that the United States hopes the UN Peacebuilding Commission can leverage its advisory role to support further coordination across these efforts. He also stressed and offered support to ensure support for food security in the midst of the challenging COVID-19 should the Government of Liberia express the need. He reaffirmed the commitment and support of ECOWAS to the Government and People of Liberia in fighting COVID-19; a support which he said already started.
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May 05, 2020 23:37 UTC
Liberia’s State of Emergency: Police Fires Tear-gas to Force Citizens in Door in Central Monrovia
So, they sprayed the boy face and nose with the tear gas; they opened another one but it exploded”. “One of the officers came to me again, trying to open the tear gas to spray on my face-that’s how the tear gas exploded. He maintained that the alleged unruly behavior of victim Eugene also prompted the explosion of a tear gas. “Tear gas was not fired; tear gas exploded at the misconduct of one citizen to be identified. There is no way a police office will want to use this tear gas and it just explode.
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May 05, 2020 23:26 UTC
ALJA Condemns Threats Against Liberian Media
ALJA in a press release issued on May 6, 2020, condemned in the strongest term Cllr Cephas’ threats against the media; and called on Liberians at home and abroad to speak out against pronouncements and political actions that are meant to cow the Liberian media into submission. ALJA says the Solicitor General’s threats are intended to intimidate and silence the Liberian media. ALJA says threats against Journalists from the Solicitor General and others could further explain the recent wave of physical assaults against Liberian journalists by members of the security forces for which a Presidential Commission was recently established to investigate. The Association further noted that the Liberian media has ethical and professional obligations to ensure that political leaders in the country are held accountable in keeping with the rule of law and the principles of democracy. ALJA called on the media to hold sacrosanct its ethical responsibilities and eschew actions that are inimical to the profession.
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May 05, 2020 23:15 UTC
Liberia: COVID-19 Deaths Hit 20; 170 Confirmed Cases Recorded
At least 95% of the reported deaths were community deaths that were swabbed by the surveillance system while 98.2% of confirmed cases are locally transmitted and 1.8% remains imported. The age range among confirmed cases is 1 month to 74 years with median age 42 years. Liberia has begun the testing of community dead bodies of which 19 of the community deaths have tested positive for COVID-19. Liberia has begun the testing of community dead bodies of which 19 of the community deaths have tested positive for COVID-19. A total of 20 deaths (CFR-11.8%) in confirmed cases including two health workers have been recorded.
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May 05, 2020 22:18 UTC
Liberia: Country Devil Deployed at Nimba School to Stop Facility from Being Used as COVID-19 Quarantine Center
Liberia: Country Devil Deployed at Nimba School to Stop Facility from Being Used as COVID-19 Quarantine CenterChief Elder for Bain-Garr District, Alfred Gbordor told FrontPageAfrica Tuesday that the community has deployed a Country Devil at the Francis Nya Maweah Public School to keep authorities from using it as a quarantine facility. Those Poro Masters [Country Devil] will continue to be deployed on the school campus until the outbreak of the corona virus is out of Liberia,” he said’’. Elder Gbordor added that they have many innocent children in the area and making the school campus quarantine center would be a serious risk. Those Poro Masters [Country Devil] will continue to be deployed on the school campus until the outbreak of the corona virus is out of Liberia,” he said’’. Mr. Zomonway also said during their meeting with the county administration and the county health team, they asked them to provide running water and electricity in the building.
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May 05, 2020 20:26 UTC
Liberia: Why We Must Remain Skeptical Of The Herbal Tea From Madagascar
He stated that the concoction named COVID Organics (CVO) – a form of herbal tea that would be distributed for free to vulnerable countries and sold at a price to others. The herbal tea is a product of the Malagasy Institute of Applied Research (IMRA) and the National Pharmacology Research. The herbal tea has however failed to get the backing of the World health organization or any renowned pharmaceutical group. Here is why we must remain skeptical of the herbal tea:It has undergone limited testing and there is no proof that it works. The herbal tea has been tested on 20 persons only, in a period of 3 weeks.
Source:Front Page Africa
May 05, 2020 20:26 UTC