Author: Alaskai Moore Johnson

Monrovia -The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) conducted a 3-day technical training session to train 51 local inhabitants from seven counties, in the production of energy efficient cook stoves. This initiative is supported by the National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) project implemented by the EPA with support from United Nations Development Programme and funded by the Green Climate Fund. The participants (27 females and 24 males), are unemployed vulnerable youth and women without skills, that were selected from communities in Bong, Margibi, Nimba, Grand Cape Mount, Bomi, Lofa and Grand Bassa Counties by the EPA. During the exercise which took place in…

River Gee County – Forty-five delegates at this year’s River Gee County sitting have decided on completion of unfinished projects earmarked during the 2015 Webbo Resolution. Report by Lisa T. Diasay, FPA Contributor Since 2015, the major stakeholders of the county have not held any County Sittings, which contravenes the Budget Law of Liberia, in relation to the implementation of the County Social Development Funds (CSDF). According to Section 9 of the Budget Law on the CSDF, every county must ensure the holding of a sitting, which will allow the discussion and decision on the implementation of monies allocated to…

Education Minister Prof. D. Ansu Sonie served as the Chief Launcher Monrovia – Lonestar Cell MTN, in partnership with the West African Examinations Council, over the weekend launched a mobile money online platform for WAEC fees payment. The launch of the project took place at the head office of WAEC in Congo Town. Serving as Chief Launcher, the Minister of Education, Prof. Ansu Sonie, thanked Lonestar Cell MTN for the platform; adding that the project will help curtail the huge challenges confronting students and schools’ administrators in the country. “It is not just the money flow, the statistics show, the…