Author: Gerald C. Koinyeneh

Monrovia – The Executive Chairman of ArcelorMittal, Lakshmi Mittal has assured the government and people of Liberia that its latest US$800 million agreement will not only increase the company’s investment in Liberia to US$2.5 billion, it will create thousands of jobs and boost the Liberian economy.

Liberia’s Health Minister Dr. Wilhelmina Jallah Monrovia – The government is doing all in its power to ensure that about 10 percent of the population is fully vaccinated by the end of September, the Minister of Health and head of the Covid-19 Incident Management System (IM), Dr. Wilhemina Jallah has said.”

Bahn, Nimba County – The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has dedicated a modern maternal waiting home for pregnant women who live far from health facilities in that part of Nimba County.

Monrovia – The West African Civil Society Forum (WACSOF) – Liberia team, headed by Mannis Howard Barclay has vehemently condemned the military takeover in neighboring Guinea and called on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to put more pressure on the coup leaders to return the country to democratic rule.

MONROVIA – The loss of sight is already a challenge in itself. Even more dreadful is the lack of emotional support, limited access to educational opportunities as well as information. Even societal stigma and the lack of unemployment are additional factors that frequently lead visually impaired individuals in isolation.

MONROVIA – Revenues generated from Liberia’s extractive industries in the first half of last year dropped by more than US$5 million due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to in the latest report by Liberia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (LEITI).

Todee District, Montserado – The Kids Education Empowerment Program’s (KEEP) quest to provide reading rooms for Liberian students in disadvantaged communities reached another milestone when the organization dedicated a reading room at the Goba Town Public School in Todee District, Montserrado County.

MONROVIA – The Head of the Roman Catholic Church and Sovereign of the Vatican State, the Holy Father Pope Francis, has donated to the needy in Liberia, through the Saint Joseph’s Catholic Hospital in Monrovia-Liberia, a consignment of assorted medical supplies intended for managing and treating patients suffering from the third wave of Covid-19. The gift was made in the Pope’s name by His Excellency, the Apostolic Nuncio to Liberia (Vatican Ambassador) Archbishop Dagoberto Campos Salas, in the presence of Brother Bartholomew A. Kamara, Provincial Superior of the St. Augustine Province of Africa, Rev. Father Dennis Nimely, Secretary General of…

Paynesville – Flomo Theater Inc and the Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption Center jointly produced a stage play adaptation of two anti-corruption children’s books written by Robtel NeajaiPailey. Gbagba and Jaadeh: The Stage Play was performed at the Paynesville City Hall on 5 August by Liberian children trained by Flomo Theater for over a year. The all-child cast acted out how corruption and integrity coexist in Liberia and how children can grow into good citizens free of corruption. According to Pailey, she embarked on this journey in 2013 when she wrote the first book Gbagba, which means corruption in Bassa, followed in 2019 by its sequel Jaadeh!, which means integrity in Bassa. Both books were illustrated by Chase Walker and published by One Moore Book. The…

MONROVIA – The Sanitation Water for All (SWA) in collaboration with the Liberian WASH sector completed a two-day Country-Level Self-Assessment with a pledge to ensure an inclusive participatory and timely process of the country monitoring indicators on WASH.