Author: Henry Karmo

MONROVIA – AIFO-Liberia and Business Start-Up Center Monrovia, in partnership with the National Commission on Disabilities, the National Union of Organizations of the Disabled, the Liberia Labour Congress, and their partners, marked the culmination of grant disbursements to 33 business startups run by persons with disabilities on Wednesday, November 1st, 2023.

MONROVIA – The National Elections Commission (NEC) has announced that, in accordance with the Commission’s operational plan, ballot papers for the November 14, 2023 Presidential Runoff Election have arrived in the country.

MONROVIA – A group under the banners ‘COP EU Chapter’ has endorsed the candidacy of the Unity Party standard Bearer Joseph Nyumah Bokai for the pending runoff elections slated for November 14 2023.

MONROVIA – Rumors about the Bomi County lawmaker’s departure from the CDC campaign spread like wildfire during the afternoon hours of Monday. It became banner headline news for some local media entities.

MONROVIA – Sinoe County Senator J. Milton Teahjay, known for his political inconsistency, says he will support former Vice President Joseph Nyumah Boakai of the opposition Unity Party in the pending November 14, 2023 runoff elections.

MONROVIA – Bomi County Senator Edwin Snowe has chosen not to confirm or deny the rumors surrounding his self-withdrawal from the campaign team of the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC). Snowe had been appointed as the campaign chair for the Western region on the Party’s campaign.

MONROVIA – The Senate Committees on Judiciary and Concession held a hearing with officials from the Ministry of Commerce and the National Investment Commission on the matter of granting incentives to Fouani Brothers Inc. This agreement pertains to the development of a palm oil refinery, involving a $30 million long-term incentive agreement spanning 15 years, in compliance with Liberia’s revenue laws.

MONROVIA – The National Elections Commission (NEC) has commenced hearings into an election dispute complaint filed by Mr. Moses Kollie, a candidate on the ticket of the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) in Lofa County.

MONROVIA – Tarnue Kollie, in his early 30s, has been arrested by police in Lofa County for allegedly collecting 82 voter cards from residents of Wolozizi Town, a community bordering Liberia and Guinea, under false pretenses of educating them about the voting process.

MONROVIA – Results so far from the National Elections Commission are projecting that out of the 14 senators who contested for re-election, only four are poised to return after receiving another 9-year mandate from their constituents.