Author: Lennart Dodoo

VOINJAMA CITY, Lofa County – Thousands of voters will in two weeks file out in Lofa County to elect a new senator to fill the vacancy of former defense minister Brownie Samukai, who lost his seat following the Supreme Court ruling for money laundering.

MONROVIA – A performance audit on the Adequate Procurement and Distribution of Medical Suppliers/Drugs in Liberia for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2017, to June 30, 2019, tabled at the National Legislature on June 16, 2022, by the General Auditing Commission has revealed that the procurement and distribution of medical supplies by the Ministry of Health (MOH) is woefully inadequate to meet the medical needs of Liberia. According to the GAC report, the performance audit was motivated by consistent and persistent reports in FrontPageAfrica Newspaper and other local media about the lack of medical supplies /drugs in health facilities…

MONROVIA – FrontPageAfrica has confirmed from the Nairobi Aviation College that Ms. Edwina Collins is one of their students pursuing a Diploma in Maritime Management – a course examined by the UK’s Institute of Commercial Management.

File photo MONROVIA – The Southeastern Health Workers Network of Liberia has announced the call off of its go-slow action following a series of negotiations between the Ministries of Health, Finance and Development Planning, and Civil Service Agency which has resulted to the relevant agencies and ministries of government committing to respond to some of the immediate needs requested by them.

MONROVIA – Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Professor Michael Kremer, has released a groundbreaking study showing ‘among the largest learning gains ever measured’ by a major study in international education.

MONROVIA – FrontPageAfrica has in its possession a memorandum circulated by the Director of Mines at the Ministry of Mines and Energy announcing the appointment of Mr. Armah Fully as the Acting Assistant Minister of Mines, an appointment that did not come from the Executive Mansion.

LEBANON COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — Two prominent Liberians both of Stittsville, Ontario, Canada, Mother Helen Weah, 70, and her son-in-law Dr. John McCarthy, 50, have died in a fatal car accident in Pennsylvania in the United States.

Monrovia – Liberia’s Vice President Chief Dr. Jewel Howard-Taylor, Friday, June 10, 2022, toured the rehabilitation facilities of the “Oum el Nour” Liberia Inc. in Monrovia and on the Buchanan highways, respectively.

MONROVIA – FrontPageAfrica has gathered that the Petroleum Importers Association and the Liberian government have reached an agreement for an increment in the price of petroleum products to be commensurate with the global cost. This agreement comes days after drivers in Monrovia and its environs were left stranded for gasoline while importers deliberately hoarded the products until a breakthrough in negotiations.

Monrovia — The Petroleum Importers Association of Liberia is appealing to the government of Liberia to allow it to increase the price of petroleum products on the Liberian market; a letter from the Association said Wednesday, June 8, 2022.