Author: Press Release

MONROVIA – As part of efforts to ensure the commercial drivers comply or adhere to the adjustments in transportation fares, as well as to bring relief to commuters against the arbitrary hiking of transport fares by commercial drivers, the Ministry of Transport with immediate effect has reduced the registration fees of taxis from US$190 to US$75; commercial buses from US$250 to US$150; tricycles from US$150 to US$50.

MONROVIA – Comptrollers and Accountants across government ministries and agencies have been urged to be more robust in the discharge of their duties in the new special fiscal year, which runs from July 1, 2021, to December 31, 2021.

Monrovia – A collection of Liberia Anti-Corruption Statutes has been launched by the Center for Transparency and Accountability in Liberia (CENTAL), the National Chapter of Transparency International (TI).

A cross-section of the current batch of apprentices at the ArcelorMittal Liberia Training Academy BUCHANAN ̶ On a bright school-day morning at the ArcelorMittal Liberia Training Academy (AMLTA) in Yekepa, apprentice Lydia Y. Gartei and her colleagues are busy putting their minds to work writing a test as part of their coursework.

MONROVIA — Vice President Jewel Howard Taylor, has commended Bridge Liberia, the Ministry of education’s main and biggest partner in the LEAP Programme for its support to the Liberian Government in the education sector.

Monrovia — The Administration of the Ricks Institute in Virginia, outside Monrovia, has hailed Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor for her great efforts in leading the cause for female education in Liberia.

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, USA – Diaspora Liberians have been urged to forge a united approach, despite their various interests to address the increasing problems in their homeland.

MONROVIA – The Grand Mufti of the Supreme Council of Fatwa in Liberia and his delegation on Thursday, July 22, 2021, held a meeting with the United States Ambassador to Liberia, Ambassador Michael A. McCarthy at the invitation of the Ambassador at the US Embassy near Monrovia.

Monrovia – Following a week-long learning tour in Banjul, The Gambia, the Ministry of Agriculture with technical support from FAO Liberia will roll out lessons learned training on the management of a new model of community gardening called ‘Farming from Box’. The training will target eight beneficiary farming communities in Bong, Bomi, Margibi, and Nimber Counties. According to the Head of Programmes, Mr. Octavius Quarbo, the learning tour, which is proceeded by training, is in line with FAO Liberia’s effort in adopting a new model of community gardening called ‘Farming from a Box’. Farming from a Box provides a scalable…

MONROVIA – On Friday, the Government of Liberia, and the Consortium of Public Sector Workers extended the April 18, 2021 Memorandum of Understanding entered by both parties.