Author: Press Release

Monrovia – The Adaptation Fund Board on Wednesday, September 30, 2020 approved US$ 9,592,082 for the implementation of Liberia’s proposal to build climate resilience in the cocoa and rice sectors in the West Africa Country.

MONROVIA – The National Executive Committee of the Congress for Democratic Change, with immediate effect, suspends the membership of CDC Bong County Chairman Victor Wisseh for ‘Violence and disruption’ of an official party program held in Gbarnga over the weekend.

Monrovia – Liberia Elections Observation Network (LEON) has several major concerns on the conduct of the voter registration exercise since it has not been of sufficient duration or had sufficient awareness to address the large numbers of people that need to register or move their registration. Long queues have worsened tensions and made COVID distances measures impossible.

Mrs. Glassco noted that NaFAA shall specify conditions for the placing on the market of fish, fish products and fish feed, monitor possession, import, export, transportation, selling, receiving, of fish and fisheries products, test and issue sanitary certificate for all fish and fish products leaving Liberia. MONROVIA – The Director-General of the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority says NaFAA will shortly begin issuing sanitary certificates to institutions or individuals importing and exporting fish and fish products through the airports, postal services and land borders in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) for parcel/consignment containing above 20% in volume and…

MONROVIA – Dr. Charles Gbollie has welcomed President George Weah’s call for highly educated Liberians, especially doctors to contribute more meaningfully to Liberia’s rebuilding process.

Tony Elumelu, Chairman for United Bank for Africa Group has been named in the 2020 TIME100, the annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

MONROVIA – The National Commission on Higher Education (NCHE) in Liberia has granted a license to the Notre Dame University College of Liberia (NDUCL) to operate as a higher education institution in Liberia. 

MONROVIA – The Women’s NGO Secretariat of Liberia (WONGOSOL), as a steering committee member of the Elections Coordinating Committee (ECC), recently concluded series of dialogues as part of its Electoral Reform Project funded by USAID through the Liberia Accountability Voice Initiative (LAVI).

WASHINGTON D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Sub Committee Chair on AFRICA, GLOBAL HEALTH, GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS, AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, Congress Woman Karen Bass has invited Child and Women Right Activist Wantoe Teah Wantoe to an official staff discourse in Washington D.C to deliberate a positional statement on Liberia’s rape culture, revenge porn and increasing sexual and gender-based violence against women and children.

Atty. Jackson accused Chief Justice Korkpor for violating the rule-of-thumb regarding the use of quotation marks. According to Atty. Jackson, in reciting the attribution made to him in the April 22, 2019 edition of FrontPageAfrica Newspaper relative to Chief Justice Korkpor’s claim of being insulted by him, the Chief Justice imputed to him words that he (Jackson) neither said nor were reported by the newspaper. London – Liberia’s outgoing Permanent Representative to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) based in London, the United Kingdom, Atty. Isaac W. Jackson, Jr. is calling on the United States Government through its Embassy near Monrovia…