Author: Press Release

MONROVIA – The Chief Executive Officer of Public Procurement and Concessions Commission, Atty. Jargbe Roseline Nagbe Kowo, says the Commission would endeavor to develop a comprehensive directory/database to track the impacts of CIPS training program in Liberia.

MONROVIA – Key discussions and protocols fostering the mandate of the recently established Wildlife Crime Task Force (WCTF) have been developed by stakeholders at a two-day technical working session held on August 13-14, 2019 at the FDA Compound in Mt. Barclay, Monrovia. The workshop was funded by the European Union (EU) project “Strengthening Local Communities and the Law Enforcement Network to Combat Wildlife and Forest Crime in Liberia”. 

Monrovia – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) turns over US $60,000 dollars’ worth of equipment to the Government of Liberia. The equipment are to be used under a pilot project of the Ministry of State called the Citizens’ Feedback Mechanism (CFM). It is a mobile and web-based platform that will, in real time, receive, compile, analyze and respond to citizens’ perceptions on the standards of public services.

Monrovia – About 40 staff of the National Bureau of Concession (NBC) are undergoing a two-week intensive training at the Liberia Institute of Public Administration (LIPA) which began August 20, 2019.

Monrovia – James S. Davis, II, regional director for Young Life West Africa, has been appointed as vice president for Young Life’s West Africa Division.

MONROVIA – Assistant Gender Minister Mamensie Kabba is off to the United Kingdom to honor a Speaking Engagement at the 3rd Annual Convention of the Liberian Mandingo Federation in Europe (LIMAFE) from August 23 – 25, 2019, in London.

Bomi County – Khwima Nthara, World Bank Liberia Country Manager has broken grounds for the regional office of the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) aimed at decentralizing and strengthening institutions.

Monrovia – The Government of Liberia through the Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia will receive in country delegates from United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) to conduct a Local Climate Adaptive Living (LoCAL) facility scoping which will run from August 26-30, 2019.

New Castle, Delaware – The Association of Liberian Journalists in the Americas has described the recent attack on Montserrado County Representative-hopeful, Telia Urey, and her supporters in District Number-15 by alleged thugs and partisans of the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) as one of the saddest and darkest moments in the history of Liberia’s fledgling democracy.

MONROVIA – The Association of Female Lawyers of Liberia (AFELL) says it is deeply concerned about the deepening enmity amongst citizens which is giving rise to deteriorating unstable ease in the country. The latest of which was the eruption of violence in Logan Town, Montserrado County between rivals of the just ended District #15 elections over the weekend.