Author: Press Release

Monrovia – Longrich Bioscience international, which recently registered in Liberia, is amplifying its agenda of providing Liberians with the opportunity for financial and leadership empowerment while increasing their team-building and leadership skills.

Monrovia – Liberia Elections Observation Network (LEON) has called on the government of Liberia to “make sure that funds are available to pay polling staff” and stressed that “delay in the elections, outside the constitutionally permitted timeframe, could have been avoided if the NEC annual budget contained contingency for by-elections”. 

Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire – The President of the African Development Bank Group Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, will visit Liberia from 24-26 July 2019, at the invitation of President George Weah.

MONROVIA – The World Lebanese Cultural Union of Liberia (WLCU) has donated two Cardio Lifesaving equipment valued at over U$29,000.00, to the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare for use at the Roberts International Airport terminal.

MONROVIA – With funding from the Global Environment Facility (GEF), Liberia Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) on Tuesday, 23 July 2019 commenced a three-day ‘Cross-Cutting Capacity Development’ (CCCD) technical training session in Buchanan, Grand Bassa County to understand and reconcile weaknesses and gaps in key environmental policies and legal instruments.

Monrovia – A high-powered delegation from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in partnership with the Center for Global Health (CGH) has ended an official visit to the National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL) in Monrovia.

Monrovia – Consistent with its objective to promote youth and educational development in Liberia, the Better Future Foundation (BFF), in partnership with New Hope Academy (NHA), on July 18, 2019, hosted daylong poetry and creative writing workshop for high school and university students.

MONROVIA – The Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia (EPA), Dr. Nathaniel T. Blama is expected to launch Liberia’s REDD+ Safeguards Information System (SIS) Tuesday, July 22, 2019 at its central office in Sinkor. The Liberia REDD+ Safeguards Information System (SIS) was recently developed by Conservation International (CI) and Skills and Agricultural Development Services (SADS) in consultation with Safeguards Working Group (SWG). The development of the SIS was bankrolled by the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF). The SIS is a practical, easy-to-use system built on existing information systems, and ensuring that information is accessible in an appropriate…

BEIJING, China – The President Pro-Tempore of the Liberian Senate, Mr. Albert Chie has thanked the Government and people of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) for its continuous assistance to Liberia’s recovery and development efforts.

London – The Minister for Development at The United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID) and top Official for Africa, has recognized Liberia’s decriminalisation of laws that limited speech and expression, the criminal libel against the president and sedition.