Author: Press Release

Monrovia – The Center for Transparency and Accountability in Liberia (CENTAL) has commended the recent confirmation of the seven Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) Commissioners by the Liberian Senate. CENTAL emphasized the importance of this development in the ongoing battle against corruption in the country.

The local non-governmental organization (NGO), Helping Hands Network (2HNET), has concluded a teachers’ refresher workshop, which was intended to improve the participants’ subject-based skills so that they are able to exercise competence in their classrooms.

In the wake of another damaging image for the country regarding the latest report of arrest of drugs at the Roberts International Airport (RIA), the National Civil Society Council of Liberia (NCSCL) has called on the government to leave no stone unturned in conducting an independent and impartial investigation.

New York – UNFPA West and Central Africa Regional Director Sennen Hounton has urged countries in the region, including Liberia, to consider more domestic investments in sexual and reproductive health and rights-related programmes to achieve national development goals. Speaking recently in New York when he paid a courtesy call on Liberia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Sarah Safyn Fyneah, the UNFPA West and Central Africa Regional Director underscored the need for Liberia to advance equal opportunities for adolescent girls by addressing the key barriers that perpetuate their marginalization including teenage pregnancies. Mr. Hounton commended the Government of Liberia…

Monrovia – Following the invitation of the government of Liberia, the EuropeanUnion has deployed an Election Observation Mission (EU EOM), led by Chief Observer Andreas Schieder, a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Austria, to observe the General Elections on 10 October. The EU EOM has deployed 20 Long-Term Observers all over Liberia.

MONROVIA – Over the weekend the Coalition for Democratic Change exhibited a giant step towards a One Round Victory come October 10, 2023.

MONROVIA – The Managing Director of the Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation (LWSC), Mr. G. Alphonso Gaye, has made a case on behalf of the Liberian government and in the interest of the Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation (LWSC) for additional funding from the World Bank. Making Liberia’s case to a visiting World Bank Mission to Liberia during an official visit to the LWSC, Managing Director Gaye outlined several priority areas that additional funding from the Bank would significantly transform, thus improving the country’s water and sewer profiles.

MONROVIA – A preliminary investigation conducted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of Liberia suggests that last weekend’s flooding at Kpatawee Waterfall in Bong County was caused by ‘illicit mining’ activities around the waterfall.

Buchanan, Grand Bassa ─ ArcelorMittal Liberia (AML) has awarded scholarships to twenty-one (21) more Liberians to study abroad for advanced academic degrees in various science-related disciplines.

MONROVIA – Balawala International (BI), a household name in the Liberian movies industry and entertainment industry that comprises the Balalawa International Cultural Dance and Traditional Communicators, is poised to hit the scene heavier than ever before. BI, producer of the widely viewed Malawala Balawala television series on Liberia’s then only television outlet, ELTC with central characters Balawala, Karmon Soko, Ma Garmai and Oldman Gondah and Kekura Kamara, alias “Balawala,” has also through its numerous activities contributed immensely towards the peace and stability that the country now enjoys, even though the group itself suffered the negative effects of the 14 years…