President George Manneh Weah has sent a message of congratulations to His Majesty King Harald V of the Kingdom of Norway on the occasion of that nation’s 134th anniversary of its constitution adoption.The Constitution of Norway was signed at Eidsvoll on May 17 in the year 1814. The constitution declared Norway to be an independent kingdom in an attempt to
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An all-black Thursday march was staged in Liberia’s capital today to reawaken calls for the protection of women and girls rights against Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, mainly rape. The Conglomeration of Women Rights groups protest march come in the wake of news reports of alleged sexual exploitation of underage girls at an internationally run school called “More Than Me Academy.”
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The Government of Liberia through the Ministry of Health (MOH) Program Coordinating Unit (PCU) of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (TGF) has concluded a Joint Review of the Fund’s supported programs in the country. The review meeting was organized on October 18, 2018 at the National Leprosy and Tuberculosis Control Program (NLTCP) in the Congo Town,
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The Chief Executive Director of “Slum Care Liberia” is calling on the government of Liberia, and other developmental partners to increase their support to the Liberian National Fire Service. Speaking at the launch of the third phase of their “Fire Disaster Prevention Awareness” in Monrovia, Oliver N. Kyne stressed the need to have the LNFS adequately funded to enable the
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The Liberian Delegation to the 2018 IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings held in Bali, Indonesia returns to Liberia after scoring big successes at the Meetings. The Delegation was headed by the Minister of Finance and Development Planning and comprised the Governor of the Central Bank of Liberia, the Minister of Public Works, the President of the Liberia Bank for Development and
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Barrack Young Controllers (BYC) has won the Liberia Football Association 2018 Championship. BYC did so with a 4-3 victory over rejuvenated LPRC Oilers at the Antoinette Tubman Stadium in Central Monrovia. The “Go Blue Boys” took the lead under just three minutes before falling behind 2-1 from a resurgent LPRC Oilers. BYC, however, fought back harder in the dying minutes
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Liberia’s Culture Ambassador Julie Endee has urged for an open Sheroes Foundation in the midst of promoting women’s participation at leadership levels in Liberia, African and the world. Madam Julie Endee statement comes in the wake of the grand opening of a three day Sheroes Forum in Monrovia, with several international Sheroes consisting Malawi’s former President Joyce Banda, Zimbabwe former
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The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Rural Educational Empowerment Program (REEP) Liberia says the organization remains focused in creating programs that will better the lives of ordinary Liberians. Speaking at the official launch of the organization in Gbartala, Yellequelleh District, Bong County recently, REEP CEO, Lawrence Flomo, said the institution also remains committed to bettering the lives of young people.
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