Author: Godfred Badu Quansah

As House Leadership Signs MoU with Company A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the provision of group life and medical insurance for the staff members of the Central Administration of the House of Representatives has been signed by the management of the National Insurance Corporation of Liberia (NICOL) and the leadership of the House of Representatives in accordance with the law. The National Insurance Corporation of Liberia’s (NICOL) Monrovia headquarters hosted the official signing ceremony on Monday. The managing director of the National Insurance Corporation of Liberia, Mr. Sam Mannah, Mr. Johnson Gwaikolo, the chairman of the rules, order, and…

Dr. Suku has informed the Liberia populace that President Weah’s inability to provide proper Leadership in governing the state, is contributing to the underdevelopment of the country. The long-time progressive and preacher man name the Dysfunctional education sector, Poor health, ineffective governance, lack of electricity, safe drinking water, and corruption, amongst other basic social services delivery are the fundamental reasons why President George Weah will not retain the Nation’s higher seat. The religious and political prelate also narrated that since the inception of the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) government in 2018, they have failed to provide quality leadership that…

Liberia’s Under 17 Men’s Soccer Team has started a weeklong international friendly tour in Austra with a great result. The Lone Star under 17 beats Austra Wien FC Under 18 on Thursday, by 2 goals to 1. Saah Moses and Jonathan Freeman gave Liberia a 2-0 lead in the early minutes in the second half but Austria Wien FC under 18 pulled a goal back to end the match 2-1 in favor of Liberia. Liberia’s next match will be against Redbull Saizburg under 17 at 15:00 GMT (3:00 PM) this Friday, June 24, 2022, in Lindabrunn. The Lone Star will…

The Amputee National Soccer team of Liberia on Wednesday received a great boost ahead of Turkey’s 2022 Amputees World Cup following the arrival of two professionals. Matthew Joe and Morilai Boakai, played in the just ended Amputees top flat league in Turkey for their respective clubs. Matthew and MorilaI who were part of the Liberian team that finished 2nd and 3rd places in the 2021 and 2019 Amputees African Nations Cup in Tanzania and Angola had their first practice session on Wednesday. Matthew Joe was the top goal scorer in Tanzania 2021 Amputees Nations Cup as Liberia finished as runners…

Amb. Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah, Sr., the foreign minister of Liberia, recently met with Mad. Ann Linde, the Swedish minister of foreign affairs, in Stockholm as part of the Stockholm+50 Conference. Foreign Minister Kemayah was cordially welcomed to Sweden and the Climate International Meeting Stockhom+50 by Foreign Minister Linde, who also thanked him for their close collaboration while he served as Liberia’s ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations in New York. The Swedish Foreign Minister praised Liberia’s decision to reopen its embassy in Stockholm and emphasized that having a permanent diplomatic mission there would be a boon to Swedish-Liberian…

to authorize the Minister of Finance Development Planning to redirect road funds. Grand Bassa County senator Nyonblee Karmga-Lawrence has described actions taken by members of the Liberian Senate as illegal criminal and has the propensity to bring that August body to public disrepute. According to the Grand Bassa Lawmaker, the Legislature does not give verbal authorization, neither does the President Pro-tempore of the Liberian Senate or the Speaker have such authority to authorize the Minister of Finance Development Planning to redirect road funds. She noted that there is no provision of the National Road Fund Act that grants the authority…

The University of Liberia College of Health Sciences (ULCHS), in partnership with the USAID-Funded BRIDGE-U: Liberia project on Wednesday, June 23, conducted a one-day symposium capacity-building learning and teaching seminar on health innovation and entrepreneurship for over fifty health science students and non-health-science students in Monrovia. The symposium was held at the University of Liberia School of health Science auditorium at the A.M Dogliotti College of Medicine campus. It brought together students from the A.M Dogliotti College of Medicine and other international and foreign diplomats. It may be recalled on June 22, 2022, the University of Liberia College of Health…

–Calls for collaborative advocacy Some civil society organizations(CSOs) at a one-day advocacy meeting organized by the Public Health Initiative Liberia (PHIL) in association with the African Health Budget Network over the weekend in Monrovia called on the government of Liberia through the Ministries of Finance and Development Planning, Health and the Central Bank of Liberia to exercise transparency and accountability by telling the nation what it has done with the 24.7M SDR given by the International Monetary Fund as well as called for collaborative advocacy from other stakeholders to make sure that the said money is not misappropriated since it…

The Monrovia Consolidated School System (MCSS), in collaboration with Lonestar Cell MTN & CSquared Liberia on June 22, 2022, launched and dedicated G. W. Gibson High School computer lab aimed at providing students of the institution training in information technology and access to the internet, to enhance their research capacity. Making remarks at the program, the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Lonestar Cell MTN, Ali Fakih, expressed happiness about the initiative and said his institution and CSquared made a commitment to ensure that the G. W Gibson High School have a computer lab and internet service that can help students…

The Liberia National Handball Association consistently called on humanitarian organizations, philanthropists, and the government of Liberia for support and has started to heed positive results as a sports enthusiast, Prince Walker identified with the institution. Mr. Walker, the Chief Executive Officer of Prince Walker Group of Companies on Wednesday, June 22, 2022, presented a set of jerseys and practicing bib to the Liberia National Handball Association ahead of the under 18 and under 20 male teams’ participation in the upcoming Africa Zone three handball championship in the Ivory Coast beginning July 3-9, 2022. Presenting the materials, Mr. Walker said his…