Author: Godfred Badu Quansah

BEIJING, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) — China has declared that starting on January 8, it will treat COVID-19 as a Class B infection rather than a more serious Class A infection. Tuesday’s press conference on the State Council’s joint prevention and control mechanism against COVID-19 provided more information on this policy change. According to xhnewsapi.xinhuaxmt.com, Li Bin, deputy head of the National Health Commission (NHC), a number of reasons have produced the circumstances required for the most recent change in the way new coronavirus infections are managed. He cited the fact that China continuously monitored the virus’ mutation, moved quickly to promote…

IN THE ONGOING NATIONAL COUNTY SPORTS MEET The 2022/2023 National County Sports Meet’s Protest Committee, which is chaired by seasoned sports journalist Malcolm Joseph, has made decisions about the many protests that were brought up throughout the tournament’s zonal stages and have given those decisions to the organizers. The committee suggested that Grand Bassa receive three points in response to a protest Grand Gedeh County made for fielding players with two yellow cards, which is against competition article 24.1. Bassa now has six points instead of the previous four points after this decision, but they still came in second place…

The need for public-private partnerships in the provision of the nation’s healthcare delivery system has been emphasized by the chief executive officer of the Clinilab Medical and Diagnostic Center. According to Madam Habi Khoury, the government must support privately run clinics and hospitals in order to lower the cost of medicine and make it more accessible to the general public. Madam Khoury made the appeal when the West African Media Network honored the Clinilab Medical and Diagnostic Center located on 15th Street in Sinkor in Monrovia on Thursday, December 29, 2022. According to her, the Clinilab Medical and Diagnostic Center…

AS PARTY LEADERSHIP DECLARES VP TAYLOR STANDERSHIP OVER Monrovia- The National Patriotic Party has proclaimed that, in accordance with the party’s charter, Vice President Jewel Howard-term Taylor’s as the NPP’s standard bearer has come to an end. James Biney, the national chairman of the NPP, revealed that the party has instructed its secretariat to issue a notice requesting members to apply for nomination to run as legislative candidates on the party’s slate and hold the role of standard bearer. At a news conference in Congo Town, Monrovia on Thursday, December 29, 2022, Senator Biney stated that the party’s secretariat had…

Monrovia- The World Bank has reportedly approved one million United States Dollars for human capacity development at the National Road Fund and to implement a road sector development program in Liberia.The Chief Executive Officer at the National Road Fund, Boniface Satu, said as a part of the agreement, some employees at his entity will be given training and some members of the national legislature will have to make a foreign trip in order to fund funds in other countries that are operated. Mr. Satu emphasized the need for the National Road Fund to be transformed into an autonomous body in…

MONROVIA- Connex Energy said it has spoken with authorities about Liberia’s jet fuel crisis in order to give customers and stakeholders time to make plans. The Liberia and Sierra Leone operations of the French petroleum refining giant Total Energies were purchased by the African distribution business last year, in 2021, for an undisclosed sum. The corporation revealed that during this time, airlines will fuel at alternate sites and use various techniques. Conex Energy Liberia noted that it has already informed all relevant parties of its position, including the Ministries of Commerce and Transport, the Liberia Civil Aviation Authority, the Roberts…

Monrovia- The World Bank has approved an additional USD$ 30 million under concessional International Development Association credit for Rural Economic Transformation Projects in Liberia. The USD$30 million is an Additional Financing agreement to the Rural Economic Transformation Project. It falls within the International Development Association’s concessional financing program, which aims to increase smallholder farmers’ and agribusinesses’ productivity and market access for certain food value chains, particularly rice. The finance arrangement, which comes from the IDA’s Crisis Response Window – Early Response Financing, will guarantee that the Liberia Rural Economic Transformation Project serves 36,000 more households, bringing the total number of…

President George Manneh Weah with scores of officials and diplomates from the UAE officially dedicated the Emirates Hospital in Bopulu City, Gbarpolu County yesterday. The cutting-edge medical facility is more than 52,000 (fifty-two thousand) square feet in size and is powered almost entirely by solar energy. It is equipped with a 100-bed capacity for inpatients, numerous surgical rooms, a contemporary laboratory, an intensive care unit (ICU), numerous specialty departments, and a host of other amenities that set it apart from other hospitals in the nation. President Weah noted that the fact that Gbarpolu County has historically had inadequate access to…

On Sunday, December, 25 Dr. Upjit Singh Sachdeva, also known in Liberia as Mr. Jeety, and the Vice President of the Republic of Liberia, Chief Dr. Jowel Howard Taylor, participated in a hot cook meal distribution to inmates at the Monrovia Central Prison, and other locations throughout Liberia. More than 1,361 convicts at the Monrovia Central Prison received hot cooked meals from the Indian Business Man and his team, along with 3,000 people in various Montserrado County localities and little over 1,000 children in Weala who resides in Cinta Township, Weala District, and Margibi County Electoral District No. 5 also…

Monrovia-The Assigned Circuit Judge of the sixth Civil Law Court at the Temple of Justice in Monrovia Judge Ousman F. Feika has warned all lawyers who are not licensed to “keep a distance” from the court. Delivering the Judges’ charge Monday, December 19, 2022, at the Temple of Justice Judge Feika said only lawyers who are licensed and cleared by the Liberia National Bar Association (LNBA) of dues and other levies would be allowed to file papers before the court or make representation on behalf of clients. Judge Feika revealed, “if you are not licensed and cleared by the LNBA…