President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf presented her post-Ebola recovery plans at the 2015 World Bank Spring Meetings. She spoke on Friday morning at a high-level roundtable featuring the heads of state of Guinea and Sierra Leone.
Paynesville Up in Flames After Commercial Motorcyclist is Killed
Following the killing of a commercial motorcycle rider, tension has built up between motorcyclists and officers of the Liberia National Police on Duport Road. The motorcyclists allege that their colleague was killed by a policeman.
Liberia Now 25 Days Without Ebola in 2nd Countdown
Liberia has gone 25 days without any new Ebola case reported in its second countdown to being declared Ebola-free.
NGO Urges Liberian Women to Unite for Progress
The head of office at the Kvinna Till Kvinna Foundation, a not for profit organization that focuses on building women capacities has advised Liberian women to be the change they want to see in Liberia.
News Briefs for April 15, 2015 – Liberian Development
News about Liberia from different sources – Liberia’s first industrial rice processing facility inaugurated; Liberia’s first commercial gold mine opens in May 2015; In factory explosion incident Liberian Gov’t fines LAC US$100,000 for ‘negligence’; Agreement signed to develop small hydroelectric plant in Liberia; Liberia loses US$12million annually to illegal fishing; Can Liberia Qualify for 2017 African…
RIA Firefighters Return After Completing Training in Ghana
20 personnel of the Fire and Rescue Department of the Roberts International Airport have returned home following a two-month intensive training in fire and rescue operations at the Ghana Airports Company Limited Fire Fighting School in Accra.
News Briefs for April 13, 2015 – Progress
News about Liberia from different sources – Liberian Development:15 Liberians Chosen for the MWF 2015; WAEC gets first woman chair, Liberian Evelyn S. Kandakai; Germany promises more support to Liberia post Ebola recovery plan; Liberian government has adopted plan for the transition of the departure of the United Nations Mission;Rebuilding Ebola-Hit Economy Focus of World Bank Spring Event; “American Warlord: A True Story” (Alfred A. Knopf), by Johnny Dwyer follows Chucky Taylor from US to Liberia, and more.
GAC Audit Reveals US$792,000 in Financial Irregularities
Between August 1, 2014 and October 31, 2014 the Liberian government received US$15.1 million for Ebola relief which were channeled through the National Ebola Task Force which was replaced by the Incident Management System. The report identified US$792,000 in financial irregularities, lack of or inadequate documentation, unreported fuel, unverified fixed assets and in some cases negative confirmation from third parties.