News Briefs for March 10, 2015 – Monrovia Returns to Normal

March 11, 2015 by

News about Liberia from different sources: Monrovia returns to normal, grants assist the re-opening of Liberian schools, a doctor visits Liberia, PUL fines the West Africa Info Post Newspaper, and more. 

  • Monrovia is returning to normal after the virus claimed more than 4,000 lives (CNN)
  • After stints in Afghanistan and Haiti for NRECA International, no one will ever accuse Oscar Salinas of taking the easy route. His next stop won’t do anything to change that reputation. He’s going to another country whose name raises eyebrows: Liberia. (ECT.COOP)
  • A total of $44,000 in grants assisted in re-opening Liberian schools Feb. 16. National Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU) and the WMU Foundation made the grants from the Humanitarian Emergency Aid for Rebuilding Tomorrow (HEART) Fund to provide assistance as Liberia recovers from the Ebola crisis.(BRNow)
  • The Press Union of Liberia has fined the West Africa Info Post Newspaper LS$2,500 and ordered the paper to immediately publish a public apology after it was held liable for breach of the Union’s Code of Conduct and professional ethics. (GNN)

 

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