LWSC Water Pumps Arrive
The Managing Director of the Liberia water and Sewer Corporation, Nortu Jappah has announced the arrival into the country of three water diesel pumps and spare parts capable of boosting water supply to Monrovia and its environs by 13.5 million gallons per day to ease the current water shortage that has gripped residents of the capital to boost the water supply capacity of the corporation. The pumps were airlifted into the country from Germany on May 4, Mr. Jappah disclosed.
On Friday, May 11, the LWSC Managing Director along with his principle deputies took delivery of the equipment at the Roberts International Airport and trucked them to the water treatment plant in White Plains, outside Monrovia, where the installation will take place.
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Security Council, Others Visit Liberia
The Liberian Government will this week host a high power delegation of the United Nations Security Council headed by Ambassador Susan Rice, US Representative to the UN.
According to a UN statement, the Council's visit to Liberia is “to reaffirm the continued support of the Security Council for the Government and people of Liberia as they rebuild their country and strengthen the foundations of sustainable peace, constitutional democracy and economic development.”
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Embrace One Another
-President Sirleaf Urges
Like Nelson Mandela who endured untold pains during the period of apartheid, and yet, upon ascending to the South African Presidency, entreated South Africans to embrace each other and called on his compatriots to accept the fact that despite their humiliation, all South Africans had the right to live in the country, passionately arguing that the country
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MAP International Gives GOV'T US$2.5 Million DRUGS
--Veep Boakai Expresses Joy
Authorities of Medical Assistance Program (MAP) International Atlantic Georgia, has provided consignment of essential medical drugs valued about 2.5 million United States Dollars to the people and Government of Liberia to address the medical challenges faced by clinics and hospitals around the country.
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Immortalizing A Legendary Journalist
When in 2008 the title “Friend of the Media” was conferred upon President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf by the African Editors Forum,On the home front, the Liberian leader also demonstrated enormous will toward the free press evident by the proliferation of dozens of media outlets, including newspapers, television stations: and urban and community radio
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Carwash Workers Celebrate Modern Facility
A carwash association at the interception of Tubman Boulevard and Old Road celebrates a modern facility constructed by Mr. Robert Sirleaf in collaboration with Montserrado lawmaker, Julius Berrian.
The carwash is long enough to take several cars, with a two wells from which water drawn into a reservoir.
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President Sirleaf Dedicates Charles Gbenyon Hall
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on Thursday, May 10, 2012 dedicated the Charles Gbenyon Hall at the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism (MICAT), and called journalists to adhere to ethical and responsible reporting.
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Liberia Nears Cheap, Affordable Electricity
Prospects of a Nation’s Postwar Economic Convalescence
The Government of Liberia (GOL) places sufficient emphases on the cheap and affordable electricity as a cardinar pillar of its agenda and, ofcourse, the recovery of the country. With cheap and affordable electricity, the country’s recovery can be hastened and the lives of the people bettered. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) could double from the huge number of
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Liberia Gets State of the Art - Communication Technology
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has officially dedicated the Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) Terminal Station Submarine Fiber Optic Cable, a state of the art technology that accelerates internet connectivity and provides easy access to internet services.
The President expressed satisfaction over the installation of the system, noting that it would help increase the efficiency and transmission of government information dissemination, as well as increase trade and commerce between Liberia and the outside world. Read the Full Story
The President expressed satisfaction over the installation of the system, noting that it would help increase the efficiency and transmission of government information dissemination, as well as increase trade and commerce between Liberia and the outside world. Read the Full Story
Bracing The Bond -Sirleaf Hosts Neighbor Koroma
Liberia and Sierra Leone are bound together not only by geography- both being West African nations that share a common border, but they also share common history, happy moments, sad and difficult times, including violent civil wars that separately shook and wrecked both countries to the very core of their foundations. Both were also pillaged and experienced untold sufferings as two sister nations. Both Liberia and Sierra Leone were founded in the same historical period- the 19 Century. While Liberia was established in 1822 by a
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