Three officials of the Liberia United for Sustainable Development (LUSD) have disclosed that plans have been finalized to plant cassava on its 25 acres of farm land located in Kakata, Margibi County.
The leadership of the Independent Mano River Transport Union of Liberia (IMRTUL) has expressed thanks and appreciation to President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf for accepting and recognizing the IMRTUL operations in the country.
The Human Resources Manager of the Chinese Construction firm, Chongqing International Construction Corporation (CICO), Ms. Jacquelene M. Sogbandi, has claimed that the company is providing better incentives for local Liberian employees contrary to rumor it is paying peanuts.
One of Liberia's leading GSM Company Lone star cell GSM has promote the Ministry of Labour by providing them two set of telephone called, hotline.
The China Henan International Cooperation Group Company Limited, (CHICO) has embarked on a multi million dollars headquarter project to help in the reconstruction of post conflict Liberia.
“The first thing when they took you there, there is a big hole they used to put you in. You get snakes and other bad, bad things there. You will be there without food and water for three days and nights, and when you survive, then, you are good to go,” recounted a former Anti-Terrorist Unit (ATU) officer of the defunct infamous Gbartala training base in Gbartala, Kokoya District in Bong County.
The present stalemate between the Press Union of Liberia (PUL) and the head of the Executive Protective Services (EPS) Othello Warrick is considered by many as a sharp contradiction to what the international community has been made to believe regarding press freedom in Liberia.
Sometimes there is misunderstanding regarding Liberia's investment environment. What is a reality is that the horrible fourteen years civil war in this country destroyed many well established institutions and structures including the infrastructures of most companies especially those in the mining, agriculture and fisheries arena.
The cold hand of death has taken the lives of three radiant sons of Nimba County in the month of April, 2013. This month is noted in Liberian history for disastrous events. Of late, there was an aborted April 12 demonstration of which there were counter threatening remarks from the military and protest organizers. April has witnessed notably a rice riot (14/1979), a bloody military coupe (12/1980) and a devastating city gun battle (6/1996).
During the official launch of the 2013 National Anti-rape Campaign in Monrovia recently, speaker after speaker including President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and the Minister of Gender and Development Hon. Julia Duncan Cassell, did not mince their words in totally condemning rape as a crime and a major challenge.
The usual saying in Liberia today is that a lot has been done, but a lot remains to be done. The U.S State Department Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2012 is a tacit recognition that despite the many interventions to improve the country's justice system and the judiciary a lot remains to be done.
The issue of Liberia's oil petroleum wealth becoming the monopoly of the first family became a widely discussed subject ever-since President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf appointed her youngest son Robert Sirleaf to the lucrative positions of board Chairman of the National Oil Company of Liberia (NOCAL) and Senior Adviser to the President.
The general consensus among many patriotic Liberians is that under the good governance dispensation, the Liberians government has done a lot, but a lot remains to be done if the Government of Liberia (GOL's) objective of making this Country a middle income earning country by the year 2030 as spelt out in Vision 2030 National Development Plan document.
Long ago one of Liberia's development oriented Presidents, the late President William R. Tolbert used to refer to the youths of Liberia as 'the precious jewels'. He recognized that the future of Liberia lies in the hands of the youth population, and therefore enunciated several noble infrastructural and human development projects meant to uplift the living standards of the youths of Liberia code-named 'moving Liberia from mats to mattresses'.
The bill to construct Police Stations in all 73 constituencies across the country that was recently introduced to the plenary of the House of Representative for deliberations upon, by Grand Bassa County Electoral District #2 Representative Mary M. Karwor will indeed usher in a new era in significantly reducing crimes and raising the morale of the Liberia National Police in the Country.
