By: Augustine N. Myers – Robertsport City, the provincial capital of Grand Cape Mount county has benefited from safe drinking water, after a period of 20 years. The provision of the safe drinking water followed the intervention of the Liberia Municipal Water Project, sponsored by the United states Agency for International development (USAID), and implemented by Tetra Tech in collaboration with the Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation (LWSC). It is part of a Quick Water Impact Project for Robertsport city, ahead of Liberia’s 166th Independence celebrations. Robertsport is one of the three cities co-hosting the celebration this year. The Robertsport... Continue Reading
….Items Value over U.S. 6000.00 Stolen – Criminals have ransacked the central offices of the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Reporters & Editors Network of Liberia (WASH R&E) located within the Amegashie Compound on Carey- Macdonald Street interception on Crown Hill in Monrovia, making away several valuables, costing over 60 thousand United States dollars. The incident occurred Tuesday-night, affecting two of the WASH Media Network’s offices. WASH R&E Chief Administrator, D. Sonpon WeahII, said the criminals entered the offices through the roof of the building adjacent to the McDonald Street area, leaving their foot prints on the wall. According to him,... Continue Reading
The gender pay gap has widened over the past few years, suggesting that fundamental issues need to be addressed long before women enter the workforce. “Not only are women paid less than their male counterparts in the same job but, throughout the world, women tend to be concentrated in support functions such as human resources or marketing rather than in core production roles such as engineering,” says Sandra Burmeister, CEO of executive search firm Amrop Landelahni. “This is frequently due to outdated stereotypes, compounded by ‘soft’ educational qualifications.” Progress in the United States, United Kingdom and South Africa in closing the... Continue Reading
…….son of MDC-T Headlands district deputy organizing secretary, on February 23 – Harare, February 25, 2013: The U.S. Embassy extends its condolences to the Maisiri family in Headlands on the February 23 death of their 12-year-old son, Christpower Simbarashe Maisiri, in a terrible fire that is currently under investigation. Christpower’s father is a Manicaland local official of the MDC-T party, and his home and family have been the target of political violence on multiple occasions over the past decade. This tragic death presents an opportunity to the Government of Zimbabwe and the Joint Monitoring and Implementation Committee (JOMIC), which are... Continue Reading
By Umaru Jah, Information Attaché-Germany – As President Koroma is inaugurated for a second term in office after freely and fairly winning the last Presidential elections in Sierra Leone, I reminisce a particular encounter with ordinary Sierra Leoneans during my last visit to Sierra Leone which was a proof enough that the President´s development projects during his first term in office have been impacting positively on the lives of ordinary Sierra Leoneans… It was a hot afternoon in the second week of November, a week to what later turned out to be the historic November 17, 2012 polls in Sierra... Continue Reading
