…As Harvest Bible Chapel-SOGOM Harvest’s Partnership Grow — By: Augustine N. Myers – A seven-man delegation from the Harvest Bible Chapel in the United States and Canada is in Liberia as guest of the Servants of God Outreach Ministries (SOGOM Harvest) located behind the Liberia Broadcasting System Compound in Paynesville. The visit of the Team is part of continued partnership between SOGOM Harvest-Liberia and Harvest Bible Chapel-USA, especially in the areas of Church planting and Education. The Head of the Delegation, Pastor Brian White said he was happy to be in Africa for the first time and described their visit... Continue Reading
A jubilant CCK’s chairman Constantine Akitanda (R), holding a party registration certificate with John Tendwa (L) the registrar of political parties.
By: Augustine N. Myers – The new Country Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Mr Jean-Alexandre Scaglia, on Wednesday presented a copy of his Letters of Credentials to Agriculture Minister Dr. Florence Chenoweth. Mr Scaglia, who had earlier presented his Letters of Credentials to Foreign Minister, Dr. Toga Macintosh, said he was happy to take up assignment in Liberia for the next three years to collaborate with the Government to scale up Liberia’s agricultural development needs. The new FAO Country Representative also conveyed warm greetings of the new FAO Director General, Mr Jose Graziano... Continue Reading
By Peterking Quaye – The World Bank, acting as administrator for the Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid (GPOBA), has approved a grant of US$10 million to connect about 80,000 people to Monrovia’s electricity grid, raising the electricity access rate in Liberia’s capital from 0.6 percent to 8 percent. This was contained in a press release by the World Bank, GPOBA funding will supplement capital allocations from various donors to install connections, initially targeting 21 priority low-income neighborhoods. The scheme will be implemented by the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC), the sole power company in the country. As a result of the... Continue Reading
By Sainey M.K. Marenah, Shout-Africa.com Special correspondent and Bureau Chief In Banjul, – President Yahya Jammeh has promised to wipe out what he called lackadaisical attitudes at workplaces, stressing that people should either do their work, go home or go to jail. “If you work hard, I have no problem with you, and I will be with you; I will support you all the way; but if you don’t want to work, go home, because if you don’t want to go home, if I find you there, you will regret why you were born,” Jammeh said in an interview with... Continue Reading
