By Shout-Africa.com Correspondent from Monrovia,Liberia- The Paved Road commenced from the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) compound and ends at Fanti Town in West Point. Residents of West Point, a very densely populated slum community by the famous inland water and the Atlantic Ocean was put into a jubilant mood over the weekend when President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf dedicated a one and a half-mile road constructed by the Ministry of Public Works. President Sirleaf along with her entourage toured the road to the delight of the residents who said the initiative had brought them much relief in terms of transportation. The... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, March 15th 2011 |
By: Augustine N. Myers – The newly established WASH Media Network known as the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Reporters & Editors Network of Liberia has been officially launched in Monrovia. The launch of the WASH Reporters & Editors Network of Liberia now paves the way for the full commencement of the Network’s operations and activities across the Country. At a well attended and colorful launching ceremony Friday at the Corina Hotel in Monrovia, the Commissioner of the Liberia Maritime Authority, Binyah Kesselley delivered the keynote address and cut the ribbon along with the Managing Director of the Liberia Water... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, March 14th 2011 |
By Own Correspondent ,from Monrovia ,Liberia for Shout-africa.com – The Governments of Liberia and Japan have signed a debt cancellation agreement. The agreement formalizes the terms the two countries agreed upon during last year September Paris Club meeting. According to a reliable source in the Liberian capital ,Monrovia ,the debt cancellation is in the tune of 16 billion yen or US$194.1 million. The signing ceremony took place Tuesday, March 9, 2011, in the conference room of the Ministry of Finance. Japan’s Ambassador to Liberia Keicihi Katakami in his delivery during the signing ceremony he expressed his happiness about the debt... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Friday, March 11th 2011 |
….Partners Form Partnership On Water By: Augustine N. Myers – A week-long Intensive Training on Advanced Integrated Water Resources Management has ended in Gbarnga, Bong County with the formation of a group to foster partnership on water information dissemination. The Group under the banner, “Liberia-2070 Water for Today, Water for Tomorrow”, includes the Ministries of Lands, Mines & Energy, Public Works, Health, Planning, and Agriculture. Others include the WASH Reporters & Editors Network of Liberia, Press Union of Liberia, Environmental Protection Agency and the Liberia Water & Sewer Corporation. A release from the WASH Reporters & Editors Network says the... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, March 7th 2011 |
By Own Correspondent – Public Works Minister Samuel Kofi Woods has expressed confidence that the reconstruction of the crumbled Vai Town Bridge (popularly known as Old Bridge) would be completed and ready for use on time December this year but has frowned at claims that the restoration of the critical infrastructure is being used as campaign machinery. ‘This bridge is expected to be completed way beyond October 2011 at which time elections will have been over…I cannot comprehend how government is using the completion of the bridge as a campaign strategy…’ Minister Woods is reported to have told West Point... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Sunday, March 6th 2011 |
