By: Augustine N. Myers – The Governments of Liberia and Sweden have signed a grant agreement valued at five Million United States Dollars (5,000000.00).The grant will support Liberia’s implementation of the Integrated Financial Management Information Systems(IFMIS). Three key government institutions are to benefit from the grant. They include the Ministry of Finance, General Auditing Commission and the Civil Service Agency. The grant agreement was signed over the weekend and was witnessed by the General Auditing Commission (GAC) and Civil Service Agency (CSA), and Deputy Finance Minister for Revenue Elfreda Stewart Tamba signed for Liberia while Mr. Klas Gierow, Charge ’d’... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, November 23rd 2010 |
By: Augustine N. Myers – Former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair has paid a two-day State visit to Liberia, with an emphasis on the private sector, among other things. Mr. Blair says the private sector of the economy remains an engine for growth and job creation. This according to him, gives the Government a vote of confidence, underlining achievements and gains in wooing investors after years of civil crisis. Mr. Blair said, it was because of vote of confidence in Liberia that investors from around the world are expressing interest to come and do business. Speaking to newsmen shortly after... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, November 22nd 2010 |
Thank you *[Misheck Mberi] But I think I could better still communicate through you. I’m sure you might be one of the bosses at Shout-Africa. I must command *[comment] you all for the job well done. I am impressed. Now that I have a pass word, I will be responding to some of the stories carried on your web site, especially the ones from Liberia, my Home. I am a Liberian residing in the United States. I am also a former journalist trained by one of your writers from Liberia, Mr. Augustine Myers, a one time Executive Mansion Bureau Chief... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, November 22nd 2010 |
By: Augustine N. Myers – The former Minister of Labor now on compulsory administrative leave and stripped of all cabinet benefits, has described the decision by the Liberian leader as autocratic and undemocratic. Legal counselor, Tiawon Gongloe says the decision by President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf to force them on leave appears like a strategy used to shift blame on her cabinet members by dismissing them in order to gain favor. Cllr. Gongloe who initially served as Solicitor General at the Justice Ministry upon the election and subsequent inauguration of Africa’s first female President, said President Sirleaf is expected by the people who... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Thursday, November 18th 2010 |
By: Collins Jette – Monrovia-Liberia-November 16, 2010- The Drugs Enforcement Agency organized by the Liberian Government to combat the proliferation of illegal narcotic substances in the country has not been given the necessary support to ensure that Liberia is drugs free, sometime authority of the agency said undermines the effectiveness of the agency to track down drugs traffickers. The Agency, although crucial in the fight against drugs trafficking, which is prevalent in the region, is being treated like ordinary government functionary with negligible budgetary allocation. But the administration of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf claims commitment in the fight against the... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, November 16th 2010 |
