By Peterking Quaye, Monrovia,Liberia – The Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA) says that it has imposed a fine of U$500,000 on Lonestar GSM to be paid within a week, for negligence and omission on the part of the Lonestar management in not preventing the outage that occurred on its network on November 7, 2011. The LTA has also ordered Lonestar to give all its subscribers throughout Liberia a free four-hour call time on a day to be determined by the LTA, as compensation to all its subscribers for the inconvenience they experienced during the four-hour network outage. Making the disclosure, the... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, January 16th 2012 |
By Peterking Quaye in Monrovia, Liberia – The Liberia national county sport meeting finally comes to an end. Margibi County walked away with the kickball and football trophies, while Nimba County walked away with the Tennis, Volleyball and Basketball trophies. Grand Bassa won third place kickball trophy while Bong County won third place football trophy. Nimba County became Overall Winner of the just-ended 2010/2011 National County Meet with a total of 48 points from all games of the fiesta – football, basketball, kickball, Volleyball and athletics – ahead of all other participating teams. History has it that The ‘Mountainous boys’... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Thursday, January 12th 2012 |
By Shout-Africa.com, Staff Reporter, in Monrovia – Thirty heads of state will attend Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s $1.2 million (9 million euro) inauguration on January 18, Foreign Minister Toga McIntosh said Thursday. “As I speak to you now, I have received word from 30 heads of state confirming their participation,” he told a news conference. The entire capital Hill since the Christmas has been decorated with national colours and the streets of Monrovia have been kept clean on daily basis. Six years ago, security was tight at Monday’s ceremony, with armed U.N. peacekeepers surveying the scene from atop surrounding... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Thursday, January 12th 2012 |
By Peterking Quaye, email: peterkingq@yahoo.com – President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has signed Executive Order No. 38, to guide public officials in the performance of their duties. The document, otherwise referred to as the “Administrative Code of Conduct” for members of the Executive Branch of Government, among other measures, is to set out standards of behavior and conduct by public servants, guide, regulate and ensure compliance with the norms and behaviors required of a public servant. Speaking Monday, January 9, during the signing ceremony at the Foreign Ministry, the President said the action is intended to send a strong signal to... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, January 10th 2012 |
….As Citizens Challenge President Sirleaf to Sign WASH Compact – By: Augustine N. Myers – Citizens of Gbarpolu County in Western Liberia have challenged the Liberian Leader, President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf to sign the Liberia WASH Compact Document that was developed at the Multi Donor Conference on water, sanitation and hygiene in Monrovia last year. The WASH Compact is a product of the Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) partnership aimed at ensuring that the Liberian population access safe drinking water and improved sanitation as human rights. The Gbarpolu Citizens believe that the signing of the WASH Compact by President Sirleaf... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, January 10th 2012 |
