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Liberia Unveils Stimulus Package for COVID-19 Lockdown
President George Weah is requesting the Legislature to re-appropriate U.S.$25 million for the remainder of the 2019/2020 budget year in support of the government's stimulus package. The president wants the World Food Program to implement a 60-day food distribution project to needy households, while he also plans for the government to fully pay the loans owed by vulnerable market people, take up the electricity bills of households in affected counties, and plans on supporting the Liberia water corporation.
Liberia: Weah Offloads Stimulus Package for Lockdown
NEW DAWN, 15 APRIL 2020
President George Manneh Weah is requesting the Legislature to re-appropriate US$25 million for the remainder of the 2019/2020 budget year in support of the government's stimulus… Read more »
Traders in Monrovia's largest market district of Waterside on the morning the quarantine was lifted off West Point that's nearby.
Liberia: 'Self-Preservation and Stigmatization - the Ebola Epidemic Versus the Coronavirus Pandemic'
OBSERVER, 15 APRIL 2020
While serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Liberia, I chaired an ad-hoc Cabinet Committee that organized an elaborate indoor program in August 2013 to celebrate ten… Read more »
Liberia: State Security Brutality Mars Early Days of Lockdown
OBSERVER, 15 APRIL 2020
-Many blame ambiguous messages from government Read more »
Liberia: Liberia Among 25 Countries to Receive Debt Relief Service From IMF
FRONTPAGEAFRICA, 14 APRIL 2020
Liberia is among 25 countries whose debts are being relieved by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as part of strengthening global efforts against COVID-19. Read more »
Liberia: Jewel Starfish Foundation Reaches Out to Beneficiaries
OBSERVER, 15 APRIL 2020
The virulence of COVID-19 is having its toll on lives across the world and many people especially women and girls are falling prey to horrific domestic violence. Read more »
Liberia: Liberian Bankers Association Contributes to the Fight Against Coronavirus
OBSERVER, 14 APRIL 2020
-- Donates huge assorted items to NPHIL Read more »
Liberia: Liberians Eagerly Await Legislative Actions
NEW DAWN, 15 APRIL 2020
-as lockdown enters 5th day Read more »
Liberia: Senate Set to Debate Pres. Weah's State of Emergency Plan
FRONTPAGEAFRICA, 14 APRIL 2020
President George Weah on Tuesday submitted his justifications and measures for a state of emergency to the Legislature for approval. The Senate is already looking into the matter… Read more »
FRONTPAGEAFRICA, 14 APRIL 2020
It's been nearly a week since Doris Prowd went underground. The mother of four, upon learning that she had tested positive for the deadly Coronavirus knew all too well the stigma… Read more »
Liberia: Lockdown to Prevent Spread of COVID-19 Is Not Applicable to Liberia - Says Tolbert Nyenswah
FRONTPAGEAFRICA, 15 APRIL 2020
The former Director General of the National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL), Mr. Tolbert Nyenswah, has challenged health authorities in Liberia to institute similar… Read more »
InFocus
As the global fight against the coronavirus continues, President George Weah has taken additional restrictive measures, including a declaration of a 21-day state of emergency that ... Read more »
Since the government introduced the self distancing safety measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, some clergy are in direct violation of the government directive, the Deputy ... Read more »
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