Assistant Youth and Sports Minister Sneh Johnson has underscored the need for the Government of Liberia, partners of vocational education and stakeholders in the education sector to make concerted efforts to raise the standards of technical vocational education in Liberia.

UN Police Commissioner, Mr. Henrik Stiernblad, says statistics available show that gender-based violence cases are now being reported more frequently in Liberia as compared to the past. Commissioner Stiernblad made this statement in Sanniquellie, the provincial capital of Nimba County, when he handed over the rehabilitated Sanniquellie Police Station and a newly-built Women and Children Protection unit attached to the police station. He handed the facilities over to Liberia National Police (LNP) Chief of Women and Children Protection Unit, Ms. Benita Warner for the enhancement of rule of law in the area.

The Sabena School of Airline Studies (SAS) has held it 7th baccalaureate and commencement convocation ceremonies, graduating 126 students in various airline disciplines.

By: Kennedy L. Yangian
A 12-member jury at the Criminal Court “C”, Temple of Justice yesterday in an unanimous verdict found nine Ghanaians crew members of the “Blue Atlantic Vessel” guilty of drug trafficking.

The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR has turned over to the Government of Liberia another Magistrate Court in Zleh Town, Grand Gedeh as part of ongoing support to the rule of law and administration of justice system.

The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Port Authority (NPA), Dr. C. William Allen, has announced the establishment of a “Whistleblower Fund” to fight corruption at the Freeport of Monrovia and other ports around the country.

One of Liberian’s best GSM giants, Cellcom, has awarded US$50 each to over 168 of its valued subscribers who won the company’s new promotional campaign “Win US$50 Every Hour.”

By D Kaihenneh Sengbeh
Finance Minister Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan has alarmed that the government’s payroll is still blotted with enormous ghost names, defrauding the government and people of needed revenues that could contribute to the country’s reconstruction.

The Vice President of the Republic of Liberia, Hon. Joseph N. Boakai, Sr., will officially launch the Liberia Cash for Works Temporary Employment Project (CfWTEP) today at nbthe Paynesville City Hall at 2:00 p.m.

UN Deputy Envoy, Mr. Jordan Ryan, has assured Liberians that the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) is committed to achieving the broader agenda of peace building, consolidate the rule of law, and strengthen national institutions by providing support to the Liberian government.
Mr. Ryan made this statement when he awarded UN peacekeeping medals to 300 officers of the Ukrainian Aviation Unit for their contribution to peace and stability in Liberia. The Ukrainians are stationed at Liberia’s Roberts International Airport in Margibi County.