Tag: Bong County
USAID Tours CBL Gbarnga Cash Hub
Central Bank of Liberia Executive Governor, J. Aloysius Tarlue, Jr. took a team of United States Agency for International Development (USAID) officials, headed by...
Sen. Tokpa Wants Higher-Ed Ministry Separate from MOE
Wants to also abolish "unnecessary by-elections"
Bong County Senator Dr. Henrique Tokpa has promised he will lobby with his colleagues and the Executive to create...
“Violence Undermines Election Integrity”
A cross-section of Liberian women has described violence against them during elections as a “threat to the integrity” of the county's electoral process.
The women,...
‘I Saw My Shooter’
-- Says a war victim, narrating her horrible experience
Lorpu Mulbah, aged 48, a war victim and a resident of the Rubber Factory Community in...
FAO Beneficiaries Win Awards at Annual National Agriculture Fair
The Government of Liberia, through the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) on February 12-14, organized the annual National Agriculture Fair in partnership with key actors...
“Burning Police Station Is Burning the State”
President Weah warns
President George Manneh Weah has signaled a warning to Liberians that those in the habit of attacking police stations and burning them...
Weah Blasts Concession Companies
For not being people-centered
President George M. Weah has frowned on concession companies operating in Liberia for their failure to prioritize citizens’ interest and threatened...
VP’s Home Town, Salala, Craves Development Under Weah
-- As President Weah officially begins county tour
Citizens of Sanoyea, the home of vice President and Salala districts, Bong County, who were privileged to...
CBL Breaks Ground for Regional Cash Hub in Gbarnga
The Central Bank of Liberia on Saturday, January 30, 2021 broke ground to is first regional cash hub in the provincial city of Gbarnga,...
Communities Across Mano River Region Hit by Mine Closures
A New Narratives cross-border investigation by Joaquin M. Sendolo and Alieu Sahid Tunkara
BONG MINES, Liberia and LUNSAR, Sierra Leone – In 2012, Frienkeen Tyler,...
It’s Time To Fix Our Broken Voter Registration Process
The National Identification Registry (NIR) was established in 2011 to spearhead and oversee provision of biometric identification cards to all Liberians, ECOWAS citizens and...
Bong Citizens Want Judicial Powers Independent of NEC
As part of electoral reforms, residents of Bong County, central Liberia, have called for judicial powers independent of authorities of the National Elections Commission...
Gbarnga Broad Street Pavement Ordered Stopped
Due to poor implementation of the cement pavement of Gbarnga Broad Street, authorities of Bong County have with immediate effect put a halt to...
Mysterious Death in Haindii
A 42-year-old man, Konah Jallah, appeared in Haindii from Mawua Town, with wounds on his body and physically weak, as he struggled to walk...
ZOA Improves Food and Nutrition Security through Cassava Value Chain
The production and marketing coordinator of ZOA-Liberia, Michael Dey, has disclosed that his institution is working with smallholder farmers and processors in Liberia’s cassava...
Lawsuit Haunts Bong Development Council
Bong County electoral district # 7 Representative, Gorpu Barclay, has threatened a lawsuit against a decision reached at the Saturday, March 1, County Development...
Chevron Grants US$65,000 to Health Ministry
Oil giant Chevron has given a grant of US$65,000 to the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOSHW) to be used for the rehabilitation...
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TOTAL MD Challenges Dealers, Transporters
The Managing Director of TOTAL Liberia Inc. has challenged employees, young dealers and contracted transporters to double their efforts and maintain the service and...
Bong County Health Delivery System in a Mess
By William Q. Harmon The health services delivery system of Bong County is in a total mess due to the dysfunctional state of almost all...