https://www.liberianobserver.com/ Liberia's First Independent Daily en Sun, 28 Apr 2024 13:55:33 +0000 Thu, 25 Apr 2024 19:22:06 +0000 https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberty-corridor-ready-inter-ministerial-concessions-committee The Liberty Corridor development project is poised to head to the Interministerial Concessions Committee, following significant progress made by the Liberty Corridor Steering Committee established by President Joseph N. Boakai in February 2024.  Following the second meeting of the… 0e250792-2a91-4edd-8838-42e0fc9703f3 Thu, 25 Apr 2024 19:22:06 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/hpx-steers-clear-us37m-hullabaloo-between-tweah-konneh — Says the Company remains committed to the development of a world class infrastructure corridor, owned by the government High Power Exploration (HPX) is steering clear of the heated exchange between Finance and Development Planning Minister Samuel D. Tweah and former Finance Minister (now… dyates460@gmail.com (David A. Yates) 1f5e786b-e254-42c2-a3e0-f2f78928cfa1 Wed, 20 Dec 2023 02:27:45 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/abou-jaoude-partners-begin-construction-us48m-shopping-mall Robert Abou Jaoude, one of Liberia's most leading foreign business tycoons, along with Loita Capital Partners International Group, had broken ground for Liberia's first modern retail shopping mall facility, known as Monrovia Mall. The facility, estimated at US$48 million, is promoted by… dyates460@gmail.com (David A. Yates) f124cc13-04ff-4d9f-871c-d98a0dd8727d Thu, 17 Nov 2022 13:12:09 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-wadco-break-ground-us474m-mall-construction The ‘Monrovia Mall’ project had been a topic of interest in the undercurrents of social media for some time, although the details were not entirely clear. A few images of design renderings also circulated to build interest and anticipation among the public — and potential investors. Now,… cd649b8e-5e0e-4b0d-a08e-4c3485547b5c Mon, 14 Nov 2022 02:22:36 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/it-will-take-significant-foreign-investment-change-liberias-economic-outlook — Says U.S. Ambassador, during visit to LBDI The United States Ambassador to Liberia, Michael A. McCarthy, said it will take significant foreign investment to change the economic outlook in Liberia, and LBDI could play a leading role in attracting new investors. The U.S. Ambassador made… liberianobserver@gmail.com (Staff Editor) 4bc16b09-b1c5-49fb-ad7d-644ec9ac46f7 Wed, 07 Sep 2022 07:49:36 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/vast-majority-liberians-unskilled  — Says the US Department of State With a national literacy rate of just under 50 percent, much of the Liberian labor force is unskilled as foreign companies find it difficult in locating local skilled labor, the US Department of State said in its 2022 investment Climate report.… tmehnpaine@gmail.com (Tina S. Mehnpaine) 9b6211ae-beda-4778-bb16-d5d69aa19907 Mon, 15 Aug 2022 05:23:26 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/undp-invests-us860k-grow-liberian-businesses-agri-cooperatives UNDP and iCampus Liberia have launched the second round of the Growth Accelerator grant competition, which is designed to provide finance, business skills, and mentoring to accelerate the growth of impactful business start-ups in Liberia.  This year the competition seeks to identify and… 4f328f7b-a7f5-4742-8d11-4fb429acb5a7 Tue, 14 Jun 2022 04:32:55 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/undp-provides-us40k-strengthen-liberian-small-businesses The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has partnered with iCampus Liberia and Accountability Lab Liberia for the second year in a row, with institutional and policy support from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, to help impactful entrepreneurs scale up their businesses through… dyates460@gmail.com (David A. Yates) d43862e0-bdfe-46fd-b54c-13651f2a3f1e Fri, 03 Jun 2022 13:32:00 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-gol-world-bank-sign-us40m-urban-resilience The Government of Liberia, represented by the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, and the World Bank has inked a US$40 million initiative known as the Liberia Urban Resilience Project (LURP). At the signing, the Liberian government was represented by Samuel Tweah, Minister of… 32a09f99-54af-4b2e-9ace-b500355da518 Thu, 02 Jun 2022 12:58:00 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-gol-warns-arcelormittal-stop-playing-fire “We wish to caution you (AML) from making unsavory comments to a sovereign country in the discharge of its rights within the comity of nations and confine yourself to your mining activities that are yet to be in full compliance.” — Mines and Energy Minister Gesler Murray  The administration… dopoejr@gmail.com (Robin Dopoe) 5e0f766a-35d1-4daa-8522-54bcb49e50e1 Tue, 24 May 2022 04:11:18 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/solway-responds-fake-media-reports Official Statement: In response to the allegations raised by the series of publications initiated by the journalistic consortium Forbidden Stories, Solway Investment Group launched a board-led investigation in the conduct of business by the Solway’s subsidiaries Compania Guatemalteca de… 1a5d20c4-8434-4bdf-a7ff-8e40b28f73b2 Tue, 10 May 2022 17:00:15 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-fda-watches-company-abandon-5000-logs-nimba By James Harding Giahyue, with The DayLight Sylvester Garsaynee might have been elected chairman of a group that represents the interest of locals in a logging concession in one of Liberia’s most forested regions. However, he has been welcomed by an estimated 5,000 abandoned logs and… 4a389bec-bb8a-446f-937d-014102353bf0 Wed, 04 May 2022 12:07:39 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-arcelormittal-claims-mda-lays-out-provisions-rail-use ... … But its 3rd amended MDA says otherwise ArcelorMittal Liberia says it wishes to address what it describes as “an incessantly calculated disinformation and propaganda campaign against it, about access to the Tokadeh−Buchanan railway corridor, relative to its amended Mineral… d31f3aca-b9d5-41dd-898d-eead21bf1a40 Thu, 24 Mar 2022 16:31:00 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/solway-mining-urges-sympathizers-remain-calm The Management of Solway mining INC. appreciates all the concerns and supports from all its sympathizers, well-wishers, the affected communities, Nimba county and the media. At this stage of the process, the company and the government of Liberia are in serious discussions concerning the… 44ac5fcc-9a6b-49a5-96df-2aaf05e9e786 Wed, 23 Mar 2022 04:34:00 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/more-setbacks-arcelormittals-3rd-amended-mda It might have been considered a foregone conclusion that the third amendment of the ArcelorMittal Liberia (AML) concession agreement would have sailed through the Senate on the strength of new recommendations from the House of Representatives. But what transpired on Tuesday, February 8 in… liberianobserver@gmail.com (Staff Editor) 6d08d2a2-b27e-4552-82af-275642390120 Wed, 09 Feb 2022 05:30:00 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/hpxivanhoe-liberia-project-solid — Company executive says as Senate leans toward multi-user rail access Guy de Selliers, Chairman of Ivanhoe Liberia, a subsidiary of mining giant HPX, says the mining outfit is making a lot of progress on its West African projects in Liberia and Guinea. HPX is poised to mine one of the most… liberianobserver@gmail.com (Staff Editor) 92f066a0-9435-421a-987b-e374a402314e Wed, 09 Feb 2022 05:29:00 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/billionaire-robert-friedland-promotes-nimba-iron-ore-project-conference-saudi-arabia --Calls it the ‘richest’ in the world, bringing investors’ attention to Liberia and Guinea The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia hosted The Future Minerals Forum, from January 11-13, which brought together major personalities in the global mining industry, as the Kingdom itself aims to invest… liberianobserver@gmail.com (Staff Editor) 1e691dcd-1e77-4ff6-9fa7-8383dacfd415 Fri, 14 Jan 2022 13:13:37 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-senate-concurs-house-jeety-rubber-processing-plant On  December 21, the last day of its Special Session, the Plenary of the Liberian Senate concurred with the House of Representatives on the  passage of the  Investment Incentives Agreement between the Republic of Liberia and Jeety Rubber LLC. The Senate’s concurrence with… jbcarter1956@gmail.com (J. Burgess Carter) dcf376cd-4173-430b-a8c7-710429753daa Wed, 22 Dec 2021 08:21:54 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/aml-provide-jobs-diaspora-liberians ArcelorMittal Liberia (AML) has accepted a recommendation from the Government of Liberia, through the Ministry of Labour, to provide jobs for Diaspora Liberian professionals, instead of prioritizing expatriates.  This move by the global steel giant comes on the back of hefty… 788a5a7f-f51d-48ec-92b2-e9e8174bdcf2 Fri, 19 Nov 2021 03:42:54 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/hpx-we-would-work-closely-arcelor-benefit-liberia Ivanhoe Liberia, the company acting on behalf of High Power Exploration (HPX) in Liberia to ship iron ore from the Nimba Mountain in Guinea via rail through the port of Buchanan, says ArcelorMittal Liberia (AML) should not feel concerned by its presence in Liberia, as HPX is more than… bsgbest@gmail.com (Bai S. G. Best) a744ddde-4ff0-493f-9430-24e6c57b8b3f Mon, 15 Nov 2021 21:20:00 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/conex-oil-and-gas-holdings-ltd-takes-over-total-liberia-total-sierra-leone With immediate effect, Conex Oil and Gas Holdings  (“CONEX”), officially takes over Total Liberia Incorporated and Total Sierra Leone Limited. The former TotalEnergies affiliates will now be referred to as Conex Oil & Gas Liberia and Conex Oil & Gas Sierra  Leone… 3c63104b-9e17-4c02-8df2-0a41fc3b0dea Sun, 14 Nov 2021 18:56:01 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/us27bn-iron-ore-project-guinea-benefit-liberia — 500 jobs and US$600M infrastructure investments planned for Liberia One of the world’s leading global investors in Iron Ore is looking to invest in Liberia in a major way, through the use of the rail linking Yekepa and the Buchanan Port to transport 30 million tons of ore per year from its… liberianobserver@gmail.com (Staff Editor) 70ff9734-6eca-4047-beeb-7a7bbbe123d6 Fri, 12 Nov 2021 02:47:00 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/us10m-investment-liberias-digital-transformation Liberia is about to benefit from a US$10 million investment from CSquared, a technology company making commercially driven investments into broadband-enabling infrastructure throughout Africa. In Liberia, CSquared got their license in 2017, securing a license from the Liberia… dyates460@gmail.com (David A. Yates) 95c10c2a-e629-4c81-a0f5-f09404b20b41 Wed, 03 Nov 2021 12:53:00 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/aml-agreement-liberias-best-interest-rail -- U.S. Ambassador The United States Ambassador to Liberia, Michael McCarthy, on Tuesday, October 19, diplomatically endorsed the US$800 million ArcelorMittal Mineral Development Agreement (MDA) in spite of strong rejection from hundreds of citizens in Nimba County, especially those who live… dyates460@gmail.com (David A. Yates) b72274ce-d884-4669-8c0e-0964dbe58aeb Thu, 21 Oct 2021 09:07:00 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/gol-world-bank-sign-us40m-fisheries-financing-agreement The Liberian fisheries sector is at the verge of improving as the government of Liberia has officially signed a financing agreement for the Liberia Sustainable Management of Fisheries project, worth US$40 million, aimed at improving fisheries management and enhancing livelihood and income… judoemuekollie@gmail.com (Judoemue M. Kollie) 3cbc327e-90cd-4a1d-90cf-2e6ba90584c5 Wed, 20 Oct 2021 03:45:01 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/media-houses-want-weah-administration-disclose-arcelor-mittals-agreement It has been more than five weeks since the President of Liberia George Manneh Weah and the CEO of ArcelorMittal, Lakshmi Mittal, signed a revised Mineral Development Agreement (MDA) on Friday, September 10, extending the company’s concession in Liberia for an extra 25 years. Since the… liberianobserver@gmail.com (Staff Editor) 98134f86-a7a1-4258-b650-0470eed6a925 Mon, 18 Oct 2021 01:10:03 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/apm-terminals-liberia-restores-hope-her-employees -- Settles Longstanding Labor related contentions APM Terminals Liberia, in her wave to move forward and establish a world-class Port within the Republic of Liberia, has resolved the long-standing employees’ contentions represented by the Dock Workers Union of Liberia (DOWUL).  After a series of tripartite dialogues between the Management of APM Terminals Liberia, the DOWUL and the Ministry of Labor (MOL), a compromise was reached by all parties hence bringing an end to the long-standing stalemate. This was concretized by the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which took place at the Ministry of Labor on Monday, September 27, 2021. During the signing ceremony Hon. Minister Cllr. Charles Gibson welcomed the negotiation teams and gave a brief history of the negotiation process while highlighting the Ministry of Labor’s role in resolving disputes in the Republic of Liberia. He maintained that the Ministry of Labor focuses primarily on the rules and will always encourage social dialogue.  Speaking further, Hon. Minister Cllr. Gibson thanked all parties for the way in which the process was conducted and further described APM Terminals Liberia Managing Director, Mr. Jonathan Graham as a visionary who sees things differently. He also acknowledged Jonathan Graham and the teams’ engagement in handling the process expediently. Hearing briefly from the relevant parties, Madam Jackie Doe, President, Dock Workers Union of Liberia (DOWUL) said “We are happy to have reached this point and we want to thank the Ministry of Labor under the leadership of Hon. Minister Cllr. Gibson for the high level of intervention in bringing this matter to an amicable end.“  She also praised APM Terminals Liberia Management under the leadership of Jonathan Graham for understanding the situation and helping in bringing it to an end. She stressed that APM Terminals Liberia and the Union Representation are considered Social Partners who are working together to move the country forward. APM Terminals Liberia Management Team and Dock Union Workers’ representatives The Managing Director of APM Terminals Liberia, Mr. Jonathan Graham asserted, “I want to thank you, Hon. Minister Cllr. Gibson and the Ministry for the support and guidance to all the parties during the negotiations and to the DOWUL Leadership and our Team for the manner and form in which we arrived at a peaceful signing and want to assure the adherence to the full implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding.”  Making further comments after the ceremony, Mr. Graham also said, “We are extremely happy that this matter is put behind us and we can move forward as the “Family” that we consider ourselves to be.  I want to thank all parties for their collaborative efforts, and we look forward to the smooth and efficient implementation of the MOU”. Mr. Ballah Kpadeh, Union Worker Representative from APM Terminals Liberia injected, “Today, we are happy that we have reached the point of concluding. Special thanks go to the Ministry of Labor, DOWUL and the APM Terminals Liberia Management, specifically, Mr. Jonathan Graham. We want to assure you that this is our Company and we are excited today that we have turned a new chapter to a peaceful transition.” be0da58c-8ee0-4f85-8a46-dde9473df2a1 Wed, 06 Oct 2021 00:58:01 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/gcs-fibers-eyes-liberia-investment GCS Fibers, a manufacturing company based in the United States, says it will provide more jobs for Liberians through the setting up of factories to repurpose recycled coal ash into other finished products. Coal ash is primarily produced from burning coal. After years of research and… judoemuekollie@gmail.com (Judoemue M. Kollie) 6691f70e-162e-463d-ba41-4c523ed91219 Mon, 27 Sep 2021 01:17:34 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/chinese-company-seeks-25-yr-iron-ore-deal … But where will the proposed concession be? A Chinese company, Bao Chico Resources, has asked the Government of Liberia to grant it a 25-year Class A mining license to extract iron ore. The company’s request, which President George Weah has bought into, has been communicated to members… lmsonpon@gmail.com (Leroy M. Sonpon 83cf4d19-fefa-4700-aaf9-32606df03740 Wed, 01 Sep 2021 08:23:02 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/aripo-holds-11th-extraordinary-session-administrative-council ... Ahead of a Diplomatic Conference The 11th Extraordinary Session of the Administrative Council of the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) has been held from 23rd to 26th August 2021 at the Speke Resort Munyonyo.  The main objective of the… 9df28c0e-8c7b-48ae-8a6a-a63583cd9ca4 Wed, 25 Aug 2021 22:15:11 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily