By: Augustine N. Myers – The Lutheran Training Institute (LTI) in Salayea, Lofa county, as part of its Skill Training Program for war affected youth and adults, has graduated 85 young people in various vocational disciplines. The disciplines include Agriculture, Auto Mechanic, Masonry, Carpentry, Plumbing, Electricity, and Tailoring. Serving as Guest Speaker over the week-end at the 8th Graduation Exercises of the Lutheran Vocational Training Program held at the Lutheran Training Institute campus in Salayea, the Administrative Manager at the Booker Washington Institute (BWI) in Kakata, Margibi county, Isaac B. Stevens challenged the graduates to take their destiny in their... Continue Reading
By: Augustine N. Myers – The Evangelical Children Rehabilitation Program (ECREP), a local Non-Governmental Organization working in the South-eastern Region and other parts of Liberia has completed the construction of several latrine and hand pump facilities in ten public and private schools in Grand Gedeh County. The schools with a population of close to eleven thousand students have been in dire need of access to latrines and safe drinking water. The facilities which were turned over to the various schools on January 17, 2013 were sponsored by UNICEF. Speaking to the WASH Reporters & Editors Network of Liberia recently following... Continue Reading
By Nawa Mutumweno – Government sees the forthcoming hosting of the 20th United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) general assembly as a grand opportunity to further promote tourism investments and boost tourist arrivals into the country. Tourism and Arts minister Sylvia Masebo disclosed recently that the country’s tourist capital, Livingstone, will be the biggest beneficiary of the event with the Government having released sufficient funds to improve its infrastructure. Government is carrying a deliberate facelift of Livingstone through the improvement of roads, water and sanitation, markets, bus stations and stadiums, among others. There are also plans to construct a convention... Continue Reading
…project in River Cess County – On Saturday, January 26, the non-profit organization FACE Africa held a ground-breaking ceremony in Semgblog’s Town, Timbo District, River Cess County to officially kick-off the organization’s County-by-County initiative. Through its County-by-County program, FACE Africa plans to construct approximately 250 clean water points in River Cess County by 2017. The initiative which was inaugurated in Semblog’s Town, home of the district’s Paramount Chief, will provide complete water coverage to the county, benefiting over 60,000 residents, and will ensure that River Cess meets the Liberian Government’s 250 persons per safe water point standard. The first 5 handpumps... Continue Reading
… in $2.6 Million Identity Theft Fraud Conspiracy – DALLAS — A federal grand jury in Dallas has returned an indictment charging Tonderai Sakupwanya and Reminico Zhangazha each with one count of conspiring to commit mail fraud and wire fraud stemming from a federal income tax refund identity theft scheme they ran from May 2009 through May 2012. Sakupwanya is scheduled to make his initial appearance in federal court this afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge David L. Horan. U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas made today’s announcement. Sakupwanya, aka “Pound, Webster Rice, Floyd Roberts and... Continue Reading
