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BRIDGE LINKING TWO COMMUNITIES COMMISSIONED IN LIBERIA

Posted on April 20, 2023 by Gambeta News

A major bridge has been commissioned, linking Barnerville and Johnsonville townships in Montserrado County. The bridge project which cuts across Electoral Districts #2 and #11 of Montserrado County, was an initiative of McArthur W. Hilton, a humanitarian who resides in District #11. The bridge serves as a major economic route within the districts as well as allows vehicles and commercial bikes to commute passengers. It eases the huge challenge residents faced before the project. Residents…

AFDB APPROVED US$3.9M FOR LIBERIA INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT

Posted on March 24, 2023 by Gambeta News

The African Development Fund’s Board of Directors has approved a US$3.9 million grant to finance an upgrade of Liberia’s payments infrastructure and systems project. The approval of the grant from the Bank’s concessional lending window was made on 17 March. The project’s primary objective is to strengthen the payments ecosystem in Liberia for increased efficiency and to foster growth and innovation. It targets automated cheque processing and automated clearing house (ACP/ACH) and real-time gross settlement…

RESIDENT CALLS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF SPORT COMPLEX IN LIBERIA

Posted on March 16, 2023 by Gambeta News

Residents of Robertsport City in Grand Cape Mount County are calling on the President of the Liberia Football Association (LFA), Mr. Mustapha Raji, to help build their county’s most famous sports ground, the Momo Taweh Sports ground in the city. John H. Gordon, who once played as a midfielder for both FC Cape Coast Dwarf and the county football squad, highlighted that they all want the LFA President, Mr. Raji, to come to the aid…

LIBERIA WORKS MINISTER ANNOUNCED PROGRESS ON RIA TO ELWA JUNCTION ROAD PROJECT

Posted on March 6, 2023 by Gambeta News

As the deadline for the completion of the Roberts International Airport (RIA) to ELWA Junction Road project draws nearer, Liberia’s Public Works Minister Madam Ruth Coker Collins has disclosed that significant progress has been made and the pavement of the road will commence before the start of this year rainy season. Minister Collins said though there were challenges and public outcry relative to the manner and form in which the project commenced, modalities have been…

LIBERIA SIGN DEAL WITH WORLD BANK FOR 60MW RENEWABLE ENERGY

Posted on February 2, 2023 by Gambeta News

Liberia has signed a financing agreement with the International Development Association for the production of an additional 60MW of renewable energy geared toward further solving the country’s energy crisis. The project is an initiative of the World Bank under the Regional Emergency Solar Power Intervention Project (RESPITE). It is a US$311 regional program supported by the World Bank to scale up electricity access to millions of existing and prospective consumers in Chad, Liberia, Sierra Leone,…

CONSTRUCTION OF U.S.$165k CLINIC FUNDED BY COMMUNITY STALL IN LIBERIA

Posted on January 25, 2023 by Gambeta News

The clinic’s construction started in April 2017 and was expected to be completed, dedicated for full operation in March 2018. The Nimba County Health Team was supposed to provide the workforce and medical and non-medical supplies for the running of the facility. Due to its strategic location, it was supposed to serve both River Cess and Nimba Counties when completed. Five years after its completion, nothing has happened according to plan. The National Benefit Sharing…

BUSY ELWA-ROBERTSFIELD HIGHWAY TO BE FIX ACCORDING TO LIBERIA WORKS MINISTER

Posted on December 8, 2022 by Gambeta News

Ruth Coker Collins has always been in denial. Even when motorists plying the busy ELWA-Robertsfield highway complained about the dilapidated conditions of the road, the Minister of Public Works had an answer. Appearing on a local radio talk show in August, Minister Collins attributed the slow pace of the project to Climate Change, characterized by heavy downpours, thus making it difficult for engineers to work. The minister’s response came amid multiple speculations that the project…

QATAR GOVT. MAKING PLANS TO FINANCE LOFA ROAD CONSTRUCTION IN LIBERIA

Posted on December 2, 2022 by Gambeta News

As part of efforts to curtail the mountainous constraints confronting the over 300,000 residents in northern Liberia due to bad road conditions, the Emir of the Gulf state, in Qatar, Tamin Bin Hamad Al Thani, has committed to providing additional funding for the second phase of pavement of the Gbarnga-Mendikorma Highway (Lofa Road) project. Since 1964, Lofa, which is considered the “bread basket” of Liberia has suffered from the deplorable nature of its road. Before…

ROAD CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN FOR BALI ISLAND ACCESS IN LIBERIA

Posted on November 29, 2022 by Gambeta News

The access road corridor from Battery Factory to Bali Island in Central Monrovia has commenced, Public Works Minister Ruth-Coker-Collins. The Works Minister and engineers from the Ministry toured the road. The 3.34-kilometers road when completed will give immediate access for the subsequent construction of the Bali Island project. It will give a modern face-lift to the area. In late December 2018, President Weah signed into law an Act passed by the Legislature, naming Bali Island…

TURKISH MINING COMPANY TO OPEN US$75K CLINIC IN LIBERIA

Posted on November 24, 2022 by Gambeta News

The Management of Turkish Mining Company, MNG Gold, says all is now set for the opening of a clinic for the people of Kokoyah Statutory District. The cost of the clinic, located in David Dean Town in Kokoyah District, is out at more than US$75,000. According to the Public Relations Officer, Matthew N. Gbanken, the County Health Team, headed by Dr. Cynthia Blapooh, recommended to MNG Gold that there should be an incinerator, a Placenta…

LIBERIAN SENATE CALLS FOR MORE INQUIRY INTO THE SLOW CONSTRUCTION OF RIA ROAD PROJECT

Posted on November 9, 2022 by Gambeta News

The Plenary of the Liberian Senate has cited authorities at the Ministries of Finance and Development Planning, Public Works, Mines and Energy, Natural Resources & Environment as well as the National Road Fund. The various institutions are to appear before the Committee of a Whole on Thursday, 10 November 2022 at 2 pm. The Plenary’s decision was based on a communication from Montserrado County Senator Abraham Darius Dillon. Dillon had informed the plenary that the…

WORKS MINISTER PLEDGES TO COMPLETE ROAD REHABILITATION BEFORE PRESIDENT WEAH FIRST TERM

Posted on November 2, 2022 by Gambeta News

The Minister of Public Works, Ruth Coker Collins, pledges to complete the rehabilitation of roads in the country before the end of President Goerge Weah’s first term. Minister Collins underscores that the completion of roads already earmarked is strategic and crucial for the pending National Housing and Population Census and the 2023 Presidential and Legislative Elections. Speaking at the Ministry of Information’s weekly press briefing on Thursday in Monrovia, she said completion of ongoing road…

PRESIDENT WEAH DEDICATES FIRST-EVER MEDICAL OXYGEN PLANT IN LIBERIA

Posted on October 27, 2022 by Gambeta News

President George Manneh Weah and his administration have made yet another first-time development record as he dedicates Liberia’s first-ever Medical Oxygen Plant, a pioneering achievement towards building a more robust, responsive, and resilient health sector in the country. In its 175 years of existence, Liberia is celebrating the inauguration of the first-ever state-of-the-art Medical PSA Oxygen Plant with the capacity to produce 100 cylinders (~50Nm3/hour) of medical oxygen per day at 93+3% purity. The Oxygen…

LIBERIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION COMMENCES CONSTRUCTION OF U.S$1.5M MODERN HIGH SCHOOL

Posted on October 17, 2022 by Gambeta News

The Ministry of Education’s Improving Results in Secondary Education (IRISE) Project with funding from the World Bank has turnover ten acres of land to a Liberian-owned JLN incorporated construction firm for the construction of a US$1.5 million state-of-the-act senior secondary school in Kakata. IRISE Project in Liberia at the turning-over ceremony in Kakata on said the project focuses on improving equitable access to quality secondary education with an emphasis on the preparedness of senior secondary…

GVL REHABILITATE MODERN SCHOOL IN GRAND KRU COUNTY LIBERIA

Posted on October 13, 2022 by Gambeta News

As part of its commitment to support education in its operational areas in southeastern Liberia, Golden Verogvlleum (Liberia) GVL Inc. has constructed and dedicated a modern elementary school for more than 250 students in Trembo Gbanken Community and its surroundings in Grand Kru County. GVL says the seven (7) classroom school building is part of the company’s ongoing commitments to support the development of local communities in Sinoe and Grand Kru counties where it operates,…

LIBERIA WORK MINISTER REVIEWING PERFORMANCE OF CONTRACTORS AHEAD OF DRY SEASON

Posted on October 12, 2022 by Gambeta News

Ahead of the dry season, the Government of Liberia through the Ministry of Public Works has held a roundtable with scores of contractors, aimed at reviewing performances on major roads across the country. Speaking to reporters, Public Works Minister Ruth Coker Collins, the forum was to inform contractors about new plans, as the dry season approaches. The meeting held with various contractors was aimed at preparing them as per our calendar; we all know that…

CONSTRUCTION OF ARTIFICIAL TURF ARE BEEN DISCUSSED IN LIBERIA

Posted on October 11, 2022 by Gambeta News

A three-member Liberian delegation including the President of the Liberia Football Association Mustapha Raji, Vice President Adolphus Dolo, and Deputy Sports Minister G. Andy Quamie have returned to the Country following what they described as a fruitful and rewarding trip for the sector and the sporting populace in general. Speaking about some of the support to the media, the President of the LFA Mustapha Raji disclosed that the Saudi Arabia Football Association has agreed to…

MINING COMPANY APPROVED FUNDS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF SEVERAL PROJECT IN LIBERIA

Posted on October 1, 2022 by Gambeta News

Following discussions held between Bea Mountain Mining Company and Laar Clan, in Cape Mount County, the company has approved several projects in three communities in the clan totaling US$69,400(sixty-nine thousand four hundred united states dollars). The amount is part of the Clan Development Fund of US$150,000(One hundred and fifty thousand united states dollars) earlier given to the clan this year. BMMC GM, Mr. Reza Karimiyan, far right listened to citizens of the Laar clan speak….

DWI CONCERN OVER CONSTRUCTION OF RIA HIGHWAY IN LIBERIA

Posted on September 12, 2022 by Gambeta News

Democracy Watch Initiative (DWI), a partner organization to the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), has expressed concern over the latest criticisms that have characterized the ongoing road construction works of the 45km 4-lane RIA highway. The group said even though construction works have since started with significant progress made until the heavy downpour of rain recently, some have continued to vaguely condemn the contractors, East International Group and China Railways, without considering the…

ARCELORMITTAL LIBERIA BREAK GROUNDS FOR TWO PROJECTS CONSTRUCTION IN YEKEPA

Posted on September 3, 2022 by Gambeta News

ArcelorMittal Liberia (AML) has broken grounds for the construction of a community town hall and football pitch in Camp-four Township, Yekepa. The combined estimated value of both projects is US$100,000. It was a joyous moment for scores of community leaders and the township commissioner as well as District 3 Representative, Joseph Somwarbi, who expressed appreciation to AML management for the two projects and other programs that are benefitting residents of the area. The projects are…

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