Page 2 - Sinoe County News Today

UN Women Liberia Country Representative, Comfort Lamptey, has emphasized the need for severe penalties to be imposed on those who violate the ban on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Liberia.

Women Want Penalties for Violators of FGM Practice

MONROVIA- Golden Veroleum (Liberia) Inc. (GVL) has announced the appointment of Mr. Johanes Handojo as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) here, replacing Mr. Ferdy Surya Handojo who will be stepping down end of January 2023.

Out of a record-breaking 1,355,140 votes tallied since the close of polls on October 10, Weah has accumulated 593,558 votes, constituting 43.80% of the vote

No doubt Liberia remains grossly underdeveloped despite being endowed with rich natural resources. The country sits 12 places among the poorest countries in Africa with a GDP per capita amounting to US$676 and 10th place globally with a GDP (PPP) of USD$1,798.

Liberia’s main opposition leader Amb. Joseph Nyumah Boakai and incumbent President George Manneh Weah continue to battle as the National Elections Commission (NEC) continues to tally polls.

The National Elections Commission admits to challenges faced in Tuesday’s (October 10, 2023) polls when canoe transporting some of its staff to hard-to-reach counties in southeast Liberia capsized with electoral materials, preventing hundreds, if not thousands of overenthusiastic citizens from casting their ballots.

Liberia election body said Tuesday it is extending the voting for president and members of the national legislature in some counties in the southern p.....

The election in parts of Sinoe County in Liberia has been delayed after ballot papers were soaked in a creek while being transported by electoral supervisors.

“I came by 8 a.m. I have not been able to vote but I am going to be here, It is my country,” a Liberian voter said.