Africa Must Avert Looming Water War
Before South Korean diplomat Ban Ki-moon succeeded Dr. Kofi Annan as UN Secretary General on 1 ... Read more
Maritime Trial Deepens
The case in which the family members of four maritime cadets are pressing civil charges a... Read more
More News
The Checago Bright Foundation, a non-profit NGO has come to the rescue of Yelekula town, inhabited by some 2500 Town in a remote jungle for over 50 years without save drinking water, a clinic and...
Read More...
With barely two months left for this year’s July 26 Independent’s Day celebration slated to take place in the three Western Counties of Grapemount, Bomi and Gbarpolu, the event could face a major...
Read More...The West African Journalists Association (WAJA) has warned President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to be mindful of the lives and security of Liberian journalists following threats made against them by the...
Read More...
Following years of civil unrest, which damaged private and public infrastructure, the Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation (LWSC) says it has successfully pumped pipe borne water into central Monrovia...
Read More...Secret Budget Talks
Finance Ministry officials and members of the Ways, Means and Finance committees of both the House and Senate were Wednesday locked behind closed doors in preliminary discussions ahead of the budget debate anticipated this week at the Capitol Building.
Many journalists and ordinary citizens who had gathered in the conference room of the House to witness a public hearing announced for Wednesday by the legislature on the US$649.72 million multi-year budget were disappointed after lawmakers advised them to disperse.
“As I said, this exercise is closed to the public. Members of the press and those of you that are not connected to Finance or to any of the agencies that were invited, we ask that you excuse us,” House Ways, Means and Finance Committee chair, Rep. Emmanuel Nukoi advised.
He said the decision to hold the hearing in secret is customary to the revenue discussion of the budget, adding: “The intent (of secret talks) is for us to have a technical session to find ways and means by which we can raise additional revenues.”
Meantime, Sen. Sumo Kupee (Lofa), a habitual supporter of ‘secret sessions’ at the Senate, nodded in affirmation, prompting legislative reporters to quickly exit the conference room.
Finance ministry officials gathered in the conference room ahead of the secret budget talks, perused piles of financial documents while lawmakers were busy manipulating keys on their newly received IPods laptops.
