Dateline Liberia - Monday (17 July 2017)

Dateline

Name of Program: Dateline Liberia
Date: Monday July 17, 2017
Time 10:00am with a Repeat at 9:15pm
Duration: 45’
Producer: Olive Thomas

Interviews or recorded pieces-subject matter and/or content.
  • The UNMIL Quick Impact Project has turned over a Youth and children Center worth more than 28 thousand dollars to the Rivercess County Authority.
  • President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has received Letters of Credence from the Ambassadors of the Kingdoms of Sweden, the Netherlands and Mali.
  • Grand Gedeh County Electoral District #2 Representative Morais Waylee has been arrested by officers of the Liberia National Police for criminal conspiracy.
  • Over fifty women political aspirants have been trained in Buchanan in key election strategies to help improve their chances of being elected in the 2017 general and presidential elections.
  • Meanwhile, UN Women’s Programme Lead for Governance and Women’s Political Participation, Mahmoud Koroma said the under-representation of women in Liberia’s political leadership is discouraging and highlighted the need for more support to women in politics.
  • The Liberia Crusaders for Peace along with the Carter Center and other partners is organizing a national peace festival in Monrovia.
  • The Pillar Lead for Communications at PREVAIL, has called on Liberians to join efforts aimed at finding a preventive vaccine for Ebola.
  • For his part, the President of the Ebola Survivors Network of Liberia Patrick Farley the gathering to encourage participation into the study so that Liberians will not go through the scourge they suffered during the Ebola outbreak.
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