MONROVIA – President George Weah has finally appointed a Managing Director to the Liberia Airport Authority (LAA) amid the electricity crisis at the Roberts International Airport which has brought a lot of condemnation to the government.President Wea
Vice President of Liberia, H.E. Jewel Howard-Taylor
Speech Delivered by H.E. Dr. Jewel Howard-Taylor, Vice President of the Republic of Liberia, on the Opening of the 4th Session of the Liberian Senate
January 11, 2021
The Honorable President Pro Tempore of the Liberian Senate, Senator Albert T. Chie; Distinguished Members of the 54th Liberian Senate;
Mr. Secretary, Chamber Officials, Directors and Staff of the Liberian Senate;
Our International and Local Partners and Friends of Liberia;
Esteemed Members of the 4th Estate;
Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen:
Before I begin my comments on this first day of the fourth sitting of the 54th Liberian Senate, permit me to begin with words of Wisdom drawn from the Holy Bible, which is
As Speaker Chambers declares campaign open
House Speaker Bhofal Chambers, according to floor proceedings, has formally announced the vacancy for the Deputy Speaker position and declared the campaign for the position opened, encouraging members of the House of Representatives with interest in the position to begin consultations or campaign.
The Speaker also told his colleagues that today, the 1st day sitting of the 4th session, will see debates as part of the agenda for normal business of the day.
The debates today will decide whether the election should be held or deferred, but most Representives in the corridors of the Capitol Building yesterday were insisting that the election be held urgently to fill the vacancy of the Deputy Speaker in order to allow appointments of Committees to prepare for the 4th Annual Message of the President.
LIBERIA: As The 4th Sitting Of National Legislature Opens, Speaker Chambers Addresses Colleagues, Outlines 2020 Progress LIBERIA: As The 4th Sitting Of National Legislature Opens, Speaker Chambers Addresses Colleagues, Outlines 2020 Progress
th sitting of the House of Representatives.
Below is the full text of the Speaker:
Distinguished Colleagues:
As 2020 has ended, it should be our collective prayer that all the adversities, challenges, distractions and harsh political attitudes to extremes end with it, and that 2021 should bring lasting peace, success and harmony.
Our today’s convocation in this Sacred Chambers is in consonance with Article 32(a) of the Liberian Constitution, which states, “the Legislature shall assemble in Regular Session once a year, on the Second Working Monday in January”. We have now come, with a high sense of responsibility, renewed energy and preparedness, to fulfill this very important Clause or Article of the Constitution.