Measures to contain the Coronavirus and World Bank providing a US$40 million support to Liberia dominate the headlines in the Thursday, March 19 editions of Liberian newspapers.
The government and private institutions have instituted measures to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus.
The measures include the foreign ministry suspending the issuance of passports to Liberian citizens, the Civil Service Agency asking government institutions to reduce staff, United Methodist University
suspending classes and SN Brussels suspending flights to Liberia.
The Daily Observer, Inquirer, New Dawn and FrontPage newspapers published these stories under different captions. The Daily Observer published as its front page banner headline a story captioned:
Government Suspends Issuance of Passports, while the New Dawn published this story as its back page banner headline under the title: Gov’t Suspends Issuance of Passports and SN Brussels Suspends Flights.
The Inquirer published as its front page banner headline a story captioned: Civil Service Agency Asks Institutions To Start Reducing Staff. The Inquirer also published as its back page banner headline a
story captioned UMU Suspends Classes.
Another story that captured the headlines in the Thursday editions of Liberian newspapers is the World bank providing the government of Liberia US$40M as budgetary support.
The New Dawn published this story as its front page banner headline under the caption: World Bank Steps In-Dishes Out US$40M To GoL, while the Inquirer published it on its front page under the title: Liberia, World Bank Sign US$ Million Budget Support.
Other headlines in the Thursday editions of Liberian newspapers include: Liberian Female Peacekeepers Making Headway In Africa (The Inquirer); Postal Affairs Asks 60% Workforce to Stay Home (The Inquirer);Sunday Selling In Monrovia Suspended (Daily Observer); IN THE WAKE OF CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC: RICE IMPORTATION QUOTA DROPPED (FrontPage).
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