MONROVIA, August 13 (LINA) - Residents of the Township of West Point, the largest slum in the Liberian capital Monrovia, were shocked by the discovery of five dead bodies with symptoms of the Ebola virus in their community.

MONROVIA, August 13 (LINA) - Arcelor Mittal Liberia has awarded 17 scholarships to Liberian students to pursue various degree programs at universities in Ghana and Kenya.

MONROVIA, August 13(LINA) - The Inspector General of the Liberia National Police (LNP), C. Clarence Massaquoi, has commended the Unite States Embassy for sourcing urgently needed Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for the police.

MONROVIA, August 13 (LINA) - Bong County Senator Jewel Howard-Taylor wants county scholarship allotment in the National Budget to ensure that competent Liberians get scholarships to develop the human resource of the nation.

HARPER, August 13 (LINA) - Scores of angry Ivorian refugees in Little Wlebo in Maryland County stormed the Harper City Hall demanding the relevant government agencies to provide awareness on the current Ebola outbreak in the country.

MONROVIA, August 13 (LINA) – The Dean of the Health Department of the Bomi Community College, Andrew Z. Mambu, has said the high death rate among health workers from Ebola is due to poor knowledge of the disease at the time of its outbreak. 

MONROVIA, August 13 (LINA) - The Grand Coalition of Liberian Organizations (GRANDCOALIO) has called on the government to attach psychosocial counseling at Ebola Treatment Centers (ETCs) to counsel patients. 

GBARNGA, August13 (LINA) – Police in Bong County have set free a man who was accused of poisoning wells in Gbarnga, Bong County, for lack of evidence.

MONROVIA, August 13 (LINA) - The Liberian Senate has mandated its Committee on Ways, Means, Finance and Health to advise Plenary by Thursday, August 15, on the senate’s position  on the US$ 20 million emergency funding to combat the Ebola virus.

MONROVIA, August 13 (LINA) -The Plenary of the House of Representatives has rejected a recommendation by Grand Kru County Representative Numene Bartekwa calling for the constitution of an Ad Hoc Legislative Anti-Ebola Campaign Committee.