{"id":55224,"date":"2024-04-04T16:31:13","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T16:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-house-hammers-bmmc-over-mda-violations"},"modified":"2024-04-04T17:13:19","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T17:13:19","slug":"liberia-house-hammers-bmmc-over-mda-violations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-house-hammers-bmmc-over-mda-violations","title":{"rendered":"Liberia: House Hammers BMMC Over MDA Violations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Liberia. <\/strong><\/span>The House of Representatives has endorsed a 10-count recommendation of the Specialized Committee regarding massive violations of the Mineral Development Agreement (MDA) by Bea Mountain Mining Company (BMMC).<\/p>\n

The House, during its Tuesday, April 3, session voted to endorse the recommendations of the Specialized Committee on BMMC itemizing massive violations of the agreement.<\/p>\n

The investigation revealed violations affecting labor, environment, health, and workers\u2019 safety in Grand Cape Mount County.<\/p>\n

Following a three-week intensive investigation of the circumstances that led to the chaotic protest that erupted in Kinjor, Grand Cape Mount County, the House\u2019s Committee said \u201cBMMC knowingly violated the MDA affecting labor, environment, health and workers\u2019 safety, respectively.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cContingent on this comprehensive report which seeks to provide checks and balances within the mining sector of Liberia and ensure total adherence to the laws of Liberia, the Committee, as specified hereunder, provides findings of the incidence that occurred in Grand Cape Mount County and concludes with the following cogent recommendations,\u201d the Specialized Committee said.<\/p>\n

Among the recommendations endorsed by the House, actions include instructing Liberia National Police (LNP) to identify and hand over to the Ministry of Justice officers responsible for the fatal shooting of protestors for swift arrest and prosecution. \u201cThis is intended to demonstrate the government\u2019s commitment to upholding justice and the rule and law,\u201d the committee said.<\/p>\n

Members of the House of Representatives also voted that the Country Manager, Debar Allen, of BMMC be made to resign with immediate effect or transfer to another equivalent position.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis aims to foster an environment of accountability and to restore confidence among dwellers within the local communities,\u201d the Specialized Committee said.<\/p>\n

Other recommendations entail enforcing employment records and audits, transferring foreign workers performing jobs reserved for Liberians, imposing fines for violations, procuring ambulances, upgrading health facilities, providing medical supplies, addressing scholarship defaults, invoking default remedies, and reviewing the MDA with the 55th Legislature.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat BMMC enlists all qualified longtime contractors as employees and submits, within one week, employment records of all top Liberian employees occupying 50% of jobs reserved for Liberians,\u201d the committee said in its report.<\/p>\n

The committee also called on the Ministry of Labor to conduct an employee audit of BMMC, inspect the works and residential permits of all foreign workers within two weeks, and submit a copy of its findings to the Ad-hoc Committee.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe also call on BMMC to immediately dismiss and or transfer foreigners performing jobs reserved for Liberians and that a discretionary fine be imposed on the company MoL, as a penalty for violating the MDA and that BMMC immediately procures two ambulances to reduce the health challenges,\u201d the investigative team said. \u201cWe want the company to upgrade the Kinjor clinic to a modern health facility and provide medical supplies, including drugs and health equipment; that a discretionary fine be imposed on BMMC by GOL, as a penalty for violating this section of the MDA.\u201d<\/p>\n

The committee called on BMMC to make retroactive payments through a payment plan to the county for all international scholarships. It has defaulted for the last 10 years, commencing May to July 2014.<\/p>\n

The company, according to reports, is in default of the MDA as amended, more specifically Section 28.2 (d) and 28.2 (e), and that the government, the committee recommended, should immediately invoke the default remedies of the MDA as a basis for curing the defaults and renegotiating with the terms and conditions herein and that the BMMC reviewed immediately by the 55th Legislature to meet prevailing days reality.<\/p>\n

Members of the House noted that these measures aim to address the violations and ensure compliance with the MDA to uphold justice, accountability, and community well-being in the mining sector.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Liberia<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Liberia. The House of Representatives has endorsed a 10-count recommendation of the Specialized Committee regarding massive violations of the Mineral Development Agreement (MDA) by Bea Mountain Mining Company (BMMC). The House, during its Tuesday, April 3, session voted to endorse the recommendations of the Specialized Committee on BMMC itemizing massive violations of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":55223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[233,237,234],"class_list":["post-55224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-liberia","tag-liberia"],"yoast_head":"\nLiberia: House Hammers BMMC Over MDA Violations - Liberia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The House of Representatives has endorsed a 10-count recommendation of the Specialized Committee regarding massive viola ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-house-hammers-bmmc-over-mda-violations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Liberia: House Hammers BMMC Over MDA Violations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The House of Representatives has endorsed a 10-count recommendation of the Specialized Committee regarding massive viola ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-house-hammers-bmmc-over-mda-violations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Liberia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-04-04T16:31:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-04-04T17:13:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/liberia\/sites\/37\/2024\/04\/sm_1712237932.08433.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-house-hammers-bmmc-over-mda-violations#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-house-hammers-bmmc-over-mda-violations\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Liberia: House Hammers BMMC Over MDA Violations\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-04-04T16:31:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-04-04T17:13:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-house-hammers-bmmc-over-mda-violations\"},\"wordCount\":625,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-house-hammers-bmmc-over-mda-violations#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/liberia\/sites\/37\/2024\/04\/sm_1712237932.08433.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Liberia\",\"Liberia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-house-hammers-bmmc-over-mda-violations#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-house-hammers-bmmc-over-mda-violations\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-house-hammers-bmmc-over-mda-violations\",\"name\":\"Liberia: House Hammers BMMC Over MDA Violations - Liberia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-house-hammers-bmmc-over-mda-violations#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-house-hammers-bmmc-over-mda-violations#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/liberia\/sites\/37\/2024\/04\/sm_1712237932.08433.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-04-04T16:31:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-04-04T17:13:19+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The House of Representatives has endorsed a 10-count recommendation of the Specialized Committee regarding massive viola ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-house-hammers-bmmc-over-mda-violations#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-house-hammers-bmmc-over-mda-violations\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-house-hammers-bmmc-over-mda-violations#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/liberia\/sites\/37\/2024\/04\/sm_1712237932.08433.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/liberia\/sites\/37\/2024\/04\/sm_1712237932.08433.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630,\"caption\":\"Liberia: House Hammers BMMC Over MDA Violations\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-house-hammers-bmmc-over-mda-violations#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Liberia: House Hammers BMMC Over MDA Violations\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/\",\"name\":\"Liberia\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Liberia: House Hammers BMMC Over MDA Violations - Liberia","description":"The House of Representatives has endorsed a 10-count recommendation of the Specialized Committee regarding massive viola ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-house-hammers-bmmc-over-mda-violations","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Liberia: House Hammers BMMC Over MDA Violations","og_description":"The House of Representatives has endorsed a 10-count recommendation of the Specialized Committee regarding massive viola ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-house-hammers-bmmc-over-mda-violations","og_site_name":"Liberia","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2024-04-04T16:31:13+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-04-04T17:13:19+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/liberia\/sites\/37\/2024\/04\/sm_1712237932.08433.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-house-hammers-bmmc-over-mda-violations#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-house-hammers-bmmc-over-mda-violations"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Liberia: House Hammers BMMC Over MDA Violations","datePublished":"2024-04-04T16:31:13+00:00","dateModified":"2024-04-04T17:13:19+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-house-hammers-bmmc-over-mda-violations"},"wordCount":625,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-house-hammers-bmmc-over-mda-violations#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/liberia\/sites\/37\/2024\/04\/sm_1712237932.08433.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Liberia","Liberia"],"articleSection":["all news","policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-house-hammers-bmmc-over-mda-violations#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-house-hammers-bmmc-over-mda-violations","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-house-hammers-bmmc-over-mda-violations","name":"Liberia: House Hammers BMMC Over MDA Violations - Liberia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-house-hammers-bmmc-over-mda-violations#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-house-hammers-bmmc-over-mda-violations#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/liberia\/sites\/37\/2024\/04\/sm_1712237932.08433.jpg","datePublished":"2024-04-04T16:31:13+00:00","dateModified":"2024-04-04T17:13:19+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The House of Representatives has endorsed a 10-count recommendation of the Specialized Committee regarding massive viola ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-house-hammers-bmmc-over-mda-violations#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-house-hammers-bmmc-over-mda-violations"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-house-hammers-bmmc-over-mda-violations#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/liberia\/sites\/37\/2024\/04\/sm_1712237932.08433.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/liberia\/sites\/37\/2024\/04\/sm_1712237932.08433.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"caption":"Liberia: House Hammers BMMC Over MDA Violations"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-house-hammers-bmmc-over-mda-violations#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Liberia: House Hammers BMMC Over MDA Violations"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/","name":"Liberia","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}