Monrovia, Dec. 24 -- The Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Hon. Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan, has reaffirmed the Government of Liberia's commitment to settling outstanding debts owed to media institutions and all other entities with legitimate claims.

Minister Ngafuan made the assurance on Tuesday when the President and Vice President of the Publishers Association of Liberia (PAL) paid him a follow-up visit to inquire about the status of long-outstanding media payments.

"Thank you for coming to do a follow-up. We have received your debt report from the General Auditing Commission and will work on its payment," Ngafuan said. "We are under obligation to pay all debts owed by the government-not only to the media, but to other instit...