“Never Stop Learning” Senator Urges Scholarship Beneficiaries
Grand Gedeh County Senator Zoe E. Pennue has urged three scholarship beneficiaries from the county to take education seriously and not quit learning. Senator Pennue made that statement on Tuesday, December 18, 2025, when the three students formally presented their certificates and awards to him as a show of appreciation. The three students include Copeland…
School Furniture Produced From Blocked Salaries
On Wednesday, December 17, 2025, Liberia took a rare and symbolic step in linking public accountability to social development as President Joseph Nyuma Boakai received the first batch of school chairs produced under his flagship “One Child, One Chair” Presidential Initiative, financed entirely from salaries blocked following governance sanctions. The initial consignment of 525 locally…
Health Products Regulator Stops Unauthorized Drugs’ Circulation
The Liberia Medicines and Health Products Regulatory Authority (LMHRA) has recalled with immediate effect a medicine known as Kaka Forte after it tested positive for amphetamine following administration of a Rapid Presumptive Colorimetric Test. A release said Kaka Forte, manufactured by AquaLab Pharmaceuticals in India, and whose active ingredients should only be Paracetamol 500mg and…
Belgium Lawmaker Seeks Ties With Liberia
The Embassy of Liberia in Brussels, on Wednesday, December 17, 2025, received Madam Lydia Mutyebele Ngoi for a courtesy visit to Ambassador Levi Demmah. According to the Embassy, Madam Ngoi expressed pleasure at visiting the diplomatic mission of Africa’s first independent republic. She conveyed her interest in working closely with African diplomatic missions in Brussels….
Communiqué To Strengthen Water Governance Adopted
A major step toward strengthening regional cooperation in water resource governance was achieved on Wednesday, December 18, 2025, in Monrovia, as participants at a three-day regional validation workshop adopted a final communiqué calling for the establishment and operationalization of a Mano River Union (MRU) Trans boundary Water Nucleic Acid Management Office. The workshop, held from…
Infrastructure Strategic Plan Launched
The Ministry of Public Works, alongside its partners, launched a five-year plan dubbed “Infrastructure Strategic Plan 2025-2029” on Wednesday in Monrovia. The launch brought together stakeholders from different parastatals, including the Ministry of Public Works (Organizer), the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, the National Road Fund, as well as Donor Partners, primarily the World…
Ivanhoe Gets Access To Multi-user Rail…As Senate Concurs On Concession Agreement
The Liberian Senate has concurred with the House of Representatives on Ivanhoe Atlantic’s Concession and Access Agreement (CAA), granting both development rights and guaranteed access to Liberia’s multi-user rail and port infrastructure. The Senate ratified the agreement late Thursday, 19 December. The concurrence votes followed the ratification of the Deal by the House of Representatives…
Police To Arrest Protest Leaders If…
The Liberian National Police has condemned, in the strongest terms, violent acts that marred the Solidarity Trust for New Day (STAND)-led protest in Monrovia and has ordered organizers to report for questioning or face arrest. According to an official release from the LNP in Monrovia on Thursday, December 17, 2025, the police acknowledged citizens’ constitutional…
Poor Safety Measures’ At ArcelorMittal ….Worker Falls To Rail Accident
What appears to be a troubling incident has reportedly occurred at ArcelorMittal Liberia involving one of its rail workers, Edward Kolliemen, during a rail inspection accident on Monday, December 15, 2025. This incident is said to have renewed scrutiny of rail safety practices, accident reporting, and regulatory oversight along Liberia’s busiest mining corridor Kolliemen remains…
Supreme Court’s Marshall Retirement Approved
President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has approved the retirement of Brigadier General Amos B.K. Dickson, Sr., Marshall of the Supreme Court of Liberia. The approval follows a recommendation submitted by Chief Justice Yamie Quiqui Gbeisay, Sr., in a letter on December 9, 2025. Brigadier General Dickson has rendered thirty-eight (38) years of distinguished and dedicated service…
