Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) are advocating for the optimization of domestic resource mobilization as part of efforts to enhance decentralization and local government in Liberia through domestic resource. The CSOs say they see this process as essential to bringing development plans or initiatives that could influence the lives of the local populace. “In the absence…
The head of Liberia’s Public Procurement and Concessions Commission (PPCC), Bodger Scott Johnson, has secured additional funding of US$250,000 from the World Bank to support the ongoing public procurement digitization effort in Liberia. The PPCC boss made the breakthrough while attending the 2024 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Group…
The Liberian Senate on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has recommended to plenary for Executive Order 124, which place a ban on the exportation of unprocessed rubber from Liberia to remain in force until a legal environment is created to ensure total stability in the rubber sector. In its report, the committee told plenary on Thursday,…
The Supreme Court of Liberia under the gavel of Chief Justice Sie-A-Nyene G. Yuoh, says President Joseph Nyuma Boakai made a procedural error by nominating individuals to tenured positions. The Court has ordered the President to immediately withdraw his nominees. In its ruling on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, Chief Justice Sie-A-Nyene G. Yuoh said President…
Bomi County Senator, Edwin M. Snowe has reintroduced an act to amend Chapter 31 of the Executive Law of 1972 to establish the Liberia Tourism Authority. In a communication on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, Snowe said the Liberia Tourism Authority Act of 2020 passed by the 54th Legislature, is being reintroduced for passage by the…
Monrovia City Mayor, John-Charuk Siafa has appealed to the joint committee on Ways, Means and Finance for more budgetary allocation for effective and sustainable city management. Mayor Siafa told the committee on Tuesday, April 23. 2024 that sustainable waste management needs proper fiscal support, which the Monrovia City Corporation lacks. He recalled in the 2023…
The Ministry of Public Works says it has observed waves of misinformation in the media about it awarding contracts to road construction companies outside the standard procurement method stipulated in the Public Procurement & Concessions Act of 2010. In a statement dated April 23, 2024, the ministry said that awarding of contracts without budgetary appropriation…
Hardened criminals, who are either pretrial detainees or convicts serving their jail term at the Monrovia Central Prison, benefitted from feeding by former India Consul General, Upjit Singh Schdeva known as Jeety. Disadvantaged youth in Monrovia also benefitted from the gesture. Jeety, who celebrated his birthday on Wednesday, April 24, 2024 saw the need for…
The Executive Director of Integrity Watch Liberia, Harold Aidoo has lauded the 55th Legislature Joint Committee on Ways, Means and Finance for the first time participation of CSOs in the ongoing budget hearings. The Joint Committee on Ways, Means, Finance and Budget of the House of Representatives and the Liberian Senate has been conducting budget…
The Solidary and Trust for a New Day (STAND-Movement) has announced in Monrovia that Lucas Richards, the American Missionary accused, in Jessica Lloyd’s just concluded case will be prosecuted in the United States for his crimes committed against the alleged victim. Speaking to reporters on the crime scene in Palmfarm Community, Dixville, Montserrado County, STAND…
