The planned “White Tuesday” protest of December 17, 2024 turned chaotic as police were forced to exchange teargas with protesters who attempted to overrun the Capitol Building in Monrovia. The protesters resulted in throwing stones at the Liberia National Police after being prevented from using the premises of the Executive Mansion to access the capitol…
President Joseph N. Boakai has admitted to debts owed by Liberia to the ECOWAS Community, but said that the country is making significant efforts in paying some of those arrears. Speaking Monday, December 16, 2024 at the Roberts International Airport upon his arrival from the 66th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of…
After the Supreme Court Chambers Justice declined to issue a writ of certiorari prayed for by prosecution lawyers, Criminal Court “C” at the Temple of Justice will kick off today, Wednesday December 18, 2024, trail of former Finance Minister Samuel D. Tweah and others to answer to alleged corruption allegations. Initially, the court set December…
As Police in Monrovia continues the investigation of a pastor in training known as Levite in the Garden of Prayer Church of God for allegedly raping a 12-year-old student, medical reports showed that the survivor had been sodomized overly. The incident allegedly occurred within the vicinity of the church compound in the Jamaica Road Community…
The Personal Aide to former President George Manneh Weah, Sekou Kalasco Damaro, and fourteen other rioters were sent to the Monrovia Central Prison (South Beach) by the Monrovia City Court Magistrate Ben L. Barco after being handed over to the court for involvement in Monday’s December 17, 2024 violent protest. The defendants are charged with…
Assistant Labour Minister for Trade Union Affairs Rufus Saylee has challenged the newly inducted leadership of the Bea Mountain Mining Company Workers’ Union (BMMCWU) to seek the welfare of their members as a key priority of the administration. Saylee said over the years, local trade union leaders across the country had compromised the welfare of…
