It appears that fingers are beginning to point at the Executive Branch for being the mastermind of a plot to remove House Speaker J. Fonati Koffa from his position, but the Executive Mansion has said that President Joseph N. Boakai’s hands are clean and has no link to the ongoing crisis at the House of…
The Central Bank of Liberia through its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has reduced the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) from 18.5 percent to 17.0 percent following the final quarterly meeting of 2024 held on October 16. Speaking with reporters Friday, October 18, 2024 in Monrovia, CBL Acting Deputy Governor James Wilfred said the decision, which comes…
The Government of Liberia (GOL) in partnership with the World Bank will on Monday, October 21, 2024, begin validating the recently drafted Zoning Act for Liberia. According to an October 18, 2024 release, the exercise will take place at the Mamba Point Hotel in Monrovia. The draft legislation, introduced by the Ministry of Public Works…
The Alternative National Congress (ANC) has strongly condemned recent disruptions at the Capitol Building in Monrovia in attempts to oust current Speaker J. Fonati Koffa. In a release issued October 18, 2024, the ANC said the disruptions at the Capitol have cast a shadow over the democratic processes that form the bedrock of national governance.As…
The First Lady of Liberia Kartumu Yarta Boakai officially dedicated the newly renovated Joseph G.N. Gbadyu Public School in District #2, Neekreen Township, Grand Bassa County on Friday, October 18, 2024. According to an Executive Mansion release dated October 19, 2024, the dedication ceremony also recognized the ARREST Agenda, underlining the government’s commitment to education…
Liberia’s Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan has departed Liberia for Washington DC as head of the government delegation at the upcoming Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, which kicks off today, October 21 and runs up October 26, 2024. The high-powered delegation, which includes Acting Executive…
Campus based political group, Student Unification Party (SUP), is demanding an immediate lifting of a ban on student politics at the University of Liberia. The call was contained in a press release over the weekend by Patrick N Bosco, SUP Chairman. Bosco called on the administration of the university and the Government of Liberia to…
President Joseph Nyuma Boakai on Friday, October 18, 2024, met the head of the Catholic Church His Holiness Pope Francis in the Vatican Apostolic Palace in Rome, Italy. During the visit, Pope Francis adorned President Boakai with a work of bronze depicting a dove carrying an olive branch, with Italian inscription “Siate messaggeri di pace”…
Heated tension engulfed the House of Representatives on Thursday, October 17, 2024, as lawmakers went at each other’s throats over the removal of House Speaker, Cllr J. Fonati Koffa. Speaker Koffa was elected on a promise to initiate reforms in the House, including a key commitment to audit the Legislature, a process which has already…
Former President George Manneh Weah has blamed President Joseph Nyuma Boakai and his Unity Party government of facilitating the tension that erupted at the Legislature on Thursday, October 17, 2024, over attempts to oust House Speaker J. Fonati Koffa from his position. It can be recalled that heated tension engulfed the House of Representatives on…
