The Head Office of Ecobank Liberia on 11th Street in Sinkor was a place of panic during the morning hours of Wednesday, August 6, 2025, when a man identified as Emery Johnson, who pretended to be a customer, entered the banking hall and launched what appeared to be a robbery attack on one of the…
The Ministry of Health has engaged border towns and hard-to-reach areas to administer children’s vaccines. According to a press release dated August 6, 2025, the primary focus of this exercise is to vaccinate children under two years of age, including infants and toddlers who are either unvaccinated or partially vaccinated, and those who have missed…
The Government of Liberia (GOL) has firmly dismissed rumors circulating about plans to impose taxes on churches and mosques in the country, calling the reports completely false. In a statement issued Wednesday, Deputy Minister for Press and Public Affairs, Daniel O. Sando, described the claims as “entirely false, baseless, and deliberately misleading,” denouncing them as…
The Liberia Petroleum Refining Company (LPRC) says it has taken decisive action to reclaim its statutory role in importing petroleum and refined products to the country, as mandated by an Act of the Legislature. This significant move, according to the LPRC, follows years of allowing private oil-importing companies to operate in this space. The Petroleum…
Chinese Ambassador Yin Chengwu and Unity Party Chairman J. Luther Tarpeh, on August 5, 2025, advanced high-level talks centered on strategic party-to-party cooperation and sustainable economic growth. The high-level meeting marked a renewed commitment to strengthening party-to-party relations between the Unity Party and the Communist Party of China (CPC), with a focus on governance, mutual…
The Civil Service Agency (CSA), in collaboration with the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), has officially launched a comprehensive personnel and credentials verification exercise for all employees of the Ministry across Liberia’s 15 counties. According to an August 5, 2025, release, the initiative is designed to thoroughly review personnel files and collect critical data, to…
The National Youth Wing of the Liberian People’s Party (LPP) has called for the immediate suspension of the party’s political leader, Cllr. Tiawan Saye Gongloe, and his former running mate, Dr. Emmanuel Urey Yarkpahwolo. The young partisans want the two leaders suspended for “grave violations” of the party’s constitution, values, and integrity. In a press…
The Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA) has clarified information surrounding its ongoing in-house recruitment process to ensure transparency and understanding of the agency’s efforts to strengthen its workforce in response to recent public concerns. As part of the current recruitment exercise, the government of Liberia, through the agency, has committed to sponsoring the basic recruit…
