The Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation (LWSC) has welcomed 35 students within its professional space, under the Government of Liberia’s Young Professional Internship Program, implemented by the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning (MFDP). According to a press release dated September 15, 2025, the students were recruited from various High Schools, Universities, and Colleges in…
The Student Unification Party (SUP) at the University of Liberia staged a peaceful protest in Monrovia, calling on the President of the University, Dr. Layli Maparyan to address the deteriorating conditions at the institution or step down with immediate effect. On Monday, September 15, 2025, hundreds of students marched in their party colors, chanting slogans…
Cllr. Tiawan Gongloe has called for the dismissal and subsequent prosecution of Deputy Youth and Sports Minister J. Bryant McGill, for allegedly raping a minor. He said the delay of justice undermines the government’s rule of law component of the “R” in the ARREST agenda. Speaking Monday, September 15, 2025 in Monrovia, Cllr. Gongloe wants…
As the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA) launched a manhunt for a notorious drug dealer in Ganta, Nimba County, the Officer-in-Charge, Fitzgerald Biago, has assured that the suspect will be rearrested and brought to justice. According to an LDEA release, the decision to launch a manhunt for Charles Taylor followed his escape from a holding…
Liberia’s petroleum industry has plunged into crisis following the release of the September 2025 petroleum pricing circular, which private terminal owners say could bankrupt their businesses and wipe out more than $300 million in investments. In a unified stance, terminal owners are calling on the government to take immediate corrective action, warning that the policy…
The Chinese Government has donated several medical supplies to the Ministry of Health to enhance maternal and child healthcare in Liberia. The donation to the Ministry of Health includes: 22 delivery beds, 33 baby cradles, and 15 infant warmers for rural clinics battling high maternal and neonatal mortality rates. Speaking at the donation ceremony, Chinese…
The Cestos Magisterial Court in Rivercess County has overturned its earlier decision to jail journalist Eric Opa Doue, following widespread condemnation of the ruling as a misapplication of the law. Magistrate Dixon Yeahgar had controversially sentenced journalist Doue to 30 days in prison on a charge of criminal coercion. The Press Union of Liberia (PUL)…
The Commissioner General of the Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA), James Dorbor Jallah, has outlined the Authority’s strategic priorities as he leads an LRA delegation to participate in the 7th High-Level Policy Dialogue and General Assembly of the West African Tax Administration Forum (WATAF) in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Team LRA is comprised of staff from Domestic…
President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., has met with the family of the late Minister of State for Presidential Affairs, Sylvester M. Grigsby, ahead of UNGA engagements in the United States of America. According to an Executive Mansion release, President Boakai expressed condolences and solidarity with the family of the late Minister Grigsby, who served the…
