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๐๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ˆ๐ง ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž: ๐ƒ๐ข๐ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐Š๐ง๐จ๐ฐ? ๐‰๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฉ๐ก ๐†๐›๐š๐›๐š โ€” ๐๐ž๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐ˆ๐ˆ๐ˆ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ˆ๐ˆ๐ˆ

The News Editor019 mins

By Derek M. Moore In Part I, we met Joseph Gbaba before the stage fully found him. In Part II, we followed the young playwright from Carroll High School to the University of Liberia, Blamadon Theatre Workshop, Dehkontee Artists Theatre, Inc. (DATI), Bai T. Moore, and the professional theatre training that helped sharpen what Liberia…

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MPC Wants Boakai, Koung Sanctionedโ€ฆQuestions Investigation In US$19M Drugs Burst

Joseph Sirleaf06 mins

The opposition Movement for Progressive Change (MPC) has questioned the Boakai administrationโ€™s handling of Liberiaโ€™s recent US$19 million drug seizure, alleging delays and lack of transparency two weeks after the bust. The party is calling on the international community to impose sanctions if the investigation is not concluded within 14 days. The concerns were raised…

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Ex-VP Taylor Blasts Oppositions, Mediaโ€ฆOver Negative Narratives

The News Editor05 mins

Former Vice President Madam Jewel Howard Taylor has criticized opposition political parties and sections of the media for what she described as their persistent focus on negative developments in Liberia while overlooking positive achievements being made across the country. Speaking publicly on recent national developments, Madam Taylor argued that opposition figures and media outlets often…

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โ€œDCP Biago Remains Fully Committedโ€โ€ฆLDEA Rejects, Condemns Report Of OICโ€™s Resignation

The News Editor02 mins

The Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA) has unequivocally rejected and condemned the false, malicious, and reckless reports circulating on social media alleging that DCP Fitzgerald T. M. Biago, Officer-in-Charge of the LDEA, is contemplating resignation due to pressure arising from ongoing investigations. According to a LDEA release, this claim is entirely baseless and without merit….

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Liberia Closes Eighth Strengthening Families Conference With Call to Action

Tonita N. Copson09 mins

Liberia hosted the eighth edition of the Strengthening Families Conference June 19 and 20 at the EJS Exhibition Complex in Monrovia, bringing together cabinet ministers, lawmakers, faith leaders, diplomats and youth advocates from across West Africa for two days of dialogue on rebuilding the family as the foundation of national stability. Convened under the theme…

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Judge Willie Orders Release Of More Pretrial Detainees

TQ Lula Jaurey06 mins

Criminal Court โ€œAโ€ Judge Roosevelt Z. Willie has ordered the release of an additional eleven pretrial detainees from the Monrovia Central Prison (South Beach) ruling that their continuous detention violates Liberiaโ€™s statutory and constitutional guarantees of a speedy trial. The eleven detainees are among 219 inmates expected to be released โ€˜without prejudice to the State,โ€™…

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