The Plenary of the Liberian Senate has mandated the Minister of Labor to submit within two weeks, a comprehensive list of work permits issued by the Ministry. The Senate’s action is predicated on repeated concerns raised by Montserrado County Senator Abraham Darius Dillon regarding the issuance of over 8,000 work permits to non-Liberians without job…
Delegates at a two-day Minimum Wage Board Workshop in Kakata, Margibi County, have released a seven-count resolution, recommending a twenty percent increment in the monthly wages of private sector workers, both in the formal and informal sectors. A Labour Ministry press release issued in Monrovia on May 19, 2025, states that “Currently, the minimum wage…
The Alternative National Congress (ANC) has commended the Supreme Court of Liberia for its pivotal role played in resolving the legislative impasse that gripped the nation for the past eight months. According to a statement issued by the ANC through its National Chairman Lafayette E. Gould, this marks a significant turning point, paving the way…
Liberia’s Labour Minister, Cllr. Cooper W. Kruah, Sr., has re-echoed the unwavering commitment of the “Rescue Mission” Government of President Joseph Nyuma Boakai to uphold a free environment for a united trade union leadership in the country. Currently, the Liberia Labour Congress (LLC) is rocked by an internal leadership squabble, with the greater sector led…
Liberia Media and Marketing Services Incorporated, the publisher of The NEWS Newspaper, is celebrating 36 years of professional media services in Liberia. We are committed to providing timely, accurate, and analytical news that educates the population and promotes national peace and democracy. Established on April 24, 1989, by Professor Wilson K. Tarpeh, our goal was…
President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., has by proclamation declared Tuesday, April 22, 2025, as National Holiday to be observed only in Nimba County, for the holding of its Senatorial By-Election. According to a Foreign Ministry release, the proclamation calls on all Citizens and foreign residents within Nimba County, to respect, specifically, this National Holiday, as…
A US-based nonprofit, non-political group, the “Glamorous Girls of Delaware Valley,” has recently extended its humanitarian assistance to Redemption Hospital in the Municipal Borough of New Kru Town and the 14 Military Hospital. On Wednesday and Thursday, April 9-10, 2025, as part of their ongoing goodwill efforts, the group donated over 200 new hospital gowns…
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Liberia, H.E. Sara Beysolow Nyanti, has concluded a successful high-level meeting with the President of the Republic of Türkiye, H.E. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, held over the weekend in Ankara, Türkiye. During the meeting, Foreign Minister Nyanti delivered a special message from His Excellency Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., President of…
Seven candidates have been qualified by the country’s electoral body, the National Elections Commission (NEC), to contest the ensuing senatorial by-election in Nimba County with campaign for the heated process already launched. The much-publicized Nimba County By-election, which is expected to take place on April 22, 2025, is necessitated by Article 37 of the 1986…
As the National Identification Registry (NIR) embarks on enrolling two million Liberian citizens into the National Biometric Data System, a Liberian emerging Project Management Expert, Fredee Konway, at the School of Overseas, Yunnan University of Finance and Economics in the People’s Republic of China has termed the initiative as a boost for the country’s revenue…
