The Director of Liberia Drugs Enforcement Agency (LDEA,) Abraham Kromah is claiming that at least 1.1 million Liberians have been affected by drugs and other harmful substances. He fell short of giving a genuine source or statistics as to how he determined the number of drug users. Speaking Thursday, April 25, 2023 at the Ministry…
Following years of existence, the Assemblies of God Liberia (AGL) has officially launched a full-fledged first-class Christian University to be called “The Assemblies of God University (AGU) in Liberia. The University is located in Brewerville City outside Monrovia. The establishment of the university came when the leadership of the General Executives, headed by Rev. Dr….
The lawyer representing the legal interest of Julius Kanubah Atty. G. Alphonso Woiwor, has set three months as a grace period to finally settle the election dispute. Speaking Thursday, April 25, 2024 on a local radio station in Monrovia, Atty. Woiwor said the election dispute between Kanunah and the PUL is keeping the union inactive….
Vice President, Jeremiah Kpan Koung has commissioned four government-procured sewage and water trucks at the Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation reiterating the need to privatize some state-owned enterprises for the greater good of the public. Speaking Thursday, April 25, 2024, at the commissioning ceremony held at the Sub-Office of LWSC in Fiamah, Sinkor, VP Koung…
In Buchanan City, ArcelorMittal’s team of engineers and heavy equipment operators have started road maintenance work, ensuring the safety and reliability of vital laterite roads across the city. These roads play a crucial role in connecting communities and facilitating transportation for residents and businesses around the port city. Of the road connectivity effort’s recent accomplishments…
Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) are advocating for the optimization of domestic resource mobilization as part of efforts to enhance decentralization and local government in Liberia through domestic resource. The CSOs say they see this process as essential to bringing development plans or initiatives that could influence the lives of the local populace. “In the absence…
The head of Liberia’s Public Procurement and Concessions Commission (PPCC), Bodger Scott Johnson, has secured additional funding of US$250,000 from the World Bank to support the ongoing public procurement digitization effort in Liberia. The PPCC boss made the breakthrough while attending the 2024 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Group…
The Liberian Senate on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has recommended to plenary for Executive Order 124, which place a ban on the exportation of unprocessed rubber from Liberia to remain in force until a legal environment is created to ensure total stability in the rubber sector. In its report, the committee told plenary on Thursday,…
The Supreme Court of Liberia under the gavel of Chief Justice Sie-A-Nyene G. Yuoh, says President Joseph Nyuma Boakai made a procedural error by nominating individuals to tenured positions. The Court has ordered the President to immediately withdraw his nominees. In its ruling on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, Chief Justice Sie-A-Nyene G. Yuoh said President…
Bomi County Senator, Edwin M. Snowe has reintroduced an act to amend Chapter 31 of the Executive Law of 1972 to establish the Liberia Tourism Authority. In a communication on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, Snowe said the Liberia Tourism Authority Act of 2020 passed by the 54th Legislature, is being reintroduced for passage by the…
