The Juvenile Court was established in 1972 under the Judiciary Law (Title 17, Liberian Code of Laws Revised, Chapter 10), a milestone for Liberia. However, it was originally designed as a regular adult court, and its infrastructure and processes were not tailored to the unique requirements of juvenile justice. The court has since operated under…
In the wake of Liberia’s selection by the Board of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) for a second Compact, Finance and Development Planning Minister Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan has held a very productive high-level engagement with senior officials from the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) to discuss the roll-out of the eagerly anticipated second MCC Compact. During…
The Government of Liberia and the People’s Republic of China have broken ground for the construction of a National Clinical Diagnostic and Treatment Laboratory near the EBK Military Barracks in lower Margibi County. Speaking Friday, December 20, 2024 at the groundbreaking ceremony, Boakai described the project as an emerging state-of-the-art facility that will fill a…
On December 21, a total of 110 individuals sat for the Bong County Technical College’s first entrance exam for 2024/2025 Semester II academic year. The applicants were tested in both Mathematics and English. While the turnout was commendable, it could have been higher, but many candidates received information about the entrance exam late, something the…
In a bold and inspiring move, the Ministry of Education, through its Bureau of Early Childhood Education, has launched a national advocacy initiative aimed at transforming Early Childhood Education (ECE) in Liberia. According to a Saturday, December 21, 2024 release issued in Monrovia, this initiative is part of the larger Diaspora Librarian 2024 Platform, a…
Liberians woke up Wednesday, December 18, 2024 to the shocking reality of watching their country’s legislative building being ravaged into a cloud of flames igniting out of the ceilings of the joint chambers currently hosting the Majority Bloc members of the House of Representatives. The Liberia National Fire Service (LNSF), backed by the Liberia Water…
The statement by President Joseph Nyuma Boakai in reaction to Wednesday, December 18, 2024 fire outbreak in the joint chambers of the legislative up Capitol Hill, currently used as a meeting ground for Majority Bloc lawmakers, appears as if the president was indirectly pointing fingers at someone for being the mastermind of the disaster. Liberians…
George Wade, alias Kelvin Santo, an alleged notorious armed robber and rapist, was again arrested on Tuesday, December 17, 2024 by the Monrovia City Court for armed robbery, theft of property, and sexual assault against two young women, and sent back to jail at the Monrovia Central Prison as this was not his first time going to prison….
The Liberia National Police (LNP) says it will employ the use of electronic evidence to investigate a fire incident that ravaged the legislative building up Capitol Hill on Wednesday, December 18, 2024. Police Inspector General Gregory Coleman said during the early morning of Wednesday, they received a call that the Capitol was on fire and…
Madam Siobhán Mullally, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, has called on Liberia to prioritize prevention of trafficking in its development agenda and take concerted action to counter labour and sexual exploitation that particularly affect women and girls. Speaking Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at One UN House while concluding a 10-day official visit…
