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…
A three-member delegation from the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) is currently in Liberia to collaborate with the government on developing a legacy program revitalize the country’s agricultural sector. The delegation, led by Dr. Paul Thangata, Head of Data and Analytics at AGRA, arrived at the request of Agriculture Minister Dr. J….
A Liberian delegation has returned from a highly productive study tour in Kenya, where they gained valuable insights into the effective management of development partner-supported programs and projects. The tour, which took place from March 24-28, 2025 in Nairobi, Kenya, focused on Kenya’s expertise in leveraging country systems and civil servant capacities to manage…
Assistant Police Commissioner and Chief of Gender Affairs Section of the Liberia National Police(LNP), Teta Wilson, has stressed the paramount need to mainstream gender in the establishment of war and economic crimes court and the anti-corruption court in Liberia respectively. Speaking at a one-day Gender Equality Dialogue, Assistant Commissioner Wilson said women inclusion into the process…
The Executive Director of the Ahlu (AS) Assembly for Development in Liberia, Sheikh Askary Musa Kromah, has urged national government and leaders at all levels to prioritize the welfare of Liberians above personal and parochial interests. Ahlu-Bay is an Arabic Phrase that literally means, “People of the House” or “Family of the House”. Within the…
