Liberia’s Finance Minister, Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan has rallied Liberians in the Diaspora to take advantage of ongoing initiatives by the Liberian government to improve the country. Speaking Saturday, September 27, 2025 at day two of the Inaugural Liberia Annual Diaspora Conference in Washington D.C., United States of America, Minister Ngafuan said that the Boakai-Koung government…
The Mayor of the Monrovia City Corporation, John-Charuk Siafa, has expressed willingness to enhance existing partnership with the Lions Club International aimed at undertaking humanitarian initiatives for underprivileged communities. Lions Clubs is an international service organization, currently headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois. As of January 2020, it had over 46,000 local clubs and more than…
A Punch FM report has revealed plans by employees of the Monrovia City Corporation (MCC) to stage a protest on today, Monday, September 15, 2025, demanding the resignation of City Mayor John-Charuk Saah Siafa. According to the report, the workers alleged that Mayor Siafa has failed to keep Monrovia clean, pointing to persistent sanitation challenges…
The war against illegal drugs and peddlers has intensified as the Liberia National Police (LNP) joined the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA) and community dwellers to ensure that illegal substances are rooted out of Liberia to save the lives of users. On Thursday, August 21, 2025, the LNP launched a massive raid on a notorious…
The ruling Unity Party (UP) has condemned the “Council of Patriots for JNB-JKK” over plans to stage a counter-protest amid the much-publicized July 17 Protest organized by the Solidarity Trust For A New Day (STAND), calling for unity and collective focus on governance and national development. The July 17 protest led by STAND, operating under…
During his tour of the Liberia Broadcasting System (LBS) ongoing modern construction work on the new radio and television complex project in Paynesville, President Joseph N. Boakai threw jabs at his critics who once suggested that he was an “old car parked.” Speaking with reporters on June 17, 2025, after the tour, Boakai said, “For…
As part of Vice President Jeremiah Koung’s diplomatic visit to the People’s Republic of China, he met on Wednesday, June 18, 2025, with Mr. Zhou NaiXiang, the Governor of Shandong Province, along with various provincial leaders and representatives from the Shandong Port Authority. The purpose of this visit was to enhance bilateral relations and explore…
The Civil Society Network of Liberia (CSNL), through its Executive Director Sensee Kaidii, has described as erroneous and misleading, allegations of financial irregularities and legal violations contained in the General Auditing Commission’s (GAC) Report in the National Port Authority’s (NPA) contract with Global Maritime Tracking Systems (GMTS) for managing the Cargo Tracking Note (CTN) program….
The Chief Medical Officer of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital, Dr. John Emmanuel Tamba, has attributed the lack of treatment for kidney patients to limited resources and outdated machines at the Dialysis Center. Several patients, including Bill Mensah, Surprise Cuput, and Precious, currently in critical care at the John F. Kennedy Medical Center, described…
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…
