Indian Humanitarian and Chief Executive Office of Jeety Rubber LLC, Upjit Singh Sachdeva, has saved over 900 Liberians jobs after buying the Salala Rubber Corporation (SRC) from its previous owner Socfinaf S. A. The company shut down following a protest that led to the burning of its property and death threats against the General and Plantation…
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recommended the relocation of Yegbedu Town in Lofa County following investigation into recent earth vibrations. Speaking during recently Information Ministry press briefing, EPA Executive Director Emmanuel K. Urey Yarkpawolo said the recommendation is based on an investigation done through EPA, the Ministry of Mines and Energy into the recent earth…
The Kofi Annan Institute for Conflict Transformation (KAICT) at the University of Liberia (UL) and its international partners has celebrated Liberia’s 21st anniversary of the Accra Comprehensive Peace Agreement, which ended Liberia’s civil conflict. The celebration which brought together government officials, international and local partners, parties that signed the Accord, Liberian experts, ambassadors, women groups and students, was held August 30, 2024 at…
President Joseph N. Boakai, Mrs. Kartumu Y. Boakai, and other members of the Liberian delegation have landed in Bali, Indonesia, marking the start of their participation in the 2nd Indonesia-Africa Forum (IAF). According to an Executive Mansion release dated September 1, 2024, after nearly thirty hours journey, the delegation arrived late-night on Saturday, August 31,…
In a significant move to strengthen the decentralized structure of the MAP initiative, the Multi-Actors Platform on Land Governance and Responsible Agricultural Investment in Liberia (MAP Liberia Land Platform) completed a one-day regional forum of the Western region comprising (Gbarpolu, Bomi and Grand Cape Mount Counties). According to the MAP Liberia release dated August 30,…
Women NGO Secretariat of Liberia (WONGOSOL) has welcomed the ruling of the Supreme Court of Liberia acquitting former Liberian Chief Justice Gloria Maya Musu-Scott and three of her family members from the conviction and sentencing to life imprisonment for murder by the Criminal Court “A” on January 9, 2024. According to a release dated August…
Former Minister of State for Presidential Affairs now Margibi County Senator Nathaniel McGill has withdrawn the writ of prohibition he prayed for recently before the Supreme Court of Liberia. On Wednesday, August 28, 2024, McGill issued a statement announcing his decision to withdraw the Writ of Prohibition previously filed before the Chamber Justice of the…
President Joseph N. Boakai will on today, August 30, 2024, lead a high-level delegation of the Government of Liberia for official visits to the Republic of Indonesia and the People’s Republic of China. According to a statement from the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism, while in Indonesia, President Boakai will join other African Presidents…
The House of Representatives Speaker J. Fonati Koffa has announced that the motion for the draft recast budget scrutiny has been put on hold until the Special Investigative Committee, led by Representative Robert Wongbe, submits its report. In his address on Thursday, 29 August, during the first day of the extraordinary session, Speaker Koffa emphasized…
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has shut down China Union Company Iron Ore Mines in Bong County, Grandma Mineral Water factory in Jacob’s Town, Montserrado County, while completing investigation into the disposal of a potent radio-active material at the JFK and chemical spills on the Cavalla River. Addressing Information Ministry regular press briefing on Thursday,…
