Bong County District #2 Representative James M. Kolleh’s role in the ongoing impasse at the House of Representatives through the forceful removal of embattled Speaker J. Fonati Koffa could be gradually landing him on slippery grounds, with constituents of the district beginning to show disapproval of his actions. Representative Kolleh, as House Chairman on Rules,…
After taking nearly one year to rule in the matter, the Full Bench of the Supreme Court has denied Gracious Ride, owned and operated by former Chief of Protocol Nora Finda Bundoo, a petition seeking to block the Asset Recovery and Property Retrieval Team from seizing its vehicles. The Supreme Court’s ruling on Tuesday, February…
The Supreme Court of Liberia has banned Cllr. Samuel S. Pearson from practicing law directly or indirectly for six months for conspiring with his brother, Mr. James Pearson, to deprived Mr. Ballah Yargbo of his rightful inheritance as the sole surviving heir of his late mother, Madam Maime Hayford Pearson. After the suspension of Cllr….
Maryland County District #1 Representative P. Mike Jury has written the Plenary for the establishment of an Internal Audit Department (IAD) at the House of Representatives. In a communication read on Tuesday, February 18, 2025, Representative Jury said the absence of an IAD continues to cast doubts over the operations, credibility and reputation of the…
The Plenary of the Liberian Senate has mandated its Committees on Concession and Investment, Land and Mines, as well as Judiciary to investigate claims that Liberian-owned businesses are being disenfranchised by concession companies in the country. Plenary’s decision was triggered by a communication submitted to it on Tuesday, February 18, 2025, by Bomi County Senator…
The Minister of Mines and Energy Wilmot Paye has disclosed that the Government of Liberia and Putu Iron Ore Mining Company have begun a mediation process on the future of the company in Liberia. The Putu Iron Ore Mining Company, a Russian-affiliated company, signed a Mineral Development Agreement (MDA) with the Republic of Liberia on…
A prominent citizen of Grand Gedeh County wants former Superintendent Peter Solo to account for funds intended to construct the Grand Gedeh Community College, conduct road maintenance, amongst others. A complaint from a civil society group referencing I.G. Danex Liberia LTD., an engineering company operating in Liberia and headed by Godfery I. Daniel, alleged that…
The Office of rebel-style House of Representatives Speaker Richard N. Koon has refuted the online publication by The Liberian Investigator titled: “Majority Bloc Plans Impeachment Proceedings Against Chief Justice Sie-A-Nyene G. Youh. The newspaper report said that the Majority Bloc was planning to introduce a resolution seeking the impeachment of Chief Justice Sie-A-Nyene G. Youh,…
The alleged arson attackers in the burning of the Capitol Building through their lawyers have taken flight to the Chambers Justice of the Supreme Court Yamie Qui-qui Gbeisay, after Judge Roosevelt Z. Willie reaffirmed the ruling of the Monrovia City Court Magistrate L. Ben Barco, in the Motion to Suppress Evidence and Return Property to…
The Workers Union of Liberia’s most prestigious technical vocational training institution, the Booker Washington Institute (BWI), on Monday, February 17, 2025, staged a go-slow action in protest of unresolved salary concerns that brought normal campus activities to a halt. A representative of the Workers Union David L. Moore said the fight for salary increment started…
