The Millennium Challenge Compact (MCC) delegation to Liberia recently paid a courtesy visit to the interim management team of the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC). The engagement aimed to assess the progress, achievements, and challenges faced by the Liberia Electricity Corporation. The MCC team was represented by Jason A. Small, Managing Director for Compact Operations-Africa Programs, and…
The Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of Liberia Dr. Emmanuel Urey Yarkpawolo is currently in London attending the Forest Governance, Markets, and Climate (FGMC) Stakeholder Forum 2025. The event, held at Goodenough College in Bloomsbury, runs from January 23 to January 24, 2025. According to an EPA release dated January 23, 2025,…
Residents of Wanakpalah in Bong County are calling on the government, goodwill individuals and philanthropic organizations to help in the rehabilitation of the only elementary school in the town. Wanakpalah is a village situated behind the former Public Works Compound on the Gbarnga-Lofa Highway. According to the Principal Mr. Aaron F. Jiaway, the current condition…
Authorities in Margibi County have arrested two drug suspects in the Lango Town community. The couple, Amaddu Fodana, 36, and Aren Johnson, 36, were apprehended with 76 pieces of Italian White and a dispenser plastic bag of Kush. Despite their arrest, the couple has repeatedly denied any involvement in the illegal sale of drugs in…
The University of Liberia (UL) Tuition Free Policy implemented by former President George Manneh Weah has during the last few years served as a rescue place for financially incapacitated students to stay in school, though it was being heavily politicized. However, one cannot deny its intrinsic values to the struggling students of the university, many…
Twenty-seven nurses are expected to depart Liberia for Nursing Leadership and Management Training in India, scheduled from January 26 to February 8, 2025. According to a release dated January 21, 2025, the training will focus on ethics and compassionate patient care, aiming to enhance nursing practices in Liberia. The training opportunity followed as a result…
As the exchange rate between the United States Dollar and the Liberia Dollar currencies continues to skyrocket, the Government of Liberia has attributed the sharp rise in the exchange rate to the post festive season demand of US Dollars in the foreign exchange market, describing it as temporary. Speaking Tuesday, January 21, 2025, at the…
The Public Procurement and Concession Commission (PPCC) today donated two high-performance laptops and a multifunction printer to the Ministry of Education’s Procurement Division. This donation is aimed at enhancing the Ministry’s operational efficiency and improving its reporting and data management systems. According to a release issued in Monrovia on Wednesday, January 22, 2025, Hon. Bodger…
Days after paying what may be described as an “inappropriate” tribute at the funeral of late Nimba County Senator Prince Y. Johnson, the Youth Chairman for the Movement for Democratic Reconstruction (MDR) Czar Mabulu Palay has apologized to Vice President Jeremiah Kpon Koung, the political leader of the party. In his written apology dated January 22, 2025,…
The Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) has strongly warned the Unity Party led government against any attempt to arrest lawmakers from the CDC alleged to be linked to the arson attack on the Capitol Building on December 18, 2024. It can be recalled that one of the suspects of in the case of the arson…
