The Center for Legal AID Support Service (CLASS) with support from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is conducting a two-day consultation training for media institutions and civil society organizations (CSOs) on legislative engagement and lawmaking processes and procedures. The day one of the training on Thursday, January 9, 2025, brought 43 journalists as part…
The House of Representatives has been embroiled in a series of crises originating from the quest of a group of lawmakers under the canopy of the Majority Bloc to remove Representative J. Fonati Koffa as Speaker of the House through a resolution. The impasse escalated as the body was split into two sessions, with the Majority Bloc…
The Liberia National Police (LNP) has released its report on the recent fire incident that ravaged the joint chambers of the Capitol Building in Monrovia, terming it as an “arson attack”. The LNP Inspector General Gregory Coleman told a press briefing ON Wednesday, January 8, 2025 investigators have identified several persons of interest linked to the…
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry of Liberia has called on the public to take note of the new prices for gasoline, fuel oil and jet fuel on the market. According to a press release dated January 7, 2024, New Price Ceiling for Petroleum Products on the Liberian market is effective as of 8th January…
On Tuesday, January 7, 2024, President Joseph N. Boakai joined fellow African leaders in Ghana to attend the inauguration ceremony of the newly elected President and Vice President of the Republic of Ghana. According to an Executive Mansion release dated January 7, 2024, the ceremony, held at the Black Star Square, marks a historic moment…
The Government of Liberia is expected to launch the ARREST Agenda for Inclusive Development (AAID) and the County Development Agendas (CDAs), on Wednesday, January 15, 2025 in Buchanan, Grand Bassa County. According to a Ministry of Finance and Development Planning (MFDP) release dated Wednesday, January 8, 2025, the event will be graced by President Joseph…
During the early morning hours of January 2, 2025, the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA) Detail Commander for Juarzon District #3 in Sinoe County received a tip-off regarding a Nigerian national in possession of a significant quantity of narcotics. According to a press release dated January 8, 2025, the LDEA officers in Juarzon Detachment mobilized…
Rule of Law Legislative Caucus in support of embattled Speaker J. Fonati Koffa has disclosed that members from the Minority Bloc of the House of Representatives have decided to return to session following the Supreme Court’s failure to clarify their ruling in the illegal removal of Speaker Koffa Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, January…
The Inspectorate Division at the Ministry of Labor through its Inspector General has called on Labour Minister Cooper Kruah to erect the necessary checkpoints around the country to curtail the growing waves of illegal inspections. Speaking Tuesday, January 7, 2025 during a general staff review of 2024 at the Ministry of Labor, Inspector Charles Brown,…
The Ministry of Justice’s Gender Social Inclusion Unit (GSIU) led by its Director, Madam Maude M. Somah, has officially launched and concluded “PHASE TWO” of the Nationwide Rollout of the Gender Policy and Five-Year Action Plan for Bomi, Grand Cape Mount and Gbarpolu Counties in Western Liberia. According to a press release dated January 7,…
