The anti-impunity advocacy organization, Solidarity & Trust for a New Day (STAND), welcomes the Boakai-led government’s ongoing anti-corruption campaign as a positive step in the right direction. This important effort, which goes beyond the interests of a few individuals or their associates, needs the united support of all Liberians, regardless of their ethnicity, politics, religion,…
Former Liberian officials who were recently arrested and sent to jail for their alleged involvement in corruption and economic sabotage, have spent their fourth night behind bars. They failed to file a criminal appearance bond at the Monrovia City Court to secure their temporary release. Stipendiary Magistrate Ben Barco has subsequently transferred the alleged corruption…
Information Minister Jerolinmek M. Piah has called on former President George Weah to give the Government of President Joseph Nyuma Boakai chance to work in executing tasks that the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) failed to do. Addressing a news conference Thursday, August 1, 2024, Minister Piah said there were over 60 audit reports…
The Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) and the International Consolidated Contractors Offshore have signed a US$16 million agreement for the installation of a solar plant and the extension of the Mount Coffee Hydro. LEC Managing Director, Monie Captan, signed on behalf of the corporation; Ahab Serhal, Chief Executive Officer of the International Consolidated Contractors Offshore, signed…
The Political Leader of the main opposition Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) and former President George M. Weah has disclosed that the party will resist any attempt from President Joseph Nyuma Boakai intended to weaponize the country’s judicial system to his selfish advantage. Addressing a news conference on Wednesday, July 31, 2024, Weah said the…
Information gathered has disclosed a presidential mandate from President Joseph Nyuma Boakai issuing a new directive aimed at tightening control over international travel for officials of the executive branch. The mandate, which surfaced in the executive branch chatroom yesterday, explicitly states that no official is permitted to travel abroad without the President’s approval, and all…
President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., has reactivated the Economic Management Team to ensure coordination of the government’s fiscal and monetary policy and the acceleration of economic reforms in building a robust and resilient economy. It will also strengthen existing regulations as well as improve oversight functions of ministries, agencies and commissions. According to an Executive…
A woman identified as Mariama Kanteh, aged 34, has been arrested with five plastic bags of kush (Fentanyl) and a tube of cocaine while visiting her brother at the Monrovia Central Prison facility. Defendant Kanteh was arrested by a Correction Officer on July 24, 2024, with five medicine plastics of mixed cannabis and fentanyl and…
The former ruling National Patriotic Party (NPP) has endorsed the Unity Party-led government’s prosecution of former officials from ex-President George Weah’s administration allegedly involved in corruption, but calls for the process to be holistic and non-selective. Recently, several senior ex-officials of the Weah-Taylor administration were indicted, including ex-Finance Minister Samuel Tweah, former National Security Advisor…
The Liberia Electricity Corporation has announced the implementation of the Liberia’s First Solar Farm project, a 20-megawatt project to help complement the 88 megawatts of Mount Coffee Hydropower Plant. The project, an unprecedented one by the energy company, is aimed at supplying higher electricity to Liberians who are yet to enjoy reliable electricity since the…
