The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says it is prepared to host the National Dialogue on the Carbon Market. The dialogue runs from August 21–22, 2025, in Ganta, Nimba County. Speaking on Tuesday, August 19, 2025, EPA Executive Director Emmanuel K. Urey Yarkpawolo said the dialogue will bring together county superintendents, development superintendents, ministers, heads of…
The University of Liberia (UL) has disclosed that it hosted the first-ever entrance exams for prospective students with Visual Impairments in July 2025. Speaking Monday, August 18, 2025, at the main campus of the university, Dr. Layli Maparyan, President of the University of Liberia, said the entrance was spearheaded by the Resource Center for Disability…
The Ministry of Education, along with local and international partners, has launched a high-level effort to scale the Liberian Girls Can Code Initiative (LGCCI), a three-year program to equip 1,000 young women aged 18–24 with cutting-edge skills in digital literacy and cybersecurity by 2028. Speaking Thursday, August 14, 2025, at the Ministry of Information’s regular…
Police investigators have established ‘criminal intent’ at the Ecobank on 11th Street in Sinkor when a man identified as Foday Emery Johnson attacked one of the employees using a short gun. On Wednesday, August 6, 2025, the Head Office of Ecobank Liberia was a place of panic during the morning hours when suspect Johnson, who…
The head of the Office of Ombudsmen, Cllr. Finley Kangar, has announced that twelve senators from the 55th Legislature have failed to declare their assets. Speaking at the Ministry of Information’s regular press briefing on Thursday, July 31, 2025, Kangar disclosed that the names of the delinquent senators have been submitted to the Pro Tempore…
The Executive Director of the Office for the Establishment of the War and Economic Crimes Court (OWECC-L), Dr. Jallah A. Barbu, has announced that full operations of the courts are projected to commence in November 2027. Many had doubted the establishment of the court, but recent revelations indicate that the Government of Liberia is serious…
The Government of Liberia has released the calendar of events and protocols for the upcoming 178th Independence Day celebration. Speaking on Thursday, July 17, 2025, Information Minister Jerolinmek M. Piah noted that the event will kick off on Friday, July 18, 2025, with a thanksgiving and intercessory prayer at the Unity Foundation Mosque in Fish…
The father of a six-year-old girl, Savior Reeves, is calling on humanitarians, government officials, and compassionate Liberians to assist his seriously ill daughter in undergoing skin and eye surgeries. Speaking on Ok FM on Monday, July 14, 2025, Mr. Myers Reeves shared that his daughter has been suffering from this condition since 2023. Initially, she…
Liberia is poised to host the highly anticipated 2025 Liberian Investment Conference from July 15 to 18, 2025, at the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Ministerial Complex. At a press briefing on Thursday, July 10, 2025, William Anderson, the Chief Executive Officer of NOVA Africa Venture Group, confidently announced that this year’s event is being carried out…
The Ministry of Labour has revoked 19 foreign work permits due to misrepresentation, as part of the ongoing Alien Work Permits Audit Exercise. On June 2, 2025, the Ministry of Labour initiated a nationwide physical audit exercise that involved scrutinizing twenty-one businesses in Montserrado County. This led to the revocation of 19 work permits. Labour…
