From our vantage point, we want to again encourage our government and its partners as well as all anti-rape crusaders, including the media, to leave no stone unturned in ensuring that rape, which is reported to be one of the most serious crimes being committed in the country by unprincipled people, is drastically reduced, if…
A cautious call by the Reporters Association of Liberia(RAL) to all state actors, governments across the world and individuals in particular to treat journalists with dignity and respect is prudent and must be heeded for the betterment of the noble profession. RAL, whose call was contained in a statement issued in Monrovia sometimes ago, among…
We are happy that at long last the Supreme Court of Liberia, which is regarded as the final arbiter of justice in the country, is set to deliver its verdict on a Bill of Information, specifically focusing on the House of Representatives’ imbroglio, with the court expected to issue a final opinion and put an…
From our vantage point, we are again sounding a caveat to those who usually use candle, lantern and other materials that cause fire outbreak to be very mindful of how they use them. Our renewed caveat is based on the multiplying fire incidents in the country, particularly in Monrovia and its environs, which have been…
Despite of the nonstop educational programs on sanitation and the need to keep our homes, communities and cities clean, we cannot understand why some people continue to dump waste in the streets and into drains. We had and continue to witness that some people, without remorse, drop waste in the streets, while others dump waste…
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 Immigration Service (LIS) says it is preparing to graduate at least 500 new recruits slated for Saturday, December 7, 2024 at the Joseph Nyumah Boakai LIS Training Academy in Lofa County. Speaking Tuesday, December 3, 2024, Elijah Rufus, Acting Commissioner of the LIS said since the academy was constructed ten years ago, this was…
The House of Representatives has been embroiled with a series of brouhahas centered on the division of the body over an ongoing attempt to strip House Speaker J. Fonati Koffa of his position. On October 17, 2024, about 47 lawmakers named and styled ‘Majority Bloc’ signed a resolution calling for the removal of the Speaker…
It is an unarguable fact that Liberia’s healthcare system has suffered critical challenges since the end of the civil war that destroyed the country’s infrastructures and claimed the lives of scores of citizens. It is even more unimaginable that in this 21st Century, an independent nation as old as 177 years, is still struggling to establish…
It’s no secret that the church is one of the strongest pillars of the existence of Liberia due to its pivotal role played in the formation of what would later be considered as the first independent nation of Africa. It is written in black and white that Liberia was established out of the belly of the church…
