The Center for Transparency and Accountability in Liberia (CENTAL) is urging President Joseph N. Boakai to recall recent appointments of officials made at the Public Procurement and Concessions Commission (PPCC). Addressing a press conference Tuesday, September 3, 2024, CENTAL Executive Director Anderson Miamen said all appointees, except one, were handpicked and did not participate in…
The Justice in Chambers at the Supreme Court of Liberia has declined to issue a writ of prohibition as prayed for by former officials of government who are being investigated for economic related crimes committed during the regime of former President George Weah. Justice Yusuf D. Kaba’s action is as a result of a conference…
An adjunct lecturer at the University of Liberia Department of Communication and Media Studies is appealing to the Liberia Environmental Protection Agency and the Legislature to collaborate in developing a policy and legal framework that will make plastic recycling mandatory. Plastics constitute 14.2 percent of Monrovia’s waste, according to Research Gate, a Germany-based network of…
The Government of Indonesia has committed US$3.5 billion to African nations including Liberia, one of the countries participating in the three-day Indonesia-African Forum currently ongoing in Bali, Indonesia. The three-day event is anticipated to produce deliverables that can be implemented and have an immediate impact, with values expected to reach up to US$3.5 billion. The…
As Liberia enters its 21st year of unhindered peace since the signing of the Accra Peace Accord, Justice Minister Oswald N. Tweh says the Government of Liberia is committed to the establishment of a War and Economic Crimes Court to prosecute those who carried out atrocities during the brutal Liberia civil war. “It has been…
Team Unity has condemned the Interim Leadership of the Press Union of Liberia, led by Peter Quaqua, for unlawfully placing the committee as a party to the crisis in seeking clarification on a ruling from the 9th Judicial Circuit Court from Judge Boima Konto, who is not assigned to any court in Liberia at the…
The Government of Liberian through the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning (MFDP) and the Civil Service Agency (CSA) has announced the temporary suspension of 6,387 individuals from the national payroll. According to reports, this suspension comes as a result of their failure to comply with mandatory payroll verification processes, including the General Auditing Commission…
Liberia’s former Minister of Finance, Development Planning, Samuel D. Tweah Jr. has issued a statement addressing what he calls facts surrounding the domestic and international debt between the then ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) and the previous Unity Party administrations, leading up to the year 2023. Former Minister Tweah unequivocally described any information contrary…
Indian Humanitarian and Chief Executive Office of Jeety Rubber LLC, Upjit Singh Sachdeva, has saved over 900 Liberians jobs after buying the Salala Rubber Corporation (SRC) from its previous owner Socfinaf S. A. The company shut down following a protest that led to the burning of its property and death threats against the General and Plantation…
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recommended the relocation of Yegbedu Town in Lofa County following investigation into recent earth vibrations. Speaking during recently Information Ministry press briefing, EPA Executive Director Emmanuel K. Urey Yarkpawolo said the recommendation is based on an investigation done through EPA, the Ministry of Mines and Energy into the recent earth…
