In the wake of a damaging audit report of the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) by the General Auditing Commission (GAC), the National Civil Society Council of Liberia (NCSCL) has taken President Joseph Nyuma Boakai Sr. to task for hastily accepting the resignation of Deputy Governor for Operations at the Bank, Madam Nyemadi Pearson. NCSCL,…
Representative Foday E. Fahnbulleh of District #7 in Bong County has raised serious accusations against China Union, alleging that the company had secretly flipped ownership to another entity without informing the Liberian Government. China Union is the Chinese company that admitted to abandoning nearly all of its responsibilities under its Mineral Development Agreement (MDA) in…
Team Unity of Mae Azango has voiced significant concerns regarding the transparency and preparedness of the Press Union of Liberia (PUL) Election Commission, just two days before the initially scheduled election date of August 24, 2024. According to a release dated August 21, 2024, candidates representing Team Unity are Mae Azango for President, Aloysious Makor…
The Press Bureau of the House of Representatives has termed as fake and misleading media reports suggesting that Bong County District#3 Representative, J. Marvin Cole has been suspended as Chairman of the Rules, Order, and Administration (ROA) committee. Press Director Robert B. Haynes, in a statement issued Wednesday, August 21, 2024, stated that the Chairman…
Former President George Weah has expressed shock and dismay over what he termed as the police’s decision to open fire on innocent civilians near his party’s headquarters and in the surrounding areas. Speaking to a local daily yesterday August 21, 2024 following the police raid behind the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) national headquarters on…
The National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA) through its Director General Emma Metieh Glassco has launched a new fisheries project in Monrovia with a call to the European Union to support the University of Liberia Fisheries and Aquaculture Sciences Department to further enhance and strengthen the knowledge gap. Speaking Tuesday, August 20, 2024, during the…
The Acting Chairperson of the Board of Commissioners of the Liberia Telecommunication Authority (LTA) Abdullah L. Kamara has disclosed that the LTA is devising plans to include digital literacy into the national curriculum to expose secondary students to computer literacy. According to Chairman Kamara, the Government of Liberia wants students to have basic computer knowledge…
Lincoln Peace Foundation (LIPF) through its Policy Advocacy Network is expected to embark on a day-long governance and society dialogue aimed at awakening the consciousness of Liberians regarding policy advocacy and citizens’ role in demanding justice and accountability in the public sector. During the symposium, renowned Liberian lawyer Cllr. Tiawan Saye Gongloe, Liberian People’s Party…
The Rubber Planters Association (RPA) says the export of unprocessed rubber robs the Liberian Government of revenue and causes the country’s rubber industry not to achieve its full potential. The group believes that this places the sector at the lower index of rubber producing countries and cannot reach the threshold of the International Rubber Research…
Information Minister Jerolinmek M. Piah has termed the violent action of citizens in the municipal borough of New Kru Town on Monday, August 19, 2024 as unacceptable and lawless.It can be recalled during the official taking of office by Robert Teah as Governor of the Borough on Monday, August 19, the ceremony turned violent with…
