Liberia’s former Finance Minister Samuel Tweah has blamed the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC-led) government’s failure to prosecute alleged former Officials of Madam Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s twelve years rule under the Unity Party Government on the departure of United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL). He said the first government to be democratically elected after the…
The Director General of the Civil Service Agency (CSA) of Liberia Josiah Joekai has admitted that the country’s public sector is sick and it is by laws and policies the responsibility of certain governmental functionaries to work on it. Joekai spoke on Tuesday, October 1, 2024, when the Liberia Institute for Public Administration (LIPA), the Governance Commission…
The Resident Judge of Criminal court C” A. Blamo Dixon has issued a Writ of Subpoena Decu Tecum and Ad Testificandum on the Liberian Drugs Enforcement Agency (LDEA) suspended Director General Abraham Kromah. Judge Dixon’s decision was triggered from a motion made by one of the defense lawyers requesting Mr. Kromah to appear before the…
A renowned Liberian educator, Dr. John T. Wulu, Jr., has named the intervention of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) as Liberia’s pathway and tool to economic recovery, poverty alleviation and global accelerator to sustainable development, urging the Government of Liberia and students to prioritize it. Delivering a keynote address at a combined high school…
The Deputy Finance and Development Planning Minister for Administration Bill McGill Jones says the 2025 Budget and succeeding budgets will be shaped by insights gathered from ongoing consultations regarding the National Development Plans (NDPs). Speaking Monday, September 30, 2024 in Monrovia, Minister Jones underscored the importance of representing all 73 electoral districts, over 100 administrative…
Indicted former Finance Minister Samuel D. Tweah, facing charges of economic sabotage, fraud and criminal conspiracy by Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC), says allegations against him by the Unity Party-led government are only intended to tarnish his image and humiliate him. Tweah is being prosecuted for allegedly signing off a disbursement of L$1 billion and US$500,000…
A transformative initiative aimed at enrolling over 50,000 street children into school in Liberia over the next six years was celebrated at a high-level side event at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, United States of America. Originally announced last month, the project, led by the Government of Liberia in partnership with the…
Workers of the Temporary Empowerment for Community Youth (TECY) project staged a protest outside the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning on Monday, September 30, 2024, blocking major roads in demand of 13 months of unpaid salary arrears owed to them by the Government of Liberia. The protesters, many of whom were women and elderly citizens,…
In a move to actively contribute to the sustenance of peace and security efforts as a key factor in Liberia, The Federation of Liberian Youth has ended a one-day Annual Youth Peace and Security Forum in Monrovia. With support from the Irish Embassy near Monrovia and the UNFPA, the intensive brainstorming forum was held under…
As Nigeria observes its 64th Independence Day today, October 1, 2024, Its Embassy near Monrovia has reaffirmed commitment to the development of Nigerian-Liberia relations with emphasis on people-to-people interactions for the mutual benefits of the two nations. Charge D’ Affairs, H.E. Manir Ibrahim, said the creativity, ingenuity and resourcefulness of Nigerians have been acknowledged both regionally…
