The Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) and the International Consolidated Contractors Offshore have signed a US$16 million agreement for the installation of a solar plant and the extension of the Mount Coffee Hydro. LEC Managing Director, Monie Captan, signed on behalf of the corporation; Ahab Serhal, Chief Executive Officer of the International Consolidated Contractors Offshore, signed…
Information gathered has disclosed a presidential mandate from President Joseph Nyuma Boakai issuing a new directive aimed at tightening control over international travel for officials of the executive branch. The mandate, which surfaced in the executive branch chatroom yesterday, explicitly states that no official is permitted to travel abroad without the President’s approval, and all…
President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., has reactivated the Economic Management Team to ensure coordination of the government’s fiscal and monetary policy and the acceleration of economic reforms in building a robust and resilient economy. It will also strengthen existing regulations as well as improve oversight functions of ministries, agencies and commissions. According to an Executive…
A woman identified as Mariama Kanteh, aged 34, has been arrested with five plastic bags of kush (Fentanyl) and a tube of cocaine while visiting her brother at the Monrovia Central Prison facility. Defendant Kanteh was arrested by a Correction Officer on July 24, 2024, with five medicine plastics of mixed cannabis and fentanyl and…
The Liberia Electricity Corporation has announced the implementation of the Liberia’s First Solar Farm project, a 20-megawatt project to help complement the 88 megawatts of Mount Coffee Hydropower Plant. The project, an unprecedented one by the energy company, is aimed at supplying higher electricity to Liberians who are yet to enjoy reliable electricity since the…
Information Minister Jerolinmek M. Piah has rejected stament by former Finance Minister Samuel Tweah that his indictment by the Government of Liberia is a witchhunt. Speaking at a news conference Tuesday, July 30, 2024, Minister Piah disclosed that all those at the Liberia Anti Corruption Commission (LACC) whose work led to this indictment were not…
President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has suspended Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) Governor J. Aloysius Tarlue without paid, and with immediate effect, following an audit report by the General Auditing Commission (GAC). Addressing the regular press briefing of the Ministry of Information on Tuesday, July 30, 2024, Minister Jerolinmek M. Piah said President Boakai has received…
A 22-year-old man who went missing after a canoe capsized has been found dead on the coast of District #4 in Grand Bassa County. Christian Koffa went missing last Thursday, July 25, 2024 while fishing on the Atlantic Ocean and apparently experienced a capsize. Speaking to reporters, the survivor of the casualty, Mark Nagbe, said…
Liberia’s 177th Independence Day Orator, Dr. Robtel Neajai Pailey, has requested the Joseph Nyuma Boakai-led administration to send all corrupt government officials to jail as a means of improving the method of combating corruption. Delivering the Independence Day’s message on Friday, July 26, 2024 in Monrovia, Madam Pailey said high-level corruption is like mass murder,…
President Joseph N. Boakai has honored his Vice President Jeremiah Kpan Koung for his exceptional service to Liberia. During the 177th Independence Day celebration, President Boakai presented Vice President Koung with the Grand Band of the Order of the Star of Africa. In his official proclamation Friday, July 26, 2024, the President stated, “by the…
