President Joseph Nyuma Boakai says he welcomes the rulings of the Supreme Court of Liberia in good faith. According to an Executive Mansion release dated April 25, 2024, President Boakai reaffirmed his commitment to upholding the rule of law and will. President Boakai believes that strict adherence to the rule of law is fundamental to…
Following years of existence, the Assemblies of God Liberia (AGL) has officially launched a full-fledged first-class Christian University to be called “The Assemblies of God University (AGU) in Liberia. The University is located in Brewerville City outside Monrovia. The establishment of the university came when the leadership of the General Executives, headed by Rev. Dr….
Vice President, Jeremiah Kpan Koung has commissioned four government-procured sewage and water trucks at the Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation reiterating the need to privatize some state-owned enterprises for the greater good of the public. Speaking Thursday, April 25, 2024, at the commissioning ceremony held at the Sub-Office of LWSC in Fiamah, Sinkor, VP Koung…
In Buchanan City, ArcelorMittal’s team of engineers and heavy equipment operators have started road maintenance work, ensuring the safety and reliability of vital laterite roads across the city. These roads play a crucial role in connecting communities and facilitating transportation for residents and businesses around the port city. Of the road connectivity effort’s recent accomplishments…
Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) are advocating for the optimization of domestic resource mobilization as part of efforts to enhance decentralization and local government in Liberia through domestic resource. The CSOs say they see this process as essential to bringing development plans or initiatives that could influence the lives of the local populace. “In the absence…
The head of Liberia’s Public Procurement and Concessions Commission (PPCC), Bodger Scott Johnson, has secured additional funding of US$250,000 from the World Bank to support the ongoing public procurement digitization effort in Liberia. The PPCC boss made the breakthrough while attending the 2024 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Group…
Bomi County Senator, Edwin M. Snowe has reintroduced an act to amend Chapter 31 of the Executive Law of 1972 to establish the Liberia Tourism Authority. In a communication on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, Snowe said the Liberia Tourism Authority Act of 2020 passed by the 54th Legislature, is being reintroduced for passage by the…
Monrovia City Mayor, John-Charuk Siafa has appealed to the joint committee on Ways, Means and Finance for more budgetary allocation for effective and sustainable city management. Mayor Siafa told the committee on Tuesday, April 23. 2024 that sustainable waste management needs proper fiscal support, which the Monrovia City Corporation lacks. He recalled in the 2023…
The Ministry of Public Works says it has observed waves of misinformation in the media about it awarding contracts to road construction companies outside the standard procurement method stipulated in the Public Procurement & Concessions Act of 2010. In a statement dated April 23, 2024, the ministry said that awarding of contracts without budgetary appropriation…
The Executive Director of Integrity Watch Liberia, Harold Aidoo has lauded the 55th Legislature Joint Committee on Ways, Means and Finance for the first time participation of CSOs in the ongoing budget hearings. The Joint Committee on Ways, Means, Finance and Budget of the House of Representatives and the Liberian Senate has been conducting budget…
