The Plenary of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, March 4, 2025 mandated a joint committee comprising the Committees on Investment and Concession, Public Works, Contracts & Monopoly and Judiciary to conduct an investigation into the Public Procurement & Concessions Commission (PPCC), the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Public Works regarding US$100 million…
Montserrado County Legislative Caucus has given the Government of Liberia a 48-hour ultimatum to restore the disbursement of Montserrado County Social Development Funds (SDF). The social development fund is meant for the county and its people to undertake various developmental projects in their constituencies. Addressing a press conference Monday, February 24, 2025, Representative Bernard Benson…
The Chief Executive Officer of Orange Liberia, Mr. Jean Marius Yao has publicly apologized to the House Committee on Post and Telecommunications for his absence during a previous public hearing. Mr. Yao explained that his absence was due to the passing of his father, which required him to travel to be with his family and…
United Nation Population Fund (UNFPA) handed over assorted IT equipment, office furniture and stationery to the Legislative Committee on Population and Development to be used by its Secretariat to enhance the important work of the Legislative Committee. The items include 1 laptop, 1 desktop, 1 printer, 1 Projector, 1 executive desk, chairs and assorted stationery…
The Liberian Senate on Tuesday, January 28, 2025 unanimously concurred with the House of Representatives to pass a crucial bill establishing the National Tourism Authority. This new legislation paves the way for the creation of an independent body, removing the Tourism Department from the Ministry of Information, Cultural Affairs and Tourism (MICAT) and granting it…
Rebel-styled Speaker of the 55th Legislature Richard N. Koon has promised a new chapter of growth and opportunity for Liberia. Speaking Monday, January 27, 2025 at the post State of the Nation Address (SONA) lunch at the Capitol Building in Monrovia, Speaker Koon said that the launch of the ARREST Agenda for Inclusive Development (AAID) has…
One of the suspects of in the Case of the Arson Attack on the Capitol Building has admitted to crime investigators that he and others planned and carried out the felonious act on the capitol at the home of embattled House Speaker J. Fonati Foffa. On Monday, January 20, 2025, after hearing a petition for…
The late Senator Prince Y. Johnson on Tuesday, January 14, 2025 was laid in state at the Capitol Building in Monrovia as part of activities leading to successful funeral rites. The ceremony was attended by the members of the Liberian Senate and House of Representatives along with citizens from Nimba County and government officials. The…
The Pro-Tempore of the Liberian Senate Nyonblee Karnga-Lawrence has threatened staffers over their plan to unlawfully disrupt senate functions due to its alleged failure to pay arrears for extra sittings. It can be recalled that senate staffers in a press engagement with journalists said the senate refused to pay their benefits for the extra sittings…
Rule of Law Legislative Caucus in support of embattled Speaker J. Fonati Koffa has disclosed that members from the Minority Bloc of the House of Representatives have decided to return to session following the Supreme Court’s failure to clarify their ruling in the illegal removal of Speaker Koffa Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, January…
