The Ministry of Labour has launched a robust nationwide Minimum Wage Salary Payment Verification Exercise, with several Liberian-owned businesses and entities found in violation. A Labour Ministry press release issued from Gbarnga, Bong County, quotes Labour Ministry’s Assistant Director of Minimum Wage Division, Madam Blessing Suah, who is heading the team, as disclosing that the…
Montserrado County Senator Abraham Darius Dillon has alarmed over what he calls the prolonged and deafening public silence by the Joint Security investigating the over US$19.2 million Cocaine Case. According to the Montserrado County lawmaker, it’s becoming even more troubling and vexing since the incident was reported on June 8. He added, “And, it has…
Former President George Manneh Weah has launched a blistering attack on the Unity Party-led government, accusing President Joseph N. Boakai of undermining democracy, violating the rule of law, and plunging Liberia into economic hardship as he declared that the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) is preparing to reclaim state power in 2029. Speaking Saturday, June…
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Mullin v. Doe, giving the Trump administration broad authority to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and severely limiting the power of federal courts to review or block such decisions. While the immediate case centered on stripping legal protections from over 350,000 migrants from Haiti and Syria, the ruling…
The International Monetary Fund has praised Liberia for making significant strides in stabilizing its economy and implementing critical fiscal reforms, projecting a stronger economic performance in 2026 as the country continues its recovery and development trajectory. The IMF, in a statement released Thursday at the conclusion of its latest mission to Monrovia, said Liberia’s economy…
Barely a month after vowing not to go as Vice President to any political actors in Liberian politics, Alternative National Congress (ANC) Political Leader Alexander B. Cummings has finally succumbed offering a flexibility for his political ambition after two attempts of Standard Bearer only” vowing to now serve as a car boy to his political…
Mr. Paul King, the General Manager of GLS-Menzies-one of the persons of interest in the ongoing US$19.2 million drugs probe has informed investigators that the drugs was given to him by a person identified as Rahem Bah on June 5, 2026 who call his office for quotation. According to King’s testimony, the shipment was then…
Criminal Court “C” at the Temple of Justice has adjourned bond justification proceedings involving former Chief of Protocol to former President George Weah, Nora Finda Bondoo, after hearing testimony from the first surety supporting her criminal appearance bond. Taking the witness stand, Cllr. Abraham W. Simpson testified that he owns a property located in Gaye…
The level of criticisms against Vice President Jeremiah Koung by some politicians from his own Nimba County continue to intensify with some citizens of the country describing it as hatred and envy against the vice president. Recently, former Mines Minister, Wilmot who is also a Nimnaian, labelled several allegations against the Liberian Vice President in…
A shocking case of alleged matricide has sent waves of grief through Lower Lofa after a man identified as Vannie Dunor was accused of brutally killing his mother with an axe in Porluwu Town, Wanhassa District, on Saturday, June 27. According to eyewitness Bendu Kamara, Dunor had just arrived from Popalahun Town when he encountered…
