Vice President Jeremiah Koung has acknowledged that the government continues to struggle with job creation, describing it as the administration’s “weakness” more than two years after taking office. “Our government’s weakness is job creation. It has been two years since we took office, and our people are tired of waiting,” Koung said, stressing growing public…
The Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) has given updates on recent legal developments arising from ongoing corruption cases under prosecution. According to a press statement, the commission filed a Motion for Change of Venue in the case involving the President of Lofa County University, Dr. Isaac Podah. LACC stated that after arguments in the case, which…
On Saturday, November 22, 2025, residents and passersby at Todee Junction in Margibi County were seen weeping for a man identified as Peter Kamara, who was reportedly killed following a road traffic accident involving a police vehicle believed to be part of the Presidential convoy. Grief-stricken relatives gathered at the C.H. Rennie Hospital, where they…
The Political Leader of the Liberia People’s Party (LPP), Cllr Tiawan Saye Gongloe, has launched a harsh criticism of mediocrity in the development process, stating that such a mentality cannot develop a nation. In an article titled: “THE DANGER OF THE “AT LEAST” MENTALITY IN LIBERIA: A NATION CANNOT DEVELOP ON MEDIOCRITY – PART I,”…
In a sweeping operation intended to enhance public safety across District #11, Montserrado County, officers of the Liberia National Police (LNP) Zone Four, Depot One, on Friday, November 21, 2025, arrested more than two dozen individuals accused of a major network marketing fraud within the Dry Rice Market Community in Barnersville. Residents told reporters they…
A bold call for genuine youth inclusion reverberated through the hall on Friday, November 21, 2025, in Ganta, Nimba County, at the 7th Annual Youth Leadership Conference. The event, hosted by the Youth Network for Positive Change (YNPC), witnessed the induction of the new Chairperson of the West African Young Parliamentary Network. Speaking at the conference,…
President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has renewed his call for a transformative shift from Liberia’s long-standing centralized governance structure to a decentralized one. He emphasized that true national development can only be achieved through full decentralization and grassroots participation. The President made the statement on Friday, November 21, 2025, while addressing the National Assembly of Chiefs…
The Liberia Medicines and Health Products Regulatory Authority (LMHRA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Quality Management Solutions (QMS) to modernize its Ultra-Modern Quality Control Laboratory. The partnership intends to enhance the laboratory capabilities to meet ISO 17025 standards and World Health Organization (WHO) Maturity Level Three benchmarks. This will help minimize the…
The Liberian Senate is initiating a major fiscal and legislative overhaul aimed at decentralizing power and enhancing accountability, Senate Pro Tempore Nyonblee Karnga-Lawrence has disclosed. According to a Senate release issued over the weekend, speaking at the National Assembly of Chiefs and Tribal Governors in Gbarnga, an event presided over by President Joseph Nyuma Boakai,…
The once-thriving Rally Town Market has been reduced to a death trap, posing an imminent threat to the lives of hundreds of marketers and customers. Investigations have revealed alarming structural failures, including the sinking of the entire structure. Dangerous shifts in market tables and support beams, as well as leaks of water in the market,…
