As the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA) launched a manhunt for a notorious drug dealer in Ganta, Nimba County, the Officer-in-Charge, Fitzgerald Biago, has assured that the suspect will be rearrested and brought to justice. According to an LDEA release, the decision to launch a manhunt for Charles Taylor followed his escape from a holding…
Liberia’s petroleum industry has plunged into crisis following the release of the September 2025 petroleum pricing circular, which private terminal owners say could bankrupt their businesses and wipe out more than $300 million in investments. In a unified stance, terminal owners are calling on the government to take immediate corrective action, warning that the policy…
The Chinese Government has donated several medical supplies to the Ministry of Health to enhance maternal and child healthcare in Liberia. The donation to the Ministry of Health includes: 22 delivery beds, 33 baby cradles, and 15 infant warmers for rural clinics battling high maternal and neonatal mortality rates. Speaking at the donation ceremony, Chinese…
The Cestos Magisterial Court in Rivercess County has overturned its earlier decision to jail journalist Eric Opa Doue, following widespread condemnation of the ruling as a misapplication of the law. Magistrate Dixon Yeahgar had controversially sentenced journalist Doue to 30 days in prison on a charge of criminal coercion. The Press Union of Liberia (PUL)…
The Commissioner General of the Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA), James Dorbor Jallah, has outlined the Authority’s strategic priorities as he leads an LRA delegation to participate in the 7th High-Level Policy Dialogue and General Assembly of the West African Tax Administration Forum (WATAF) in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Team LRA is comprised of staff from Domestic…
President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., has met with the family of the late Minister of State for Presidential Affairs, Sylvester M. Grigsby, ahead of UNGA engagements in the United States of America. According to an Executive Mansion release, President Boakai expressed condolences and solidarity with the family of the late Minister Grigsby, who served the…
Waterside Business Community is Pleading with Monrovia City Corporation for urgent intervention amid looming Health Hazards and economic hardship. speaking to our reporter on Saturday, September 13, 2025, from a dirty street with garbage scattered everywhere, the business community of Waterside in Monrovia cried out for help as the area grapples with overwhelming dirt and…
Jescor Learning Center Primary School has emerged as the national winner of the WikiChallenge for African Schools organized by the Orange Foundation, with a grand prize of 2,500 Euros. The WikiChallenge competition is open to Orange Digital Schools located in countries where Orange operates and has established a foundation supporting a digital school program. It…
The Revolutionary National Youth League of the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) has unequivocally condemned the horrific act of rape allegedly committed by Deputy Minister for Youth Development, Mr. J. Bryant McGill, of the Ministry of Youth and Sport. In a statement issued Friday, September 12, 2025, the CDC Youth League said such atrocious act…
A Punch FM report has revealed plans by employees of the Monrovia City Corporation (MCC) to stage a protest on today, Monday, September 15, 2025, demanding the resignation of City Mayor John-Charuk Saah Siafa. According to the report, the workers alleged that Mayor Siafa has failed to keep Monrovia clean, pointing to persistent sanitation challenges…
