Liberia and Sierra Leone have established partnerships to advance transformative initiatives in diverse sectors including food security that will create opportunities for economic growth and development in the two countries and region at large. The establishment came about when the two Heads of State, President Joseph N. Boakai, Liberia, and President Julius Maada Bio, Sierra Leone,…
The Vice President of Liberia Jeremiah Kpan Koung took a significant step toward addressing Liberia’s waste management challenges during a tour of Ghana’s Accra Compost & Recycling Plant (ACARP) on Monday, November 18, 2024. A release sent to this paper on Wednesday, November 20, 2024, said that the visit, facilitated by Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong,…
A political pressure group calling itself “Green Revolution of Liberia (GRL)” has termed the short stay of a Guinean accused of mercenarism, Ibrahim Kalil Sheriff, as a threat to regional and national peace. Addressing a press conference Tuesday, November 19, 2024 in Monrovia, Marja Varney G. Kromah, GRL’s National Chairperson also called on the Government…
House of Representatives Speaker J. Fonati Koffa appears to be losing the battle in maintaining his position amid ongoing plot to have him removed, as the crisis took a dramatic turn on Tuesday, November 19, 2024, when two lawmakers from his Minority Bloc joined the Majority Bloc seeking to oust him. The joining of the…
The Government of Liberia says beginning January 2025, no central government employee will earn a monthly gross salary below the US$150 minimum as provided for in the Decent Work Act Of 2015. Earlier on Monday, November 18, 2024, President Joseph Boakia presented the Fiscal Year 2025 Draft National Budget to the National Legislature in the…
The Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) will on today, Wednesday, November 20, 2024, kickoff a series of events in commemoration of its 2024 Annual Taxpayers Appreciation and Awards Ceremony under the theme: “Moving to Billions, Celebrating Taxpayers’ Impact.” In a release issued in Monrovia November 19, 2024, the LRA said the event, held annually, recognizes taxpayers…
Former Finance Minister Samuel D. Tweah and others are expected to face Judge A. Blamo Dixon of the Criminal Court “C” at the Temple of Justice in Monrovia on today, November 20, 2024, to justify the US$8 million criminal appearance bond filed through their legal team. The former finance minister, Cllr. Nyanti Tuan, former acting…
U.S. Ambassador Mark Toner and Liberia’s Minister of Education Dr. Jarso Maley Jallah have launched a US$75 million initiative to boost English literacy skills for Grades I-6. On November 19, 2024, the both parties officially launched the five-year, $75 million Liberia Foundational Skills Activity (LFSA) intended to strengthen foundational literacy skills for students in Grades…
All eyes will be fixed on Capitol Hill today to witness events unfolding in the wake of the presentation of the National Budget for FY 2025 by President Joseph Nyuma Boakai to the Legislature. This is coming amidst ongoing stalemate at the House of Representatives in an attempted plot to oust House Speaker J. Fonati…
House of Representatives embattled Speaker J. Fonati Koffa has told the Majority Bloc lawmakers seeking his removal that resignation is an optional and a voluntary act and he has no intentions of resigning position for any reasons. It can be recalled that last Thursday, November 14, 2024, there were rumors about the resignation of the Speaker…
