New Democrat (Monrovia)

June 24

Liberia: Violence Mars UL Entrance Exams

Violence erupted Saturday on the main campus of the University of Liberia when candidates of the UL entrance examinations fought over copies of the questionnaires claiming that the... Read more »

Liberia: Difficult Peace and Reconciliation Task - a Necessary Political Baptism for Weah [column]

After surmounting criticisms from his detractors when the political leader of the main opposition Congress for Democratic Change, Mr. George Weah, accepted presidential appointment... Read more »

Liberia: Correct Omens of Bad Precedence At Arcelor Mittal [editorial]

There is cause for alarm that just when the global steel giant Arcelor Mittal which signed a US$2.6 billion Mineral Development Agreement with Liberia in 2008 is beginning to... Read more »

Liberia: Criminals Must Not Triumph in Liberia With Impunity [editorial]

After the Justice Ministry and other officials in the judiciary, including trial judges, repeatedly corroborated that court dockets throughout the country remained crowded from... Read more »

Liberia: Liberia to Benefit From U.S.$100 Billion Investment From Indian

Libeia has been 19 nations named amongst countries in Africa to benefit from a US$100-billion investment from an Indian company, according to the Business Standard online. Read more »

Liberia: CSO Wants Inclusion in Natural Resource Management

A communique' signed by Civil Society Organizations has recommended that the Government of Liberia provides a conducive space for broad based non-state actors' participation in the... Read more »
Liberia: Give Jobs to Liberians - Pro-Tempore Urges Concessionaires

Concession companies and other foreign investments in the country have been urged to use the expertise of Liberians in carrying out their duties. Read more »
Liberia: Bishop Francis Dies

Archbishop Michael Kpakala Francis, the outspoken cleric who became the conscience of the society during the tyranical regime of late President Samuel Doe and the tumultous years... Read more »
Liberia: Audit Begins At Transport Ministry

Transport Minister Tornola Varpilah Friday announced an audit of the Ministry of Transport at a press conference in Monrovia in which he outlined his vision for the Ministry and... Read more »

Liberia: PYJ Undeterred About Resignation

Senator Prince Yormie Johnson of Nimba County says he cares less about what people say concerning his recent resignation as the flag-bearer of the National Union for Democratic... Read more »
Liberia: UNMIL Battalion in Sinoe Moves to Nimba

As part of the implementation process of United Nations Mission in Liberia Drawdown Plan, the Charlie Company of Ghana Battalion 17 located at Greenville which was formerly under... Read more »
Africa: President Warned - About Bodyguard's Threat

The West African Journalists Association (WAJA) has warned President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to be mindful of the lives and security of Liberian journalists following threats made... Read more »
Liberia: Woman Faints - During Police Sand Mining Raid

A woman who claimed to be owner of molded blocks Thursday fainted in the hands of residents of the 11TH Street Community after police confiscated several pieces of her blocks in a... Read more »
Liberia: Water Prices Hiked

Barely few days after the Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation (LWSC) announced that it has begun pumping water to central Monrovia, the corporation has increased tariff to meet the... Read more »

Liberia: Senate to Probe News Blackout Saga

Some members of the Liberian senate are pushing for a probe into the on-going saga between the Press Union of Liberia and the Executive Protection Service (EPS) which has resulted... Read more »
Liberia: Good News for MRU

Connecting people, consolidating peace and accelerating economic transformation were the main themes of a high-level seminar organized by the African Development Bank in Abidjan on... Read more »
Liberia: Ex-LURD 'General' Indicted for Death Threat

An ex-General of the erstwhile Liberia United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) and three others have been indicted for allegedly threatening to kill one Mrs. Cecelia... Read more »
Liberia: Liberia Iron Ore Project to Be Developed

Tawana Resources (ASX: TAW) is undertaking a strategic review of potential financing and strategic partnership options to advance development of its Mofe Creek Iron Ore Project in... Read more »
Liberia: Cameron Slams Liberia, Sierra Leone - for Lack of Transparency

British Prime Minister David Cameron has condemned Liberia and Sierra Leone for the lack of transparency in the two sister countries for not allowing mineral wealth to develop... Read more »
Liberia: Finding New Essence in National Unification [editorial]

It is doubtless that President Tubman's declaration of national unification and integration as policy of his government in 1960 derived from an overriding concern pouring from... Read more »

Liberia: Stop Allowing Silence Over EPS Director's Threat Against Journalists to Mean Consent

For the past ten days the director of the Executive Protection Service (EPS), Mr. Daniel Othello Warrick, has come under stern rebuke from the local media after he threatened... Read more »
Liberia: Ex-Minister Jailed for U.S.$117,000 Theft

Former Deputy Minister for Operation of the Ministry Defence under the reign of Ex-president Charles Taylor's Mr Austin D. Charke was Tuesday arrested and detained at the Monrovia... Read more »
Liberia: National Union for Democratic Progress' Founder Prince Johnson Quits

Following infighting in the National Union for Democratic Progress (NUDP), its political leader Nimba County Senior Senator Prince Y. Johnson has announced quitting the party he... Read more »
Liberia: Two Grabbed for Illegal Sand Mining

Police in Monrovia Monday arrested two persons in connection with illegal sand mining after stern warning by government against the act. Read more »
Liberia: News Blackout Around President 'Strengthened'

The Press Union of Liberia is expected to make an official pronouncement on the ongoing news blackout on the presidency following threats the Director of the Executive Protective... Read more »

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