July 12

• Liberia: Strive for Excellence - Parker Urges Liberian Children

  The Managing Director of the National Port Authority (NPA), Madam Matilda Parker, has urged Liberian children to strive for excellence in order for them to succeed in life.... Read more »

• Liberia: Lebanese Businessman Arrested for 'Using Girls As Sex Slaves'

  The Liberia National Police (LNP) on Thursday, July 11, 2013 arrested a Lebanese businessman on the Bushrod Island, Monrovia for allegedly 'using some girls as sex slaves'. Read more »

• Liberia: Liberian Female Gospel Music Icon Presents Int'l Gospel Award to Ellen

  Liberia's award-winning Gospel Musical Artist, Kanvee Gaines Adams, on Thursday, July 11, presented her recently won International Gospel Musical Award to President Ellen... Read more »

• West Africa: In Mt. Coffee, RIA Projects - Finance Min. Pleads for ECOWAS Bank Intervention

  Finance Minister Amara Konneh has highlighted the urgent need for the rehabilitation of the runways at the Roberts International Airport (RIA) and the reconstruction of the Mount... Read more »

July 11

• Liberia: Many Electorates Voted 'Unconsciously' During 2005 & 2011 Elections Because of Poverty - Asserts Grand Bassa Lawmaker

  Grand Bassa County District # 3 Representative, Gabriel B. Smith, has asserted that vast majority of electorates voted "unconsciously" in the 2005 and 2011 general and presidential... Read more »

• Liberia: CBL Boss U.S. $22.5 Million Loan Scheme Backfires

  A former Finance Minister of Liberia, Professor Wilson K. Tarpeh, has said the approach used by the Executive Governor of the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL), Dr. Joseph Mills Jones,... Read more »

• Liberia: Jindal Offers Several Scholarships to Liberians

  Jinda Steel and Power Limited on Wednesday, July 10, 2013 announced the awarding of scholarships to five Liberians to go and study Masters in engineering at the O.P. Jindal Global... Read more »

• Liberia: Ellen Renews Gov't's Commitment to Fight HIV/Aids

  President Ellen Johnson- Sirleaf has renewed her government commitment, despite limited resources, to the global fight against the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The President was speaking, in... Read more »

• Liberia: Three Charged With Forgery, Other Offenses 'At World Trade Center'

  The Liberia National Police (LNP) has charged three persons with forgery, criminal facilitation and criminal conspiracy at the 'World Trade Center'. The 'World Trade Center', which... Read more »

• Liberia: CBL Boss U.S.$22.5 Million Loan Scheme Backfires

  A former Finance Minister of Liberia, Professor Wilson K. Tarpeh, has said the approach used by the Executive Governor of the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL), Dr. Joseph Mills Jones,... Read more »

July 10

• Liberia: CBL Boss Faces Senate Investigative Committee Today

  MONROVIA: Senate Pro-Tempore Gbehzohngar Findley has disclosed that the Liberian Senate has set up a special committee to investigate whether or not the Executive Governor of the... Read more »

• Liberia: Over U.S.$700,000 Needed to Complete Abandoned Clinics in Rivercess County

  The Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Walter Gwenigale, has disclosed that the amount of US$ 700,275.33 is needed to complete abandoned clinics in River Cess County.... Read more »

• Liberia: 'General' Broh Bounces Back

  President Ellen Johnson- Sirleaf has reappointed Madam Mary T. Broh as Monrovia City Mayor, pending confirmation by the Liberian Senate when applicable. Madam Broh is widely... Read more »

• Liberia: JPC Holds Town Hall Meeting On County Development Agenda

  As some civil society organizations in the country try to play their part in seeing how government spends the taxpayers' money, the Catholic Justice and Peace Commission... Read more »

• Liberia: Liberia to Launch AU, Ecowas Democracy Instruments Platform Today

  As part of a sub-regional project to ratify, popularize and implement the African Union and ECOWAS instruments on Democracy, Good Governance and Elections, Liberia will launch its... Read more »

• Liberia: Justice, MOS, MOA, MFA, JFK Top Non-Compliant FOI List

  The Liberia Media Center (LMC), as promised, over the weekend released a full listing of ministries and agencies outlining their attitudes towards information disclosure about... Read more »

July 09

• Liberia: Linsu Commends Ellen Over Corruption Fight

  The Liberia National Students Union(LINSU) has wholeheartedly commended President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf for her recent stance by demonstrating the political will to dismiss several... Read more »

• Liberia: College Named in Honor of VP Boakai in Nigeria

  Gregory University in Abia State, Federal Republic of Nigeria has named its College of Social and Management Sciences after the Vice President of Liberia, Joseph N. Boakai. Read more »

• Liberia: Five Govt Officials Dismissed, Two Suspended

  MONROVIA: President Ellen Johnson- Sirleaf has dismissed the Auditor-General of the General Auditing Commission (GAC), Robert Kilby and the Director-General of the General Services... Read more »

• Liberia: House Suspends Public Hearings On Draft National Budget

  The Ways, Means and Finance Committee of the House of Representatives has with immediate effect suspended public hearings on the draft national budget of fiscal year 2013/2014. Read more »

• Liberia: NEC Begins Four-Day Training for Liberian Journalists

  MONROVIA: The National Elections Commission (NEC) in collaboration with the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) has begun a four-day Building Resources in... Read more »

• Liberia: Ellen Makes Additional Appointments

  MONROVIA: President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, continuing with the nomination of officials to positions in government, has named the following persons to the Ministries of Agriculture,... Read more »

• Liberia: U.S. Govt Sponsors Biomass Energy Workshop

  The U.S. Government, through the USAID funded Liberia Energy Sector Support Project (LESSP) and implemented by Winrock, International (WI), is sponsoring a half-day workshop to... Read more »

• Liberia: Consoling Nigeria From Madam President's Perspective

  On Monday, July 8, 2013, President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf sent a message of condolence to the President and People of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Read more »

July 08

• Liberia: Clashes At CDC's Headquarters

  Clashes involving some members of the opposition Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) and residents of the Small Town Community over the weekend left several persons wounded and... Read more »