May 02, 2023
Liberia: GovT Announces Revision of Concession Agreements to Compel Companies to Relinquish Managerial Positions to Liberians
As parts of efforts to guarantee and sustain a middle class in Liberia, the Government of Liberia (GOL), through the Minister of Labour Counselor Charles Gibson has announced the… Read more »
April 27, 2023
Liberia: EPA Debunks Media Reports Alleging Shelving Investigative Report On Bea Mountain Mining Corp.
The Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia (EPA) has dismissed a report by 'The DayLight', an online publication that the EPA shelved the outcome of an investigative report it… Read more »
Liberia: APM Terminals Clarifies Role in U.S.$100 Million Cocaine Case - Says LRA Has Direct Oversight in Checking Containers At the Freeport of Monrovia
One of the five defense witnesses in the ongoing US$100 Million alleged cocaine case, APM Terminals Liberia, has clarified its role played in releasing two containers in question,… Read more »
April 25, 2023
Liberia: U.S. Ambassador Mccarthy Laments Syndicate in Govt Depriving Rural Liberians of Allotted Budgets and Benefits of Donor Funds
Liberian elites in government are treating their destitute citizens in the leeward counties with neglect, says U.S. Ambassador Michael McCarthy following the climax of his county… Read more »
Liberia: Police Arrests Man, 39, for Sextortion
A 39-year-old man, George Nimley, alias Nicolas Davies, has been apprehended by the Liberia National Police following multiple complaints of harassment and extortion by women whom… Read more »
Liberia: Mutual Benefits Assurance Company Evades Commercial Court's U.S.$11 Million Writ of Execution
The Management of Mutual Benefits Assurance Company (MBAC) on Friday, April 21, escape a writ of execution over an action of debt worth over US$ 11,226,573.85 by the Commercial… Read more »
Liberia: Govt Loses Frist Human Trafficking Case, As Court Acquits 'Prayerful' Man Following Dramatic Trial
A Monrovia Court has acquitted a Liberian man accused of trafficking his female compatriot to Oman, following nearly two months of a dramatic trial. Read more »
April 24, 2023
Liberia: Former LTA Commissioner Says Simeon Freeman's Suit Against Local Satellite TV Providers Is Intended to Monopolize the Industry
A former Commissioner of the Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA) Mr. Abdullah Kamara has expressed grave concerns over strange proceedings in a case filed against various… Read more »
Liberia: Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied
The delay in the investigative outcome of the Cllr. Gloria Musu-Scott Case means that Justice is denied. This Commentary is intended to help in the promotion of Justice, the only… Read more »
Liberia: EPA Trains Law Enforcement, and Customs Officers to Monitor the Mining, Energy and Forestry Sectors
The Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia (EPA) will commence a three-day training on Monday, 24 April 2023 for environmental inspectors, law enforcers, and customs officers.… Read more »
April 20, 2023
Liberia: Supreme Court's Ruling Against Embattled LP Political Leader Could Reduce Her Chances of Being Selected As Boakai's Running Mate
With less than six months to Liberia's highly anticipated Presidential and Legislative Elections, one of the leading contenders, former Vice President Joseph Nyumah Boakai is yet… Read more »
Liberia: 'He Is a Perfect Son' - Father of 16-Year-Old Liberia-American Boy Shot By 84-Year-Old White Man Tells Voa Daybreak Africa
Mr. Paul K. Yarl, a Liberian whose son was shot in the head by an 84-year-old white American in the State of Missouri, America, has expressed delight that the shooter has been… Read more »
Liberia: Thugs Terrorize Residents of Dennis Town in Louisiana, Montserrado County
A group of armed-carrying hooligans is reportedly terrorizing residents of Dennis Town, Louisiana Montserrado County. Read more »
April 19, 2023
Liberia: Montserrado County Authorities Authorized Illegal Gold Mining in Todee District
Representative Lawrence Morris of Montserrado District Number One, and County Superintendent Florence Brandy have signed an illegal memorandum of understanding authorizing a… Read more »
Liberia: Liberian Revenue Authority Turns Over Contrabands to Guinean Customs Counterparts
The Customs Department of the Liberian Revenue Authority (LRA) has turned over a truckload of 278 Cartons of assorted prohibited cigarettes seized at the Liberian--Guinean border… Read more »
April 18, 2023
Liberia: Unity Party Standard Bearer Joseph Boakai Accused of Illegal Possession and Sale of Land
Former Vice President Joseph Boakai, the standard bearer of the Unity Party, has been accused of illegal co-ownership and unauthorized sale of land by Arnold Kandakai, a resident… Read more »
Liberia: Jealous Man Stabs 20-Yr-Old Girlfriend to Death
A man was arrested after he stabbed to death his 20-year-old girlfriend in a fit of jealousy in the Rogal Community Friday, April 14. Read more »
Liberia: Presidential Aspirant Dr. Telford Ammons Promises to Seize Ill-Gotten Properties From Former and Current Officials
The Political Leader and Vision Bearer of the proposed Greater Action Party of Liberia (GAPL) Dr. Telford Ammons has attributed the growing wave of hardship and the appalling… Read more »
Liberia: LFA Bans Club President for Forgery
The Liberia Football Association (LFA) has banned DC Shooters President, John Winn, from entering all facilities and participating in all football-related activities under the LFA… Read more »
April 17, 2023
Liberia: CBL Rejects Smart News Report of Governor Covering up Ꞓ2m Scandal
The Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) categorically refutes a Smart News website story, published April 10, 2023, reporting that Executive Governor, J. Aloysius Tarlue, Jr. is "linked… Read more »
Liberia: LRA Turns Over Smuggled Hazardous Chemicals to the Environmental Protection Agency
he Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA), through its Customs Department, has seized and turned over 65 tins of harmful chemicals known as Formaldehyde to the Environmental Protection… Read more »
Liberia: Supreme Court Pardons Local Bong County Officials Who Brutalized Magistrate
The full bench of the Supreme Court of Liberia has unanimously agreed to pardon seven (7) local county officials and immediately ordered their release from further detention at the… Read more »
Liberia: Protracted Pre-Trial Detention Crowding Prisons and Undermining Access to Justice in Liberia
THERE ARE MORE than 3000 persons in prison in Liberia. Around 2,137 (71%) of these are pretrial detainees, meaning their matter has not even been taken to court. Many people spend… Read more »
Liberia: New Report Shows 38,779 Induced Abortions Occurred in Liberia in 2021
The Ministry of Health (MoH) in collaboration with the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), along with the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) and Guttmacher,… Read more »
April 13, 2023
Liberia: Supreme Court Grants Seven Local Bong County Officials Parole, Following Documented Appeal
Seven local authorities from Bong County who were imprisoned for six months on the order of the Supreme Court can begin having peaceful rest, but with a condition, following a… Read more »