September 26, 2022
Liberia: Officials Held for Rape in Korea Claims Being Framed
Moses Owen Browne, the Liberian official who is being held in South Korea along with his colleague, Daniel Tarr, for alleged rape says they were both framed by the alleged victims… Read more »
Liberia: Nyan Scholarship Program Training Over 30 Medical Professionals in Liberia, 8 Graduated
In an effort to boost Liberia's health system, 8 of about 35 students sponsored by the Nyan Scholarship Program (NSP) recently graduated from two major healthcare training… Read more »
Liberia: NEC to Re-Evaluate Bidders for the Biometric Voter Roll Supplies
Cogent sources within both the National Elections Commissions (NEC) and the Public Procurement and Concession Commission (PPCC) have confided in this newspaper that the NEC may… Read more »
Liberia: Senator Nuquay Denies Supporting Nathaniel Mcgill's Senatorial Ambition
Margibi County Senator Emmanuel Nuquay has described the rumored senatorial ambition of the former Minister of State for Presidential Affairs Nathaniel McGill as a "stranger on job… Read more »
Liberia: Karfiah's Risky Political Game - Support Against PUP Chairman in Bong's District Seven Could Hurt Senate Bid
The road to the 2023 senatorial election in Bong County is becoming more tortuous for the People's Unification Party (PUP) aspirant Edward Karfiah, given the internal rift that has… Read more »
September 23, 2022
Liberia: AFL Receives Alpha 2022 Peace Award
The Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) has received the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. prestigious 2022 Alpha Peace Award for upholding its commitment to peace and security in Liberia… Read more »
Liberia: First Lady Weah Empowers Adolescent Girls in Nimba
Liberian First Lady Clar Marie Weah has donated a consignment of assorted materials, including vocational skills-training equipment to adolescent girls in Busie Town, on the… Read more »
Liberia: WaterAid Liberia Country Director Echoes Call for 10 Percent Reduction On Sanitary Pads Tariff
The Country Director of WaterAid Liberia, Chuchu K. Selma, has stressed the need for 10 percent reduction tariff on the import of sanitary pads in Liberia as a means of improving… Read more »
Liberia: ZOA Prevents Pre-Elections Campaign in Bong, Conducts Dialogue With Talk-Show Hosts and Radio Callers in Gbarnga
Ahead of the 2023 Presidential and General Elections in Liberia, ZOA in partnership with ANGIE BROOKS International Centre has ended a daylong dialogue with talk-show hosts and… Read more »
Liberia: Thomas Watson Clarifies Role in Controversial Land Deal
Mr. Thomas Bogomie Watson who was reported to be at the center of an alleged dubious land deal says his role in the arrangement was to help Kelvin David to conduct due diligence on… Read more »
Liberia: Logging Company Shipped U.S.$3 Million in Lumber Despite Telling Community Exports Were Halted - FDA Fails to Act
Water dictates the lives of people in this part of central River Cess. With just three hand pumps to supply a town of 7,000, women and children here wake as early as 3 am to fetch… Read more »
Liberia: IFC, CBL Engage Stakeholders On Disseminating Digital Credit Guidelines
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), in collaboration with the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL), on Thursday, September 21, held a one-day stakeholders' meeting on the… Read more »
Liberia: Pres. Weah Assures Free and Transparent Elections At UN General Assembly
Pres. George Weah has assured the world that next year's election would be free, fair, and transparent. Read more »
September 22, 2022
Liberia: 17-Yr-Old Arrested With Several Drugs in Rivergee
The Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA) detachment in Fish Town, River Gee County has arrested a 17-year-old boy with multiple illegal drugs. Read more »
Liberia: Arcelormittal Liberia Pays Over U.S.$18 Million in Compensation to Farmers in Nimba
Fifty local farmland owners near Yekepa, Nimba County were the latest batch of joyful recipients of over US$138,188 (One hundred thirty-eight thousand one hundred eighty-eight… Read more »
Liberia: Controversial Court Ruling in Nimba Sparks Mixed Reaction Over Segal Contract With Arcelor Mittal
The ruling in the case involving the Security Expert Guard Service of Liberia (SEGAL ) and its aggrieved employees has come under serious criticism with residents of Nimba County… Read more »
Liberia: Women Urged to Build Bridges
Former Gender, Children and Social Protection Minister, Madam Julia Duncan Cassell has urged her fellow Liberian women to build bridges as they move about daily in their… Read more »
Liberia: Swiss Court Announces Appeal Dates for Convicted Liberian War Criminal Kosiah
The Swiss Federal Criminal Court has announced dates to hear the appeal of convicted Liberian war criminal, Alieu Kosiah. In June 2021 the Court sentenced Kosiah to 20 years in… Read more »
Liberia: CSAID, ForumCiv End Celebrations of International Day of Democracy in Bong County
With support from ForumCiv Liberia, the Community Solutions Aid (CSAID) has ended the celebrations of the International Day of Democracy in Bong County. Read more »
Liberia: Afriland First Bank Launches Push and Pull Service With Lonestar Cell MTN
The Afriland First Bank in Liberia has launched a Mobile Money banking transaction service with Lonestar cell MTN, 'Push and Pull mobile money service, with the aim of making… Read more »
Liberia: FDA Fails to Punish Company for Chain of Illegal Logging
Editor's Note: This is the first of a series on illegal logging activities by Masayaha Logging Company, which works in Grand Bassa County. Read more »
Liberia: Posing As Land Sale Agent for Pres. Weah, Dealer Allegedly Defrauds Liberian in the Diaspora About U.S.$17,000
A Liberian living in the US, Kelvin David, is upset about an alleged dubious land deal, involving one Joe Dorah which he noted, has cost approximately US$17,000) in total. Read more »
Liberia: 17-Yr-Old Arrested With Several Drugs in Rivercess
The Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA) detachment in Fish Town, River Gee County has arrested a 17-year-old boy with multiple illegal drugs. Read more »
Liberia: Youth Activist Selected for First Ever CEE Fellowship in the U.S.
The President of the Students Against Corruption (SAC) has been selected as the only Liberian for the competitive and prestigious Community Engagement Exchange (CEE) Fellowship… Read more »
Liberia: Noble Second Floor Hosts 4th Retreat in Gbarnga, Bong County
On Friday, the 16th to Sunday the 18th of September 2022,members of the Noble Second Floor (NSF), held their 4th annual retreat on the theme "Upholding Integrity in a Poverty Prone… Read more »