August 04, 2022
Liberia: Firestone Liberia Welcomes Nine New Teammates At Staff Onboarding Initiative
During the month of July, Firestone Liberia welcomed nine new teammates, spread across four departments within the concession to enhance productivity. As part of the welcoming and… Read more »
Liberia: United People's Party Pulls Out of Ruling Coalition
The United People's Party (UPP), one of the constituent parties in the Grand Coalition has with immediate effect tendered its dissociation with the Memorandum of Understanding,… Read more »
Ghana: LREC Board Chair Visits Ghana's Public Utilities Regulatory Commission
As part of efforts to improve Liberia's electricity regulatory regime, the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the Liberia Electricity Regulatory Commission (LERC), Dr.… Read more »
Liberia: Saprea and My Watchman Partner to Provide Healing Resources in Liberia
Arma is 7. Veronica is 11. Vivian is 15. Aisha is 10. Hawa was 12. All five girls are Liberian and all five were sexually abused. Child sexual abuse is a silent epidemic around the… Read more »
Liberia: 'Illusory, Heartbroken With Lost Hope', Dr. Mcintosh Describes CDC's Rule As He Endorses Cummings
Dr. Toga Gayewea McIntosh has endorsed the presidential bid of former Coca-Cola executive, and ANC political leader, Alexander Cummings. Read more »
Liberia: Hawa Verdier Divorces Her Husband, Cllr. Jerome Verdier
Hawa Verdier, wife of former Chairperson of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) says she has divorced her husband Cllr. Jerome Verdier for his "arrogance, rudeness, and… Read more »
Liberia: Govt of Liberia Taps LBDI to Take Leading Role in Country's Development Drive
The Government of Liberia (GOL) has designated the Liberian Bank of Development and Investment (LBDI) a leading partner in its development plan. Read more »
August 03, 2022
Liberia: Liberia's Cocoa Sector Gets Big Boost As Regional Collaboration Gears to Overcome Binding Constraints On Growth
As part of efforts to improve cocoa production in Liberia; the African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) in collaboration with Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) has held a… Read more »
Liberia: Seven Arrested, Manhunt for Others After President, International Community Condemnation of July 26 Violence
The July 26 political violence and the humiliation meted on student activist, Christopher W. Sivili, was particularly awful. The footage of his humiliation on social media brought… Read more »
Liberia: Second State Witness Contradicts Police Charge Sheet in Murder Case Involving EPs Agent Patrick Kollie
Prosecution witnesses in the ongoing trial involving former EPS Agent, Patrick Kollie, continue to give conflicting accounts, as the preliminary investigation continues on the… Read more »
Liberia: Lawmakers Involved in 'Last-Minute' Dishing of Huge Sums to Constituents Ahead of 2023 Elections
As the 2023 presidential and legislative elections in Liberia draw nearer, several lawmakers seeking re-election are intensifying their efforts to financially induce potential… Read more »
Liberia: Bluecrest University Launches 'Let's Make Liberia Great Again Football Tournament'
Liberia's premier IT University, BlueCrest University continues to break barriers and add ingenuity to its many learning platforms. Read more »
Liberia: Cathedral School Alumni Association of North America Selects Liberia's Deputy Speaker As Keynote Speaker
Over 800 former students, teachers and staff of Cathedral Catholic High School of Liberia, including graduates (alumni) and their relatives and friends, will on Wednesday converge… Read more »
Liberia: Applications for the UK Government's Chevening Scholarships Open 2 August 2022
Applications for Chevening Scholarships to study in the UK are open between 2 August and 1 November 2022, with applications to be submitted via chevening.org/apply Read more »
Liberia: PAYOWI Launches Wash for Equitable Education Program in Improving Sanitation and Hygiene in School Facilities
Paramount Young Women Initiative (PAYOWI) has launched a 'WASH for Equitable Education' program which seeks to address unmet hygiene needs for female students in Montserrado and… Read more »
Liberia: LMHRA Advances Step to Guide Clinical Trial of Medicines
The Liberia Medicine and Health Regulatory Authority (LMHRA), has climaxed a day-long dialogue on Regulation of Clinical Trial, aimed at safeguarding the public on taking safe… Read more »
Liberia: UL Honors and Decorates Dean Warner for Outstanding Service
The Management Team of the University of Liberia (UL) has honored Counselor T. Negbalee Warner, outgoing Dean of the Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law. Read more »
August 02, 2022
Liberia: Joint Statement By the International Community On July 26 Political Violence
The International Community in Liberia, having learnt with concern of the serious violence committed in Monrovia on 26 July, condemns without reservation, such acts which occurred… Read more »
Liberia: LNP Arrests Seven Persons in Connection to July 26 Violence
Seven persons have been arrested by the Liberia National Police in connection to the street violence of July 26, 2022. Those arrested are: Kendrick S. Pelenah, 30, Joshua S. Karr,… Read more »
Liberia: UP Members Resist Arrest of Senior Officials, Closure of Headquarters
Scores of partisans of the Unity Party have heavily resisted court officers backed by police from entering the party's headquarters to effect the arrest of some senior officials of… Read more »
Liberia: 2022 On Track to Be a Bad Year for Child Victims of Rape
Martu Yardolo had just turned 17 when she says she was given a drug hidden in a drink and gang raped by three men. It was the night of her birthday. Yardolo was looking forward to… Read more »
August 01, 2022
Liberia: Applied Scholastics Liberia Teams With Cuttington University for Effective, Competency-Based Learning
While other broad social crises such as COVID may garner immediate attention, the endemic deterioration of educational standards and widespread illiteracy are the long-term,… Read more »
August 02, 2022
Liberia: UK Boosts Conservation Efforts
Liberia's most endangered and threatened species are set to be better protected thanks to new funding to tackle the illegal wildlife trade announced by the British Embassy in… Read more »
Liberia: Rep. Yekeh Koluba Threatens to Train Men to Counter Attacks On Opposition Political Figures
Ahead of the 2023 general and presidential elections in Liberia, Montserrado County district # 10 Representative Yekeh Kolubah has vowed to ensure the training of hundreds of… Read more »
Liberia: AIIST Graduates LLA Staff in Office Productivity and Management
The Africa International Institute of Science and Technology (AIIST) has graduated 178 young people in computer science with twelfth of the graduates coming from the Liberia Land… Read more »