The walkout by US Charge d’Affaires Catherine Rodriguez during a ceremony marking Liberia’s 177th Independence Day celebration has been greeted with mixed reactions. By: Kruah Thompson Monrovia, July 26, 2024: Bong County Electoral District #6 Representative Moima Briggs Mensah is urging President Joseph Boakai to request that the American Government recall its Chargé d’Affaires, Catherine Rodriguez. During Liberia’s 177th Independence …

By: Kruah Thompson Monrovia, Liberia: – In an address marking Liberia’s 177th Independence Day, President Joseph Nyumah Boakai has emphasized the need for genuine freedom and inclusivity, urging citizens to work together to overcome the nation’s challenges. Speaking at the Centennial Pavilion on Friday, July 26, 2023, President Boakai reflected on the sacrifices of Liberia’s founding fathers and champions of …

By: Emmanuel Wise Jipoh Monrovia, July 25, 2024:-At least one person died instantly, while a tricycle (Keh-keh) rider and three others sustained serious injuries when the official motorcade of President Joseph Nyuma Boakai was involved in a fatal road accident early Wednesday morning, July 24, 2024, along the Robertsfield Highway in Paynesville, outside Monrovia. Presidential Press Secretary Kula Fofana confirmed …

Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency has arrested a young couple with substances valued at several hundred thousand Liberian dollars. By Thomas Domah, Nimba County  Nimba, Liberia, July 24, 2024 – Nimba County – The Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA) detachment in Nimba has arrested and charged two suspects with unlicensed possession, distribution, trafficking, and sale of controlled substances. The suspects are believed …

Firestone’s decision to outsource some of its tappings to contractors on the plantation prompted a Legislative hearing on Capitol Hill last month. The hearing followed lawmakers’ allegation that the company violated certain provisions of the 2008 Amended and Restated Concession agreement, as amended in 2019. By Othello B. Garblah Harbel, Margibi County, July 24, 2024: – Last month, lawmakers led by …

Nyeswa and other auditors died when mounting public pressures mounted against the erstwhile Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC)-led government of former President George Manneh Weah over alleged public corruption. Monrovia, July 24, 2024: Former Finance and Development Planning Minister Samuel Tweah, listed as a police person of interest in a reopened investigation of Barthan Nyeswa’s death, has welcomed the investigation …

Liberian farmers, especially those rearing animals or running poultry, say one of their major challenges is the lack of anyone or a factory that produces animal feed. Monrovia, July 23, 2024: Animal feed producer Mr David Moore has disclosed a fast-track of his farming activities in Bong County through the Ministry of Agriculture’s Rural Economic Transformation Project (RETRAP) and the World Bank grant. …

All is not well between the Liberian Judiciary and the Executive over appropriation, as the third branch of government feels relegated and treated unfairly.   By Lincoln G. Peters  Monrovia, July 23, 2024:- A brawl seems to be intensifying between the Judiciary branch of government and the Executive, headed by President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, over a US$17 million budgetary allocation that …

The judicial branch’s current disenchantment with low budgetary allocation demands urgent attention from the two other branches—the Executive and the Legislature—to ensure proper coordination among all three branches. The Judiciary, through the Supreme Court of Liberia, has persistently and vehemently objected to the allotment of 2.8% of the 2024 National Budget for its operation despite being the government’s second-largest and …

An Executive Protection Service (EPS) compliance audit has raised questions over how millions were siphoned from the government’s coffers through the EPS. Monrovia July 22, 2024-Among the barrage of procedural, financial, and administrative breaches that characterized the operations of the elite Executive Protection Service (EPS), as uncovered by the General Auditing Commission (GAC), is the fact that ghosts or groups …