MONROVIA – Liberia’s Justice Minister-designate, Cllr. Betty Lamin Blamo, has pledged that the state’s power to prosecute will not be turned into a weapon again…
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Liberia: Low Inflation, High Cost of Living: Senator Konneh Raises Alarm Over Rising Fuel and Commodity Prices, High Interest Rates Squeezing Liberian Small Businesses
Monrovia- The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Public Accounts and Audit Amara Konneh has observed that the increase in macro-economic stability in Liberia,…
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Liberia: Findley Demands Accountability Over Mobile Money Charges, Expired Scratch Cards
Monrovia — Senate Revenue Committee Chairman Gbehnzohngar Findley has called on the government and telecommunications companies to explain rising mobile money t…
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Liberia: Konneh Warns of Drug Trafficking Threat, Cites Fugitive’s Reported Presence in Sierra Leone
MONROVIA — Senator Amara Konneh has warned that Liberia’s porous borders, rising drug abuse and youth unemployment could expose the country to increased drug tr…
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Liberia: Rising Poverty, Economic Constraints and Drug Addiction Push Young Liberian Women Into Transactional Sex; Plea For Help, Empowerment
MONROVIA – By eight o’clock on most evenings, the young women have already taken their places. Near an unfinished building in the VOA community of Brewerville C…
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Liberia: Rubber Transshipment Ban Draws Complaints From Truckers and Shipping Stakeholders
MONROVIA — Liberia’s Executive Order No. 166 prohibits the transshipment of specified forms of unprocessed natural rubber, including natural latex, coagulum, cu…
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Liberia: Senator Dillon Takes Issue with Chief Justice Gbeisey over Proposal to Dissolve Jury Trail
MONROVIA – Montserrado county Senator Abraham Darius Dillon has taken issue with the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Liberia Yamie Quiqui Gbeisay over his…
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Liberia: Ex-Mines Minister Paye Says Liberia Must Adopt “Resource Sovereignty” to Break Mining Cartels, Stop Reliance on Foreign Loans
MONROVIA – Former Minister of Mines and Energy, Wilmot Paye, has called on the Liberian government to adopt a policy of resource sovereignty, arguing that the c…
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Liberia: LISGIS Boss Cautions Against Inadequate Usage of AI for Data Collection
MONROVIA -The Director General of the Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS) Richard Ngafuan has cautioned against the inadequate…
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Tweah Warns Education Crisis Could Become Liberia’s Next Security Threat
MONROVIA — Former Finance and Development Planning Minister Samuel Tweah has warned that Liberia’s failure to provide quality education to its citizens could ev…
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Liberia: Chinese Nationals “Brutalize” Liberian Employee as Victim Alarms Over Selective Justice, Illegal Dismissal
MONROVIA – The Ministry of Labour has launched a probe into reports of an alleged assault on a Liberian worker by two Chinese nationals in Congo Town, outside M…
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Liberia: Bishop Brown Cautions Opposition Leaders Amid Ongoing Collaboration Talks
Monrovia — Former Liberia Council of Churches President, Bishop Kortu Brown, has urged opposition politicians to approach Liberia’s political challenges with gr…
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Brewerville – Amid growing concerns over tensions along Liberia’s northern border, major drug seizures and heightened political divisions, Liberians have been u…
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‘APPLY THE SAME STANDARD TO EVERYONE’: Senator Konneh Warns Against Selective Justice in Cocaine Probe, Urges Task Force to Charge Linked Security Officials and Present ‘Bulletproof’ Evidence in Court
Gbarpolu County Senator Amara Konneh has cautioned state investigators against the application of selective justice in the ongoing probe of individuals and susp…
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Liberia: Restoration Baptist Warns Against Using Drug Fight as Political Weapon, Vows Pastoral Care for Ex-VP Taylor
Monrovia — The Restoration Baptist Ministries International has warned against using Liberia’s ongoing fight against illicit drugs as a political weapon, while…