MONROVIA — The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has turned the lens on itself, unveiling its first Gender Policy and a refreshed national Climate Change Ge…
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Liberia: Bong County’s New Road Machines Could Open the Way from Farm to Market, Says EPA Boss Yarkpawolo
by Selma Lomaxby Selma LomaxGBARNGA, Bong County – The arrival of 30 pieces of heavy earthmoving equipment in Bong County is being greeted as a turning point for the county’s farmers, trad…
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Liberia: EPA Boss Dr. Yarkpawolo Accepts Global Donor Advocacy Role as GEF Seeks Increased Funding for Environmental Protection
by Selma Lomaxby Selma LomaxYEREVAN, Armenia – The Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Dr. Emmanuel King Urey Yarkpawolo, has accepted an invitation to spearhe…
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Liberia Tells COP17 That Biodiversity Pledges Mean Little Without Money, Tools and Local Buy-In
by Selma Lomaxby Selma LomaxDr. Yarkpawolo said Liberia stands with the African Group on four priorities. First, he wants global targets paired with real implementation support. He said re…
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Liberian Environmental Expert Dorbor Wins Praise at UN Biodiversity Conference in Armenia Over Country’s 30×30 Conservation Efforts
by Selma Lomaxby Selma LomaxYEREVAN, Armenia — Liberian environmental expert Sylvia Diamond Dorbor has drawn praise from participants at the ongoing United Nations Biodiversity Conference…
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Liberia: CSA Moves to Tighten Government Payroll Controls as Dr. Joekai Pushes for Greater Accountability in 2027 Budget
by Selma Lomaxby Selma LomaxMONROVIA — As the Liberian government intensifies preparations for the 2027 National Budget, the Civil Service Agency (CSA) has announced significant steps aime…
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Liberia: Kolubah’s Expulsion Case Tests Legislative Authority as Supreme Court Sets October 22 Hearing
by Selma Lomaxby Selma LomaxMONROVIA – What started as a political controversy over remarks by Montserrado County District 10 Representative Yekeh Y. Kolubah has grown into one of the most…
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Liberia: Amelia Queen Cassell Turns Birthday into Hope for Chief Compound School Pupils Gbarnga Struggling to Find Chairs
by Selma Lomaxby Selma LomaxGBARNGA, Bong County — For hundreds of children attending Chief Compound Community Public School in the heart of Gbarnga, the struggle to secure a comfortable p…
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Liberia: State Jumped the Gun, Judge Finds, in Case That Shut Down Sekou Dukuly’s Three Care Homes in the United States of America
by Selma Lomaxby Selma LomaxAn administrative law judge says Minnesota regulators failed to prove Golden Touch Health Care posed an imminent danger to residents, a finding supporters of ow…
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Liberia: Saudi Rice Trial: Gbassay Rejects Guilty Verdict, Declares Innocence, Alleges Pressure to Become State Witness
by Selma Lomaxby Selma LomaxMONROVIA — Days after a jury at Criminal Court “C” adjudged her guilty in the Saudi Rice corruption case, former National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) offi…
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Liberia: Rep. Koinah Donates Building Materials to Dua Town Victims After Violence Destroyed Homes
by Selma Lomaxby Selma LomaxDUA TOWN, Kokoyah District — Representative Prince K. Koinah has donated 50 bundles of 32-gauge zinc, six cartons of roofing nails, 15 cartons of wire nails and…
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Liberia: Founder of Change Agent Network Eric Wowoh Charged by Police Over Alleged Land Fraud Involving US-Based Couple
by Selma Lomaxby Selma LomaxAccording to the charge sheet, investigators reviewed bank transfers, Zelle, Cash App and other electronic payments showing the couple paid US$18,741 toward the…
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Liberia: Expelled Montserrado District 10 Lawmaker Who Vowed Never to Beg Pres. Boakai Now Calls for Reconciliation
by Selma Lomaxby Selma LomaxMONROVIA — In Liberian public life, a man’s word is currency, and a man’s oath is something close to a mortgage on his name. Yekeh Kolubah took out a heavy one….
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Liberia: As Talk of a Truce with President Boakai Swirls, Ex-Lawmaker Kolubah Says He Regrets His Relationship with the Liberian Leader
by Selma Lomaxby Selma LomaxMONROVIA – Liberian politics has no shortage of dramatic turnarounds, but few would have raised eyebrows like this one. Yekeh Kolubah, the outspoken former Mont…
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Liberia: Bong Filled Pelelei with Praise for Ex-Supt. Jackson, Dead at 74, Yet Never Gave Him the Senate Seat in Four Tries
by Selma Lomaxby Selma LomaxPELELEI, Zota District, Bong County – The women came first, and they came together. Members of the Bong County Women Organization filed into the funeral grounds…
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Liberia: National Traditional Liaison Officer Says CDC Could Win Bong Again as Unity Party Battles Internal Divisions
by Selma Lomaxby Selma LomaxGBARNGA, Bong County – A senior Liberian government official from Bong County says the opposition Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) has a realistic chance o…
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Liberia: Tarpeh Under Fire After Calling CDC Supporters ‘Mentally Deranged’ Over Lone Star Defeat
by Selma Lomaxby Selma LomaxMONROVIA – The final whistle had barely faded on Tuesday when the debate moved from the pitch to the timeline. Liberia had lost at home to Mali in the ongoing A…
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Liberia: How Chief Justice Gbeisay’s Judiciary is Bringing the Gavel Closer to the Ordinary in Bong County
by Selma Lomaxby Selma LomaxGBARNGA, Bong County — Ask most Liberians what the word “court” conjures, and the answer rarely involves comfort. For decades, the courthouse has stood in the p…
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Liberia: Rep. Jacob Debee Receiving Treatment at Phebe Hospital After Road Accident in Bong County
by Selma Lomaxby Selma LomaxSUAKOKO DISTRICT –Grand Gedeh County’s District Three lawmaker, Representative Jacob Debee, is currently hospitalized after being involved in a road accident al…
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Liberia: Former Ganta Mayor Suah Faces Court Summons Amid Escalating Feud with Chief Justice Gbeisay Over Nimba Land Row
by Selma Lomaxby Selma LomaxGOMPA, Nimba County — A bitter property dispute in Gompa City has widened into a direct clash between the judiciary and local politics, after the Gompa Magister…
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Liberia: How a Failed Harvest Locked an Entire Generation Out of School in Bong County
by Selma Lomaxby Selma LomaxKpolokplah Public School relied entirely on volunteer teachers since the government never assigned staff, leaving the PTA to fund salaries through farming and c…
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Liberia: After the Ballot: How William Thompson Is Rebuilding His Political Footprint in Bong District Six
by Selma Lomaxby Selma LomaxBONG COUNTY — In Liberian politics, an election defeat can sometimes bring an abrupt end to a politician’s visibility. For William Telebo Thompson, however, the…
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Liberia: Broken Roofs, Empty Classrooms: Beletanla and Blemeyea Schools Struggle in Bong County
by Selma Lomaxby Selma LomaxBONG COUNTY – In the villages of District Two, the school day does not always end with the bell. At one school, it can end with the rain. At another, it …
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Liberia, UNDP to Host UN Side Event Linking Climate Change, Conflict and Natural Resources to the Search for Lasting Peace
by Selma Lomaxby Selma LomaxMONROVIA – Liberia will use the global spotlight of the United Nations General Assembly to make the case that a changing climate and a fragile peace cannot be t…