Monrovia – Following the suspension of all members of the Board of the Liberia Telecommunications Authority, armed officers from the Liberia National Police stormed the LTA headquarters, demanding to search the vehicles and bags of employees before leaving the premises. FrontPageAfrica learned that the armed officers were acting under the instruction of Police Unit 105, []
Yesterday, to mark World Malaria Day, I was privileged to attend the Liberian launch of the malaria vaccine at St Francis Hospital in Cestos City, River Cess County, along with the Speaker of the House, the Minister of Health and the World Health Organisation. By Kate Thomson, UK Chargé d’Affaires Despite the distance from Monrovia, []
Monrovia-President Joseph Boakai has suspended the board of commissioners at the Liberia Telecommunications Authority with immediate effect and has written the General Auditing Commission to conduct a comprehensive audit of the entity. The suspension comes in two days, just after the Board of Commissioners won a legal battle against President Boakai’s administration, where the Supreme []
MONROVIA – The Forestry Development Authority (FDA) approved the export of 797 logs, valued at an estimated US$923,441, despite being aware that over half of the timber had been illegally harvested. The illegal shipment was one of the first acts of Managing Director Rudolph Merab—a serial logging offender—since he became the unlikely head of the []
GARPUE TOWN, River Cess — A major national FrontPageAfrica/New Narratives survey has found nine in every ten Liberian subsistence farmers want to migrate because climate change is making farming unviable. With as many as 80 percent of Liberians making their living from farming, experts say the findings have major implications for Liberia’s food security and []
Ganta Nimba County — The word ‘godfather’ has different meanings to different people. In Liberian politics, a godfather is a ‘big boss’ that maintains political control of a territory by ensuring that either he or his self-chosen person is elected to govern such area. By Selma Lomax, [email protected] They include the rich and political influencers who []
CAPITOL HILL, Monrovia – The Joint Committee on Ways, Means, and Finance of the 55th Legislature has uncovered an additional $51.451,000 in revenue for the fiscal year 2024, bringing the total draft budget to $743.859,000. This discovery was made during the scrutiny of the budget as per Liberia’s Public Financial Law. By Gerald C. Koinyeneh []
BUCHANAN, Liberia – At just 17 years old, Sinnah Toe, a teenage expectant mother from the Sawmill community in Buchanan, Grand Bassa County, finds herself facing a difficult reality. Abandoned by her parents due to her pregnancy, Sinnah had to put her education on hold and venture into a small business to support herself. As []
MONROVIA – The Vice President of the Republic of Liberia, H.E. Jeremiah Kpan-Koung, has expressed his dissatisfaction with the unrealistic pricing in the procurement process of five new water and sewer trucks for the Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation (LWSC) by the previous CDC-led government. By Francis G. Boayue During the dedication ceremony of the []
MONROVIA – The United Methodist Church (UMC) in Liberia has issued a stern warning against what it terms as “false teachings” and has called upon its faithful members to distance themselves from individuals who propagate lies about the church. In a press release issued by the church, it was emphasized that true members of the []
CAPITOL HILL, Monrovia – Representative Richard Nagbe Koon (District #11, Montserrado County) has clarified that he has no plans to challenge Speaker Koffa for his position. By Gerald C. Koinyeneh – [email protected] Rep. Koon, a prominent member of the ruling Unity Party, narrowly lost to Cllr. J. Fonati Koffa of the opposition Coalition for Democratic []
Monrovia – The National Election Commission (NEC) has announced the first preliminary results from the just-ended Senatorial By-election in Nimba County and the Representative By-election in Grand Gedeh County District #1. The pronouncement from the NEC puts Unity Party Senatorial Candidate Nya Twayen in the early lead, while Representative Candidate Jeremiah Sokan takes the early []