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-Baptist Preacher Calls, Describes Same Sex Practice as Criminality, Ungodly, Predicts God’s Wrath, and Destruction upon Liberia If… Saint Solomon Joah, a mid-Baptist preacher and Superintendent of the Soltiamon Christian School system, situated in Fiamah, 24 Street Sinkor, Monrovia, has called on Liberia’s Ministry of Justice(MOJ) and the Liberia National Police(LNP), to immediately begin arresting, […]
By Reuben Sei Waylaun In order to gain financial autonomy and truly reflect reforms aimed at bringing integrity and credibility to the Liberian legislature, Representative Francis Dopoh of River Gee county is calling for a holistic audit of the entire Liberian legislature. “We need to have an audit of the legislature so that we can […]
-Woewiyu Indicts Madam Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Thomas Woewiyu has alleged that former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, often considered a democratic reformer, has civil war ‘blood on her hands’. The historic transfer of power to a new government in Liberia last January, the first in 70 years, was hailed and celebrated as a milestone in the […]
-Over Motorcyclist’s Death Police and protesters early Wednesday morning clashed in Barnesville outside Monrovia following a tragic motor accident involving a truck and a motorcycle. The accident resulted into the death of a motorcyclist and wounding a passenger. According to our reporter, the violence erupted when a moving truck plying the road collided with a […]
By R Joyclyn Wea The Ministry of Labor on Monday received its first setback under the leadership of Minister Moses Kollie from the civil law court “A” in a case involving the ministry and some aggrieved workers of the Liberia Firestone Rubber Company over the conduct of its workers’ union elections at the plantation. The […]
– ‘HeForShe’ Crusader Lashes At Stakeholders By Esau J. Farr The Executive Director for a crusader group, “HeForShe” has lashed at continual complains from major judicial authorities about low budgetary allotment to fast track cases in the country. Tambah F. Johnson says he gets angry when top decision makers in government complain of low budgetary […]
-Bishop Simpson Describes Minister Sonie’s Pronouncement By T. Saye Goinleh A Veteran Liberian educator and vice head of the Haywood Mission School on the Old Road, Dr. Leo M. Simpson has sharply reacted to a recent statement by Liberia’s education Minister D. Ansu Sonii threatening to dismiss principals whose students fail to make a successful […]
-Frances Greaves Recommends By Esau J. Farr The President of the National Civil Society Council of Liberia and the Executive Director of the Voice of the Voiceless (VOV) has recommended for the establishment of free treatment and safe homes for SGBV survivors in Liberia. SGBV is Sexual and Gender-based Violence. Madam Frances Greaves lamented that […]
-Says It Is Sanctioned for Corruption Open Liberia (OL), a pro-democracy group says Liberian president George Weah is glaringly sanctioning corruption with the placement of US$13m in the 2018/2019 fiscal budget as well as an additional US$26m in projection for the next two fiscal years for the same project. The organization says it is utterly […]
By Jackson C. Clay, The plenary of the Liberian Senate has concurred with the plenary of the House of Representatives over the passage of the Draft National Budget for fiscal year 2018/2019 in the tone of over five hundred-seventy million (US$570m). The plenary which is the highest decision-making body of the Liberian Senate reached the […]