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INCHR Inaugurates US$74,000 Memorial Site

MONROVIA-In a poignant and moving ceremony, residents of River Gee County gathered to witness the dedication of a newly constructed 11th memorial site honoring the 13 victims of the tragic Sarbo Woffieken Massacre. The event commemorated the alleged brutal killing carried out on November 11, 1994, by the Liberia Peace Council (LPC) rebels during the […]

PUL Deploys Legal Representation

MONROVIA–The Press Union of Liberia (PUL) has deployed distinguished journalist and Attorney-at-Law Bruce Boweh to represent two Liberian journalists, Eric Opa Doue and Methuselah Gaye, who are currently facing criminal charges in Rivercess County. The charges of “criminal contempt of court” and “criminal coercion” stem from publications by the journalists that alleged corruption within the […]

What’s Behind NEC HQ Closure Saga?

MONROVIA-What really led to the shutting down of the headquarters of the National Elections Commission (NEC) remains the baffling question on the mind of Liberians as sources closed to the NEC have released additional information. Sources closed to the NEC confirmed that in 2018, the National Elections Commission of Liberia (NEC) signed a contract with […]

First Lady Launches Scholarship Drive

MONROVIA-Tuesday hosted an interactive forum for over 100 Liberian health practitioners to recruitcandidates for more than 75 fully-funded scholarships in critical medical specializations. The session, held at the A. M Kyne Collegiate Resource Center at the William V. S. Tubman High School in Sinkor, Monrovia, provided detailed information on the scholarship programs, including available specializations, […]

China: Chinese Ambassador visits Youth and Sports minister

MONROVIA-The Chinese Ambassador to Liberia, Yin Chengwu, has paid a courtesy visit to the Minister of Youth and Sports, Cllr.  Cole Bangalu, as part of efforts to strengthen the Liberia-China Relations. Minister Bangalu and the Ambassador Chengwu met August 20, 2025, and exchanged views on China-Liberia relations and cooperation specifically in the fields of youth […]

EDITORIAL: HEED THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT

MONROVIA-POLITICS ASIDE, THE AUDACITY to face reality shows the remarkableness and truthfulness in the way any government conducts the affairs of state, and advance the needs and well-being of the governed. Truth being told, the recently released damaging U.S. States Department Human Rights Report on Liberia is not what the Government of Liberia would love […]

PUL Decries Abuse of Judicial Power

The Press Union of Liberia (PUL) has expressed concerns over what it said appears to be a coordinated legal campaign aimed at harassing, intimidating, and silencing journalists in Rivercess County. PUL, in a release at the weekend under the signature of its President Julius Kanubah, condemned “the calculated detention and ongoing judicial persecution” of journalists […]

Criminal Court ‘B’ Judge Urges Speedy Trial

Judge Wesseh Alphonsus Wesseh, who presides over Criminal Court ‘B’ as part of the 1st Judicial Circuit of Montserrado County, during this August term, has made a compelling appeal for the Liberia National Bar Association to enhance its legal aid program. The aim seeks to accelerate justice for 2,181 individuals currently in pretrial detention across […]

CDC: ‘The Judas In Saah Joseph’

MONROVIA–What many called ‘the Judas in Senator Saah H. Joseph’ came out last week in a dramatic style when he spewed litany of accusations against the former ruling Congress for Democratic Change (CDC), his political upbringing institution, claiming that the party is like a cesspool of depravity and purveyor of corruption. Senator Joseph minced no […]