Author: Godfred Badu Quansah

Monrovia-A former candidate for the legislature in Montserrado County’s Electoral District 16 has made a suggestion to the Liberian government to discuss raising the price of rice or settling the debt owed to rice importers as subsidies. The cost of exporting rice to Liberia from overseas has increased since the start of the war between Russia and Ukraine, according to Archie Sarnor, a well-known opponent of the CDC-led administration. In an interview, Mr. Sarnor stated it would be preferable to pay 15 US dollars for a 25 KG bag of rice than to go without food due to a lack…

The increasing rise in arbitrary killings around the nation has drawn grave alarm from the United Methodist Human Rights Monitor. Jefferson Knight, the program director for the monitor, claimed that the Liberia National Police was doing little to stop the death of underprivileged youngsters and the practice of “jungle justice” from spreading. At a press conference in Monrovia, Mr. Knight claimed that Liberia was turning into a haven for gangsters where people could murder others without consequence. He claims that because mob justice has a tendency to harm the innocent, the Liberia National Police needs to become more conscious of…

Monrovia-Over 1,500 children of prisoners across the nation will get scholarships worth over $150,000 through an initiative that Prison Fellowship Liberia has formally inaugurated. The Prison Fellowship International-sponsored project, code-named “Breaking the Circle/Promise Path,” will provide the beneficiaries with school supplies, literature, and health insurance. The promise route project is an initiative of Prison Fellowship International that is implemented in the nation by Prison Fellowship Liberia, according to Reverend Karpee Parton, the Program Coordinator at Prison Fellowship Liberia. He claims that the PFL is a human rights organization that supports criminal defendants, their families, and crime victims. Reverend Parton made…

According to reports, the Liberian government is thinking about boosting the subsidy for rice importers from USD$11 million to USD$20 million dollars in the upcoming fiscal year. The Liberian Senate is making that choice, according to Saah Joseph, the chairman of the Senate’s Committee on Executive, because the government has learned that there would be a severe global food crisis next year. While performing the dedication of the Community of Hope Agriculture Project’s rice processing facility in Zubah Town on Dupport Road in Paynesville over the weekend, Senator Joseph made the disclosure. He asserts that the best way to ensure…

The Liberian chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners has completed a three-day Anti-Fraud Conference in Liberia, the Anti-Fraud conference was held under the theme, “Together, Reducing fraud nationwide”. At the end of the event, the Deputy Director General for special Audit Lauded the participants and urged them to make maximum use of the knowledge acquired, he indicated that the CFE profession is challenging; citing the nature of the job involved, especially when serving as an auditor, investigator, or law enforcement officer. Director Seidi pointed out that in the 2022 occupational fraud report released by the Association of Certified…

On Thursday, October 13, a high-powered legislative delegation made up of roughly seven (7) members of the Honorable House of Representatives paid an official visit to the Bea Mountain Mining Corporation (BMMC) operations site in Grand Cape Mount County, Western Liberia. The visit is a follow-up to a recent assessment by the House of Representatives to determine if the Management of Bea Mountain is adhering to the Mineral Development Agreement (MDA) signed with the Liberian Government, cancellation of casual workers for more than six (6) months without adhering to the Decent Work Act of Liberia 2015, according to a release…

The Liberia National Police has sent two men to court on a number of accusations, including forgery, impersonating officials, criminal conspiracy, criminal facilitation, and criminal solicitation. Lennart Dodoo, Editor-in-Chief of Frontpage Africa, filed a complaint, and as a result, the two suspects were taken into custody on Wednesday, October 12, 2022. According to the Liberia National Police report, the suspects Cyrus Jackson and Junior V. Folley have been sent to the Monrovia City Court for perpetrating several crimes. Top government officials and other permanent residents allegedly called the complainant Dodoo multiple times over the course of several weeks, claiming that…

Day after Unity Party political leader Joseph Nyumah Boakai vows to use 100 days to fix major roads in Liberia if elected President in 2023; the government of Liberia through the Ministry of Information has shapely reacted to Amb. Boakai accession. According to the Deputy Minister for technical services at the Ministry of Information Boakai Fofana, the Unity Party political Leader’s statement is deceptive, jealous, envious, cheap politic, and desperate for state power something he described as unfortunate on the part of the former Vice president. He questions why the Unity Party political leader would make such a claim while…

Monrovia-Amos Brosius, the general manager of the controversial Ducor Petroleum Incorporated is seeking the approval of Chief Justice Sie-A-Nyene Yuoh to relocate his company’s ten-year case that involved him and his partner, the Monrovia Oil Trading Company (MOTC), at the Commercial Court for 10 years now. Brosius’ request comes weeks after majority justices of the Supreme Court reversed the early decision of the Judiciary Inquiry Commission ( JIC) which held the commercial Court Chief Judge Eva Mappy Morgan liable for the alleged depletion of over US$3.3million from the company escrow account that was housed at the Liberia Bank for Development and Investment…

Monrovia- The political leader of the Unity Party, Joseph Nyumah Boakai, claimed that the CDC government was elected on the basis of falsehood and that they are continuing to do so while attempting to appeal to those who are smarter than they are. He claimed that every citizen in the nation is fully aware of the economic hardship that the populace is experiencing. He claimed that because president George Weah is guiding the nation on untruth, there has been no improvement in the standard of living for the people of Liberia. Under his leadership as president, the former vice president…