Author: Godfred Badu Quansah

The Chief Executive Officer of the National Oil Company of Liberia (NOCAL), Atty. Saifuah Mai Gray is urging young people in the nation, particularly recent high school graduates, to choose a career path and carry out those plans for successful Leaders. Choosing a career path will help you become a successful Leader who will have an impact on Liberia and the rest of the world. She said that choosing a successful career in the midst of difficulties will strengthen them even more and prepare them for challenges in the future; if one-fourth of the world worked to make their life…

Monrovia-As the fight against the deadly Covid-19 virus in the world continues, the government of South Africa has donated seventy-nine thousand two hundred (79,200) Johnson and Johnson vaccines to the government of Liberia through the Ministry of Health. Making the donation on behalf of the government and people of South Africa the Deputy Minister of International Relations and cooperation Candith Mashego-Dlamini disclosed that the vaccines were produced in South Africa and it has been proven and tested by certified professional Doctors in the World. She said Liberia and South Africa have had strong relations as far as the 1960s as…

Paynesville-Liberia’s president, George Manneh Weah, has urged all citizens to practice peace at all times, particularly in light of the nation’s forthcoming elections in 2023. In his sermon at the Forky Klon Jlaleh Family Fellowship Church in Paynesville, President Weah made the call. President Weah, who formerly held the position of Peace Ambassador, urged Liberians to avoid using violence and war as a solution to their problems and to instead engage in diplomacy, talks, and roundtable discussions that will result in a peaceful outcome. The former UNICEF Peace Ambassador denied allegations that he was associated with warlord organizations in Liberia…

Liberia President, George Manneh Weah has informed the public and the world that the United States of America remains Liberia’s senior ally. The Liberian Leader Speaking at a thanksgiving service in his honor at the Forky Klon Jlaleh Family Fellowship Church in Paynesville outside Monrovia. Mr. Weah said a Liberian diplomatic in the person of Lewis Brown voted against the US which left him with no doubt but to dismiss the diplomatic. He noted that the intention of the diplomat was to create tension between the two countries. President Weah at the same time pledged Liberia’s full support to the…

President George Weah has praised Justice Korkpor noting that he has paid his dues since the time when he advocated for justice and human rights as a representative of the civic society. “Justice Korkpor has paid his dues, dating as far back as when he championed the cause in the advocacy of justice and human rights”. The Liberian leader made the assertion on Tuesday, September 27, 2022, during the official retirement ceremony of Chief Justice Francis S. Korkpor, Sr. Mr. Weah said, during the work of the retired Chief Justice at the justice of peace commission established by the Catholic…

Monrovia-Retired Chief Justice Francis S. Korkpor Sr. has lauded his international partners and the Liberian people for their overwhelming support of the Judiciary while serving as Chief Justice of the Republic of Liberia. Justice Francis Korkpor made these remarks during his official retirement ceremony held on Tuesday, September 27, at the grounds of the Temple of Justice in Monrovia. Justice Korkpor thanked and appreciated the support of many friendly Government and International organizations for assisting the Judiciary in their reform programs and projects under his stewardship. “I thanked and appreciated the many friendly Government and International Organizations that assisted us…

Monrovia-The National Patriotic Party’s leadership is once again in crisis as some members of the party’s standard bearer and national executive committee disagree on the amount of funding and delegates to invite to the national convention, which is set to take place on October 7, 2022, in Paynesville. The national executive committee decided on September 4, 2022, to invite 638 delegates with a budget of $100,000 USD, but they also agreed to send roughly 310 delegates if the funding of $100,000 USD could not be raised. Addressing a press conference in Monrovia, NPP Secretary General, Andrew Peters, appealed to the…

The United Nations Development Program has observed that Liberia is still among the lowest human development category,  with food insecurity of 31.9 percent and less than 33 percent having access to electricity. The UNDP’s Head of Governance, James Monibah, said there is a high poverty rate in rural Liberia and poor infrastructural developments are prominent in the rural parts of the country. Mr. Monibah made the observation at the opening of a one-day economic forum organized by the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning with funding from the United Nations Development Program in Congo Town on Thursday, September 29, 2022.…

Monrovia-A pro-democratic organization, the Consortium of Civil Society Organization, has called on the Liberia National Police to invite the Country Director of Conservation International to investigate the alleged assertion that Liberia is not safe. The spokesman of the consortium, John Pangbe said the allegation by Peter Mulbah, that Liberia is not safe is severe and has the propensity to derail the image of the country to the international community and scare away would-be investors from coming to the country. Addressing a press conference in Monrovia, Mr. Pangbe added that a thorough investigation conducted by the consortium revealed that the Country…

New York-The United States of America Secretary of State Mr. Antony J. Blinken, and Liberia Foreign Affairs Minister Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah, Sr., are to participate in the Feed the Future Forum organized by the Government of the United States on the sidelines of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly. Feed the Future is the United States Government’s Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative in response to the growing global food security crisis and malnutrition due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; and the impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic, climate change, increased conflicts, and high prices for fuel and…