Author: Godfred Badu Quansah

Kinjor, Grand Cape Mount County – A one-day fact-finding mission to Kinjor, Grand Cape Mount County, has come to an end for the civil society organization Solidarity Trust for A New Day (STAND).STAND engaged with women, young people, and elders in Kinjor throughout the tour by sending out roughly twenty human rights investigators. After the engagement, the national chairman of STAND, Mulbah Morlu, who recently resigned from the Coalition for Democratic Change chairmanship, apologized to the Kinjor residents for the former government’s failure to hold the Bea Mountain Mining Company accountable for not fulfilling its share of the mineral development…

SUPREME COURT ORDERS Monrovia, Liberia – The Supreme Court has halted the activities of the Assets Recovery and Property Retrieval Team. President Joseph Nyuma Boakai formed the team to gather and return public resources and properties that had been wrongfully acquired or given to private use by former government officials. Following Francis T. Blama’s prohibition suit against the government, the task force was placed on temporary inactive status. Blama, the manager of Gracious Ride, requested that the High Court issue an injunction for the task force to stop seizing cars. The cab company is controlled by Finda Bundo, the former…

AS ACTING FINANCE MINISTER ANTHONY MYERS THROWS MORE LIGHT ON FY2024 DRAFT NATIONAL BUDGET. Monrovia, Liberia – Hon. Anthony Myers, the deputy minister of finance and development planning for fiscal policy in Liberia, has reaffirmed the government’s strong commitment to servicing its external and domestic obligations under the Boakai administration. The total debt service, subscription, and other payables for FY2024 are projected to be US$217.28 million, a 117.69 percent increase over the FY2023 forecast of US$99.81 million, according to the government’s public debt service portfolio as outlined in the administration’s recently submitted draft national budget to the national Legislature. Nonetheless,…

WHAT ARE THE LESSONS LEARNED? Monrovia, Liberia – Having placed 33rd in the just concluded 2023 ALL African Games in Ghana, what are the takeaways for Liberia? The competition included four different athletic disciplines, and four medals were awarded. However, Liberia did not have a gold medal to wear. What does Liberia’s performance at the competition’s pinnacle mean? With the exception of a few who missed marks because they didn’t comprehend the conditions, most of the elite athletes invited to represent Liberia at the competition performed incredibly well. The boxing team took home a bronze medal, which was followed by…

Monrovia, Liberia – The Wea-Taylor administration’s payroll has come under fire from the ministry of finance and development, which describes it as rotten. Following the new Boakai administration’s incursions of flooding and phony names on the government payroll, Mr. Anthony G. Myers, Acting Minister of Finance and Development Planning for the Unity Party, has provided an explanation. “The Payroll is not only bloated, but it is rotten.” The Ministry of Finance and Development Planning’s Deputy Minister for Fiscal Affairs claimed that in order to improve the nation’s spending, the Liberian government’s payroll is excessively extravagant and needs cleaning. The minister…

Monrovia, Liberia – The Minister of Justice has received a Caviat from Senator Nathaniel Farlo McGill of Margibi County, who is also the Chairman of the CDC Legislative Caucus, alerting him to the government’s early errors in an attempt to keep it accountable. At a news conference conducted at the CDC party headquarters on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, the Chair of the CDC Legislative Caucus declared that the Boakai administration is acting improperly by detaining private individuals without a court warrant, which he claimed is illegal. “The foundation of Liberia is the rule of law. Without a court order, it is unlawful…

Monrovia, Liberia – The President-elect of the Republic of Senegal, Mr. Bassirou Diomaye Faye, has received a congratulations message from President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr, president of the Republic of Liberia. According to a statement from the Foreign Ministry, President Boakai congratulated Mr. Faye on his election to the highest position in the nation on behalf of the Government, the People of Liberia, and himself. He reassured his Senegalese colleague that he would always be available to collaborate with him in order to preserve and strengthen the good and multifaceted connections that currently exist between the two nations and peoples.…

Monrovia, Liberia – The people of Liberia have been reassured by Minister of Labor Cllr. Cooper W. Kruah that the government will put their welfare first despite its concerns about doing business with international businessmen. At the usual press briefing held by the Ministry of Information, Cultural Affairs, and Tourism on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, Minister Kruah made this declaration. He declared that the safety of Liberian citizens would not be jeopardized in order to uphold the laws. “I must again emphasize that, while we wish to encourage the involvement of our foreign business and investment friends in our labor…

Monrovia, Liberia – In an effort to lower the high frequency of fire disasters in various regions of the nation, the Citizens United to Promote Development and Accountability, a democracy advocacy group, has put out five recommendations. Victor Balo, the organization’s executive director, suggested, that the government openly recognize and treat the ongoing fire tragedy as a national emergency. Mr. Balo suggested that the government look into the underlying causes of these recurrent fire tragedies and put preventative measures in place to protect the public while speaking at a press conference in Monrovia. Balo urged the government and international community…

Monrovia, Liberia – To maintain clean cities throughout Liberia, a number of government agencies are collaborating with local government entities. Along with other line ministries and agencies, the cooperation comprises the Liberia National Police (LNP), the Monrovia City Corporation (MCC), the Ministry of Public Works (MPW), and the Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation (LWSC). To support government efforts to maintain clean cities, the group established an Inter-Governmental Agency City-Cleaning Taskforce on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. As part of the ARREST Agenda, public works minister Roland Layfette Giddings emphasized at a press conference on Tuesday, March 26, 2024, that maintaining clean…