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Group photo after the forum in Sanniquellie, Nimba County Nimba County – Rescue Alternatives Liberia (RAL), a local human rights organization in Liberia has been impressively extolled by cross sections of citizens, security officers and judges in Nimba County for rekindling their relationship perceived to be broken since the departure of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL). Rescue Alternatives Liberia, the local NGO has over the years been providing alternatives to enhancing human rights, rule of law, peace and democracy building and victim’s recovery. The organization is currently implementing a project called ‘Community Policing Initiative, A Prisoner’s Rights and…

Liberia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, His Excellency Ambassador Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah, Sr New York – Liberia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, His Excellency Ambassador Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah, Sr., says the Republic of Liberia is an important and notable example of what peacebuilding and sustaining peace truly reflects in practice. Serving as a panelist at a United Nations General Assembly Informal Interactive Dialogue on Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace, Ambassador Kemayah said that Leadership in the transition process from peacekeeping to peacebuilding was pivotal; noting, in the Republic of Liberia, the process was clearly articulated in terms of rationale…

MONROVIA – The Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia (EPA) has shut down the operation of China Chongqoing International Construction Company (CICO) in Caldwell, Montserrado County for refusing to adhere to a ‘notice of violation’ issued by the EPA on March 4, 2019. The shutdown was executed on Friday, March 29, 2018 by a team from EPA’s Compliance and Enforcement Department headed by John K. Jallah. Reading a ‘Notice of Shut down for Non-compliance’ prior to shutting down the company, Jallah told management that their operation is in complete violation of the Environmental Protection and Management Law of Liberia. The notice…

Monrovia – The chief executive officer (CEO) and general manager of Skyline, Mr. R. Bobby Blessing Sonpon, is pleading with Grand Bassa County Senator Nyonblee Karnga-Lawrence, the wife of the late Representative Adolph Lawrence, to accept a state-funded funeral for her husband. Until his death on Monday, March 25, the late lawmaker represented Montserrado County’s District #15 in the House of Representatives. Sonpon, a resident of the district, made his appeal over the weekend following FrontPageAfrica’s publication that Senator Karnga-Lawrence had written House Speaker Bhofal Chambers informing him of a decision of her family. In her communication to the Speaker,…

The late Lackey Massaquoi Monrovia – The Liberia Football Referees Association (LFRA) has lost one of its members, Lackey Massaquoi.

Monrovia – The Liberia Football Association (LFA) First Division League Match Day 7 matches were played in five venues around the country as the league leaders, Watanga FC, suffered her first defeat of the season against Nimba FC after a 1-0 home win for the Nimba boys in Ganta City.

A month or two ago, I was awakened to reports of a massive resignation of staff from The Inquirer newspaper. According to FrontPage Africa, at least five staff of The Inquirer threw in the towel in a bid to form The Independent Inquirer which is “reportedly government-backed.”

The late Lackey Massaquoi Monrovia – The Liberia Football Referees Association (LFRA) has lost one of its members, Lackey Massaquoi. The Liberian referee gave up today, March 30th, at the Samuel K. Doe Sports Complex during a fitness test for referees. According to the referee association, Massaquoi was a dedicated member of the Liberia Football Referee Association and is saddened by his passing. A statement from the Liberia Football Association said “LFA regrets to announce the death of referee Lackey Massaquoi of Margibi County. Lackey is the third football personality to die in the last two months.

On the Second Monday of March A.D. 2019, the Chambers of the Honorable Supreme Court of the Liberia, in keeping with Section 2.5 of the Judiciary Law, which states, “The Supreme Court shall hold two terms annually, commencing on the Second Monday of October and on the Second Monday of March and continuing as long as the business before the Court may require. They shall be known as the October and March Term respectively.”, housed members of the Supreme Court Bar, Government Officials, members of the Diplomatic Corps, developmental partners and cross-section of the general public to witness the Chief…

Confiscated Illegal Mills at Sime Darby Gbah, Bomi County – As police Monday carried a major raid of illegal oil palm processing mills around Sime Darby Plantation, this paper has gathered from investigation that over one hundred and sixty security guards of the Company located in Bomi and Grand Cape Mount Counties have refused to attend a muster and training exercise meant to increase their knowledge on fighting palm theft.