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Monrovia – Several communities affected by a 2017 cyanide spillage in Bong County have filed a US$285 million action of damage for wrong against a major mining company in Liberia at the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court in Gbarnga City. Report By Alpha Daffae Senkpeni / [email protected] Lawyers representing Saywheh Town and its surrounding villages filed the suit on October 8, preying the court to bring Erkan Akogol, General Manger, Serhan Urmurham, Chief Executive Officer and all deputy managers and supervisors of MNG Gold Liberia before it during the November Term of Court. “You are further directed to issue a Writ…

LONDON – Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has seen, heard and done it all: First Woman African Head of State, Nobel Peace Prize Winner and the latest former African Head of State to claim the Mo Ibrahim Prize, which celebrates excellence in African leadership. Reported by Rodney D. Sieh, [email protected] In London Thursday, Sirleaf was in her element, attending her second event in two days, as she delivered the keynote address at the Royal African Society (RAS) annual lecture, which this year is focusing on the rising generation of African women, who are demanding greater inclusion in the political process, and offering contextualized…

Monrovia – A new investigation from Global Witness has revealed how progressive community forestry in Liberia is being undermined by the logging industry, with companies reportedly using a number of shady tricks. Liberian law is meant to give communities the right to sustainably manage their own forests, empowering people to nurture and protect their customary lands and to call the shots when negotiating with companies such as logging firms. But the new report dubbed ‘Power to the People’ – released Wednesday October 9 by the anti-corruption NGO – has uncovered how logging companies have hijacked this new approach, disempowering communities…

Paynesville City Mayor Pan Belcher-Taylor Paynesville – Mayor Pan Belcher-Taylor says the lack of equipment and funding is creating serious constrains for the waste management in Paynesville city. Paynesville, one of Liberia’s largest municipalities, has come under the spotlight for its filths and mountains of garbage while the city corporation appear incapable of remedying the situation. But responding to criticisms from the public since concerns heightened over the increasing presence of garbage in the commercial district of Red Light and several other communities in the city, Mayor Belcher –Taylor argued that she took over a city government that had no…

Monrovia – The October 1, 2018 action by the Ministry of Finance Development Planning concerning the hair colors of its female employees has now been changed. Reported by Bettie K. Johnson-Mbayo, [email protected] The Ministry recently barred its female employees, who were wearing colored hairs other than black and natural from entering their offices in the name of implementing a policy against such dress code. Alice Swen, a senior student of the United Methodist University (UMU), said the policy should not only affect females but should also include males and their facial appearances. Swen said the ministry should focus on issues…

Reported by Kennedy L. Yangian [email protected] Monrovia – Liberia’s Justice Minister Frank Musah Dean is troubled by the trend of lawlessness in the country and has planned to shortly meet with state actors including human rights and opinion leaders to discuss means of mitigation the situation. Minister Dean made the disclosure Monday, October 8, 2018 at the opening ceremony of the October Term of the Supreme Court in his capacity as Attorney General and Dean of the Supreme Court Bar. His call comes amid media reports of lawlessness taking place in several parts of the country. “There is a growing…

Monrovia – Montserrado County District #8 Representative, Acarous Moses Gray has assured the international community of the Liberian Government’s commitments to properly investigating the reported missing L$16 billion saga. Gerald C. Koinyeneh [email protected] Addressing an international forum comprising parliamentarians from Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP), Rep. Gray said President George M. Weah has vowed to implement the recommendations of the Presidential Investigative Team that is probing the saga. “His Excellency President George M. Weah, Sr. has vowed to act on the outcome of the investigation and at the same time reassuring the people of Liberia and international partner of…

  Tubmanburg, Bomi County – Suggestions by the Women Legislative Caucus of Liberia (WLCL) on strengthening women’s engagement to enhance information dissemination, partnership and harmony have begun gaining steam as the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection in collaboration with the Caucus and the civil society organizations hosted a three-day dialogue retreat with women of Liberia. The beginning of the dialogue which brought together several women and women groups of Liberia convened under the theme “In Union Strong Success is Sure: Women No Turning Back” at a three-day women dialogue retreat in Tubmanburg, Bomi County from October 5 and 7,…

Ministry of Internal Affairs Minister Varney Sirleaf Geneva, Switzerland – Liberia’s Minister of Internal Affairs, Varney A. Sirleaf has presented a request to the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, which among other things, called for more support to Liberia as it caters to a refugee caseload of about 9,454 Ivorian refugees in camps in Liberia. Of this number, Minister Sirleaf told the UN, 800 refugees have opted to be integrated in Liberia thereby obtaining Liberian citizenship, which is guaranteed under the refugee protocol. A press release from the Ministry quotes the Internal Affairs Minister as saying the Liberian Government has already…

Monrovia – The Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) is calling on the government of Liberia to setup a fast-track court to try anyone caught stealing its electrical power it produces. Report by J.H. Webster Clayeh [email protected] LEC last month lunched a special taskforce to disconnect illegally connected homes and businesses. Since then, the LEC management team said they have disconnected over 700 homes and businesses. Although the taskforce team has started the arrest of some individuals that are involved in power theft, Samuel Zimbe, Executive Director for Commercial and Regulatory at LEC, said they want the government to introduce stringent measure…