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Hassan Bility speaks on Agnes Reeves Taylor Trial at the launch of a booklet on war crimes court in Liberia Monrovia- Hassan Bility of Global Justice Research Program (GJRP) has dismissed claim by the family of Agnes Reeves Taylor that she could not have committed the crimes she’s accused of, because her name is not in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) report.  

The authors: Johnny B. White (left) and Aloysius Morris (right) Liberia is presently at a crossroad. The economy is in shambles and the currency is experiencing an all-time low. The economy is in a virtual collapse; growth projections are very low; there’s little or no Foreign Direct Investment since the ascendency of the Weah-led Administration in January 2018. The only recurrent expenditure of the government now is the payment of salaries, which in most times is delayed. There has been news of multinational corporations like Firestone, ArcelorMittal, MNG Gold etc. laying off staff due to lack of business. The government…

Monrovia – Liberian football is said to be improving under Mustapha Raji leadership as president of the Liberia Football Association as is evidenced by the increment in prize money for winners of the various leagues and individual awards. But there are still some areas that need key attention something the football house is overlooking.

Buchanan – Montserrado County’s District # 10  Representative Yekeh Kolubah was on Sunday, May 12, barricaded by several youths of Buchanan, as word spread that the lawmaker was in the port city to rally support for the planned June 7 protest.

Monrovia – The Government of Liberia through the National Public Health Institute has launched the Hepatitis B Vaccination Project in the country. The project was launched on May 10, 2019, at the Redemption Hospital in the Borough of New Kru Town on the Bushrod Island. Speaking during the launch of the project, the Director General of the National Public Health Institute of Liberia Talbert Nyenswah said the project seeks to protect health workers including medical and paramedical students against Hepatitis B virus infection. According to Director Nyenswah, health care workers are people who come in contact with patients that carry…

Monrovia – The Amina Islamic Girls Academy (AIGA), on Saturday, May 11, donated assorted materials to the Kahatain Islamic boarding school in the VOA community. 

Road contractors, CSE, vehicles and other vehicles were impounded by the Ministry of Transport for lack of required documentation to ply the roads Ganta, Nimba County – Road construction works on the Ganta-to-Yekepa road work came to a standstill on Friday, May 10, following the Ministry of Transport, Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) and the Liberia National Police detachment in Ganta impounding several vehicles that are said to be in violation and have not met the requirements before plying the road. 

Rev. Dr. Kortu K. Brown, Bishop of the Apostolic Pentecostal Church Monrovia – The Liberia Council of Churches (LCC) in ecumenical collaboration with the Interreligious Council of Liberia (IRCL) and the Christian Community is gravely alarmed with recent actions by the Council of Patriots or (aka June 7, 2019 Protesters) and the Government of Liberia (GOL) not attending to an independent call-meeting with the LCC and ecumenical partners scheduled on May 10, 2019. It is disconcerting that both parties will not attend the meeting with the LCC which was separately agreed to and is in the interest of promoting peace…

Lagos – A giant Nigerian musical company, DAAR Music Global Limited, has signed Liberia’s Gospel musical superstar Ambassador Kanvee Adams on a mega five-year deal. 

A francophone philosopher, Jean-Jacques Rousseau in his social contract theory revealed that: “Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains; people who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little”. The concept of a “social contract” in general terms means that people give up some of their rights to some form of authority – a government in exchange for social order and political participatory, economic, social, and political security and inclusiveness. In the interest of lasting peace and stability for the state and its peace loving people, President George Weah’s administration and organizers…