Author: Contributing Writer

MONROVIA — Mrs. Bendu Ballah, a young medical practitioner who is on the verge of being paralyzed, is now seeking financial assistance from members of the public to facilitate a much-needed surgical intervention abroad.

Editor’s Note: This story is part of a series on abandoned logs, which highlights the failure of the forestry sector to prevent the waste of much-needed forest resources across the country. BONG VILLAGE, Grand Cape Mount – An unlawful deal for a company to purchase a consignment of logs illegally felled and abandoned in a forest in Grand Cape Mount County has stalled after authorities found out the woods are collateral in a lawsuit.

What do Joseph Kpator Jallah, Galakpai Kortimai, Sumo Kupee, Mariamu Fofana and George Beyan Samah, all contestants in Lofa’s by-electiion, have in common?

MONROVIA – A Liberian humanitarian, Dr. Thomas Nimene Tweh, Jr., Commonly known as the “Original Country Man” has for the past few years invested hugely in human development initiatives.

On 25 May 2022, Wantoe was Awarded as a “Young Pacesetter for Africa Development by the AFRICAN RENAISSANCE AND DIASPORA NETWORK during its Africa Day event at the Trusteeship Council Chambers of the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The Award highlighted the story and achievements of eight selected Pacesetters identified from numerous nominees of young people from the African continent and diaspora by United Nation affiliated civil society institutions and African oriented institutions and Missions.

MONROVIA — In February this 2022, a big announcement came from the Capitol Building. Liberia’s House of Representatives finally passed amendments to existing elections law – to allow firm commitment from political parties and the National Elections Commission to improve the number of women in elections. The news was too good to be true – but it was true. The House did pass the amendment, and sent it to the Liberian Senate for concurrence, where it still is waiting action.

Editor’s Note: This is the first of a series on the aftermaths of timber sales contracts (TSCs), which were canceled in March 2021 following years of illegitimacy.   MONROVIA –  The Forestry Development Authority (FDA) awarded and approved five contracts—meant for companies with majority Liberian shareholders—to foreign companies, a violation of forestry laws and regulations. Some of the illegal contracts lasted for over a decade before they were recently canceled, an investigation by The DayLight has found.

MONROVIA – Let me address the assertion made by Kofi Woods this week that was published by some local dailies when he said in his words “Liberia is Sick and needs resuscitation”.

Haindii, Lower Bong Co. – Chiefs of Fuamah District in Lower Bong County have overwhelmingly endorsed their son, Mr. Rufus Seward Tartee, as their preferred candidate for their district seat in the House of Representatives for the October 2023 Presidential and Legislative Elections.

Zwedru, Grand Gedeh Co. – The 7th Judicial Circuit Court in Zwedru, Grand Gedeh presided by Judge George S. Wiles today June 6, 2022, sentenced defendant Moses Mlarmah who murdered motorcyclist Modacious Nyema in Besseken Pleebo statutory Maryland County on March 25 ,2021 to 47 year’s imprisonment.