Author: FPA Staff Reporter

Monrovia – The Boakai-Koung administration has backtracked on its previous announcement about a controversial deal to acquire 285 earthmoving machines for road construction and maintenance. On the first day of the retreat, the Minister of State Without Portfolio, Mamaka Bility, announced that the equipment, including yellow machines and trucks, had already been turned over and were en route to Liberia, something that caused cheers from the audience.

MONROVIA – When a politician assumes a public office in Liberia, he or she does not wield the influence associated with the office alone. Friends, family members and political associates wield such influence with him or her.

Monrovia – Liberians are reacting differently to news that the Unity Party-led government is about to bring into the country 285 earth-moving equipment for distribution among the 15 counties for the sole purpose of maintaining and rehabilitating feeder roads.

Monrovia – In a case involving defendant Abraham Benjamin and Christina Mamtu Singbah over an alleged US$100,000 and a marital dispute, Judge Blamo Dixon of Criminal Court ‘A’ granted the defendant’s lawyer’s application and disqualified the Jurors’ Foreman.

MONROVIA – Local Voices Liberia and Ok FM on May 9, renewed a partnership to promote fact checking and verification as s means of improving truthfulness in public information.

MONROVIA – A group of families, claiming to be the original landowners of the property currently utilized by Bea Mountain Mining Corporation, have issued a stern warning of legal action against organizers of the recent violent protest in Kinjor, which resulted in three deaths and numerous injuries.

MONROVIA – When Sirleaf Ralph Tyler, Liberia’s new Minister of Transport took over the helm of the ministry following his official induction ceremony, he publicly vowed to ensure that all vehicles, tricycle and motorbikes will be registered and insured.

Monrovia – The Sports Writers Association of Liberia (SWAL) has strongly condemned what it terms as an act of ‘hooliganism’ exhibited by a few supporters on Monday, April 29, 2024, at the Samuel Kanyon Doe Stadium.

MONROVIA – Representatives of the Consortium of Rubber Sector Actors of Liberia (CORSAL) and various progressive forces have expressed their dissatisfaction with the Liberian government’s ban on the exportation of unprocessed rubber. The ban, enforced by Executive Order #124 issued in December 2023, has left the rubber sector in disarray, causing significant financial losses and threatening the livelihoods of many Liberians. Speaking at a press conference held in Monrovia, Laffia Kaba, Head of Secretariat for CORSAL, criticized the government’s decision, stating that it was made without adequate consultation with stakeholders in the rubber sector. “We are deeply concerned about the…

MONROVIA – The Director General of the Internal Audit Agency, David A. Kemah, has called for adequate funding of the agency to enhance the fight against fraud, waste, and abuse in the public sector.