Author: Mae Azango

MONROVIA – Ministry of Health in Monrovia was besieged on Wednesday when drivers of health vehicles and ambulances stormed the ministry’s premises in demand for their salaries and just benefits.

KING GRAY – An officer of the Liberia National Police allegedly raped a 15-year-old girl last Saturday, June 20, at a police sub-station in King Gray, Paynesville, while police were investigating another man accused of attempting to rape her.   

Monrovia – Fifteen-year-old David N. Harmon, part of a disadvantaged youth group known as zogo, has said that he never dreamt of ever been a part of an educational debate after becoming what he termed as “a disgrace to society.”

Monrovia – The coronavirus outbreak prompted the closure of schools by the Ministry of Education. However, many schools are accused of requesting parents to pay extra fees to procure instructional materials to enhance distance learning.

Monrovia – The mother of a 15-year-old raped and impregnated by her stepfather is in police custody.

Monrovia – Senator Nyonblee Karnga-Lawrence(Liberty Party, Grand Bassa) has urged the Ministry of Justice, the Female Lawyers Association of Liberia, Ministry of Gender, Child and Social Protection and all institutions interested in the rights of children to treat the rape and impregnation of a 15-year-old girl in Lofa County with the utmost urgency in sending a powerful message to would-be rapists and abusers of children’s rights.

Caldwell – Not many people are lucky to reach 70, 80 or 90 years. But great-grandmother, Winnie Hodge Howe is blessed to have celebrated her 100 birth anniversary on May 14, 2020.

Monrovia – Three non-profit organizations have donated several assorted items to disadvantaged Liberians, including the blinds. Their donation comes at a time when Liberians have been told to stay home in order to keep safe and stop the transmission of the Covid-19.

Monrovia – While others are putting their talents to use by making masks to cover noses and mouths so as to prevent people from contracting the coronavirus, 94-year-old Bade Baker Harris Nance isn’t sitting idly, too.

Monrovia – Deputy Minister for Codification at the Ministry of Justice, Cllr. Nyenati Tuan, is being accused of using his position to thwart justice from three kids he allegedly injured when his vehicle ran into a motorbike carrying the children on March 1, 2020. Cllr. Tuan is also being accused of abandoning the kids, while their poor mother struggles to medicate them.