Author: Obediah Johnson

Monrovia — In a hasty and shocking manner and form, majority members of the Liberian Senate Monday evening passed the recast National budget for Fiscal Year 2024, ignoring multiple issues raised by few of their colleagues and failing to take punitive actions against the decision taken by the Executive, through the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning to unilaterally carry out shifting and realignment of the budget during its first passage.

Monrovia — The chairman of the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights, Claims and Petition Senator, Augustine Chea, has alarmed over the proliferation of sub-standard public and private schools, colleges and universities operating in Liberia, with a call on government to shutdown these poorly- performing institutions that have been established across the country for political reasons.

Capitol Hill, Monrovia – A 10-year contract signed by the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) led-government of former President George Manneh Weah and Medtech Scientific Liberia Limited has been characterized by gross violations of the Public Procurement and Concession Commission (PPCC) and Public Financial Management (PFM) Laws of Liberia, leading to the unofficial diversion of the country’s share of funds being collected under the agreement.

Monrovia — Grand Gedeh County Superintendent Alex Grant says the ambition of President George Manneh Weah and executives and supporters of his Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) to return to the presidency is a daydream that would never come to fruition.

Monrovia – The Roberts International Airport (RIA) in Margibi County appears to be a hotspot for the trafficking of illicit drugs and substances to Liberia evidenced by the latest seizure of a huge consignment of abandoned cocaine worth nearly US$1million by the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA).

CAPITOL HILL, Monrovia – New allegations have surfaced regarding the alteration of Liberia’s 2024 National Budget, following claims that a secret meeting between President Joseph Nyuma Boakai and the leadership of the National Legislature led to a ‘blank’ concurrence on the budget’s passage.

Monrovia – Finance and Development Planning Minister-designate Augustine Ngafuan has vowed to take robust and sustained actions leading toward sound fiscal management to prevent waste, corruption and fraud for the benefit of Liberia and its citizens.

Monrovia — Renowned Liberian clergyman, Bishop Kortu Brown, has called on those indicted, including the former minister of Finance and Development Planning Samuel Tweah, for alleged acts of corruption and financial improprieties in audit reports released by the General Auditing Commission (GAC) and the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) to make themselves available for investigation and subsequent prosecution.

Weala, Margibi County – Jeety Rubber Liberia Limited Corporation has purchased a 100% stake in Salala Rubber Corporation (SRC), taking over the ownership of the company from its previous owner, Socfinaf S.A.

Monrovia – The chairman of the Senate Committee on Ways, Means, Finance and the Budget, Senator Prince Moye, has called for transparency and accountability to prevail in the ongoing investigation surrounding the alleged alteration of the US$738.8 National Budget for Fiscal Year 2024, with a vow to avert dubious financial transactions and the manipulation of the country’s fiscal envelope at the level of the Liberian Senate.