Author: Rodney Sieh

IN A NEW YORK TIMES OP-ED Friday, Liberian President George Manneh Weah recalled how he witnessed hardship growing up as a child and the difficulties and horrors of the long-running civil war.

New York – Hours after the fatal murder of journalist Tyron A. Brown, Liberia’s Minister of Information, Cultural Affairs and Tourism Lenn Eugene Nagbe says the Weah-led government will leave no stone unturned in bringing the killers to justice.

LIBERIA HAS BEEN through so much in so long, leading to so many bad things: Coups, a civil war and Ebola are just a few of the many unnecessary distractions that have caused unnecessary setbacks in the country’s development.

New York –The Committee to Protect Journalists today expressed concern over a US$1.8 million civil defamation lawsuit against Front Page Africa, a privately owned Liberian newspaper that has long been the subject of complaints and harassment for its critical reporting on successive governments.

London – Global Witness has condemned the recent arrest of Front Page Africa staff and the sudden closure of the newspaper’s offices under a recent Liberian court order.

Monrovia – The Press Union of Liberia is shock about Monday’s raid of the Offices of FrontPage Africa (FPA) on the orders of authorities of a Monrovia Civil Law Court.

Dear Readers,All my life and studies I never came across the term Patriotic journalism until quite recently. Perhaps my professors in college skipped the pages that mentioned the term or just simply didn’t give a damn. In the previous administration of former President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf I was accused a lot about not being more patriotic to the land of my birth.

Geneva – In his first briefing to the Security Council, ED David Beasley called on Members to help end conflicts and secure humanitarian access to address some of the worst humanitarian crises in the history of the UN. This high-level event on the links between conflict and hunger also included a briefing by USG/ERC for Humanitarian Affairs, Mr. Mark Lowcock.

Monrovia – On Saturday, March 31, 2018, the Liberia Poetry Society (LPS) hosted its monthly Open Mic Night Poetry Showcase at A La Lagoon Hotel and Restaurant on the Congo Town Backroad in Paynesville.

Gbarnga, Bong County – Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor has endorsed the Bong County senatorial bid of Rep. J. Marvin Cole of District 3. Howard-Taylor endorsed Cole on Sunday when she visited him to sympathize over the loss of his father.