Author: Selma Lomax

MONROVIA – On Monday, December 6, the Joe Biden administration released the first-ever United States Strategy on Countering Corruption, which focuses on preventing bad actors using the United States and international financial systems to hide assets and launder money.

Gbarnga, Bong County – It was a defeat the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) did not anticipate or envisage. But there were many underlying issues that made it imperative that Melvin Salvage, the CDC candidate in the just ended by-election in Bong’s District Two, would fall short of the high expectations he and the party infused into their supporters.

Kokoyah, Bong County – Mr. Dennis Garsinii, a prominent son of Electoral District #1 in Bong County, says the district is underdeveloped because of poor representation that is solely based on self-interest.

Gbarnga – As Democracy becomes the legitimate demand of all local communities and the world, there has also been an increase in the implementation of political and administrative reforms that are aimed at decentralizing and strengthening of local governance. 

Gbarnga, Bong County — The ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) faces a bind in reclaiming Bong County in the November 16 by-election after supporters of the National Patriotic Party (NPP) accused the Minister of State for Presidential Affairs Nathaniel McGill of supporting two candidates in the race.

GBARNGA, Bong County – To many, the down-and-dirty District Two by-election represenative’s contest was all about the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) and opposition political parties.

GBARNGA, Bong County — Bong’s high-stakes by-election in electoral District Two between 12 candidates is coming down to the wire as voters prepare to go to the polls on November 16.

Monrovia – Former Liberian president and founder of the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential Center for Women and Development says building a network of senior African women leaders is essential to promoting sound governance and economic opportunity across the continent and around the globe for generations to come.

MONROVIA – The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has said it recognizes the increasing transactions using the Liberian dollars with quotation of prices different from the officially published exchange rate by the Central Bank of Liberia.

Kokoyah District, Bong County — The Turkish Mining Company in Bong County, MNG Gold-Liberia,  has donated a consignment of valuable items,  including five motorbikes, 250 pieces of solar panels, and an amount of $450,000.00 for the 2017 chemical spills Speaking during the donation ceremony, Bong County Superintendent Madam Esther Walker disclosed that the gesture came as a result of a Memorandum of Understanding which was signed between residents of affected communities and the company after a 2017 dispute of chemical spills which affected residents. Superintendent Walker revealed that it was through her intervention that the demands of residents in the…