Author: Willie N. Tokpah

Monrovia – Liberia’s Small Business Act of 2015 and the Liberianization Policy is supposed to be a yardstick for Liberian-own businesses to improve in the business arena.

Monrovia – Health Workers at the John F. Kennedy Medical Center in Monrovia, Liberia’s main referral hospital, have threatened a major strike against the reduction of their salaries. 

RIA, Margibi County – President George Weah has pleaded with the government of Japan to help extend the ongoing Somalia Drive Road project. 

Paynesville – FrontPageAfrica has uncovered several acts of ongoing financial malpractice by the administration of the Paynesville Community Elementary and Junior High School (PCS) located in Joe-Bar Community, Paynesville. The inappropriate act is being carried out by the principal of the school, Ms. Thelma Mehn.

Monrovia – Halim Saba, an aggrieved owner of a seven-bed-room apartment in Bong County, has expressed resentment over the Unity Party’s “refusal” to pay rent owed him.

Fendall, Montserrado – Vice President Jewel Howard Taylor has said that Liberia is in ‘dying need’ of patriotic Liberians, who will do the right thing, no matter what circumstances they are faced.

Monrovia – The administration of the University of Liberia is upbeat about its 2019 entrance and placement exams results, describing it as an ‘improvement.’ The Executive Director of the Center for Testing and Evaluation, Professor Moses S. E. Hinneh Jr., in a press conference on Tuesday, August 21, said the results show more number of passes than other examinations administered recently. Out of the total 4,541 candidates result analyzed, 1,521 candidates made a regular pass, 461 made a provisional pass and 2,559 candidates were unsuccessful, Hinneh said. This means, that 1,982 of the candidates that sat the test either made…

Paynesville – Liberia’s Chief of Staff, Major General Prince C. Johnson has urged Liberians, especially public officials to uphold discipline and integrity in serving their country.

Monrovia – Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Roberta Gbowee is perturbed that “mediocrity” has overtaken “excellence” in Liberia and wants Liberians, especially women to stand up against such menace. At the presentation of the United Nations Population Awards by the National Peace Hub Women (NaPHWoL) to the Government of Liberia, Madam Gbowee said instead of seeking people with competence, people now are seeking “hooks and crooks.” “The key word that has taken over our country is mediocrity. There is no longer excellence in this country; no one is looking for anyone who can do things right, it’s either by hook or…

First Lady Clar Marie Weah Paynesville – First Lady Clar Marie Weah has emphasized the need for making Liberia a center of attraction in cosmetology. Speaking Wednesday, August 14, in Paynesville, Madam Weah told the 30 young women, who recently returned from China, following the completion of a hair production training that Liberia can be an attraction in Africa, if the girls are prepared to work with her foundation in revolutionizing the skills gained. “Whether we create our own saloon, our own training center, there is a way that you can revolutionize yourself to help the country’s economy,” Madam Weah…