Economy
Liberia: Prices Remain High Despite Govt’s Move to Cut Tax on Over 2,000 Major Commodities
Monrovia - The decision was taken by the Government of Liberia to reduce the tariff on chicken feet, pig feet, vegetable oil, and mosquito...
Economy
No Second Chance for Elfreida Tamba at Revenue Authority; Central Bank Weeks ‘Under Pressure to Resign’
Monrovia – The Commissioner General of the Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA), Elfreida Tamba, ended her first tenure as head of the government’s revenue arm...
Economy
University of Liberia Students Lead First Protest Against Hardship in Liberia
Monrovia – Street protest led by student leaders of the University of Liberia calling on the government to make “immediate intervention” to curb the...
Economy
Liberia: Wage Bill Hits All Time High Despite Salary Cut
Monrovia – When President Weah announced pay cut for cabinet members on April 25 this year, aspiration was that monies saved from the reduced...
Economy
Liberia: Senate Concurs with House on Passage of Draft Nat’l Budget for FY2018-19; Ratifies Africa Export-Import Bank Agreement
Monrovia – The Senate Wednesday, June 27, concurred with the House of Representatives on the passage of the draft budget for the fiscal year...
Economy
Liberia: House Passes Nat’l Draft Budget At US$570 Million
Monrovia - The House of Representatives has passed the draft national budget for fiscal year 2018/2019 at US$570.148 million or its equivalence of L$84,333,327,390.40...
Economy
Liberia Revenue Authority Exceeds Revenue Collection Target For May 2018
Monrovia – The Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA), in the collection of lawful revenue, slightly exceeded its projected revenue target for the month of May...
Economy
Exchange Rate Surges Day-by-Day; Puts State of Economy In Dire Strait
Monrovia – Critics are now equating the government’s apparent inability to stabilize the exchange rate between the US and Liberian dollar to a laissez...