Editorial

IT IS BECOMING a recurring nightmare for struggling Liberian students studying in countries around the world. It starts on a hopeful note of a young boy or girl, man or woman, excited about an opportunity to study overseas and improve…
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THE HOUSE of Representatives has made what is unarguably its best move so far this year by passing for signing into the law the Domestic Violence Act. THERE’S AN ongoing debate about the FGM aspect which the House says will be…
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THE MONTSERRADO County by-elections would be one of the most keenly contested in the county. The ruling party now confronts a conglomerate opposition force, an almost unprecedented situation in the country. As the campaign continues,…
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IN THE DAYS LEADING to next week’s senatorial and legislative by-elections, the National Elections Commission, which by law is an autonomous agency responsible for supervising the national elections of Liberia, finds itself engulfed in…
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WHEN A 16-YEAR-OLD 10th-grade student sustained noticeable bodily injuries at the Soltiamon Christian School as a result of the brutal beating she received from the Dean of Students Affairs, simply because she had reportedly left her…
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A MALE-DOMINATED Legislature on Thursday unilaterally decided what’s best for women with a decision to erase the practices of the Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), widely carried out mostly in western and northern from the Domestic…
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ONE OF THE HARDEST truths to come out of Liberia’s national legislature in recent days came Tuesday when Senator Gbleh-Bo Brown(Independent, Maryland County) declared that Liberia’s current governance problem is the lack of…
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IN LAUNCHING HIS BLISTERING verbal attacks of Mr. Benoni Urey, leader of the four party-All Liberia Party, Unity Party, Liberty Party and the Alternative National Congress last Saturday, President George Manneh Weah may have…
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FOR MONTHS NOW president George Manneh Weah and many of his supporters have taken offense to critics and those raising red flags about early missteps in his administration. From the failed and controversial Eton and Ebomaf loans…
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PRESIDENT GEORGE MANNEH WEAH on Tuesday named Mr. Alex J. Tyler, former Speaker of the House of Representatives as his administration’s representative to Mittal Operating Company in Liberia. UNDER NORMAL circumstances, the man who…
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