Opinion

James Monroe, after whom the capital, Monrovia, of the new republic Liberia, is named, was a staunch supporter of the movement to send Blacks to Africa.  Dear Fellow Citizens:It’s with profound and renewed vigor I write this plea. I am…
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The sum of  US $1.8 million is a lot of money in Liberia. It could build two miles of paved road, many schools and health centers, provide textbooks and medicine across Liberia. It could provide electricity to JFK hospital and JFD hospital…
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THE LIBERIA NATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION: The only valid, logical and common-sense conclusion that could be reached by the Grievance and Ethics Committee was that he became a member of the Liberian National Bar Association through fraudulent…
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The author, Tee Wonakay, Executive Director, FOHRD On December 5th 1994, the United States, the Russian Federation, and the United Kingdom, along with China and France in a separate document, signed the now infamous “Budapest…
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Racism did not exist as a social construct and action prior to slavery and colonization. Racial differences did not become an issue until colonizers sought a justification for their subjection of Africa. It started with the transatlantic…
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Given the huge amount being spent on the food distribution exercise was gotten through a loan that the Liberian people are to pay back (or have already begun paying back through the imposition of the US 30 cents tax on petroleum products),…
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Women and girls trapped in their homes with their abusers are isolated from the services and resources The passing of laws to end child marriage resulted in blocking thousands of child marriages and enabling second chance education for…
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Over the last 50 years, Africa for the first is set to make historic gains by solving its problems. Many would think that the Novel Coronavirus otherwise known as COVID-19 isn’t unique to the continent alone. Oh yes, unlike another…
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In recent weeks there have been indications that the Liberian government is working actively to postpone this year’s midterm (as per the current arrangement it always happens in the middle of the terms of the president and House of…
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Leaders among equals of the prestigious Liberian Legislative Body, and all members of the legislative order of the Joint Chambers, I greet you. In my honest quest to relate with your leadership viability on the current trends that…
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