Welcoming The Voinjama Peace Talks, But...

IN FEBRUARY THIS year, violence erupted in Voinjama, Lofa County when the remains of a teenage girl was discovered in Konia, an area in the county. The discovery of the remains of the girl sparked off violence in the county after her death was blamed on some Mandingoes belonging to the Islamic faith, who were accused of allegedly masterminding the death for alleged ritual purposes...

Celebrating World Press Freedom Day

JOURNALISTS IN THE country will today join their colleagues worldwide in celebrating World Press Freedom Day. The day was set aside by the United Nations General Assembly to remind governments worldwide to respect and uphold Press Freedom as an obligation...

Let The Threshold Bill Go…

YESTERDAY, THE HOUSE of Representatives took another decision to pass the most contentious Threshold Bill which had evolved between the Executive and the Legislative branches of government for the past two years. The House after amending the Senate's version of the Bill which sets the Threshold at 54.5, with a proviso that grants automatic one seat to each county, took a major decision by passing the controversial Bill at 46,000 without the proviso inserted in the Senate's version...

Hailing The Strive In The Land Dispute

SOMETIMES AGO PRESIDENT Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf set up a committee headed by businessman Musa Bility to probe into the numerous complaints of land disputes in Nimba County. Since its establishment, the committee has been holding meetings with the disputants with the view to resolving the issue to avoid them snowballing into serious crisis that may have an adverse effect on national security...

Hailing Lofa Reconciliation Talks, But…

ON MONDAY, WE published a story in which we have heard from the Chief Administrator of Lofa County that the county is planning to hold a major reconciliatory meeting in not too distance future. According to reports coming out of the county, the citizens of the county have organized a special committee, which has begun working around the clock to organize a mass reconciliatory meeting among the various tribal groups so as to find a way out of some of the many problems that had fueled crisis in the county...

We Demand A Probe

ON MONDAY, FOLLOWING news report that some 400 bags of rice was stock-piled in a warehouse at the Duport Road Junction area in Paynesville, the Ministry of Commerce announced that the rice in question mysteriously disappeared from the warehouse, just at a time when the ministry was in the process of moving to the warehouse and arresting those who were keeping the commodity...

Yes, Agriculture Is One Way Forward

YESTERDAY, DURING A meeting between a visiting delegation of the Grand Gedeh Association in America and the inhabitants of Zwedru, Grand Gedeh County, the local people raised an important issue, which they said the delegation should place key emphasis on as a way of overcoming the many hardships facing the county...

Let Justice Prevail

FOR THE FIRST time since their prolonged detention, the government of Liberia arraigned in court six out of 18 persons that were earlier arrested in connection to the increasing waves of ritualistic killings in the county. According to reports from the county, six persons out of those arrested were arraigned in open court after the state charged them with murder. The action to arraign the six accused in court, among them was a former Minister of Internal Affairs Dan Morias just days after the government released seven others who were earlier held in connection to the alleged ritualistic act in the county...

Let Justice Prevail

FOR THE FIRST time since their prolonged detention, the government of Liberia arraigned in court six out of 18 persons that were earlier arrested in connection to the increasing waves of ritualistic killings in the county. According to reports from the county, six persons out of those arrested were arraigned in open court after the state charged them with murder. The action to arraign the six accused in court, among them was a former Minister of Internal Affairs Dan Morias just days after the government released seven others who were earlier held in connection to the alleged ritualistic act in the county...

Review The Multiplicity Of Check Points

ON TUESDAY, WHEN HE addressed the press during a day-long forum dubbed, “Liberia's Economic Growth Corridor,” Planning and Economic Affairs Minister Amara Konneh raised concern over the increase in the number of check points along the various highways, something, which he noted is impeding economic growth in the country...