The plenary of the House of Representatives has voted to maintain Chief Clerk Mildred Sayon and Sergeant-at-Arms, General Martin Johnson. The House has also elected C. Cormicks Chea, replacing G. Sayfurh Geplay who died in October 2023. The elections of the Secretariat Staff are in consonance with Article 49, which says: “The House of Representatives shall elect once every six years a Speaker who shall be the presiding officer of that body, a Deputy Speaker, and such other officers as shall ensure the proper functioning of the House.” The Speaker, Deputy Speaker and other officers elected may be removed from…
Author: Gibson W. Jerue
Liberian President George Manneh Weah, on Wednesday, January 17, 2024 dedicated two refurbished public facilities—the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Building on Capitol Hill and the D. Twe Sports Pitch in New Kru Town, a press release from the Executive Mansion has said. Speaking at the Foreign Ministry dedication ceremonies, President Weah commended officials of the Ministry for demonstrating high standards of commitment and patriotism. He expressed delight dedicating the newly renovated Ministry of Foreign Affairs, adding that the project was executed with no cost to the Government of Liberia. “These are self-help projects initiated by true patriots and nationalists with…
By Agnes M. Tarr A new dispensation in Liberian politics seems to be rearing its head as the National Legislature has shown a window of effort to fight graft and corruption in public office. The House of Representative has passed a resolution making asset declaration and publication mandatory. The plenary of the House of the Representatives has unanimously voted, mandating its Chief Clerk, to collect documents related to assets declaration from all its members. The Chief Clerk will then publish the declared assets. Plenary took the decision on Thursday, January 18, 2024, in a regular session held in the House’s…
–A Formidable Opposition Awaits By Elwood Dennis By mid-January next, Liberians and the world will focus of Monrovia, as President-elect Joseph Nyuma Boakai and Vice President-elect Jeremiah Koung take the oath office as President and Vice President of Liberia, respectively. The pomp and pageantry will signal the emergency of new regime, but political connoisseurs suggest that Boakai is being handed a deeply divided country. President George Manneh Weah conceded defeat on November 17, 2023, three days after the Elections Commission announced the provisional results of the presidential run-off. Boakai was leading Weah 1.16 percent when the latter placed a call…
–The UP’s VP Candidate Must Stop Peddling Rumors and Lies –Sen. Koung Is Invoking Potential Tribal Bigotry and Animosity By John Targekay Gosh! I felt sick to my stomach after watching a Senator Jeremiah Koung video recording in which he said, “Look, I remember when I was in Buchanan, they used to bring children from Nimba in trailer … over 2, 300 children, put them down at the police station. And people go there and pay $5.00 Liberian dollars – it was Doe coin at that time – for each of those children…” The Senator also added, “…Nimba children were…
A Tribute to Atty. Philip Nemeneh Wesseh-BA, Mass Communication; LLB, Law By Charles Crawford His mama called him Nemeneh. His friends called him Philip. Media colleagues called him “Gina”. Employees under his leadership at The Inquirer Newspaper called him Chief. Philip Nemeneh Wesseh, also known as Gina, an acclaimed Journalist, an Attorney at Law, a catalyst for free speech and press freedom, a foot soldier for social justice, a champion for human rights, and an epitome of generosity is no more with us. The cold hands of death snatched from us this gentle soul on September 14, 2022, following a…
New Thinking with Joe Bartuah The screaming newspaper headline was incredibly outrageous: “3 Counties to Petition McGill for Senate—Say They Will Repay Him for His Good Deeds.” Substantively, the newspaper reported that President George Manneh Weah’s former Presidential Affairs Minister, Nathaniel McGill, a guy stained with a blight of U.S. sanctions, would be petitioned by three of Liberia’s 15 counties to run for the Senate, because some elements of those counties perceive the super-rich ex-presidential affairs minister as a philanthropist whose “humanitarian assistance”, they believe, ought to be reciprocated with a political largesse as a senator. Upon seeing the headline…
MONROVIA, September 27, 2022 – The World Bank today launched the third edition of the annual Liberia Economic Update with the theme: “Investing in Human Capital for Inclusive and Sustainable Growth. The Liberian economy experienced strong growth in 2021. After contracting by 3.0 percent in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, growth recovered to 5.0 percent in 2021. The rebound was driven by improved external demand, higher prices for Liberia’s main exports, and the resumption of normal domestic activity. Meanwhile, growth slowed in the first half of 2022, even when mining and construction continued to perform well. In agriculture, rubber…
–LPP Cast White Ballot; Cllr. Tiawan Saye Gongloe Emerges Standard Bearer By Ekena Wesley, A Patriot’s Diary Finally, the die Is cast! The Liberian People’s People (LPP) unequivocally, unanimously, and overwhelmingly cast a white ballot in favor of Cllr. Tiawan Saye Gongloe. 150 delegates from across the country converged on the provincial city of Gbarnga and without any dot of hesitation, elected the veteran human rights lawyer and campaigner as the Standard Bearer of the party ahead of the 2023 general and presidential elections in Liberia. The LPP did not look afar. It endorsed a founding member of the party,…
—He Inspired So Many People in Many Ways New Thinking with Joe Bartuah With the passing of the renowned Liberian political scientist, diplomat and historian, Dr. Joseph Saye Guannu on August 29, 2022, in Ganta, Liberia, the nation has in less than a year, lost two of its eminent scholars, noble statesmen, topnotch educators and exemplary compatriots who tremendously inspired hundreds of thousands of their fellow compatriots during their lifetime. On February 16th this year, we lost Dr. Guannu’s buddy and former boss, the former Interim President of Liberia, Dr. Amos Claudius Sawyer, whom Dr. Guannu had served as Presidential…