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President George Manneh Weah has weighed in on benefits Liberia stands to accrue in maintaining the country’s hard-won peace, reiterating his stance that the world could disintegrate in the absence of peace.
Addressing reporters upon arrival at the Roberts International Airport Thursday, November 15, the Liberian leader called on citizens to strive for peaceful co-existence and to join peoples of the world to sustain global peace, adding, “Our world will not be stable without peace.”
The President said events he attended in Paris, France, marked the centenary of the end of WW1 and that the events were an illustration of compelling global commitment to keeping the world peaceful.
“Every country that participated in the war now wants peace,” the President said. “So, that tells you that peace is essential for our growth.” Read more...
 Monrovia – President George Manneh Weah is back flying the private jet given him by his ‘wealthy Burkinabe friend’ after playing it low for several months when the media, particularly FrontPageAfrica, raised concerns of conflict of interest and violation of the National Code of conduct. Read more...
 Abandonment, persecution, violence: Childhoods lost as young Nigerians are branded as witches. From a distance, the children look like scarecrows as they slowly scour the waist-high piles of rubbish for plastic bottles.
Their ragged clothing hangs loosely from their emaciated frames, their gaunt shrink-wrapped faces are deadened by the drugs they took at dawn.
It is hard to believe that these children are "witches".
And yet this is exactly why several hundred skolombo - or street children - are now living at the Lemna dumpsite on the outskirts of Calabar in southeastern Nigeria.
"My grandmother was sick and her leg became very swollen," says Godbless. "She said I was the one responsible, that I was a witch." Read more...
Four of the 30 senators yesterday asked the Supreme Court to block the upcoming impeachment trial of suspended Associate Justice Kabineh Ja’neh, citing constitutional issues and errors in the amendment to the Senate Standing Rule number 63.
The senators include Conmany Wesseh, Daniel Naatehn, Milton Teahjay and Oscar Cooper who have requested the Court to declare “the Constitutionality Amendment of the Senate Rules to Provide for Impeachment.”
In that request, the four senators contended that their majority colleagues’ adopted the procedure to enable them to conduct a hearing on the impeachment of Justice Ja’neh because there was no such procedure at the Senate prior to the impeachment of Justice Ja’neh by the House of Representatives. Read more...
Liberia’s President, George Manneh Weah says peace is an essential element for global advancement that provides a positive framework for international cooperation and the enhancement of global trade and commerce.
Continuing to savor company with world leaders in Paris, France, President Weah said without peace the world remains unstable, and he called for global attention and action to the sustenance of peace.
In a statement delivered Monday, November 12, 2018 at the Internet Governance Forum organized by the United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the Liberian leader said it was time to rekindle a new international spirit toward the attainment of world peace, adding, “The time for war is over. Read more...
 Nigerian pop act Davido will perform at the SKD Sports Complex be in Liberia on 29 November.
The event will also feature performances from, among other Liberian acts, Kobazzie, Christoph, Stunna and DenG.
Already the Liberian media has stoked anticipation for the concert, the Observer writing that the event "would give fans an opportunity to see Davido live, an opportunity that might come once in a lifetime. It is not just about seeing the artist but having the opportunity to take red carpet photos with him as he thrills you with a mesmerizing three-hour non-stop performance."
Davido will be bringing artists on his DMW record label to the concert, which is his first in the West African country. These acts include Peruzzi and Mayorkun, whose debut album is set for release later this month. Read more...
Monrovia – Liberia’s long haul to establish more details about the alleged missing billions appears to be going in circus with accusing fingers pointing here, there and yonder.
Claims and counterclaims between the former government of Ellen Johnson and George Weah-led administration sparked infuriation, as war-of-words saw political bedfellows become old adversaries. And then it subsided with the ‘GDP jibe’ just before the US government opted to takeover the investigation and determine where the money went or who is responsible?
While fingers are still sporadically being pointed, observers have always kept their attention on the Central Bank of Liberia, which is the statutory arm of the executive branch of government responsible for the printing and circulation of banknotes. Read More...
Monrovia, Liberia- The CDC-led Government since she took power, has always alluded that they inherited a broken economy from the Unity Party-led government of Madam Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf. Although the government has been in power for over ten months now, the economic crisis facing the country seems to be getting worse by the day. While the opposition are referring to the economy as being in a “free-fall”, the ruling party and officials of government are referring to the crisis as “bad times” and “short occurrences.” The Liberian Billboard, after conducting some in-depth investigations as well as acquiring views from all sides of the Liberian Political spectrum, and ordinary Liberians, reports.
In an appearance at the Liberian Senate last week, Finance Minister Samuel Tweah told Senators during a hearing, that the Liberian economy has grown by 3%, reversing a projected growth of 3.7%. However, the Finance Minister said, the drop in prices of Liberia two highest export commodities (iron ore and rubber) on the world market, intertwined with the withdrawal of the United Nations Missions In Liberia, and a global economic meltdown (which is not clear), have been contributing factors to the current economic crisis facing the country. Read more...
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