By Staff Writer Judge Roosevelt Willie of the Criminal Court ‘C,’ has ordered the Ministry of Finance, Central Bank of Liberia (CBL), and Financial Intelligence Agency (FIA), to appear before him and produce documentary evidence in the ongoing trial of former Finance Minister Samuel Tweah and three others co-defendants The order was as a result…
(February 19, 2025): The Press Union of Liberia (PUL) will open a book of condolence this Thursday, 20 February 2025, to honor the lives and contributions of three distinguished members who have significantly impacted journalism and media practice in Liberia. The ceremony will occur at the PUL headquarters on Clay Street, Monrovia, beginning at 10…
By Staff Writer Bong County Lawmaker Moima Briggs Mensah Shares Painful Reality of Female Genitals Mutilation….Rally Liberians to End FGM Practice Bong County Representative Hon. Moima Briggs Mensah on Thursday, February 6, 2025 at program marking the observance of International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation shares a painful tale and reality about…
By Staff Writer Seven recent graduates of the Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law at the University of Liberia was on Monday admitted into the Monsterrado County Bar Association. The colourful program was held in the courtroom of the Civil Law Court for Montserrado County. Admitting the law school graduates as Attorneys-At-Law, Judge George W….
By Staff Writer With just few weeks to the much anticipated general elections of the Liberian National Bar Association (LNBA) slated for November 30, 2024, one of the candidates for the position of Secretary General Cllr. Elisha T. J. Forkeyoh, is calling for a comprehensive audit of the past leadership headed by Cllr. Sylvester D….
By Staff Writer The jury of Criminal Court ‘A’ on Tuesday came down with a not guilty verdict infavor of Q-Net Independent Representative Yaccuba Sawadogo for allege human trafficking. The jury arrived at the decision in a 11-1 vote, after hours of closed door deliberation. Immediately following the verdict, Judge Roosevelt Willie ordered Sawadogo released…
By: Michae N Baryor The Chair of the Senate Co TVmmittee on Foreign Affairs has called for an investigation into the Ministry of Labor issuance of work permits to non-Liberians. Montserrado County Senator Abraham Darius Dillon also asked his colleagues on Tuesday, to probe why the Labor Minister Cllr. Cooper Krauh, has been in violations…
By Staff Writer Liberia Chief Justice Sie-A-Nyene G. Yuoh is urging President Joseph N. Boakai and the Unity Party to prioritize access to justice for Liberia across the country, while expressing frustration over limited budgetary allotment to the judiciary. Speaking during the formal opening of the October Term of Court of the Supreme Court, Monday,…
By: Morris A. Fatorma fatormamorria@gmail.com Amin Modad, the Minister of Commerce, who was implicated to controversy surrounding the purchase of a luxury vehicle with a market value of over US$96,000 has officially resigned from the ruling Unity Party (UP) headed by President Joseph Boakai. In his resignation letter Modad, who is the former Chairman of…
By Staff Writer State’s lawyers are making the first formal push to have Judge Blamo Dixon of Criminal Court ‘C’ overseeing former Finance Minister Samuel Tweah’s US$8million property valuation bond case be recused and disqualified from the matter. Their decision may have been raised after Judge Dixon recently rejected an effort by state lawyers to…
