Editorials

ON OCTOBER 3, 2022 the government of Liberia announced the discovery and seizure of a large consignment of drugs worth $100m, unarguably one of the largest seizure made in recent time in sub-sahara Africa. The news took the centerstage of…

ON THURSDAY, MAY 11, 2023, the second phase of the biometric voter registration in the last nine of the remaining counties came to an end which also marked the end of the entire BVR exercise conducted by the National Elections Commission…

AS LIBERIANS ENTER the electioneering season towards the 2023 general elections, it is becoming increasingly clear that the poll would be very competitive and frenetic at the same time. But there have been growing concerns as to how to…

A MAJOR WATERSHED on the journey to the crucial 2023 general elections was recorded on Monday, April 17, 2023 when the National Elections Commission (NEC) released the outcome of the just concluded phase one of the Biometric Voters…

ON TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 2023, political leaders of virtually all the political parties in Liberia participated in the Farmington Hotel Declaration organized by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the United Nations…

FOR SOME TIME now every electoral season politicians and their enablers engage in what is referred to in the Liberian parlance, “Voters Trucking”, a situation where someone often under monetary inducement is taken from one constituency to…

JUST LAST SUNDAY, January 1, 2023, Liberians join the rest of the world in marking the onset of a new year. We are deeply aware that though there may be so many events taking place this year, the ensuing general elections will be the major…

THE RESPONSIBILITY OF the government in any country is to ensure impartial supply of essential commodities to people at reasonable prices. In order words, the government has to fix prices of commodities where there are imbalances in market…

THERE HAS BEEN some sort of euphoric celebration from the government and its supporters upon receipt of the news last week that since 2018 Liberia has for the first time successfully passed 12 of the 20 thematic benchmarks of the…

Commending Lofaians for The Exercise, But with caveat to the Opposition ON JUNE 28, 2022, the protracted delay in the conduct of the Senatorial by-election for Lofa County came to an end when thousands of citizens from the county…