Editorials

IN AN APPARENT frustration with rice moguls who have been seemingly adamantly pushing for an increase in the price of the nation’s staple, rice, President Joseph Nyuma Boakai walked out of the meeting he convened himself. From hindsight,…

THE TERM “WITCH HUNT” is variously referred pointed to some meanings and contexts, but when used in relation to politics, it refers to a situation where people or groups are unfairly accused and persecuted for their beliefs or actions or…

RECENT PUBLIC PRONOUNCEMENTS by a number of Liberians, including media personnel, calling for a travel ban on officials of the George Manneh Weah administration on alleged corruption claims are unfortunate as they are unconstitutional and…

WHEN ON APRIL 4, 2023 and July 21, 2023 registered political parties and independent candidates respectively  signed on to the Farmington River Declaration which among other things is to ensure a nonviolent free,  fair and transparent…

ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 2023, the National Elections Commission (NEC) announced the beginning of the campaign period for the 2023 presidential and legislative elections. The August 5th announcement by the elections authority opens the way…

TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 2023, Liberia will be celebrating 176 years of independence. In other words, it means that it has been a whopping 176 years since our founding fathers signed the historic declaration of independence,…

ON TUESDAY, JULY 4, 2023, the United States of America will be celebrating its 247th independence anniversary as a sovereign nation having fought and granted a statehood from the British empire on July 4, 1776. However, the US mission in…

TODAY, MONDAY, JUNE 26, 2023 marks another United Nations International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Drug Trafficking which is celebrated every year. It’s a day set aside by nations of the world to re-invigorate efforts aimed at…

AS THE ELECTION season approaches in Liberia, it's disappointing to see that the major opposition political parties are not cooperating with each other. Instead, members of the four parties are attacking one another for the lead position.…

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…