Editorials

THERE HAS BEEN quite a raging debate lately, and it seems many are witnessing it from the surprise. President Joseph N. Boakai’s mention of what sounds like “Fast and pray so that God will help Liberia achieve peace, reconciliation and…

TOMORROW, OUR LIBERIA, the oldest republic in Africa, celebrates its 178th independence anniversary, a milestone that marks a significant moment of history, and presenting an opportunity for us to reflect on our past, assess our present,…

THE ONE-DAY protest by several citizens has come and gone, and the nation, specially the Monrovia corridor, is back to normal. Both the demonstrators and state law enforcement conducted themselves orderly, making the day pass by without…

ONCE AGAIN, THE nation is flustered -- the people are submerged in fear and trepidations. The augury of protest or street demonstration is once again in the air. Whether it would all end up in cheers, dinning and winning, embrace and…

MORE QUESTIONS THAN answers spiral as the Government of Liberia has finally bastardized the nation’s sole railroad built by LAMCO many decades ago and rehabilitated by the ArcelorMittal Liberia, formerly Mittal Steel. It has been reported…

FINALLY, THE DIE is cast. Our country - not necessarily the ruling government - Tuesday, May 3, stands before the United Nations, a hand raised among peers, placing claims to a non-permanent seat on the powerful Security Council. A bold…

THE TOXICITY OF Liberian politics - evidenced by fiery rhetoric, alarming and at most times fake accusations, cusses and even vituperations – has only one checkpoint: interrogation before the court of law, or simply the invocation of the…

THE REPORTED RECENT decision by the Government of Liberia to withdraw its communication reaffirming ArcelorMittal Liberia (AML) as the user-operator of the Yekepa–Buchanan railway is not just a procedural misstep but a major blow to the…

LIBERIAN POLITICIANS AND leaders are at it again—demonstrating obsession in obstinacy, pride, arrogance, greed and selfishness—embroiled in a conflict that could end in a day if they had shed those innate traits. And meanwhile, they are…

Both critics and supporters of President Joseph Nyuma Boakai would agree that Thursday’s ‘inaugural presidential media dinner’ was a great deal. In terms of coordination, planning, organization and everything else, it proved to be one in a…