Mary Broh, the country’s COVID-19 response coordinator, says she wants the legislature to be closed for one week to allow her to disinfect the entire Capitol Building.
Pres. Weah Sets Up Committee on National Response as Coronavirus Cases Increase
With Liberia having 14 confirmed Coronavirus cases and 3 deaths, President George Weah has set up a committee to coordinate the nation’s response.
President Weah Makes Additional Appointments in Government
Nearly a week following his inauguration, President George Weah has made dozens of additional appointments in government. The appointments, according to an Executive Mansion release issued on Saturday, affect several ministries and agencies of the government.
OP-ED: ‘Don’t Raze me Broh’ – The Freetown Floods and Liberia
Hundreds were killed and thousands were displaced from their homes last week outside of Freetown, Sierra Leone following a massive mudslide. Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf briefly visited Sierra Leone to attend the burial of victims of the disaster.
OP-ED: Representatives Must Respect the Constitution and House Rules
For the last few weeks, there have been frantic attempts by some of our distinguished colleagues to make Speaker Tyler recuse himself as presiding officer of the Honorable House of Representatives based on a criminal indictment against him.
Redlight to Be Improved when Streets Selling is prohibited
Paynesville’s efforts to reduce the crowds in the Redlight commercial district is causing tensions with traders.
Large Piles of Garbage Pollute Old Road’s Gaye Town Community
Several residents of Gaye Town in Monrovia’s Old Road community have complained about pollution caused by stockpiles of waste.
OP-ED: Will My Country Have My Back?
As a young Liberian woman studying in the United States, I would love to move back to Liberia to incite some degree of change for my people. But I am afraid. While I want to return after I graduate, I do not feel protected in Liberia. I do not feel like my nation will have my back no matter what.
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