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By Mark Rogers September 23, 2026 Residents of Varkanway Town in Porkpa District, Grand Cape Mount County, are facing limited access to healthcare as the town’s clinic struggles with a shortage of essential medicines and trained health workers.Varkanway Town Chief, Seh, is appealing to the Government of Liberia to urgently intervene by supplying the clinic with essential medical drugs and assigning qualified nurses and other clinical personnel to the facility.According to Chief Seh, the clinic currently lacks basic medicines and adequate trained staff, making it difficult for residents to receive timely and proper medical care.The facility was recently renovated by…

By Mark Rogers, Grand Cape Mount Correspondent September 23, 2026 Bo Waterside, Grand Cape Mount County —Border security officers have arrested a 41-year-old Sierra Leonean national after allegedly intercepting 157 strips of Tapentadol/Tramadol during a routine search at the Bo Waterside Port of Entry.The suspect, identified as Philip Lumeh, a Mende from Jendema, Sierra Leone, was reportedly arrested at about 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 22, at the Gate-2 checkpoint.According to border authorities, officers conducting a routine inspection discovered the suspected controlled substances inside a green backpack reportedly carried by Lumeh.Authorities said the seized substances are valued at approximately LRD…

–Kakata Residents Raise Concerns By Benson Matic Mokko September 19, 2026 An unidentified man has been found dead in the New Kakata Community, near SIB Bank and the Kakata Administrative Building in Margibi County.The discovery has drawn the attention of community residents, who say an identification card was reportedly found on the deceased.Preliminary information from residents indicates that the man may have been a resident of Number Seven Community, located along the Monrovia–Kakata Highway. However, authorities have not officially confirmed his identity.Community elders reportedly alerted the Liberia National Police following the discovery and are calling for a full investigation to…

–LiMA-LFA Deal Raises Questions Over Public Funding By Alexander Nyeneken September 19, 2026 The Liberia Maritime Authority (LiMA) has committed US$500,000 to support football and youth development under a one-year, renewable partnership with the Liberia Football Association (LFA).The agreement, formalized through a Memorandum of Understanding, divides the funding equally between the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the LFA.Under the arrangement, US$250,000 will go to the Ministry of Youth and Sports, while the remaining US$250,000 will be provided directly to the LFA to support Lone Star operations and grassroots football academies.LiMA Commissioner Neto Zarzar Lighe, Sr. says the investment is…

By Alexander Nyeneken September 19, 2026 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has deported Amos Sheik Massaquoi, a former Liberian combatant accused of involvement in killings, torture and other serious human rights abuses during Liberia’s civil wars.ICE Chicago said the 55-year-old Liberian national was removed to Liberia on August 11, 2026, following immigration enforcement proceedings.According to ICE, Massaquoi is believed to have ordered and participated in extrajudicial killings, torture, arbitrary arrests and detention, forced labor, and the recruitment of child soldiers during Liberia’s civil wars from 1989 to 2003.The agency also alleges that Massaquoi served as chief bodyguard to Maj.…

By Luke Joe September 19, 2026 Liberia’s road to the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations begins with a difficult but potentially manageable Group K, where the Lone Star will face Mali, Cape Verde and Rwanda in a six-match home-and-away campaign.The group contains a clear hierarchy on paper, but football is rarely decided by rankings or reputations alone. For Liberia, the central question is not whether the Lone Star can finish ahead of all three opponents, but whether it can accumulate enough points to secure one of the two qualifying places available from the group.CAF has placed Mali in Pot One,…

By Alexander Nyeneken September 18, 2026 The Head of the Protect Our Resources Taskforce, Col. Abraham Kromah has disclosed that Liberia could be losing up to US$1.6 billion annually through illegal mining and mineral smuggling.Kromah said illegal mining is depriving the government of much-needed revenue while inflicting serious damage on the country’s natural environment. Speaking on the ongoing efforts to address illegal mining, he cited the destruction of farmlands, forests and waterways among the major environmental consequences of unauthorized mining activities.According to Kromah, the taskforce has so far identified 485 excavators in Grand Cape Mount County as part of its…

By Alexander Nyeneken September 18, 2026 Liberia is moving to expand its largely underutilized coastal transportation network, with the Liberia Maritime Authority (LiMA) advancing plans to procure a modern multi-purpose ferry capable of carrying passengers, vehicles, containers, and heavy equipment.The proposed ferry is expected to transport trucks, buses, SUVs, earth-moving machinery, containers, other vehicles, and passengers, potentially providing an alternative means of moving people and goods along Liberia’s coastline while complementing the country’s road network. LiMA Commissioner and CEO, Cllr. Neto Zarzar Lighe Sr., says the project is part of broader efforts to harness Liberia’s coastline as an economic and…

By Mensouhn Mendin September 18, 2026 The Ministry of Finance and Development Planning says it has resolved what it describes as persistent delays in the payment of civil servants’ salaries, blaming the previous administration’s revenue shortfalls for difficulties in meeting the government’s payroll obligations on time.Finance and Development Planning Minister Augustine Ngafuan made the disclosure during an interview with OK FM in Monrovia on Thursday, September 17.Ngafuan said that since taking over leadership of the Ministry in September 2024, the government has made significant progress in ensuring that public sector workers receive their salaries without the delays experienced in previous…

–Veep Jewel Howard Taylor Seeks Bail –Prosecution May Fight To Deny Her Bond September 17, 2026 In a dramatically public spectacle in the glare of onlookers, agents of the Liberian police moved on the vehicle ferrying former Vice President Jewel Howard Taylor to the Roberts International Airport and stopped her from leaving the country. What followed was presentment of a charge sheet of eight drug related charges. Madam Taylor was whisked to the Monrovia Central Prison where she spent a night. But when the Stipendiary Magisterial Court assumed jurisdiction for a preliminary examination requested by her lawyers, the defendant’s counsel…