Author: Rural Reporters News Network
By Ben TC Brooks River Gee County, April 3, 2025-A tragic accident that happened in Webbo yeeborken, River Gee County has left a 51-year-old man dead after he allegedly shot himself during a hunting expedition. The incident occurred on March 29, 2025 in the Yeeborken, River Gee Forest, electoral district #3, which is located in the southeastern part of River Gee, about 65KM away from the County Capital, Fish-Town. Report from the scene said, Anthony Davis, a hunter and resident of the area went into the forest where he allegedly took his own life using a single-barrel gun with no…
By: Keith Morrison| Staff Writer Monrovia, Liberia-Friday, April 04, 2025-A high-level investigation committee, appointed by President Joseph Nyumah Boakai, Sr., is currently meeting with the management of the Liberia Airport Authority (LAA) to address the recent power outage incident at Roberts International Airport. The committee, led by National Security Advisor to the President, Samuel Kofi Woods, is tasked with investigating the situation and working closely with LAA to develop long-term solutions to ensure a stable and reliable power supply at the airport. The ongoing meeting comes in the wake of the recent power outage that temporarily disrupted operations at the…
By Ben TC Brooks River Gee County, April 3, 2025-Fire has killed a 76-years old man identified as Moses Norring. Moses died on Tuesday, April 2, 2025 at 4:25pm while burning his farm in Jarkaken town, Chedepo Administrative District, River Gee County. As a well-known farmer, Moses was noted for producing more crops in the part of the Chedepo district he lived. Eyewitnesses said old man Norring was caught in the flames, resulting to his tragic death. He has since being buried near the incident site as his lifeless body was unhealthy for public view. Jarkaken is located north-western, River…
By: Keith Morrison| Staff Writer Capitol Hill, Monrovia-Thursday, April 03, 2025-The Liberia Airport Authority (LAA) and the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) have reassured the Senate Joint Committee on Hydrocarbons, Energy, and Environment of their ongoing commitment to ensuring a stable and reliable power supply at Roberts International Airport (RIA). The agencies appeared before the committee on Tuesday, April 2, to discuss the power outage that affected the airport on the 30th of March 30. Jero Mends-Cole, Acting Managing Director of the LAA, addressed the Senate, expressing gratitude for their support and reaffirming the LAA’s commitment to the reliability of RIA’s…
By Ben TC Brooks| River Gee County Correspondent Fish Town City, River Gee County – Thursday, April 3, 2025 – As the Liberian government strives to improve quality of education across the country, public schools in rural Liberia especially River Gee County lack chairs and other basic educational amenities. The situation in recent days raised serious concerned among parents, citizens, humanitarian actors and politicians when local media in the county reported the shortage of chairs in most public schools, as students were seen sitting on dirt floor in classrooms to write notes during instructional hours at the Fish-Town Demonstration and…
J Mason Kollie VOINJAMA, LOFA COUNTY-The Joint Security in Lofa, headed by County Attorney Luther Sumo, on April 3, 2025, burn huge quantity of seized narcotic drugs. The disposal exercise took place in Voinjama City, Lofa County in the presence of members of the joint security, civil society, county and community officials, including Superintendent J. Lavela Massaquoi. The drugs were seized on March 17, 2025 following a tip-off of the suspicious movement of a black pickup truck with plate # A533348, which was enroute to Monrovia from Sierra Leone. Al though the month of June is the official date set…
By Joy Mardea Moore The NGO Coalition of Liberia is demanding immediate government intervention on the influx of Burkinabes in Nimba, River Gee Grand Gedeh Counties, noting that the unchecked influx of foreign nationals from Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast continues to fuel deforestation, land conflicts, and rising tensions in rural communities. The Coalition warns that failure to act swiftly could lead to widespread instability, environmental degradation, and further loss of life amid reports of illegal cocoa farming, mining, and violent clashes, mainly in Grand Gedeh and River Gee Counties At a press conference held on Wednesday, April 2, 2025…
By: Yusuf S. Sherif|A Liberian Tax &Public Policy Professional I, Yusuf Sherif wish to see the Liberian government prioritize research and development by including same in the national budget. All developed countries’ worldwide strength is in research and development (R & D). I have decided to draft a policy brief and propose the establishment of the National Research Institute of Liberia, where public and private sectors can rely on identifying issues, proffer solutions, and formulate mitigation strategies and framework through research results from reliable data set as a fulcrum in solving complex issues in Liberia. The world over,research serves as the foundation for innovation, economic growth,…
By: Ben TC Brooks |River Gee County Correspondent Fish-Town City, River Gee County – [March 28, 2025] – Following report by the Liberia’s Rural Reporters News Network on the lack of safe drinking water at the Taith Memorial Elementary and Junior High School, Cllr. Kunkunyon Teh, one of the county’s eminent sons has restored the school’s only hand pump, which had been out of service for years. The hand pump was officially repaired and turned over to the school administration and students on Thursday, March 27, 2025 after days of working on the hand pump with Cllr. Teh covering the…
By: Ezekiel Geeplay Ezekiel| Correspondent Greenville City, Sinoe County-Tuesday 01, 2025-The National Port Authority (NPA), through its Board of Directors and management, has embarked on a significant renovation project at the Samuel Alfred Ross Port of Greenville. This initiative is aimed at enhancing operational efficiency and improving infrastructure at one of Liberia’s key seaports. The project encompasses the upgrading of six administrative offices and rehabilitating the road leading from the port entry gate to the pier. The total estimated cost of the project is $325,000 United States Dollars, with the first phase receiving an initial allocation of $130,000 United States…
