Author: Rural Reporters News Network
By Peter KollieLofa County-About 600 rural residents of Kpowansonyea Town in Lower Gbarlin Clan, Salayea District, are said to be facing challenges with water, road and healthcare deliveries.The residents of the remote village want urgent intervention from district authorities and humanitarian organizations to address the critical issues affecting them.Speaking recently, a prominent member of the town, Washington Sator, highlighted the challenges faced by citizens, especially during the rainy season. He explained that the road from Kpowansonyea to Gbanway Town Junction is nearly impassable due to the poor state of the incomplete WANA Bridge, compelling residents to take longer routes to…
By: Emmanuel KoffaGrand Kru County, Barclayville- January 13, 2025- Alice Doekar, a mother of five is reaching out to humanitarian individuals, institutions and local authorities for assistance for her youngest child, 9 year-old Thomas Doekar, who is visually impaired and currently resides in Grand Kru County.According to our Correspondent, Ms. Doekar, resident of Gblebo Town struggles to make ends meet without a stable job, and the challenges of raising her children; particularly Thomas have become increasingly overwhelming.Ms. Doekar told our Correspondent that her child, Thomas Doekar who was born with visual impairment, requires special care and support but due to…
By Emmanuel KoffaThe women category of the National County Sport Meet (NCSM) of Grand Kru County has sealed its first victory over rival Grand Gedeh in the opening of the 2025 NCSM.The match was held at the Albert White Sports Stadium on Sunday, January 12, 2025, in which the Grand Kru kickball team emerged victorious with a close score of 1-0, a win described as crucial for the team.The match marked the opening of the 2025 National County Sports Meet, an event that brings together counties across the nation to compete in various sports, fostering camaraderie and spirited competition among…
As Mine and Energy Ministry Successfully Achieved Its Revenue Target for 2024-2025!By Geeplay Ezekiel GeeplayMonrovia, January 12, 2025- For diligently dedicating to assigned duties and responsibilities of positive change and reforms that reflect the overarching agenda of the Liberian government to not do ‘business as usual’, the Minister of Mines and Energy, Wilmot Paye, has received a high recognition from the ‘Association of Like-minded Women of Liberia’.In a brief remarks during the honoring ceremony held Wednesday, January 8, 2025, at the Ministry’s Capitol Hill offices, Executive Director, Sarah Kamara, and Spokesperson, Prince Grandoe, said Minister Paye has proven beyond expected…
By Henry Gboluma BOPOLU CITY, Gbarpolu–In a climate of frustration and urgency, Gbarpolu County Superintendent, Sam K. Zinnah has raised alarms over the three earth-moving machines recently acquired by the county. Purchased at a staggering cost of $425,000, the machines, intended for road rehabilitation, have been marred by controversy since their arrival in April 2024. “Those machines were purchased before we came in,” Zinnah stated at a regional media conference in November 2024. He said, “When we came, we realized that the machines arrived at the port and overstepped their stay. The storage cost went over $160,000, and they ended up being abandoned…
By Emmanuel KoffaGrand Kru County, Liberia-A daylong meeting in Transformative Pilot Project on Forest and Mangrove Monitoring has successfully been held in Grand Kru County. The meeting focused on strategies for enhancing forest and mangrove monitoring in the region.The meeting, which was held at the Grand Kru County’s Administrative Building brought together members of the Community of Practice (COP), including representatives from the government, local communities, Civil Society representatives and environmental advocates. J. Negatus Wright, Coordinator of the Transformative Pilot Project led the meeting which was held on January 7, 2025.The initiative, J. Negatus Wright said, is sponsored by the…
By Geeplay Ezekiel GeeplayMONROVIA, Jan 7, 2024- The Ministry of Mines and Energy has lifted the Closure Order issued December 29, 2024, authorizing a halt to sand mining activities by the MELEKE Sand Mining Corporation which operates in the Caldwell, Water Street community in Montserrado County. The closure order followed a conplain to the Mines and Energy Ministry by Mohammed Alieu Jalloh, a resident of Caldwell against MELEKE Sand Mining Corporation for illegally operating mining activities on his private property (land).In an interview Monday, January 6, 2025, Mines Inspector-General Agatius Coker says, lifting the closure of MELEKE’s operations was based on…
By: J. Mason KollieLofa County, Voinjama City-January 07,2025-Tension is said to be brewing in Voinjama district as a 19 year old man identified as Yarkpawolo Moisemai has allegedly died in temporary police withholding cells at the Voinjama Police station.According to police investigation, the late Moisemai committed suicide in police cells using a coat that he was wearing on Monday January 6, 2025.The late Moisemai was arrested by police plus four others on December 31, 2024 for their alleged involvement into the gruesome killing of a lady from Dogomai Town, Voinjama district who had gone on her farm on New Year…
In an official release dated, January 03, 2025 the Press Union of Liberia (PUL) paid tribute to fallen journalist Zoom Dosso, describing his role in Liberian journalism as significant.A bilingual journalist of Ivorian origin, Dosso was a highly respected media practitioner in Liberia who became a regular and prominent voice of news reporting in French and English since the early 1990s.The apex media body said the death of journalist Dosso, aged 62, on Thursday, January 2, 2025, came as a shock to the journalism and media community of Liberia, especially at the turn of the New Year.For over three decades,…
By: J. Mason KollieIn a grand New Year interaction with journalists in Lofa County on January 01, 2025 in his home, David Selma Town, Senator Cyrus asked Lofa journalists to express their challenges as media institutions in Lofa County.After several remarks by different media institutions those in attendance informed the Senator that they are confronted with the issue of mobility.Senator Cyrus in response said he is going to provide 10 new brand motorcycles to 10 community radio stations as a means of easing the transportation burden they have been encountering. He went on to admonish the stations that the bikes…
