Author: Rural Reporters News Network
By: D Abraham Cooper Sr.| Grand Gedeh County Correspondent Zwedru City, Grand Gedeh County-Thursday, September 25, 2025-A Liberian man, Mr. Arthur B. Yalarti, has alleged that he was stabbed in his right arm by a Chinese national working with the Liberia Ever Prosperous Investment Company. Speaking to reporters, Mr. Yalarti explained that he had been working with the company and was instrumental in extending its operations to the southeastern region of the country. He said the incident occurred after returning from Maryland County on company duties. Upon arriving in Zwedru, he decided to spend the night at the company’s office…
By: Peter Kollie| Lofa County Correspondent Zorzor City, Lofa County—Thursday, September 25, 2025-In a moving act of generosity and community solidarity, Assistant Labor Minister for Statistics and Research, Jackson Wolobah, has donated 285 pairs of rubber slippers to scores of residents in Zorzor District. During a visit back home recently, Minister Wolobah—fresh from a trip to South Korea joined the celebration of the traditional festival in his ancestral town of Zelemai. He used the occasion to donate rubber slippers to some of the district’s most vulnerable residents. Minister Wolobah made the presentation at the graduation ceremony of a Sande School…
Ben TC Brooks River Gee County – [Sept. 25, 2025] – More than 4,000 residents of Lawrenceville Community in Fish-Town, River Gee County, are breathing a sigh of relief after years of battling with severe water shortages. Their long struggle for safe drinking water has been eased with the rehabilitation of the community’s only hand pump following media report on September 1, 2025 by the Rural Reporters News Network. The hand pump, originally constructed in 2011 by Welthungerhilfe (WHH), formerly known as German Agro Action (GAA), was the community’s primary source of safe drinking water. When it broke down, it…
By Rocheford T. Gardiner HARPER, Maryland County, September 22, 2025-Students of Harper Demonstration High School are back in class after their September 9 street protests successfully prompted the resumption of halted renovation work on their main campus. However, they have been relocated to a temporary facility to allow the academic year to proceed. Since September 16, the school has been operating out of a building at Wah-Hohdoe Town, a western suburb of Harper. The facility was provided by the Cape Palmas Catholic Diocese, headed by Bishop Andrew Kanley. Principal Emmanuel Y. Dennis stated they had to accept the Bishop’s offer…
By: D Abraham Cooper Sr |Grand Gedeh County Correspondent Zwedru City, Grand Gedeh County-Wednesday, September 24, 2025-The market Superintendent of Zwedru Central market and former representative candidate of the 2023, October 10, General and Presidential elections in person of Madam Watchen Ophelia Boley have praised the Government of Liberia for the current exchange rate of the United States Dollars and the attending reduction in prices of commodities on the local market in Zwedru, Grand Gedeh County. Speaking in an exclusive interview with reporters over the weekend, the former two-time contested representative aspirant of Tchien Electoral district #1 turned Market Superintendent…
Monrovia, Liberia – September 24, 2025: The Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA), through its Taxpayer Services Division, has concluded an intensive eight-day tax education and stakeholder engagement campaign across Grand Cape Mount and Bomi Counties in western Liberia. The initiative was designed to raise awareness, educate taxpayers, and strengthen compliance, with a focus on business owners, ordinary citizens, and other key stakeholders. During the engagements, discussions centered on taxpayers’ obligations, required taxes for small businesses, withholding tax on rent, business and personal income taxes, real property tax, tax clearance certificates, and business registration procedures. The outreach covered several communities, ranging from…
By: Emmanuel Koffa |Grand Kru County Correspondent Grand Kru County, Liberia –Tuesday, September 23, 2025-Several officers from the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA) Grand Kru County Detachment are participating in a weeklong intensive capacity building training program aimed at strengthening their skills in combating drug-related crimes. The weeklong intensive capacity building training which is supported by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and implemented by the LDEA, covers critical topics such as the interdiction of precursor chemicals, investigative interviewing techniques, and risk profiling at seaports. Fred G. Souh, Chief of Trainers, emphasized the importance of this training…
By: Geeplay Ezekiel Geeplay, Contributing Writer Monrovia, Tuesday, September 23, 2025- The National Performance Management Compliance System (PMCS) Monitoring Team concluded a long-day working session at the Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation (LWSC) on Monday, September 22, 2025. The session aimed to validate the Corporation’s progress in implementing PMCS targets. The PMCS is a key component of President Joseph N. Boakai’s ARREST Agenda, focusing on accountability, responsiveness, and responsible governance. The system sets clear performance standards for ministries, agencies, and commissions, enabling real-time monitoring and accountability. The evaluation session assessed the LWSC’s progress across five institutional targets: Developing Strategic Plan,…
By: Ernest Kpehe Moibah | Bomi County Correspondent Tima Town, Gbarpolu County-Tuesday, September 23, 2025-Residents of Tima Town, Kongbah District, Gbarpolu County, are raising serious concerns over the long-standing deplorable condition of their road network, which they say has paralyzed transportation, strangled farming activities, and deepened poverty in the community. Speaking to Rural Reporter News Network, the town’s chairlady, Ma Mabel Flomo, expressed frustration that for years the road linking Lofa Bridge to Kungbor has been left in a worsening state. She lamented that farmers are unable to transport their goods to markets, leaving much of their produce to spoil…
By Henry B. Gboluma, Jr. with the Liberia Forest Media Watch GBELETA, Gbarpolu County—Residents of Korninga ‘A’ Authorized Forest Community want Coveiyalah Investment Enterprises, Inc pay US$4 million for all the unfulfilled promises during the first 5-year of the 15-year logging contract before any negotiation for renewal can take place. “If the company meets the community’s demands regarding the unfilled projects from the first five years, we can move ahead with a renewed agreement that includes additional social responsibilities and a clear timeline,” Emery Ciapha, Chief Officer said. In May 2019, Korninga A Authorized Community Forest and Coveiyalah Investment Enterprises…
