Paye Kialain was born to Liberian parents from Nimba. As a recent inductee into the Peace Corps, he follows in the footsteps of his father, David. Peace Corp Volunteers at the Ganta Public School during [...]
The faculty who went on strike to demand back pay for July and August have agreed to resume academic activities and to accept salary harmonization imposed by the International Monetary Fund. Since the strike disrupted [...]
The Tubman University campus in Harper is shutdown as employees strike for unpaid wages. The Student Government Association will organize a protest next week if their professors aren't paid and government funding of the university [...]
As part of expanding its mining operations, ArcelorMittal has opened a $7 million Vocational Training Center for Liberian youth to become, at no cost, electricians, heavy-duty mechanics, and mechanical fitters. The expansion will allow iron [...]
A new factory has begun recycling scrap steel to make square rods, round pipes, reinforcement rods and angle steel to meet demand of the West African regional market. The environment-friendly facility in the Chicken Soup [...]
This is the first year passing the West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations is required to graduate from high school. Saturday study sessions and mock exams implemented by the Ministry of Education are credited with [...]
The Fortescue Metals CEO has denied a Liberian Government announcement of a deal for the company to finance a railroad upgrade and extension to carry iron ore from Guinea to the Port of Buchanan. So [...]
Hopes are high that the two year old project to rebuild the Timbo River Bridge will be completed before independence celebrations on July 26. Sand miners who undermined pilings of the old bridge will be [...]
The European Union gave 8 large dump trucks, 5 mini dump trucks, 1 bulldozer, 8 pickups, 3 front-end loaders, 8 tricycles and 10 skip trucks to the cities of Monrovia and Paynesville. The waste management [...]
Cheap imports have forced Firestone out of the Liberian domestic lumber market. Rubberwood, also known as Hevea wood, is a hardwood made from exhausted old rubber trees. Firestone began Hevea wood production in 2009, employing [...]
