Rethinking the issue of NSA

SINCE THE FORMATION of the National Security Agency (NSA), it continues to be entangled in controversies; especially being used as a despotic conduit to target and hunt perceived 'enemies' of the presidency at a given time.....

We renew our commitment

Five years ago on May 16, The Monitor Newspaper appeared on the newsstand with a crusade to combat evil vices that ruined our nation and prevent these vices from destroying our emerging democracy without loosing site of ethical and professional journalism.....

Drug shortage at Central Prison worrisome

INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION conducted by The Monitor has revealed that there is an acute shortage of essential drugs and other medication at the Monrovia Central Prison (MCP). THE REPORT ALSO hinted that as a result of the shortage, most of the inmates suffering from malaria and other preventive and curable diseases are being referred to hospitals and other health centers around Monrovia....

Hats off to Williams,LPRC family

UNTIL THE APPOINTMENT of the new management team headed by T. Nelson Williams, the Liberia Petroleum Refining Company (LPRC) was one government entities that never short of spotlight of the media about corruptive practices.....

Hats off to Williams,LPRC family

UNTIL THE APPOINTMENT of the new management team headed by T. Nelson Williams, the Liberia Petroleum Refining Company (LPRC) was one government entity that was always in spotlight of the media of corruption by its immediate past Managing Director, Harry Greaves Jr.....

Beware!Mary Broh

FOR MORE THAN two weeks now Monrovia City Acting Mayor Mary T. Broh has been consistently in the news making headlines. Unfortunately, these headlines are chronological account of abuses and excesses Mary Broh and cohorts have been committing in their various portfolios.....

Rule of law not tribal sentiments!

WE ARE DEEPLY concerned about reports in a local newspaper which quotes a group calling itself the Concern Youth of Ganta for Reconstruction and Development as saying that it would be “counterproductive” should the government of Liberia go ahead to celebrate the 2010 July 26 Independence Day Anniversary in Nimba County without first resolving the “land dispute” there.....

Rule of law not tribal sentiments!

WE ARE DEEPLY concerned about reports in a local newspaper which quotes a group calling itself the Concern Youth of Ganta for Reconstruction and Development as saying that it would be “counterproductive” should the government of Liberia go ahead to celebrate the 2010 July 26 Independence Day Anniversary in Nimba County without first resolving the “land dispute” there....

Give Land Commission adjudication power

AFTER SEVEN MONTHS of strategic planning and preparations, the nomination of its commissioners by President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and the subsequent confirmation by the Liberian Senate, the Land Commission has been formally launched in Monrovia. It was launched on 11 March by Vice President Joseph N. Boakai at an elaborate ceremony....

LBS crisis requires decisive action

MEMORIES REMAIN FRESH ON LIBERIANS, if not all, that one of the root causes of the country's protracted bloody civil conflict which affected almost every sector of the country is incompetence- preferring unqualified individuals -mainly due to family ties- to others that are not only better qualified, but with the requisite experiences to lead....