The national head of the West African Examinations Council in Liberia, John Y. Gayvolor, has blamed journalists for the mass failure of candidates in the recent senior high school exams.
Carter Center Trains Officers in Mental Health Crisis Intervention
The Carter Center Mental Health Program has ended five days of training for law enforcement officers drawn from the Liberia National Police, the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization, and the Bureau of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Court Releases Arrested ‘Zogos’ Due to Overcrowded Prisons
More than 25 individuals arrested in Paynesville by the Liberia National Police were refused by the Monrovia City Court due to overcrowded cells at the Monrovia Central Prison.
Several Senior Tubman University Staff Found Collecting Dual Salaries
Documents leaked to The Bush Chicken have revealed that 23 employees at Tubman University are receiving dual salaries from multiple positions, including several senior level employees. The May 2016 payroll, along with other documents, were leaked by members of the faculty senate who did so anonymously for fear of retribution. The senior staff members were…
Better Coordination Between Gov’t Entities Can Reduce Water Outages
The recent damage to a 36-inch water main by Liberia Telecommunications Corporation engineers laying fiber optic cables has highlighted the lack of coordination between public utilities operating within the Monrovia metropolitan area.
Monrovia Residents Spent 66% of July Without Water
Businesses and households within the Monrovia metropolitan area experienced interrupted water supply for two-thirds of the month of July, due to a wave of outages in water supplied by the Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation.
Whose Trash Is It Anyway? Paynesville and LMA Shift Blame
Amid the spread of large piles of garbage across sections of Paynesville, including near the Red Light commercial district, Paynesville City Corporation’s public relations officer, Janice K. Jallah, has said that the city has been overwhelmed for the past six months with collecting garbage.
July 26 Week Special Liberian Trailblazers: Rodney Sieh
Over a relatively short time, Rodney Sieh has built one of Liberia’s most trusted and most awarded newspapers.