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Senator Konneh Urges Senate to Scrutinize National Budget

Title: Senator Konneh Urges Senate to Scrutinize National Budget
Runtime: 2:15
Date posted: 9 months ago
Description: Senator Amara Konneh of Gbarpolu County, Chairman of the Senate Public Accounts Committee, has raised serious concerns about Liberia’s $1.2 billion draft budget, urging the Senate to resist passing the budget at the aggregate level without detailed scrutiny.

Read more: https://frontpageafricaonline.com/business/economy/liberia-konneh-sounds-alarm-on-1-2b-draft-budget-urges-senate-to-halt-aggregate-level-passage-but-mfdp-consultant-pushes-back/

Title: House Passes Draft National Budget
Runtime: 2:09
Date posted: 9 months ago
Description: The House of Representatives sitting on the 18th and final day of the second session of the third quarter of the 55th Legislature endorsed the report of its Joint Committee on Ways, Means, and Public Accounts with the passage of the Draft 2026 National Budget.

Moniba Challenges Legislature to Cut "Wasteful Spending"

Title: Moniba Challenges Legislature to Cut "Wasteful Spending"
Runtime: 2:18
Date posted: 9 months ago
Description: Dr. Clarence Moniba has called on the 55th Legislature to redirect millions of dollars from committee hearings, entertainment, and gift expenses toward science lab projects to advance the country’s human capital development.

Read more: https://frontpageafricaonline.com/news/liberia-dr-moniba-calls-on-lawmakers-to-cut-legislature-budget-by-4-6-million/

Prosecution Seeks Third Juror Removal in Capitol Arson Trial

Title: Prosecution Seeks Third Juror Removal in Capitol Arson Trial
Runtime: 2:13
Date posted: 9 months ago
Description: The Capitol Arson trial took a dramatic twist on Wednesday, December 3, after Judge Roosevelt Z. Willie issued a decisive ruling on a series of objections surrounding defendants’ statements, then moved to block the use of a prosecution laptop and eject two technicians over concerns raised by the defense.

Title: Senators quietly resist pay cut
Runtime: 1:43
Date posted: 9 months ago
Description: A wave of dissatisfaction and quiet outrage swept through the Liberian Senate on Tuesday as lawmakers reacted to a briefing by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Ways, Means, Finance and Budget, Senator Prince Moye, on a long-pending bill seeking to reduce lawmakers’ salaries to US$5,000.

Tension escalates between the House of Representatives and the Senate

Title: Tension escalates between the House of Representatives and the Senate
Runtime: 2:14
Date posted: 9 months ago
Description: A fresh constitutional storm is brewing within Liberia’s bicameral Legislature, as long-standing tensions between the House of Representatives and the Liberian Senate deepen over conflicting interpretations of Article 34(d)(i) of the 1986 Constitution regarding the National Budget.

Government and partners improve agricultural outcomes in Bong County

Title: Government and partners improve agricultural outcomes in Bong County
Runtime: 2:03
Date posted: 9 months ago
Description: A major agricultural milestone is taking shape in Fuamah District, Bong County as Liberia Development and Agriculture under the technical leadership of Managing Partner and Agricultural Engineer Christopher Bsaibes, accelerates one of the country’s largest maize cultivation initiatives in recent years.

Senate and House of Representatives Spar Over Constitutional Authority

Title: Senate and House of Representatives Spar Over Constitutional Authority
Runtime: 1:34
Date posted: 9 months ago
Description: Tension is rising within Liberia’s first branch of government as the House of Representatives accuses the Senate of overstepping its constitutional authority by conducting separate budget hearings.
Read more: https://frontpageafricaonline.com/news/liberia-house-takes-senate-to-task-for-overstepping-its-boundary-to-hold-budget-hearing/

New Payment System to Revolutionize Mobile Banking

Title: New Payment System to Revolutionize Mobile Banking
Runtime: 1:56
Date posted: 9 months ago
Description: The Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) has announced the upcoming launch of its Inclusive Instant Payment System (IIPS), a groundbreaking platform designed to deliver fast, secure, and affordable digital payments to all Liberians.

Promote Independent Journalism in Liberia

Title: Promote Independent Journalism in Liberia
Runtime: 0:38
Date posted: 9 months ago
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Female rock crushers in Caldwell decry poor working conditions

Title: Female rock crushers in Caldwell decry poor working conditions
Runtime: 1:53
Date posted: 9 months ago
Description: Several female rock crushers in the God’s Grace Community, Louisiana, Upper Caldwell, Montserrado County have decried their working conditions, lamenting that, ‘’We are working from hand to mouth.’’

Asset Recovery Task Force Probes Clar Weah Foundation

Title: Asset Recovery Task Force Probes Clar Weah Foundation
Runtime: 2:03
Date posted: 9 months ago
Description: The Clar Hope Foundation has sharply rejected what it calls “politically motivated and unfounded allegations” after the Assets Recovery and Property Retrieval Task Force (AREPT) launched an investigation into claims that the foundation may have used government assets or funds to establish its facilities in Marshall, Margibi County.

Title: Rural Liberian Clinic Gets Overhaul
Runtime: 1:22
Date posted: 9 months ago
Description: A rural Liberian health clinic has been renovated with funding from an American religious group, more than a year after FrontPage/New Narratives investigation exposed deadly conditions for women giving birth there.
Read more: https://buff.ly/OrOtm4H

Is the Justice Minister Shielding Revenue Collection?

Title: Is the Justice Minister Shielding Revenue Collection?
Runtime: 2:17
Date posted: 9 months ago
Description: Allegations have surfaced that Liberia’s Justice Minister, Oswald Tweh, interfered with the Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) efforts to collect lawful revenues from state-owned enterprises (SOEs), including the Liberia Petroleum Refining Company (LPRC), raising concerns over fiscal accountability and national budget credibility.

Senator mcGill Intensifies Scrutiny of Oranto's Deal

Title: Senator mcGill Intensifies Scrutiny of Oranto's Deal
Runtime: 2:01
Date posted: 9 months ago
Description: Margibi County Senator Nathaniel McGill has intensified scrutiny over the controversial offshore oil blocks currently before the Liberian Senate. McGill has written to the Liberia Petroleum Regulatory Authority (LPRA) and the National Oil Company of Liberia (NOCAL) demanding complete transparency on Oranto Petroleum’s involvement in the process.

Competing Mining Interests Threaten Liberia's $1.2 Billion Budget

Title: Competing Mining Interests Threaten Liberia's $1.2 Billion Budget
Runtime: 1:55
Date posted: 9 months ago
Description: The Joseph Nyuma Boakai administration’s historic one US$1.2 billion national budget may already be facing a major threat from within. Emerging resistance to the ArcelorMittal Liberia expansion agreement is now putting at risk the very revenue assumptions that made the country’s first billion-dollar budget possible.

Title: Lawmakers Heavily Criticize Oranto Deal
Runtime: 1:53
Date posted: 9 months ago
Description: The Government of Liberia’s much-touted oil deal with Oranto Petroleum is facing escalating pushback at the Legislature, as more senators raise concerns over what they describe as weak fiscal terms, legal inconsistencies, and potential long-term risks to Liberia’s petroleum future.

Title: New NTA Bus Breaks Down
Runtime: 1:37
Date posted: 10 months ago
Description: Students are seen pushing one of the new NTA buses after it broke down during the president’s trip to Bong County.

Samuel Kogar calls on Senators to Safeguard Prince Johnson's Legacy

Title: Samuel Kogar calls on Senators to Safeguard Prince Johnson's Legacy
Runtime: 0:53
Date posted: 10 months ago
Description: Senator Samuel Kogar advocates for the safeguarding of fallen kinsman PYJ’s legacy through support to his university in Nimba

Title: Fatima Sirleaf Hurls Insults at Critics
Runtime: 1:48
Date posted: 10 months ago
Description: A viral video showing Deputy Internal Affairs Minister for Urban Affairs Fatima Bintu Sirleaf celebrating her confirmation by the Liberian Senate has generated national outrage, as it showed the minister hurling insults at perceived critics and opposition figures less than twenty-four hours after publicly apologizing for misleading lawmakers about her academic credentials during her confirmation hearing.

Jury selection underway in capital arson trial

Title: Jury selection underway in capital arson trial
Runtime: 1:48
Date posted: 10 months ago
Description: The ongoing jury selection in the high-profile Capitol Building arson case involving former House Speaker J. Fonati Koffa and four co-defendants again faced delays on Wednesday, November 19, as several prospective jurors failed to appear, prompting the court to issue contempt orders and remand two absentees to the Monrovia Central Prison.

Amara Konneh Sharply Critiques National Budget

Title: Amara Konneh Sharply Critiques National Budget
Runtime: 1:57
Date posted: 10 months ago
Description: Senator Amara Konneh’s renewed scrutiny of the proposed National Budget for Fiscal Year 2026 has intensified national debate over Liberia’s fiscal priorities, as a growing number of analysts, civil society groups, and lawmakers express concern that the government’s spending plan contradicts its stated development agenda.

Title: Motorists Decry Broken Traffic Lights
Runtime: 1:57
Date posted: 10 months ago
Description: In April this year, residents of Paynesville celebrated the installation of new traffic lights at several busy intersections — notably Duport Road, GSA Road, and Parker Paint Junction.
But less than seven months later, that excitement has turned into frustration. The lights have fallen into disrepair, with no sign of restoration anytime soon.

Lofa to Benefit from Farm to Market Roads

Title: Lofa to Benefit from Farm to Market Roads
Runtime: 1:47
Date posted: 10 months ago
Description: The Government of Liberia, through the Ministry of Agriculture, has officially commenced the rehabilitation and reconstruction of 18 rural road lots in Lofa County under the Tree Crops Extension Project II (TCEP II)

Chinese Firm to Procure 'Yellow Machines'

Title: Chinese Firm to Procure 'Yellow Machines'
Runtime: 1:28
Date posted: 10 months ago
Description: A day after President Joseph Nyuma Boakai stunned the nation with a bold revelation that EcoBank Liberia is financing the long-awaited purchase of “yellow machines” to support the government’s road and infrastructure programs, FrontPage Africa has gathered that a Chinese firm, Evergreen Liberia Limited has already been selected to supply the equipment.

Ernest Hughes Takes the Helm at the Liberia Airport Authority

Title: Ernest Hughes Takes the Helm at the Liberia Airport Authority
Runtime: 1:36
Date posted: 10 months ago
Description: The Liberian Senate has confirmed Ernest R. Hughes as the new Managing Director of the Liberia Airport Authority (LAA), alongside John Z. Buway as Deputy Managing Director for Administration.

Liberia on track to secure another MCC grant

Title: Liberia on track to secure another MCC grant
Runtime: 2:00
Date posted: 10 months ago
Description: Liberia has shown notable improvement on the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) 2026 scorecard, passing 12 out of 22 performance indicators, according to data released by the MCC.

Property dispute turns violent in Redlight

Title: Property dispute turns violent in Redlight
Runtime: 2:02
Date posted: 10 months ago
Description: At least eight people have been arrested by officers of the Liberia National Police following a violent confrontation Thursday morning in Paynesville’s Red Light to Parker Paint Community, where an attempt to enforce a court-ordered eviction turned chaotic.

Liberia participates in global climate summit

Title: Liberia participates in global climate summit
Runtime: 1:12
Date posted: 10 months ago
Description: As #COP30 opens in Brazil, Liberia unveils new climate goals, pledging a 64% cut in emissions by 2035. But as major powers remain quiet on fresh finance pledges, countries like Liberia are left to do more with less — facing worsening floods, rising heat, and unpredictable rainfall that already displace thousands.

This report was produced by Aria Deemie of New Narratives

Read more: https://buff.ly/7OvSe9u

Controversies Cloud 2026 National Budget

Title: Controversies Cloud 2026 National Budget
Runtime: 1:33
Date posted: 10 months ago
Description: A startling US$95 million discrepancy has emerged between the 2025 approved national budget and the figures presented in the newly drafted 2026 fiscal framework by the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning (MFDP), raising serious questions about fiscal transparency, accountability, and legislative oversight.

Palm Grove Cemetery: From Honor to Disgrace

Title: Palm Grove Cemetery: From Honor to Disgrace
Runtime: 1:07
Date posted: 10 months ago
Description: The Palm Grove Cemetery, the final resting place of some of Liberia's most prominent leaders, including former President Joseph Jenkins Roberts, now lies in ruins. To make matters worse, the Monrovia City Corporation is contributing to the desecration of this venerated site by using it as a garbage holding center.
Click to read more: https://frontpageafricaonline.com/environment/liberia-mcc-admits-uncertainty-over-ending-pollution-at-historic-palm-grove-cemetery/

What's in Liberia's record-breaking 1.2 billion dollars budget?

Title: What's in Liberia's record-breaking 1.2 billion dollars budget?
Runtime: 1:29
Date posted: 10 months ago
Description: The Liberian government 2026 draft national budget, projected at a record-breaking US$1.2 billion, is being hailed by officials as a landmark for economic growth and fiscal expansion.

Title: What is COP30, and why does it matter?
Runtime: 1:12
Date posted: 10 months ago
Description: What is COP30, and why does it matter? 🌍

The world’s biggest climate summit takes place in Brazil from November 10–21, bringing together leaders and experts to tackle global warming.
Liberia will join the talks on forest protection, carbon markets, and climate finance.

This Video was produced by Aria Deemie of New Narratives

Title: Why did Boakai cancel a legal contract?
Runtime: 2:17
Date posted: 10 months ago
Description: Legal experts raise concerns over President Joseph Nyuma Boakai’s decision to suspend a legistatively approved concession.

Controversial 500-acre Land Deal In Grand Gedeh Cancelled

Title: Controversial 500-acre Land Deal In Grand Gedeh Cancelled
Runtime: 1:21
Date posted: 10 months ago
Description: Finally, the controversial contractual agreement between a Burkinabe investor and Grand Gedeh County’s authorities headed by Superintendent Alex C. Grant, has been prematurely abrogated following in-depth reports by FrontPage Africa Newspaper that uncovered the shadiness of the deal coupled with immense pressure from citizens.

US Government Extends Visa Validity for Liberians

Title: US Government Extends Visa Validity for Liberians
Runtime: 1:17
Date posted: 10 months ago
Description: President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr. has welcomed the decision of the United States Department of State to revise its visa reciprocity schedule for Liberia, extending the validity period for certain nonimmigrant visas from 12 months to 36 months.

Title: Liberia Accepts Controversial Deportee
Runtime: 1:25
Date posted: 10 months ago
Description: Liberian human rights activists have had mixed reactions to the government’s announcement Friday that it had agreed to accept Kilmar Armando Abrego García, an immigrant to America who has become a face of the Trump administration’s aggressive policy to deport millions of people in the United States illegally.

President Boakai Dismisses Key Government Officials

Title: President Boakai Dismisses Key Government Officials
Runtime: 1:10
Date posted: 10 months ago
Description: President Joseph Boakai has in recent months embarked on an uncharacteristic wave of dismissals across key sectors of his administration without offering any public explanation.

Liberia Risks Rift With Guinea Over Rail Deal

Title: Liberia Risks Rift With Guinea Over Rail Deal
Runtime: 1:28
Date posted: 10 months ago
Description: The Government of Guinea is conspicuously silent as Liberia moves to ratify a major rail access deal that would allow Guinean iron ore to be transported through Liberian territory.

Court Dismisses Assault Case Against Kindness Wilson

Title: Court Dismisses Assault Case Against Kindness Wilson
Runtime: 1:35
Date posted: 10 months ago
Description: The Monrovia City Magisterial Court has dismissed the assault case against Kindness Wilson, ruling that state prosecutors caused an “unreasonable and unjustifiable delay.”

Claims of perjury hang over Fatima Bintu Sirleaf.

Title: Claims of perjury hang over Fatima Bintu Sirleaf.
Runtime: 1:42
Date posted: 10 months ago
Description: Claims of perjury hang over Fatima Bintu Sirleaf as Senators express concern about her academic qualifications.

A lack of market price information is keeping Liberia’s farmers trapped in poverty.

Title: A lack of market price information is keeping Liberia’s farmers trapped in poverty.
Runtime: 1:13
Date posted: 10 months ago
Description: A lack of market price information is keeping Liberia’s farmers trapped in poverty, experts say, as predatory middlemen exploit their ignorance and reap most of the profits from their crops.

This video was produced by King Brown of New Narratives

Turkish Airline to resume flights to Liberia

Title: Turkish Airline to resume flights to Liberia
Runtime: 1:38
Date posted: 10 months ago
Description: A high-level delegation from Turkish Airlines currently in Liberia, has concluded discussions with senior officials of the Liberia Airport Authority (LAA), at the agency’s headquarters, signaling a step toward resuming commercial flights between Monrovia and Istanbul.

Senator Findley wants Liberians to benefit more from mining concessions

Title: Senator Findley wants Liberians to benefit more from mining concessions
Runtime: 1:36
Date posted: 10 months ago
Description: Grand Bassa County Senator Gbehnzohngar Findley has proposed a 30% production sharing between the Government of Liberia and concession companies in the minerals sector to ensure that the nation and its people benefit their fair shares of their natural resources.

Liberian Government Vows to End the Death Penalty

Title: Liberian Government Vows to End the Death Penalty
Runtime: 1:29
Date posted: 11 months ago
Description: The Liberian government has responded to a renewed push by civil society pledging to submit a revised bill to the Legislature that would end the practice of death penalty in the country.

This video was produced by Anthony Stephens of New Narratives

The GAC has uncovered shady practices at LEC from 2018 - 2023

Title: The GAC has uncovered shady practices at LEC from 2018 - 2023
Runtime: 2:01
Date posted: 11 months ago
Description: The General Auditing Commission (GAC) has uncovered serious governance and management lapses at the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC), raising questions about oversight, operational planning, and major agreements with key power projects.

Senator Nya Twayen Heaps Praise on President Boakai

Title: Senator Nya Twayen Heaps Praise on President Boakai
Runtime: 1:41
Date posted: 11 months ago
Description: Senator Nya Twayen Heaps Praise on President Boakai, Says ‘Bread and Butter’ Issues Are Being Addressed

Advocates demand passage of the Public Health Bill to allow easy access to abortion services

Title: Advocates demand passage of the Public Health Bill to allow easy access to abortion services
Runtime: 0:53
Date posted: 11 months ago
Description: Women's rights advocates demand passage of Public Health Bill to allow easy access to abortion services as conservative lawmakers push back.

This video was produced and presented by Joyclyn Wea of New Narratives.

"We Are Builders, Not Destroyers," Weah tells Partisans

Title: "We Are Builders, Not Destroyers," Weah tells Partisans
Runtime: 0:46
Date posted: 11 months ago
Description: We Are Builders, Not Destroyers — Weah Reaffirms Commitment to Rebuild CDC HQ, Rallies Party to “Save Nation from Mountebanks”

Former Speaker Koffa harshly criticizes Unity Party government.

Title: Former Speaker Koffa harshly criticizes Unity Party government.
Runtime: 1:42
Date posted: 11 months ago
Description: Former Speaker Koffa harshly criticizes Unity Party government.

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