Latest economic data published by a US-based Liberian group rates the regime of ex-president Charles Taylor as recording the highest growth or GDP of 106.28% with an average of 39.76% against five successive administrations, including President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf.

Legal efforts by Commissioner  Beyan Kesselly and the Liberia Maritime Authority or LMA to over-turn claims against them by families of the four deceased cadets may not have proven successful. At the Temple of Justicel in Monrovia, authorities of the LMA and their Legal team walked out of the Civil Law Court, perhaps, embarrassed and dejected by the ruling of the court against them not for the amount to be paid to the families of the dead cadets, but their integrity and credibility.

The horrific fire that gutted the four-storey business house in the Johanssen community at the commercial district of Waterside last week Wednesday, 24 April dealt a deadly blow not only to human lives, but the economy, including personal properties. The unfortunate incident is the most shocking occurrence in recent times that has immediately claimed the attention of the Government of Liberia, the business community as well as residents of the affected community due to the physical, emotional and psychological pains it inflicted.

Boycott Not Only Disappointing, But Disserviceable to Liberians

In consonance with the 1986 Constitution of Liberia, a group of Liberians under the banner of the Coalition for the Transformation of Liberia and Citizens for Change recently decided to protest against the administration of President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf. The protest was against the backdrop of growing dissatisfaction among members of the group about situations they regarded as retarding the country’s development, including corruption, nepotism, as well as unemployment, among others.