Tag: Jewel Howard-Taylor
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🇱🇷 Jewel Howard-Taylor Released From Prison, Placed Under Strict Home Detention in Liberia
MONROVIA, Liberia — September 7, 2026 — Former Liberian Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor has been released from the Monrovia Central Prison on medical grounds, but the court’s decision does not amount to freedom from the criminal proceedings she is facing. Criminal Court “C” Judge Ousman F. Feika ordered Howard-Taylor transferred from prison to her residence…
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🇱🇷 George Weah Visits Jewel Howard-Taylor at South Beach Prison as Liberia’s Drug Case Draws Political Attention
MONROVIA, Liberia — Former Liberian President George Manneh Weah has visited former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor at South Beach Prison, bringing renewed political attention to the high-profile legal case surrounding the former vice president. Weah’s visit comes as Howard-Taylor remains in detention while facing allegations connected to Liberia’s ongoing drug-trafficking investigation. The former vice president…
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🇱🇷 Former Liberian Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor Sent to Monrovia Central Prison as Court Denies Release Request
MONROVIA, Liberia — August 25, 2026 — Liberia’s former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor has been remanded to the Monrovia Central Prison after a Monrovia City Court denied a request by her lawyers for her release on humanitarian grounds, escalating a high-profile narcotics investigation that has shaken the country’s political establishment. Howard-Taylor, who served as Liberia’s…
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🇱🇷 Liberia’s Former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor Charged in Transnational Drug Trafficking Probe
MONROVIA, Liberia — August 19, 2026 — Liberia’s former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor has been charged with drug trafficking, money laundering and other offenses as part of an investigation into an alleged transnational narcotics network, according to Liberia’s government. (Reuters) The development marks a dramatic escalation in Liberia’s ongoing investigation into a major cocaine trafficking…