Managing Director of the Sierra Leone Cable Limited (SALCAB), Ishmael Kebbay Jr., has said that before President Bio came to power in 2018, there was only six Gigabytes of internet penetration in Sierra Leone but efforts have been made to increase that figure now to 50 Gigabytes. Kebbay Jr., who was speaking on Wednesday July...Read More
Over the last 57 years, the Rotary Club of Freetown has perfected the ceremony of changing the yearly guard. However, with the current global pandemic causing the postponement or cancellation of numerous events, the prestigious club needed to adapt in order to ensure that 2019/2020 Rotarian President Arthur Cummings successfully passed the torch to his...Read More
Eighteen (18) persons have been arraigned, on Wednesday at Kenema Magistrate Court No. 2 presided by Magistrate Joseph Tobby, for not wearing face masks. The accused persons include, Michael Bundor, Fatoma Fofana, Rebecca Koroma, Fatmata Barrie, Lansana Massaquoi, Tommy Tucker, Edna Alpha, Joseph Saidu, Yusufu Bangura, Saidu Kamara, Saidu Sesay, Lamin Gibrilla, Fatmata Bah, Mary...Read More
People’s Alliance for Reproductive Health Advocation (PARHA), a coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) advocating for the rights of women and girls, has on Wednesday July 8, 2020, called for reformation of the Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) laws in the country. Speaking on behalf of the Coalition, the President of L.A.W.Y.E.R.S, Fatmata Sorie...Read More
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Social Welfare, Alfred Lahai has disclosed on Wednesday July 8, 2020 that, the Ministry is “in receipt of a Note Verbale from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia formally communicating the suspension of the 2020 Hajj edition”. Lahai said in a statement that...Read More
Investigations Officer of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), Hajaratu Sama, has on Wednesday 8th July 9, 2020, testified as the first prosecution witness in the examination malpractice case involving examiners at the Holy Family Secondary School, Deep Eye Water in Waterloo. The matter, which is before the High Court Holden in Freetown and presided over by...Read More
China Kingho, a company that will resume operation at the Tonkolili Iron ore mines, has on July 3, 2020, donated 20,000 N95 protective face masks to the National Covid-19 Response Centre (NaCOVERC). “Shortly after the first case was discovered in Sierra Leone, we immediately ordered the masks from China, and were sent by express. However,...Read More
As part of the framework for ensuring transparency and accountability in the use of public funds in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, the north-east Regional Manager of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and her team have embarked on a tour of COVID-19 command centres in the region. In her engagement with three of the four...Read More
For the year of 2020, Europe and Africa have set themselves an ambitious agenda for an ever stronger EU-Africa Partnership. The new President of the European Commission, Ms. Ursula von der Leyen, made her first official visit outside the EU to Addis Ababa underlining the EU’s strong commitment to advance the partnership. Europe and Africa...Read More
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has on July 7, 2020, handed over Information Communication Technology (ICT) equipment and supplies to the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) to support the operations of the Ministry’s Situation Room. The equipment, which has been procured with financial support from the Global Partnership for Education (GPE),...Read More
