The Fullah Progressive Union (FPU) on Sunday November 29, 2020, established its national headquarter situated at No.1 Sall Drive, Cockle Bay in Freetown. The opening of the headquarters brought several respected personalities within the Fullah community in Sierra Leone and other dignitaries from all works of life. The Fullah Union was established to resist discrimination...Read More
The Director at the Directorate of Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) and Mental Health in the Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Dr. Santigie Sesay has called on authorities and partners to invest to address issues around Non-communicable Diseases and Injuries as the burden is already huge. He made the plea at the launch of the NCD Strategic...Read More
The Steering Committee of the Freetown WASH and Aquatic Environment Revamping Project (WASHAERP) has on Thursday, November 26, 2020, approved its work plan and budget for 2021. The approval was agreed at the 2nd WASH Steering Committee meeting held at the conference room of the Ministry of Finance. The Project Manager, Cephas Oguah said that...Read More
Health workers at Campbell Town health Centre in Waterloo have disclosed to Premier News on Monday that, lack of pipe-borne water, hospital structure, toilet facility and drugs is impeding their operation in the community. Esther Saspo, a nurse at a Health centre in the community, said that since the hospital which served the community was...Read More
The Native Consortium & Research Centre in a press statement has on Wednesday November 25, 2020 put out a statement clarifying their position on what is good, bad and ugly about the fiscal budget recently debated in Parliament. According to the press statement, the Native Consortium has no doubt that the budget gives hope in...Read More
The National COVID-19 Emergency Response Centre (NaCOVERC) has on Friday, November 27, 2020 put out a statement announcing and an indefinite extension of the lifting of curfew until when it would be otherwise advised. The statement came four weeks after October 26, 2020 when the Government of Sierra Leone temporarily lifted a curfew which it ...Read More
“The development of the community depends on our collective resolve to demand for more transparency and accountability from duty bearers in the implementation of projects and programs in communities.” This statement was made on Tuesday 16th November 2020 by the Chiefdom Speaker, Sulima Chiefdom, Falaba District, Mohamed K. Samura, at a sensitization meeting with chiefdom...Read More
Hon. Justice Abdul Rahman Mansaray of the High Court in Kenema, has sent one John Sara Koroma, a forty year old man to 15 years in prison after convicting him of sexually penetrating an eight year old girl. The court concluded that the accused on January 11, 2020 at Blama Road in Kenema, engaged in...Read More
The Minister of Health and Sanitation, Hon. Prof. Alpha Tejan Wurie has on Thursday 26th November, 2020 launched the Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) Strategic Plan, NCDs National Policy and the Sierra Leone Non-communicable Diseases Injuries and Poverty Commission (NCDI) Findings and Recommendations. The launch took place at the Hill Valley Hotel, in the west of Freetown....Read More
While the Government made a lot of noise about the electrification of Bathurst Village in the Western Area Rural, the Ghanaian based contractor whose transformer was used by the government to electrify the then deprived community is yet to receive his balance payment of over half a million United States Dollars. The electrification of Bathurst...Read More
