Before the current health crisis, experts and organizations worldwide were ringing the alarm of a different pandemic, driven by criminal minds: the counterfeit or fake medicine industry that affects people in the entire world, including Sierra Leone. The Pharmacy Board of Sierra Leone is responsible to detect, confiscate and destroy fake medication in the country,...Read More
Police officers attached at the Moyamba Junction Police Station have over the weekend arrested one Issa Kamara for unlawful possession of firearm and ammunition. Officer Commanding Moyamba Junction Police Station, Inspector Sultan Sewa confirmed that the Suspect, in his mid 40s, is alleged to have participated in robbery attacks within Moyamba District and beyond. Suspect,...Read More
Hannah Swarray, a Sierra Leonean musician (Ethnomusicologist) based in Toronto, Canada, has on Wednesday February 10, 2021 encouraged musicians that, hard work, commitment, unrelenting and constant practice could make one a successful musician. She explained that while addressing the staff and students of the Ballanta Academy of Music and the Performing Arts, personnel of the...Read More
Following persistent overloading and refusal of pupils boarding the school buses in Bo to wear face masks, the Social Mobilization Manager of Bo DiCOVERC , Hon. Eric Jumu has called on Stakeholders to chat the way forward on these flagrant violations. Hon. Eric Jumu said the issues of overloading in the school buses and refusal...Read More
The Public Education Unit of theAnti-Corruption Commission (ACC) office in Kenema has held a customized meeting with the management and staff of the Kenema Government Hospital to identify and address corruption issues in the operationsof the Hospital and its peripheral health units.The meeting, which took placeon Tuesday 9th February, 2021, at the Council’s Conference Hall...Read More
Recently, the 2021 Music Television (MTV) Base Awards (Mamas) has reportedly stated that the “Listeners’ Choice” award will give music fans the opportunity to have their voices heard, and that majority of the finalists in that category would be determined by votes on local radio stations and social media, to select the best publicly-voted musicians...Read More
President Dr Julius Maada Bio has on Friday February 12, 2021, unveiled the Munafa Fund in Magburaka, northern Sierra Leone, after directing Minister of Finance, Jacob Jusu Saffa, to pronounce Le100 billion for the National Microcredit Scheme for 2021 to 2023 to support small and medium enterprises. “Under the leadership of the Ministry of Finance...Read More
The Government of Sierra Leone on Sunday activated its Health Emergency Response System to level two (Enhanced Surveillance, Active Case Finding and robust Community Engagement) following seven confirmed Ebola cases with three deaths in neighboring Guinea. The country’s Health Ministry said in a statement that it has all the structures in place that were established...Read More
A fire outbreak has destroyed eight houses and property worth hundreds of Leones on Friday, February 12, 2021, in Kissy in the east of Freetown. The fire incident left dozens of residents homeless. Recently, another fire incident at Portee Wharf destroyed over seven houses. Saidu Kamara, a victim, explained that the incident occurred at about...Read More
The National Telecommunications Commission (NATCOM), Sierra Leone’s telecom regulator, has recently played host, to the Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA), another regulator of similar nature in that country. When the LTA landed at Jendema on the Liberia border, they were received by a team of NATCOM officials. Among the visiting team were the Acting Chairman/Commissioner, Maria...Read More
