A newly established Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU) has been unveiled at Kailahun District Hospital in Sierra Leone on September 17, 2020. The state-of-the-art unit was set up by the Government of Sierra Leone through the financial contributions of the Government of China with technical support of the United Nations Children’s Fund, (UNICEF). It is...Read More
The Minister of Finance Mr. Jacob Jusu Saffa has assured Sierra Leoneans that the government is going to replace all the thirteen ferry-crossing points in the country with modern bridges. The Minister made this disclosure recently while he addressed contractors and other stakeholders in road infrastructure. The local ferries are found at strategic river crossing...Read More
Farmers in Campbell Town in the Western Area Rural District of Waterloo have on Wednesday called on the government to supply fertilizers, insecticides and seeds to help them improve on the yield. Aminata Mansaray has been farming in the community for over 30 years, and she has no other means of earning income except farming....Read More
Gabriel Scott, the Secretary General of the Aberdeen Beach Organization, has said on Friday that, the organization lacks the tools it needs to effectively clean the Lumley/Aberdeen Beach. According to Scott, they do not have rakes, shovel, brooms, gloves, rain boots and other necessary tools. He also said because they lack hand gloves, the cleaning...Read More
The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) has said that it has charged two corruption related matters (2) matters to Court, investigating thirteen (13) others, closed investigations in another two (2) for lack of evidence. Officials of the Commission made this disclosure on Monday September 21, 2020, during its third update to the media and the general public...Read More
The Petroleum Regulatory Agency (PRA) has warned people dealing in petroleum products, not to aid or abet any illegal activity. It promise that stiff punishment will be imposed on defaulters by the Agency along with the security forces. The warning came after a recent raid which the Agency, conducted alongside the Sierra Leone Police, (SLP)...Read More
Former Sierra Leonean international striker, Mohamed Kallon has received a UEFA Professional football coaching license at the Museo del Calcio in Florence, Italy. He received his coaching badge on Monday September 21, 2020. He’s the first in the history of Sierra Leone to have bagged a UEFA Pro license. The former Sierra Leone soccer idol...Read More
The Islamic Development Bank (ISDB) has on Saturday September 19, 2020, approved the sum of US$40 million for the implementation of the Freetown WASH & Aquatic Environment Revamping Project. The total cost of the project is estimated at approximately US$189.2 million dollars and is designed to be jointly funded by the African Development Bank (ADB),...Read More
Bollore Transport and Logistics, a subsidiary of Freetown Terminal, has on Monday September 21, 2020, donated provisions, cooking items and toiletries worth millions of Leones to the King George VI Memorial Home for the aged at Grafton, Freetown. The home was established after the World War II. The donation was made as a way of...Read More
A 47-year-old stone miner, Mariatu Kamara has on Thursday September 17, 2020, told Premier News that due to the outbreak of Coronavirus in Sierra Leone, trading in stones has become increasingly difficult. She made this statement at her work station at J. Mata, back of the perimeter fence of the Sierra Leone Grammar School, few...Read More
