Following continued hearings by Public Account Committee (PAC) of Parliament in light of outstanding issues in the Auditor General’s Report of 2018, the Chairman of PAC and Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Hon. Segepoh Solomon Thomas has again warned auditees to desist from lying under oath which amounts to perjury or contempt of Parliament. Officials of...Read More
In its effort to curb bribery at security checkpoints in the region, the North-West Office of the Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday 3rd September 2020 engaged Police, Military, forestry guards and Road Safety personnel deployed at the Mile 38 check point and personnel of the Masiaka Police Division to warn them accepting bribes and other corrupt...Read More
Statistics Sierra Leone (Stats-SL) has on Thursday September 3, 2020, engaged its Advisory Committee, comprising high level representatives from different institutions and political parties, in a bid to elicit their general knowledge and advice on the conduct of the 2020 Mid Term Population and Housing Census (MTPHC). The Advisory Committee will advise the Technical Committee...Read More
The Deputy Minister of Finance Patricia Lavalie together with other government officials including the councilor of WARD 323 Mohamed Mansaray AKA D’Guy, on Saturday September 5, 2020 at Goderich launched a project to construct a road within Goderich Community in Freetown. The Goderich township road project would cover 1.35km and it is estimated at...Read More
Residents of Mamba Ridge, a community in mountain in the east of Freetown, on Sunday September 6, 2020, asked the Government of Sierra Leone to build schools, health centre and provide electricity which the community had lacked for decades. According to Yeanoh Kamara, an elder in the community, only one primary school operates in the...Read More
Santigie Koroma, a leader among stone miners at Moeba, a community in the east of Freetown, has said on Saturday that, the poor road network to the area prevents them from making substantial sales and jeopardizing their means of livelihood. He has been in the stone mining business for over 30 years. By his reckoning,...Read More
John Keister, the Head Coach of Sierra Leone’s senior male national team, Leone Stars, has over the invited 51 home based footballers to commence training in preparation for an upcoming two-legged clash between Sierra Leone and Nigeria. Leone Stars will play the two matches as part of the Total African Cup of Nations – Cameroon...Read More
The Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority (EDSA) has put out a press statement on Sunday September 6, 2020, notifying the public that the Karpowership two (KPS 2), anchored at Cline Town shall depart the shores of Freetown on September 11, 2020, in accordance with the terms of the contract between the Turkish Power Company, one...Read More
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has on Monday September 7th 20202, released it second report to address critical issues raised in the Audit Reports of Sierra Leone 2015 – 2018, relating to possible or alleged corruption, and conducts inconsistent with the Anti-Corruption Act of 2008. The ACC said that, after a thorough review and analysis of...Read More
Bala Amarasekaran, Director, Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary, Bathurst village in the Western area Rural District, has said in an interview that he is optimistic that the famous chimp Sanctuary will benefit from the recent electricity supply at Bathurst village. The Programme Manager was speaking from his sanctuary office on Thursday September 3,2020, when visited by this...Read More