The Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) has on Friday September 4, 2020 warned the business community and the general public to beware of Impersonators. “Certain unscrupulous people have been approaching unsuspecting business houses and well-placed individuals soliciting financial support on behalf of the Association and its President,” the National Secretary General of SLAJ,...Read More
After two months of training on enhancing policy development through research and capacity building, the Ministry of Finance has on Friday 4th September 2020 certified thirty economists from the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, Statistics Sierra Leone, Bank of Sierra Leone, and Parliament Budgetary Office. According to the Director of Research...Read More
The deputy Program Manager of the National Malaria Control Program (NMCP), Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Dr. Alhaji Sayni Turay, has said that Malaria kills people in the country almost on a daily basis. He made this comment during the second meeting of the Malaria Media Coalition which was held on Tuesday September 1, 2020,...Read More
The Ministry of Information and Communications in partnership with the National Telecommunications Commission (NATCOM) has engaged stakeholders in the Telecoms sector on the proposed National Electronics Communications Bill 2020 at the J&E Resort in Bo. In attendance at the event which took place on Friday 4th and Saturday 5th September 2020, were Internet Service Providers...Read More
The Academic Staff Association (ASA) of Njala University has on Wednesday September 2, 2020, suspended a strike action which they had been pursuing since August 21. This came following a plenary meeting at Towama, Bo Campus. The Association informed the public that they will back down from their former line of action till the end...Read More
Residents of Kanikay, a community in the east of Freetown, have told Premier News on Monday August 30, 2020, that they fear that they could be killed in floods which are usual occurrence in the community whenever it rains. According to Alusine Trawalie, an elder in the community, when it rains water usually goes into...Read More
The High Court Criminal Session in Kailahun town presided over by Justice A.S. Allieu commenced on August 31, 2020. Twenty matters were scheduled for hearing and four of the accused pleaded guilty on arraignment. They were all charged with Sexual Penetration. Evidence was taken in respect of the others and adjourned subsequently. Of the 20...Read More
The AIG East, Thomas Mustapha Lahai, engaged the Student Union President and his executive at his regional office in Kenema about the present situation in the country which has warranted his prompt intervention. He however, took member of the Student Union Executive to the resident minister – East, Andrew Ansu Fatorma where the rest of...Read More
Magistrate Joseph Tobby has admitted Turay Bundu, 74, of Mende Koyagbema in Kenema City to bail on August 31, 2020. Bundu was admitted to bail in the sum of Le 50 million. The Accused was charged to court for sexual penetration of a child contrary to section 19 of the sexual offences Act No. 12...Read More
On August 29, 2020, a newly established WHO-supported COVID-19 testing molecular laboratory was commissioned in Makeni City, northern Sierra Leone, to facilitate scaling up of testing capacity for the disease in the country. This puts the number of COVID-19 testing site in Sierra Leone at six , in addition to the Central Public Health Reference...Read More
