Philip Teddy Thomas Dumbuya, commonly known as Teddy, a Gospel musician in the east of Freetown, has said on Tuesday that, he has released a song titled ‘Water Sai Stone’. According to Dumbuya, the song inspires confidence in God as the source of life. He said that no matter what a man does and goes...Read More
Sierra Leone is noted for having one of the highest annual rainfalls in Africa. Over the past six years, at least four major floods have affected over 220,000 people across the country and caused loss of lives and severe economic damage. Freetown is particularly prone to floods due to uncontrolled and uncoordinated human activities like...Read More
The Sierra Leone Cricket Association (SLCA) has on Monday July 13, 2020, registered seven Sierra Leoneans as candidates for the first level of the Africa Cricket Associations (ACA) coaching course. The candidates will go through a six-day course online due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. The six-day coaching course started on Monday July 13,...Read More
Managing Director of the Sierra Leone Cable Limited (SALCAB), Ishmael Kebbay Jr., has said that before President Bio came to power in 2018, there was only six Gigabytes of internet penetration in Sierra Leone but efforts have been made to increase that figure now to 50 Gigabytes. Kebbay Jr., who was speaking on Wednesday July...Read More
Over the last 57 years, the Rotary Club of Freetown has perfected the ceremony of changing the yearly guard. However, with the current global pandemic causing the postponement or cancellation of numerous events, the prestigious club needed to adapt in order to ensure that 2019/2020 Rotarian President Arthur Cummings successfully passed the torch to his...Read More
Eighteen (18) persons have been arraigned, on Wednesday at Kenema Magistrate Court No. 2 presided by Magistrate Joseph Tobby, for not wearing face masks. The accused persons include, Michael Bundor, Fatoma Fofana, Rebecca Koroma, Fatmata Barrie, Lansana Massaquoi, Tommy Tucker, Edna Alpha, Joseph Saidu, Yusufu Bangura, Saidu Kamara, Saidu Sesay, Lamin Gibrilla, Fatmata Bah, Mary...Read More
People’s Alliance for Reproductive Health Advocation (PARHA), a coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) advocating for the rights of women and girls, has on Wednesday July 8, 2020, called for reformation of the Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) laws in the country. Speaking on behalf of the Coalition, the President of L.A.W.Y.E.R.S, Fatmata Sorie...Read More
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Social Welfare, Alfred Lahai has disclosed on Wednesday July 8, 2020 that, the Ministry is “in receipt of a Note Verbale from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia formally communicating the suspension of the 2020 Hajj edition”. Lahai said in a statement that...Read More
Investigations Officer of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), Hajaratu Sama, has on Wednesday 8th July 9, 2020, testified as the first prosecution witness in the examination malpractice case involving examiners at the Holy Family Secondary School, Deep Eye Water in Waterloo. The matter, which is before the High Court Holden in Freetown and presided over by...Read More
China Kingho, a company that will resume operation at the Tonkolili Iron ore mines, has on July 3, 2020, donated 20,000 N95 protective face masks to the National Covid-19 Response Centre (NaCOVERC). “Shortly after the first case was discovered in Sierra Leone, we immediately ordered the masks from China, and were sent by express. However,...Read More
