The World Bank Board of Executive Directors on June 29, 2020, approved a US$ 50 million grant to support the Government of Sierra Leone’s flagship program for Free Quality School Education launched in 2018. The Free Education Project will support some initial COVID-19 response activities, including provision of distance learning and communication campaigns on prevention...Read More
Port Loko District Council has on Monday June 29, 2020, commissioned a newly constructed Maternal and Child Health Post (MCHP) in Magbaingbera village. Magbaingbera, which is well known for the many acreage of oil palm plantation owned by the late Sorie Ibrahim Koroma (S.I. Koroma), is situated in the Maforki Chiefdom, Port Loko District, north-western...Read More
Detective Sergeant 1516, Conteh Abu, attached to the crime writers/exhibit office, C.I.D Headquarters on Pademba Road, has on Tuesday June 30, 2020, presented exhibits including portrait of the Former President of Sierra Leone Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, in a matter in which Dr. Sylvia O. Blyden and Hussein Mukson Sesay, are currently being investigated on...Read More
Music Heals, a non-profit music organization that was established to transform and empower children, youths, families and communities through free music education, drama, dance, ethics, basic computer courses and mentorship has recently certified 22 pupils who underwent six months of music training at Don Bosco Fambul at During Town in the Western Area. Simeon Bangura, the...Read More
The government of Sierra Leone through the Ministry of Finance has on Monday June 29, 2020, paid the outstanding [final payment] End of Service Benefits of Le31,463,583,085 to Former President, Vice President, Ministers, Deputy Ministers and other Political Appointees, and an additionally payment of Le 4,750,797,375 to Ex-Ministers and deputy Ministers of the current administration...Read More
The Ministry of Basic and senior Secondary Education (MBSSE), has on Monday June 29, 2020, prohibited extra classes within school facilities beyond 2:00pm. The prohibition is to ensure compliance with measures to contain the Coronavirus and adherence to other regulations which had been put in place by the government to control the operations of schools...Read More
Don Bosco Fambul, a Non-Governmental Organization that helps vulnerable children and teenagers from the streets of Freetown, has on Thursday June 25, 2020, discharged over 20 children after they completed a six-month counseling at the Organization. Father George Mario Chrisafulli, Director of Don Bosco, said that the organization discharged the children because they have completed...Read More
Detective Inspector Brima Amara Munu, who proffered the charges of conspiracy and murder against Baimba Bangura, Mohamed Bangura and two others in an incident which led to the death of one Iye Sesay, has on Tuesday June 30, 2020 testified before Magistrate Hannah Bonnie of Court No.1 on Pademba Road. The court is trying to...Read More
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has in a press release issued on Tuesday June 30, 2020, informed the general public that the High Court has conviction Ben Fornah , a staff of United Business Systems (UBS), on a charge of corruption. Fornah is a freelance technician at United Business Systems (UBS), which is an outreach company...Read More
State Counsel Adrian Fisher Esq. has on Thursday June 25, 2020, successfully applied for an amendment of names of some accused persons that are being preliminarily investigated in Court No.1 on offences of malicious damage and several others. The accused persons Mohamed Kanu, Alhaji Musa Bangura, Fonti Sankoh, Ishmail Mansaray, Chief Alfred Kamara and others...Read More
