The Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE), on behalf of the Government of Sierra Leone, has received confirmation from Global Partnership for Education (GPE) of “Approval of COVID-19 Accelerated Funding to Support Sierra Leone’s Education Sector.” The Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday that “the US$ 7 million grant – effective 25th June,...Read More
Fatmata Cecilia Williams, Councilor of Ward 409 in Constituency 116 at Lower and Upper Portee community in the East of Freetown, has said on Monday June 15, 2020, that the community does not have a properly constructed market structure, no source of water, no good toilet, and also no proper drainage system which has made...Read More
Ishmael Sheik Umar Kebe, the head of Accountant Administration for the Global Salone Property and Investment Company Limited, has on Thursday June 11, 2020 disclosed to Premier News that the company has encouraged home owners to demonstrate ultimate generosity by reducing cost of rent paid by tenants who have been seriously affected by the outbreak...Read More
Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) – East, Mr. Thomas Mustapha Lahai has recently met with representatives of three (3) women organizations, AdvocAid Sierra Leone ,Gbotima Development Association and 50-50 Group of the East at his Regional Command Office, Kenema Police Division. The purpose of the meeting is to ensure peace in the Township of...Read More
The World Bank Group Board of Executive Directors has on June 17, 2020, approved a US$100 million grant from the International Development Association (IDA) to support the Government of Sierra Leone in promoting sustainable and inclusive growth and building economic resilience. This Development Policy Financing (DPF) supports ongoing reforms to enhance macroeconomic stability, increase...Read More
For many around the world, COVID-19 is a first experience of an pandemic. For the people of Sierra Leone, there is spectral familiarity to what is unfolding in the country. With the outbreak of Ebola in May 2014, about 4000 people lost their lives to the deadly virus. The effect was far-reaching. The economy was...Read More
Orange Sierra Leone has on Tuesday June 16, 2020, collaborated with Sierra Leone Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture (SLCCIA) and fed 100 quarantined homes within the country with food items such as rice, onions, Maggie and cooking oil. The feeding of the homes was in response to the call of SLCCIA who had requested...Read More
Christopher A. A. Jones, the Chief Coordinator for the Portee Coronavirus Response Unit (PoCRU), has on Monday June 15, 2020 called on the Government of Sierra Leone to assist their committee with Veronica buckets, face masks, hand sanitizers and cash in order to speed up their public education campaign on the coronavirus. Jones said that...Read More
Arthur Onipede Hollist, commonly known as Pede Hollist, a Sierra Leonean Writer and a Professor of English at the University of Tampa, Florida, on Sunday June 14, 2020, encouraged Sierra Leone Creative Writers to focus on strengthening workshops, competitions, artists’ organizations, festivals and collaboration throughout the country in a bid to extend their activities nationwide....Read More
Your Excellency President Cyril Ramaphosa,Your Excellency President Macky Sall,Your Excellencies Heads of State and Government,Your Excellency Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission,Your Excellency António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations,Your Excellency Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, At such a critical moment in the global fight against COVID-19, we...Read More
