The Chairperson for House of Jesus Disable organization, Cherlous S. M. Koroma, has said that two acres of land situated at the back of the Waterloo Correctional Centre, Waterloo, belonging to person with disabilities has been allegedly grabbed by one Habib Thorpe who is serving as Sierra Leone People’s Party Chairperson in Waterloo, Western Rural...Read More
Climate change is hitting the Turtle Islands, located off the coast of mainland Sierra Leone the hardest; prompting many of its residents to now start to prepare to leave their homes. Sulaiman Kabbah , points down into the turquoise water next to a boat .The point to which he points, now sub-merged in water was...Read More
The Management of Kingho Investment Company Limited has on Friday 8 January 2021 signed a Railway and Port Lease Agreement with officials of the mining and minerals sector of Sierra Leone. The agreement will ensure the Company’s subsidiary- Kingho Railway and Port Company Limited- utilize the infrastructure for transporting iron ore extracts from the mining...Read More
The Minister of Planning and Economic Development, Dr. Francis Kaikai has on Thursday 7th January 2021, updated journalists on Sierra Leone’s Medium-Term National Development Plan (MTNDP). He briefed media practitioners at the conference room of the Ministry of Information and Communications, 8th Floor, Youyi Building. During the briefing, he noted that the Mid Term National...Read More
Traders in a market at ‘Pepeh’ Wharf in Tombo in the Western Area Rural District have on Friday January 8, 2021 decried the closure of ‘Lumas’ (markets)and borders crossing points. They added that the closures have reduced the volume and proceeds of their trade, sometimes leaving them with little or no sales and worsening their...Read More
The leadership of the Public Service Commission (PSC) has Monday January 11, 2021 called at State House to present their biennial report for 2018–2020 to President Dr Julius Maada Bio. Chairman of PSC, Kalilu Umar Bah, said they were honoured to present the report to the President, adding that the process preceded the laying out...Read More
In a bid to account to the people of Sierra Leone on the work of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), the Deputy Commissioner Augustine Foday Ngobie and Coordinator of Operations ACC, Emmanuel Koivaya Amara Esq. on Saturday 9th January 2021 engaged a cross section of the media, civil society and religious leaders in Kenema on the...Read More
Community Development Initiatives, Sierra Leone (COMDI-SL) has on 9th January 9, 2021, trained 50 stakeholders in Sogbini Chiefdom on enhancing Community based structures for effective service delivery and accountability. The one-day workshop took place at the Court Barrray in Tihun Village and it targeted traditional leaders and youths. COMDI Programe Manager, John Kortu in his...Read More
The 2019 Auditor General’s report indicated that Sierra Leone National Fire Force (NFF) does not have enough firefighting equipment like fire engines, no rescue equipment such as breathing apparatus (BA set) to prevent fire fighters against hazardous fumes, no break-in tools and no Very High Frequency (VHF) radio communication equipment for easy transmission of vital...Read More
Fishermen at the Yawri wharf in Tombo in the Western Rural District have on Friday January 8, 2021 said that, the outlawing of some of the fishing nets by the government has affected their livelihood leaving some of them out of jobs. The use of monofilament nets was banned as part of the measures to...Read More
