The Minister of Health and Sanitation, Dr. Alpha Wurie has on Monday October 5, 2020, justified Le182, 306.8 billion recurring budget requested by his Ministry for the financial year 2021. The Health Minister, while speaking in the conference hall at the budget hearing of the Ministry of Finance in Freetown, said that if Sierra Leone...Read More
Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) through the Ministry of Mines and Mineral Resources has on Thursday September 23, 2020, handed over the Tonkolili Iron Ore Project to Chinese owned Kingho Mining Company Limited. The event which took place at the Bumbuna Town Court Barry in Dasogoia Chiefdom, Tonkolili District, saw dignitaries from all the various...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
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
As part of their continuous support towards the fight against the COVID-19 in the country, the Indian Community has on Wednesday August 19, 2020, handed over a newly refurbished Accident & Emergency Department to the 34 Military Hospital during a ceremony that was held at the Hospital’s conference hall at Wilberforce in Freetown. The Indian...Read More
By Stephen V. Lansana Fatmata Kamara (Not her real name) narrowly escaped from the 34 Military hospital after she went there for pre-natal care. The 7-month pregnant mother of two said she suffered fromsevere fever and headaches, chronic cough, body pain, and frequent cold flashes. She could not breathe. As soon as she described her...Read More
In a memorable occasion at the Port Loko City Council Hall last Friday, the Minister of Health and Sanitation, Prof. Alpha Tejan Wurie and his entourage, have delivered a consignment of Free Healthcare drugs, uniforms for nurses and doctors, delivery beds for pregnant women and other assorted items for health workers in the north-western district...Read More
The Education and Outreach officer at the Monuments and Relics Commission, Mohamed Faray Kargbo, has acknowledged on Monday that, the old Fourah Bay College building at Cline Town is in a state of dilapidation. SAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURES The Original Fourah Bay College building was in regular use till the Second World War, when the college...Read More
Sierra Leone was later than most to experience its first cases of COVID-19. Though the virus itself did not arrive in the country until 31 March 2020, rumours and fears spread among communities well before the country’s first confirmed case. As happened during the Ebola outbreak from 2014-2016, this pandemic has led to rumours and...Read More
Doctors in Sierra Leone have announced they’ll be going on an indefinite strike as of July 2, 2020, over nonpayment of allowances by government to doctors working in Treatment and Isolation centers countrywide, according to a statement released by the Sierra Leone Medical and Dental Association (SLMDA). This came as country continues to battle the...Read More
