The European Union Delegation in Sierra Leone has on Monday February 22, 2021, launched a five-day training programme on environmental and climate change reporting for 15 selected journalists from various media institutions across the country. The training which is held at the New Brookfields Hotel Conference Hall in Freetown is dispensed by The Economic Forum...Read More
Police officers attached at the Moyamba Junction Police Station have over the weekend arrested one Issa Kamara for unlawful possession of firearm and ammunition. Officer Commanding Moyamba Junction Police Station, Inspector Sultan Sewa confirmed that the Suspect, in his mid 40s, is alleged to have participated in robbery attacks within Moyamba District and beyond. Suspect,...Read More
Following persistent overloading and refusal of pupils boarding the school buses in Bo to wear face masks, the Social Mobilization Manager of Bo DiCOVERC , Hon. Eric Jumu has called on Stakeholders to chat the way forward on these flagrant violations. Hon. Eric Jumu said the issues of overloading in the school buses and refusal...Read More
The Public Education Unit of theAnti-Corruption Commission (ACC) office in Kenema has held a customized meeting with the management and staff of the Kenema Government Hospital to identify and address corruption issues in the operationsof the Hospital and its peripheral health units.The meeting, which took placeon Tuesday 9th February, 2021, at the Council’s Conference Hall...Read More
President Dr Julius Maada Bio has on Friday February 12, 2021, unveiled the Munafa Fund in Magburaka, northern Sierra Leone, after directing Minister of Finance, Jacob Jusu Saffa, to pronounce Le100 billion for the National Microcredit Scheme for 2021 to 2023 to support small and medium enterprises. “Under the leadership of the Ministry of Finance...Read More
A fire outbreak has destroyed eight houses and property worth hundreds of Leones on Friday, February 12, 2021, in Kissy in the east of Freetown. The fire incident left dozens of residents homeless. Recently, another fire incident at Portee Wharf destroyed over seven houses. Saidu Kamara, a victim, explained that the incident occurred at about...Read More
The National Telecommunications Commission (NATCOM), Sierra Leone’s telecom regulator, has recently played host, to the Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA), another regulator of similar nature in that country. When the LTA landed at Jendema on the Liberia border, they were received by a team of NATCOM officials. Among the visiting team were the Acting Chairman/Commissioner, Maria...Read More
President Dr Julius Maada Bio has on Friday February 12, 2021, commissioned the first senior secondary school at Magbass, named after him in the Mamuntha and Mayossoh Sections in Kholifa Rowalla Chiefdom, northern Sierra Leone. The school was constructed by the country’s Minister of Youth Affairs, Mohammed Orman Bangura, who is a native of the...Read More
On Tuesday, February 9, 2021, at the Portee Wharf in the east of Freetown, over seven houses were destroyed and one person was injured in a fire outbreak. According to Salamatu M.Kargbo, a victim, at around 9:00am while she was sitting outside her compound with her friends, she observed smoke in the house and soon...Read More
The Advocate for Social Justice and Development Sierra Leone (ASJD-SL), a consortium of civil society organisations, has positioned itself to promote national resource governance and management with the theme: “Corporate Responsive Promotion of Investment in Natural Resource Governance and Management”. The Director of ASJD-SL, Arthur Kargbo, told a news conference in Freetown on Wednesday that...Read More
