Sources close to the Ross Road Police Station have revealed that a 22=year-old woman, Adamsay Fofanah, formerly of No 27 Effort Lane, Cline Town, Freetown, was found dead in her room in the early hours of Friday December 18, 2020. She is reasonably suspected to have ended her life. According to Issa Conteh, husband to...Read More
“He pushed me to his bed, removed my pants and sexually penetrated me.” Those were the words of an eleven-year-old girl, narrating her ordeal of how she was raped by a 32-year-old man. Recounting how it happened, the eleven-year-old said: “My mother sent me to fetch water at a nearby stream, and on my way,...Read More
Sierra Leone’s President, Dr Julius Maada Bio has discussed the constitutional review process, efforts at reforming the criminal justice system and human rights issues like the death penalty when he met the Human Rights Commission (HRCSL) on Thursday December 17, 2020. President Bio said his government had made a public commitment to look at the...Read More
The Chairman of the Parliamentary Oversight Committee on Water Resources, Hon. Lahai Marrah has called on the government of Sierra Leone and the Ministry of Finance to provide sufficient funds for the Sierra Leone Water Company (SALWACO) to carry on their activities. Hon. Marah made this pronouncement while on oversight visit at the Gelehun Water...Read More
The National Social Security and Insurance Trust (NASSIT) has on Friday December 11, 2020, recognised Bollore Transport and Logistics, a subsidiary of Freetown Terminal, for the timely payment of its staff social security contributions to the Trust. The company received the compliant award “for fully complying with the provisions of the NASSIT Act No. 5...Read More
Millennium Challenge Coordinating Unit (MCCU) in partnership with the Guma Valley Water Company (GVWC), Adam Smith International (ASI) and the Ministry of Water Resources have on Tuesday December 15, 2020 concluded the successful implementation of the Threshold Program, at the Atlantic Lumley Hotel in Freetown. The US$ 44.4 million Threshold Program was a four-year...Read More
The European Union Delegation in Sierra Leone has on Wednesday, December 17, 2020, signed a three years € 3.7 million project grant with local authorities of the Port Loko and Kenema City Councils and Western Rural Area and Kailahun District Council. The grant is to strengthen local governance, decentralization and sustainable urban development through territorial...Read More
The Vice President of Sierra Leone Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh has on Thursday December 10, 2020 said that Sierra Leoneans across the country deserve equal opportunity and access to State resources. He also emphasized that the Government of Sierra Leone is committed to enhancing national cohesion and peace. He made these remarks as Guest Speaker...Read More
Fifty-five midwives drawn from 104 Peripheral Health Units (PHUs) across the 16 Chiefdoms in Bo District have gone through a day’s Training on digital births and deaths Registration. The training which was organized by the National Civil Registration Authority NCRA, Bo District with funds from UNICEF took place at the Methodist Youth Resource Centre in...Read More
Police Constable 18670 Bangura M. L., attached to the Investigations Branch at a police post in Kissy, has on Thursday December 10th, 2020 testified in an ongoing case of Burglary and Larceny at the Ross Road Magistrate Court presided over by Magistrate Sulayman Alhaji Koroma. The witness, after informing the court that he recognized both...Read More
