The National COVID-19 Emergency Response Centre (NaCOVERC) will scale down its personnel by minimum of 40 percent from November 1, 2020, a senior official of NaCOVERC said on Friday. The Spokesperson of NaCOVERC, Solomon Jamiru Esq. said in statement on Friday that “this decision was reached at a workforce rationalization conference held from 19-21 October...Read More
The Executive Director of the Legal Aid Board, Ms. Fatmata Claire Carlton-Hanciles has on Tuesday, 20 October 2020 reconciled a client of the scheme Abdul Rhaman Bangura, 30, and his mother Zainab Koroma. This follows his discharged by the court on the same date. The usual post-discharge briefing ceremony for newly released clients took place...Read More
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) employs prevention as a strategic tool to curb corruption, especially in public sector institutions, through the dissemination of relevant education and information and customized meetings, among several methods. In this respect the Commission’s office in Kono, on 22nd October 2020, held a fruitful customized meeting with the management and staff of...Read More
Some Civil Society Organizations in Sierra Leone have shown grave concern over Parliament’s recent suspension of four MPs, including Hon. Hindolo Moiwo Ngevao, an anti-corruption whistleblower, from participating in parliamentary committee proceedings even without having found them culpable of any wrongdoing. The CSOs are urging Parliament to reinstate the four. The four Members of...Read More
The Sierra Leone Civil Aviation Authority (SLCAA) has in a press release on Wednesday October 21, 2020, disproved assertions made in a letter addressed to the authority by Air Cote d’Ivoire indicating that they would temporarily suspend flight to the country because their indicators have shown a massive loss on the Freetown route since they...Read More
The National School for the Deaf at Wilkinson Road in Freetown is in dire need of food as parents and guardians of some of the children are experiencing financial difficulties to feed them due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The school authorities are calling for help from relevant stakeholders, past students and philanthropists to assist the...Read More
Sierra Leone’s Members of Parliament on Tuesday 20th October 2020 hailed the Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mrs Florence Nyawa Bangalie for her exemplary work and professionalism exhibited in her career as Administrator. The MPs showered praises on the Foreign Ministry’s Director General in the Well of Parliament during...Read More
The National Head (Master) of artisanal fishermen in Sierra Leone, Salifu Kamara, has on Sunday, October 18, 2020, installed four persons to serve as Master Fishermen and Harbor Masters in Rokupa Wharf in the East of Freetown. The appointees are: Sorie Fornah, aka, ‘Follah’, Lamin Kargbo both appointed as Master Fishermen, and Alie Bangura and...Read More
The Chef De Mission of Sierra Leone, Unisa Deen Kargbo, has assured athletes that the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo will go ahead next year as planned. He cautioned that there has been a reduction in the size of the Sierra Leone delegation travelling to the Olympic in Tokyo. Mr. Kargbo went on to state...Read More
Pa Alimamy Turay, the Chief of Madina town in Tonko Limba Chiefdom in Kambia District has on Friday, October 17, 2020, urged the Government of Sierra Leone to support farmers with tools, pesticides, fertilizers, etc., in order to ensure good productivity. In Madina the residents grow cassava, potato, groundnut, rice, etc., and agriculture is the...Read More
