The Principal Deputy Financial Secretary (PDFS) in the Ministry of Finance, Mr. Mathew Dingie has encouraged the Ministry of Energy to limit its 2021 budget to the completion of projects they had started. He made this statement on Friday October 2, 2020 while superintending the budget presentation by the Ministry of Energy during ongoing bilateral...Read More
The National Grand Coalition (NGC) party has on Sunday October 4, 2020 raised concern over the recent perception reports and government White Paper which have prompted very serious questions about governance in Sierra Leone and indeed put on the spot all three arms of Government: the Legislature, the Executive and the Judiciary. The Chairman and...Read More
Ministry of Transport and Aviation (MTA) has on Wednesday September 30, commenced a five-day retreat in a bid to identify opportunities and challenges that would enhance better productivity in the transport sector of Sierra Leone. The retreat which was held in Bo brough together different stakeholders from Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). The Minister of...Read More
Support for the Education Sector in Sierra Leone (SESSiL), a project funded by the European Union (EU), under the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary School Education (MBSSE) has on Thursday October 1, 2020, validated its report on mainstreaming gender in the education sector at the Bintumani Hotel in Freetown. The purpose of the report...Read More
Few days after the reports of the Commissions of Inquiry, 2020 and the White Paper for public servants adjudged to have acted improperly with respect to the use of public funds, the Government of Sierra Leone has relieved all persons currently serving in the Bio led administration of their duties with immediate effect until the...Read More
Mamusu Sanko, the chairlady of the Freetown Park Market at Waterloo, on Wednesday September 16, 2020 disclosed to Premier News that officials of the traders’ union in Waterloo usually destroy their goods, flog and drive them away from their selling points. According to Sanko, they haven’t any purposely built structure, with booths or erected stalls...Read More
Magistrate Hannah Bonnie on Wednesday, September 30, 2020, withdrew the case file involving nineteen persons alleged to have been participated in riots at Tombo Community for a ruling. The withdrawal followed a no-case submission by the defense counsel for the 19 accused persons. The prosecution in this matter led at least five witnesses, but the...Read More
FOCUS 1000, a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) involved in health, has held a training of trainers seminar for religious leaders on communications on Malaria prevention and control. The training which was held on Wednesday September 30, at the Charm’s Hotel in Aberdeen, Freetown brought together about 24 trainees, mostly Imams and Pastors, from within the Western...Read More
Mohamed Musa Sesay, the brother of Alie Sesay (deceased), has in a case of Murder testified that when he had come out to find out what was amiss, after having heard her mother cried out for help, he saw the accused holding two knives at the time of the crime. The junior brother of the...Read More
Former President of Sierra Leone, Ernest Bai Koroma has said in a statement on Wednesday that, the allegations made against him in the Reports of the Commissions of Inquiry and the White Paper are without merit. The allegations are linked to wrongdoings touching on mining, construction and procurement contracts. The reports recommend that houses of...Read More
