Kamanda Kamara, the deputy master of fishermen at Old Wharf, Wellington in the East of Freetown, has on Saturday called on the Government to reduce taxes imposed on them because they are not having enough catch as a result of the bad weather and curfew which starts at 11:00pm. He said that their time to...Read More
Pa Alimamy Mansaray, a community elder at Old Wharf in Wellington in the east of Freetown, has on Saturday July 4, 2020 said that the community lacks pipe borne water, good road and public toilets. According to Pa Mansaray, residents of the community pay Le 3,000 for a five-gallon jerrycan full of water usually drawn...Read More
Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the Republic of Senegal, Alhaji Brima Elvis Koroma, on Tuesday June 30, 2020, visited Malika, a community in Senegal where 87 Sierra Leonean victims of Human trafficking are being held. At the Malika Community, the Ambassador and entourage were received by the Commandant of the Malika Police Division who briefed him on...Read More
The Legal Aid Board and the Ministry of Gender and Children’s Affairs (MoGCA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen response to Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV). The ceremony took place in the conference room of the Ministry at Cockle Bay in the west-end of Freetown on 30 June 2020. The MOU...Read More
Women of Bramaia Chiefdom in Kambia District have claimed that some staff attached to the Community Health Centre sometimes refuse to treat mothers and their babies who refuse to pay money. Speaking on behalf of a group of lactating mothers at Kukuna, the chiefdom headquarter town, Abibatu Kamara, a lactating mother, explained that nurses sometimes...Read More
Bintu Mansaray, the wife of Dr. Mahmoud Mansaray, now deceased, was on Thursday July 2, 2020 remanded at the Female Correctional Centre by Magistrate Marke Ngegba of Court No. 2 on Pademba Road for the allegedly killing her husband. She is currently been preliminarily investigated for the charge of murder contrary to law. Police alleged...Read More
Magistrate Marke Ngegba on Thursday July 2, 2020, ordered for two persons, Saidu Fofanah alias “shakur” and Komba Sandy alias “kartel”, to be remanded at the Male Correctional Centre on Pademba Road in Freetown. The two are charged with the crimes of conspiracy, robbery with aggravation, wounding and assault occasioning actual bodily harm. According to...Read More
The Sierra Leone Insurance Commission (SLICOM) has on Thursday July 2, 2020 signed an operational Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Sierra Leone Local Content Agency (SLLCA) at the Conference Hall of SLLCA in Freetown. The signing ceremony was attended by representatives from Sierra Leone Insurance Association (SLIC), SLICOM and the SLLCA. In his address...Read More
Land dispute between Community People and a Chinese mining company in Dalakuru Village in Diang Chiefdom, Koinadugu District in the northern province of Sierra Leone, has left many injured and displaced after makeshift structures housing locals were allegedly destroyed by security personnel sent to the town to evict locals from their land on Tuesday June...Read More
Gibrilla Turay, aka Prezo Gibo, the president of the Compact Disc Sellers Association (CDSA) in Freetown, has said on Wednesday July 1, 2020, that the outbreak of the Coronavirus in the country has caused a fall in the sale of music and movie records. Turay said that the Coronavirus reventive restrictions like the closure of...Read More
