Pa Alimamy Conteh, an elder residing at Bottom Oku, a seaside community in Wellington in the east of Freetown, has on Monday June 15, 2020 told Premier News that, the community needs pipe borne water, toilet facility and a health centre. Conteh said that the lack of these basic amenities has made the lives of...Read More
Sierra Leone’s President, Dr. Julius Maada Bio, has on Thursday June 11, 2020 said that the Country is still contending with low levels of digital literacy, especially in non-urban areas, in the midst of persistent threat to cyber security. He made this statement during a virtual global digitization conference. The President’s statement which was delivered...Read More
The Legal Aid Board and a team, comprising Consultant Battu Jambawai and the National Coordinator Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) Ramatu Kargbo, from the Ministry of Gender and Children’s Affairs, (MoGCA), last Tuesday discussed ways of strengthening response mechanisms in the fight against SGBV. The discussion took place at the Board’s head office...Read More
The Chairlady of Tambakula Wharf in Aberdeen, Fatmata Kamara, has told Premier New on Tuesday June 16, 2020, that the prices of fish have risen because of a fall in the supply of the commodity since the outbreak of the coronavirus in Sierra Leone. The Chairlady, also a fish monger, further said that government restrictions...Read More
As the World celebrates International Day of Persons with Albinism, Legal Link, a non-profit legal advocacy group, in collaboration with the Sierra Leone Association for Persons with Albinism have on Saturday June 13, 2020 called on the government to increase medical and educational support to persons with Albinism in the country. June 13, has been...Read More
Chief Executive Officer of the National Public Procurement Authority (NPPA), Ibrahim Brima Swaray, has on Monday June 15, 2020, presented the 2018 Annual Public Procurement Assessment Report to President Julius Maada Bio. He disclosed that over the years most of the time leakages in national spending had emanated from procurement activities, adding that upon assumption...Read More
In a bid to improve water supply in Freetown, Guma Valley Water Company in collaboration with Fourah Bay College Administration and QATAR Foundation, a community based organization at Leicester Road, has on Saturday June 13, 2020 concluded a two-day tree planting exercise at the deforested area of White-water weir located at Botanical garden, Fourah Bay...Read More
Adama Sesay, the mother of a three year-old child has on Thursday June 11, 2020, told Premier News that a another young lady attempted to steal her daughter, Hajaratu Bangura, on Monday June 8, 2020 somewhere along Leicester Road in Freetown. She explained that on Monday at around 6:00 pm at Leicester road, she informed...Read More
Statistics Sierra Leone (SSL) with support from the World Bank has on Monday June 8, 2020, commenced training of enumerators and supervisors for the Sierra Leone Covid-19 Impact Monitoring Survey (SL-CIMS), at its headquarters at A.J. Momoh Street in Freetown. The survey which is being implemented by SSL and funded by the World Bank hopes...Read More
Sierra Leone’s Minister of Finance, Jacob Jusu-Saffa, has on Thursday June 11, 2020, launched the Sierra Leone Skills Development Project (SLSDP) in the conference hall of the Ministry of Information and Communications in Freetown. Minister Saffa described the project as the “bread and butter” for the youths. According to Finance Ministers several skill gap assessments...Read More
