The Minister of Water Resources,Ing. Philip K. Lansana, has described water resource management a priority to the Ministry and pledged his strongest support to manage the country’s water resources. He made this commitment when he visited the new National Water Resources Management Agency’s (NWRMA) office at kingharman Road on Thursday June 11, 2020 in Freetown....Read More
Magistrate Hannah Bonnie of the Freetown Magistrate Court No. 1, on Friday 12 June 2020, has withdrawn for ruling the file in a case in which Dr. Sylvia Blyden and one Hussein Mukson Sesay were being investigated for seditious libel, defamatory libel, conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and for doing acts intended to...Read More
Figures in the Sierra Leone Police Crime Statistics for the year 2019, has shown that the total cases of Violence against Women and Children has increased to 12, 314 cases in 2019 from 12, 052 cases in 2018. According to the Report, Violence against Women, also largely understood to be Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV),...Read More
Fatmata Sesay, a trader in fresh farm produce from Lungi, has said on Monday June 8, 2020, that the reduction of Ferry trips to three runs a week has impeded the quick movement of trade goods to markets in Freetown. Sesay said that their produce go bad when they fail to access the ferry. She...Read More
The Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) has in a statement put out on Thursday 11th June said that schools will reopen on 1st July 2020 to accommodate only pupils who will be taking the National Primary School Examination (NPSE), the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) and the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE)....Read More
President Maada Bio has on Thursday June 11, 2020 reinstated Mr. Abu Abu Abdulai Koroma as the Resident Minister of Northern Province. It could be recalled that on Sunday May 10, 2020, President Bio suspended the Resident Minister North, Abu Abu Koroma from office indefinitely for unacceptable conduct following his remarks in a WhatsApp video...Read More
The High Court in Kenema, presided over by Justice Abdul Rahman Mansaray, has jailed one Theophilus Carew to one hundred and twenty months in prison for sexually penetrating a child below eighteen years. Carew had been charged to court for sexual penetration contrary to section 19 of the Sexual Offences Act 2012. The Police claimed...Read More
The Minister of Finance, Jacob Jusu Saffa, has assured that loss of revenue as a result of the outbreak of the Coronavirus would not prevent the Government of Sierra Leone from implementing the 2020 budget and the National Medium Term Development Plan. He made this remark on Wednesday June 10, 2020, during the Good...Read More
On June 7, 2020, China’s State Council Information Office published a white paper titled “Fighting COVID-19: China in Action”, which is an authoritative, fact-based document recording China’s fight against the virus. It aims to keep a complete record of the process on China’s arduous efforts in fighting COVID-19, to share its experience with the rest...Read More
Laborers at Milla Group Company in the east of Freetown have on Monday June 8, 2020, stormed into the offices of company officials in anger over unpaid and no increment on their wages and robbed over Le40 million. Alhajie Samba, the Youth Chairman at the Company, told Premier News that the laborers had complained several...Read More
