The Petroleum Regulatory Agency, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Trade and Oil Marketing Companies have increased the pump prices of fuel from Le, 15,000 to Le, 18,000 effective Thursday. The new price was announced after the government and oil marketing companies reviewed the minimum pump prices of petrol, gasoline, and kerosine. The Petroleum Regulatory Agency...Read More
Sierra Leone’s First Lady Mrs. Fatima Bio on Thursday, June 9, 2022, launched the Nectar Sierra Leone Bulk Terminal (NSBT) berth expansion project. The project, which is expected to last for 12 months, will construct a new deep-water jetty with a new berth and refurbish existing berth to enable a larger class of vessel size...Read More
Secretary-General of Maritime Organisation of West and Central Africa (MOWCA), Dr. Paul Adalikwu, has lauded the government of Sierra Leone for its many plans to develop the country’s maritime potential. Adalikwu said this in Freetown during his maiden visit to the West African country where he met with the country’s Minister of Transport and Aviation,...Read More
Everest Jones, a labourer, was yesterday before Magistrate Peter Gogra of Pademba Road Court No.6 in Freetown on two counts of larceny and malicious damage. According to the particulars of offence, the accused on diverse dates in January 2022 at Mac Pharmacy, No.5 Freetown Road, Lumley in Freetown did steal one old Kipo generator battery...Read More
The 2021 Mid-Term Housing and Population shows that Western Area Urban accounted for 606, 701 (8 percent) of the country’s 7,541,641 total population. But the report of the 2015 Census recorded a population of 1,055,964 in Western Area Urban representing 15 % of the total population. This figures shows that Freetown lost almost half its...Read More
The Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (EC-SL) in collaboration with the German Embassy and the ECOWAS Commission has held a two-day capacity building training for journalists across the country to enhance credible, balance, fair and accurate elections reporting. The training which is co-funded by the European Union was held on the 6th -7th of June...Read More
Human Right Youth Coalition- Sierra Leone (HYRC-SL) with Support from UNDP has engaged residents of Dasse Chiefdom in Moyamba Chiefdom in a day community gender sensitive forum on UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and Sexual and Gender-Based Violence and the Sexual Offences Act, 2019. The training took place at the Dasse Barray...Read More
The Campaign for Human Rights and Development International (CHRDI), a civil society organisation, has urged the government, citizens and other civil society organisations to stop the current proposal in the Sierra Leone Parliament to increase the salaries of the Members of Parliament. The Bill, “Parliamentary Welfare Act 2022”, suggests that each member of parliament receives US$25,000...Read More
A Vietnamese delegation to Sierra Leone on Tuesday June 7, 2022 paid a courtesy call on President Dr Julius Maada Bio at State House in Freetown. The delegation expressed desire and interest for a stronger partnership with the country. It could be recalled that in March this year, President Bio and his delegation arrived in...Read More
Abu Bakarr Suma, 24, was on Tuesday 7 June 2022 sent to prison by Magistrate Sahr Kekura of Pademba Road Court No.1 over allegation of timber theft. The accused was arraigned on two counts of obtaining money by false pretenses contrary to section 32 (1) of the Larceny Act 1916. According to the particulars of...Read More
