The World Bank Board of Executive Directors on June 29, 2020, approved a US$ 50 million grant to support the Government of Sierra Leone’s flagship program for Free Quality School Education launched in 2018. The Free Education Project will support some initial COVID-19 response activities, including provision of distance learning and communication campaigns on prevention of the disease. Sierra Leone has made significant gains in school enrollment, but education outcomes...Read More
Port Loko District Council has on Monday June 29, 2020, commissioned a newly constructed Maternal and Child Health Post (MCHP) in Magbaingbera village. Magbaingbera, which is well known for the many acreage of oil palm plantation owned by the late Sorie Ibrahim Koroma (S.I. Koroma), is situated in the Maforki Chiefdom, Port Loko District, north-western Sierra Leone. During the commissioning ceremony, the outgoing Chief Administrator of the Port Loko District...Read More
Detective Sergeant 1516, Conteh Abu, attached to the crime writers/exhibit office, C.I.D Headquarters on Pademba Road, has on Tuesday June 30, 2020, presented exhibits including portrait of the Former President of Sierra Leone Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, in a matter in which Dr. Sylvia O. Blyden and Hussein Mukson Sesay, are currently being investigated on charges of seditious libel and other related offences. The exhibits include Five laptop computers of...Read More
Music Heals, a non-profit music organization that was established to transform and empower children, youths, families and communities through free music education, drama, dance, ethics, basic computer courses and mentorship has recently certified 22 pupils who underwent six months of music training at Don Bosco Fambul at During Town in the Western Area. Simeon Bangura, the founder of the organization, also a music tutor, said that the certification of the pupils...Read More
The government of Sierra Leone through the Ministry of Finance has on Monday June 29, 2020, paid the outstanding [final payment] End of Service Benefits of Le31,463,583,085 to Former President, Vice President, Ministers, Deputy Ministers and other Political Appointees, and an additionally payment of Le 4,750,797,375 to Ex-Ministers and deputy Ministers of the current administration as their end of service benefits. It could be recalled that in 2019 the Government...Read More
