CHAMPS Holds 9th Inaugural Advisory Committee Meeting in Freetown
The Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance Sierra Leone (CHAMPS-SL) held its 9th inaugural Advisory Committee Meeting at the National Public Health Agency’s (NPHA) Emergency Operations Center (EOC) conference hall in Wilberforce Freetown on June 13, 2024. This year’s theme, “Exploring data-driven interventions to respond to unaddressed child mortality in Sierra Leone,” brought together approximately […]
ILO trains 200 women on Gender Entrepreneurship Together (GET) Ahead Program
By Mustapha Momoh The International Labour Organization (ILO), with funding from the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund, under the Gender Promotion Initiative, has trained 200 young women identified to operate and manage the project-constructed 25 water kiosk on Gender Entrepreneurship Together (GET) Ahead training program. This initiative is part of the “Women for…...
PUTKA ON EXPO
By Sheku Putka Kamara Revisitation… Mending Sierra Leone’s Economy – The Viewpoints of Economists I once sourced and compiled this narrative and being that talks about the economic remain pivotal, I wish to revisit this publication with a thrust of reminding us all on some of the very necessary things that are to be…...
Parliamentary Committee Pays Courtesy Call on Bread Avenue
By Sulaiman Jalloh Parliament through the Committee on Finance, Transparency and Accountability, on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, paid a courtesy call on the management of Bread Avenue at its headquarters in Wellington, East of Freetown. In her opening remarks, the Deputy Chairperson for the Committee, Hon. Alice Jebeh Kumabeh stated that they as…...
Parliamentary Female Caucus Ends Leadership Retreat
By Sulaiman Jalloh Sierra Leone Female Parliamentary Caucus (SLeFPaC) led by Hon. Bernadette Wuyata Songa has recently ended a two-day retreat held at the Place Hotel, Tokeh on the outskirt of Freetown. In her welcome address, the Deputy Director of Department for Programs, Research and Partnership (DepReP), Mary Koroma said the purpose of the…...
SLPP & APC Once Again Embrace Peace
By Sulaiman Jalloh Government & opposition leaders holding hands, signalling national unity The ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) led government and the main opposition All Peoples Congress (APC) has, through a joint press statement issued out during a meeting held at the Brookfields Hotel in Freetown, on Wednesday, June 19, 2024, announced…...
NSA Volunteers Present Draft Legal Framework on National Sports Development Regulations 2024
The ten law graduates co-opted by the Executive Director of the National Sports Authority, Dr. Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai Esq, to assist the Authority in the drafting of legal documents presented a draft legal framework on Sports Development Foundation 2024 to the new Chief on Wednesday, 19th June 2024 at his Signal Hill Road office after […]
Sierra Leone Commercial Bank Recognizes Heroic Staff for Fire Response
Mohamed Fuaad Daboh (NASSIT DG and SLCB Board Member) handing over the certificate to one of the beneficiaries In a touching ceremony held at the Mamba Point Lagoonda in Aberdeen on Friday, June 14, 2024, the Sierra Leone Commercial Bank Limited’s Management and Board of Directors came together to acknowledge the exceptional […]
Police Arrest Notorious Kush Lord in Kenema
By Mohamed Mansaray in Kenema Police at Moala checkpoint in Kenema District on June 15th, 2024, arrested a man identified as Mohamed Lamin, a native of Mano Jegbla in the Dama Chiefdom, Kenema District with three sachets of a substance suspected to be Kush. During interrogation, Lamin revealed that he resides at Kalaba Town…...