VP Juldeh Launches FY2025 Budget Policy Hearing
By Sulaiman Jalloh Sierra Leone’s Vice President Dr. Mohammed Juldeh Jalloh has on Thursday, August 15, 2024 at the new Brookfields hotel in Freetown launched the Fiscal Year 2025 national policy hearing and bilateral budget discussion with MDAs and stakeholders. Vice President Jalloh delivering the keynote address started by thanking the ministry of […]
Young Gambian Leader Empowers School Dropouts Through Community Initiative
By Michaella Faith Wright Ansu Jatta is a passionate young Gambian who is on a mission to uplift and empower school dropouts to become valuable members of society through his community-based initiative, Giver Foundation Network. Founded without external funding, that focuses on providing vocational education to vulnerable youth, including those with disabilities, girls,…...
A Celebration of Faith and Resilience – St. Pious Catholic Church Honours Hon Paran Umaru Tarawally
By Nasiru Dinn Koroma At the St. Pious Catholic Church at Jagboima Section in Bo on August 11th, 2024, came alive with joy and gratitude as the congregation gathered to celebrate a momentous occasion: the reinstatement of Hon Paran Umaru Tarawally, the Clerk of Parliament, who recently emerged victorious from a cloud of corruption…...
WABA Holds 78th Executive Council Meeting and 42nd General Assembly in Sierra Leone
By Aaron Parker The West African Bankers’ Association (WABA) held its 78th Executive Council Meeting and 42nd General Assembly meeting in Sierra Leone. The event was hosted by the Sierra Leone Association of Commercial Banks (SLACB) in Freetown from the 8th to 9th of August 2024 at the Freetown International Conference Hall. The…...
Deputy Planning Minister Emphasizes Professionalism at ECOWAS National Office Capacity Building Training
The Deputy Minister of Planning and Economic Development, Rev. Dr. Jonathan Titus-Williams on Wednesday, 14th August, 2024, urged ministry staff to prioritize professionalism and a results-oriented approach during a three-day capacity-building training program. The training, which focuses on ECOWAS protocols and policies, regional integration, and public service ethics, aims to equip staff with the necessary […]
Man Goes Behind Bars for Larceny
By Mohamed Mansaray in Kenema Magistrate Mustapha Briama-Jah of Magistrate Court No.2 in Kenema has sentenced one Sao Thomas, a labourer of How-For-Do Lorry Park in Kenema to three (3) years imprisonment for larceny. The Accused was charged to court for larceny contrary to Section 2 of the Larceny Act of 2816. The…...
Magistrate Jails Man for Domestic Violence
By Mohamed Mansaray in Kenema Magistrate Mustapha Briama-Jah of Magistrate Court No.2 in Kenema has recently sentenced one Vandy Mannah and acquitted and discharged one Gbessay Kanneh. Two accused persons, Vandy Mannah, a mason who is a resident of Njala Village and Gbessay Kanneh, a tailor of Weima Town, were arraigned before Magistrate Mustapha…...
Opposition MP Visits Kush Rehabilitation Centre
By Sulaiman Jalloh Hon. Ibrahim Barrie of the opposition All People’s Congress (APC), representing the people of Bombali District has recently visited a Kush rehabilitation centre established by a young man identified as CEO Gaza in Makeni. The lawmaker has called for government’s intervention to support the Kush rehabilitation centre. He lauded the…...
Deputy Leader Warns Shipping Lines
By Sulaiman Jalloh Deputy Leader of Government Business, Hon. Bashiru Sidikie, has, on Wednesday, 14th August, 2024, at the Parliament Building on Tower Hill in Freetown, warned all shipping lines in the country to stop collecting demurrage charges for a period of ten working days excluding holidays and weekends. “After today, we will be…...
Gov’t to Privatize SIERRATEL
By Sulaiman Jalloh The Minister of Communications, Technology and Innovation, Madam Salima Monorma Bah has, during the recent government’s weekly press briefing held at the conference hall of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, disclosed that government is in consultation with private companies in order to privatise the country’s telecommunication entity, Sierratel…....