Year: 2024

THE CUMMINGS’ CONNECTION 

By Jensen Brian Abass Cummings     Launch of Air Sierra Leone: A Milestone for the Nation and the Bio Government The recent launch of Air Sierra Leone represents a significant milestone for both the nation and the Bio government. This new airline is not just a transportation initiative; it embodies the aspirations of a…...

Challenges Media Practitioners Face in the Midst of Media Poverty  

By Aminata Abu Bakarr Kamara     Sierra Leone’s media landscape plays an essential role in fostering democracy, promoting accountability, and informing the public. However, the media sector faces significant challenges particularly the issue of media poverty. Media poverty, defined as the lack of financial, technical, and infrastructural support for media institutions and practitioners, limits…...

President Bio Promises Sustainability as FEED SALONE Clocks One Year

By Sulaiman Jalloh   On the day marking World Food Day, President Julius Maada Bio has celebrated one year of his government’s main agenda ‘Feed Salone’ in Kailahun District, Eastern province of the country and promised more food sustainability for the citizenry. This year’s World Food Day was celebrated under the theme “Right to food…...

Health care transcends politics, Dr. Yebu Kargbo

By Sulaiman Jalloh     In an exclusive with Expo times newspaper, Dr. Yebu kargbo, Medical Superintendent Mobile Health Clinic has said that health care transcends politics especially when it is provided free to the citizens of a country and that the government of President Bio has been doing extremely well, noting the president and…...

Port Loko District Councillors Receive Operational Tools to Enhance Development Initiatives  

By Kadiatu A. Turay   ` In a bid to strengthen community development efforts across Port Loko District, local councillors have received essential operational tools to enhance their capacity for service delivery. The distribution event, which took place on October 16, 2024, was organized by the Port Loko District Council in collaboration with key development…...

Bai Sebora Kasangha School Seeks Immediate Aid for Crumbling Infrastructure

By Kadiatu A Turay   Bai Sebora Kasangha Primary School, located in Bombali District, is appealing for urgent assistance to address deteriorating infrastructure and a severe shortage of furniture, which is hampering the learning environment for its pupils. The school, which serves hundreds of children from surrounding communities, is currently facing significant challenges due to…...

EXPO TIMES-16TH OCTOBER 2024

Finance Minister Spearheads Ratification of US$480 Million MCC Compact

  By Sheku Putka Kamara and Sulaiman Jalloh   During the fifth sitting of the second session of the sixth Parliament of Sierra Leone on Tuesday, October 15, 2024, Members of Parliament unanimously approved the four hundred eighty million dollars (US$480 M) Minimum Challenge Cooperation (MCC) grant to the government of Sierra Leone from the…...

Fatima Bio Leading the Charge for Women and Girls’ Rights in Sierra Leone

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US$100,000 Fine for Unauthorized Landing at Airport

By Sulaiman Jalloh   Minister of Information and Civic Education Chernor Bah has informed the general public that the government of Sierra Leone has fined one hundred thousand united states dollars (US$100,000) to the four passengers including the captain of an unauthorized plane that landed at the country’s international airport on the 20th September, 2024…....