Author: Hellen PS Collier

Labour Minister Participates at 112th Labour Conference  

  Minister of Employment, Labour and Social Security, Honourable Mohamed Rahman Swaray and his technical team of the Ministry, and members of the Labour Congress and Sierra Leone Employers Federation are participating in the ongoing 112th Session of the International Labour Conference of the ILO in Geneva, Switzerland. The International Labour Conference is the ILO’s […]

Olayinka Williams Wins U.K. Diplomatic Missions’ Long Service Officer Award

  At a ceremony held at the exquisite King’s Fund, 11-13 Cavendish Square, London, Ms. Olayinka Williams of the Sierra Leone High Commission (SLHC- London) was recently honored with the Diplomats’ Long Service Officer of the Year Award for Africa. Deputy High Commissioner Mrs. Yvonne King Odigboh, along with a cross-section of the SLHC staff, […]

      The Parliamentary Oversight Committee on Local Government and Community Affairs chaired by Hon. Musa Fofana on Friday 31/05/2024 and Saturday, 01/06/2024 respectively conducted oversight inspection on European Union funded project, “Local Authorities Programme Sierra Leone” implemented by Kenema District and Kenema City Councils. The project is intended to strengthening Local Governance, Decentralization […]

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Taking Public Officials’ Statements Out of Context for Political Gains…

By Dadson A. Musa   Politics is quite an interesting field, and it is where good men and women sometimes become bad people. The advantage that it gives the one who wields it makes it always a battle ground career. Having studied politics here in Sierra Leone and across the globe I come out with…...

Pupil Jailed for Larceny

By Mohamed Mansaray in Kenema   20-year-old school going pupil, one Morie Mansaray a resident of Amadu Street in Kenema has recently been sentenced by Magistrate Mustapha Briama-Jah of Magistrate Court No.2 in Kenema for Larceny contrary to Section 2 of the Larceny Act of 1916. The accused on Thursday, April 18, 2024 at No.12…...

Police Officer Discharged from Correctional Service

By Mohamed Mansaray in Kenema   43-year-old Officer of the Sierra Leone Police (SLP), one Bashiru Kanja, resident of Burma One Section in Kenema, Eastern Region has been released from the Sierra Leone Correctional Service (SLCS) in Kenema. Bashiru Kanja on diverse dates between January 1, and January 31, 2024 at Hangha Town, Nongowa Chiefdom,…...

Parliament to Resume Hearing on Auditor General’s Report

By Sulaiman Jalloh   Parliament through the Office of the Clerk has recently announced the resumption of the hearing of the Auditor General’s Report in Committee Room One, Parliament Building, Tower Hill in Freetown. The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Hon. Ibrahim Tawa Conteh is the Chairman of the Public Account Committee (PAC) and will therefore…...

SLPP & APC Once Again Embrace Peace

By Sulaiman Jalloh   The ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) and the main opposition All Peoples Congress (APC) have, in joint press release issued out on Monday 3rd June, 2024, called for calm. The two main political parties have decided to unite in order to fight hate speech and promote peaceful political discourse. “The…...

Deputy Speaker Launches Strategic Plans

By Sulaiman Jalloh   Hon. Ibrahim Tawa Conteh speaking; surrounded by other gov’t. officials   The Deputy Speaker of the Sixth Parliament of the Second Republic, Hon. Ibrahim Tawa Conteh has, on behalf of the Speaker of Parliament Hon. Segepoh Solomon Thomas, recently launched the National Council for Civic Education and Democracy (NACCED) Strategic Plan…...