By Jane B. Mansaray. In a bid to promote good and better health care system in the country, a Non-Governmental Organisation in Wales, Tamareneh Rhondda has donated drugs and medical equipment to some government hospitals in Freetown worth over one hundred Million Leones. The items were over the weekend handed over to medical authorities at Connaught, Lakka and the Emergency …

His Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada Bio has commissioned the Mamasa Community Private Hospital in Kendeyama Community in the southern city of Bo. The Mamasa Community Private Hospital was constructed by Honourable Dickson Momoh Rogers, Member of Parliament for Constituency 100 in the Pujehun District and his wife, Haja Fanta Rogers. Chairman of the occasion, Minister of Health and Sanitation, …

By Mohamed Fofanah.                                                                                  The Electricity and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC) yesterday revealed a list of 81 sachet water producing companies eligible to operate in the sector after passing the rigorous standard tests at the Ministry of Health and Sanitation, EWRC and the Sierra Leone Standards Bureau. Before this revelation, there had been around 167 companies that were identified to be …

The Minister of Health and Sanitation, Dr. Austin Demby has appealed to striking Junior Doctors to return to work as his Ministry tries to address all aggrieved parties. The Junior Doctors embarked on an industrial action on Wednesday after one of their female colleagues was allegedly physically assaulted at the Connaught Hospital in Freetown by some senior officials in the …

By Pat Kawa In Bo. As administration of the free COVID-19 vaccine continues across the country, Bo Dicoverc has commended the turn out and willingness of targeted groups within the district to take the vaccine. The commendation came during an engagement at the Command Centre on Sewa Road in Bo by the Social Mobilization pillar, Hon. Eric Jumu on how …

The European Union Ambassador in Sierra Leone, Tom Vens has said that climate change is posing a serious threat to Sierra Leone’s sustainable development trajectory and called on the media to focus more attention on environmental reporting in order to educate the public about the environmental hazards and its socio-economic impact on local communities. Ambassador Vens made this statement on …

The Government of the people’s republic of china has donated 200,000 doses of the Sinopharm COVID-19 Vaccine and 201,600 pieces of disposable needles and syringes to the Government of Sierra Leone. More details later.