A Public Notice issued by the telecoms regulator (NATCOM) yesterday, states that one of the leading Mobile Network Operators, Orange (SL) Limited has been fined Le13,440,000,000 (Thirteen billion four hundred and forty million Leones) for the illegal use of Upper 6GHz Microwave transmission frequency. According to the NATCOM Public Notice, Orange (SL) Limited should pay SLL10,752,000,000 as penalty for the …

By Sylvester Samba. A group of Child Rights Activists is calling for the speedy establishment of a forensic lab, strengthening of the capacity of the Family Support Unit (FSU) with more logistics, training of personnel and separate budget allocation, strengthening child safeguarding measures in schools, recruitment of more social workers and deploy them at chiefdom level to be facilitating, prevention …

By Mohamed Fofanah. Falaba and Karene District Councils yesterday signed a 1,050,000 Euros grant each with the European Union as part of the EU’s 25 million Euros support to Civil Society and local authorities for development in Sierra Leone. The grant is expected to support the Councils on facilities such as the rehabilitation of feeder roads and water supply in …

The Ministry of Finance in collaboration with partners on Monday 24th May commenced a two-week long (May 24 – June 2) seminar at the New Brookfields Hotel in Freetown on Medium Term Debt Management Strategy with the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund Virtual Mission. This occasion marks the third in the conduct of Medium-Term Debt Strategy (MTDS) in …

By Haja Adama Kamara.                                                                                         The Director of Corporate Affairs of the Sierra Leone Police, AIG Memunatu Conteh-Jalloh on Tuesday 25 May 2021, at a launch of the crime statistics at the officers` mess in Kingtom, Freetown, disclosed to members of the press that the police recorded/received over sixty three thousand cases all over the country in 2020/2021. She furthered that, …

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 …

Tuesday 25 May 2021 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio, on his way to work, today stopped at Wilberforce Barracks to inspect the near-complete five-storey building comprising 104 rooms with modern facilities for single officers of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces, RSLAF. The contractors said the building would be ready for handing over to the government …

I would like congratulate all our African friends on May 25th Africa Day wholeheartedly. We remember with appreciation the African countries coming together under the roof of the African Union (AU) on May 25th, 1963, predicating on independence and freedom, and displaying a common consciousness based on solidarity and unity. The success story reached in the following decades in this …

The Presidential Address delivered by His Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada Bio on the occasion of the State Opening of the Fourth Session of the Fifth Parliament of the Second Republic in the Chamber of Parliament on Tuesday, 18th May 2021 has been described by many Serra Leoneans as uplifting. In the Address, President Dr. Julius Maada Bio called on …

The Chinese Ambassador to Sierra Leone, H.E. Hu Zhangliang and team, yesterday paid a courtesy call on the Commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), Francis Ben Kaifala Esq. at his 3 Gloucester Street Office in Freetown, and made donations to the Commission in furtherance and support of the country’s remarkable Anti-Corruption efforts. Ambassador Hu conveyed special sentiments to the Commissioner …