By Sorie Fofana. On Friday, 8th October 2021, His Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada Bio signed into law the abolition of the death penalty in Sierra Leone. On the occasion of the World Teachers’ Day on Tuesday, 5th October 2021, His Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada Bio fulfilled another election manifesto commitment by publicly recognizing forty eight outstanding teachers across …

The National Investment Board has ended its Public Private Dialogue with the Small and Informal Sector, including other key partners in the country’s investment industry. The investment dialogue was held at the Conference Room of the Vice President’s Office, Tower Hill in Freetown. Speaking at the closing of the dialogue, the Executive Director of NIB, Dr Maada Mustapha said that …

By Jane B. Mansaray.   In an effort to mitigate the Covid-19 pandemic in Sierra Leone, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and its implementing partners, Restless Development has, with funding from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), presented a cheque of Nine Hundred and Sixty Four Million, Eighteen Thousand Six Hundred and Fifty One Leones as a stimulus package to …

His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has celebrated this year’s World Teachers’ Day at the presidential national best teacher award ceremony, organised by the country’s Teaching Service Commission. “If a bare-footed, five-year old village boy, who stared in awe and with great curiosity on his first day at school, today holds degrees from institutions of higher learning, can speak …

By Dr. Sama Banya. Sorie Fofana or Manjoroka as I still address him fondly, the Publisher of the mass circulation Global Times newspaper has been my personal friend and editor-in-chief of my former “Puawui” column. Sorie is known for his short but sharp comments in the Global Times newspaper. He is not known to waste words. Sorie has called attention …

Sierra Leone’s First Lady, Madam Fatima Maada Bio has officially opened the Sierra Leone Pavilion at the EXPO 2020 in Dubai United Arab Emirates. The pavilion, among other things, contained displayed items of key investment areas in Sierra Leone including education, agriculture, tourism and mining and would be used by the country throughout the next six months. Addressing visitors during …

His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio returned home on Saturday after a successful UNGA and several successful bilateral meetings with world leaders, senior United States officials and donor partners. The President has returned home to personally tackle domestic issues like the rising cost of living.

The National Commission for Privatization is expected to generate the sum of Le180,000,000.00 (One Hundred and Eighty Billion Leones) from privatization proceeds next year. While delivering his opening remarks at the budget presentation session, the Chairman and Commissioner, Dr. Prince Alex Harding, echoed the mandate of the Commission which is to monitor and supervise Public Enterprises to make them more …

By Jane B. Mansaray. The allegation that Gulf Mineral Water Company is not paying taxes to the National Revenue Authority (NRA) has been described as false, baseless and unfounded. This was the reaction by the Management of Gulf Mineral Water Company to a negative publication in a local tabloid newspaper last week. Speaking at a press conference held on Friday …

Washington, D.C., United States, Wednesday 29 September 2021. His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has met with Executive Director Alice Albright and the senior leadership of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), where he was recognised for his global leadership in promoting quality education, human capital development and gender inclusion. Madam Albright thanked the President for his speech at …