Strategic Communications Unit, Ministry of Information and Communications. There has been a hue and cry over the steady increase in prices of essential commodities for which government has been subjected to intense rebuke by some sections of the public. The opposition particularly has lost no time in making political capital out of the unbearable situation knowing fully well that being …

By Jane B. Mansaray. Appeal Court Judge, Justice Monfred Momoh Sesay has refused to hear the matter between the State and an accused person, John Alie Sankoh alias “Strong Life” because the latter appeared before him without putting on a face mask or having a face covering. “This is negligence on the part of the Correctional Service as the Covid-19 …

Considering the role the emerging Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can play in fighting corruption in public finance systems, the Ministry of Finance will in the Fiscal Year 2022 roll out the Integrated Financial Management Systems (IFMIS) to all Ministries Department and Agencies (MDAs). This disclosure was made by the Financial Secretary Mr. Shar Lahai Jusu during the ongoing FY2022 …

The Minister of Information and Communications Honourable Mohamed Rahman Swaray and the Minister of Trade and lndustry Honourable Dr. Edward Hinga Sandy embarked on a media blitz in Bombali District on Wednesday September 29, 2021. The discourse was to engage citizens on government’s policies and programs, discuss President Dr. Julius Maada Bio’s recent trip to the United Nations General Assembly …

By IPRP Communications Unit.                                                                                    The Chairman of the Independent Procurement Review Panel (IPRP) Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai, said the IPRP was underfunded. He made this disclosure during a one –day Budget Hearing for the Financial Year 2022 at the Ministry of Finance (MOF) Tuesday, 28 September, 2021. He said quotas being allocated in the previous years were ridiculous to run the …

By Jane B. Mansaray.                                                                                                                Sierra Leone Appeal Court Judge, Justice Monfred Momoh Sesay has ordered the Executive Director of the Legal Aid Board to assist a convict, Alpha Umaru Jalloh with food, lodging and transport fare to go back to his country of origin, Guinea. Justice Monfred Momoh Sesay made the order yesterday when delivering sentence on Alpha Umaru Jalloh, …

The Acting Chief Executive Officer of Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), Mahmoud Bah, has praised Sierra Leone for its unprecedented work in the preparation and development of the MCC Compact and described His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio as a champion in the fight against corruption. Speaking during a bilateral meeting with President Bio, the Acting CEO said that despite …

By Sylvester Samba. The Executive Chairman of Petroleum Regulatory Agency (PRA), Dr. Brima Baluwa Koroma has expressed confidence that his Agency will generate One Trillion Leones for the SLPP government in the coming years. Dr. Koroma made the disclosure during the ongoing Financial Year 2022 budget discussion taking place at the Ministry of Finance, Treasury Building in Freetown. Making his …

Sierra Leone Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, His Excellency Ernest Mbaimba Ndomahina has participated in this year’s Global Conference on Aquaculture recently held in Shanghai. Delivering his statement, Ambassador Ernest M. Ndomahina started by commending stakeholders for successfully hosting the Conference despite current difficult circumstances created by the COVID-19 pandemic. He went on to say that the Conference …

The “Friends of Hands Off Our Girls Project” in support of the flagship campaign program of the First Lady of Sierra Leone, Madam Fatima Maada Bio has raised an impressive USD$120,000 at an event held at the Wyndham Hotel in College Park, United States of America. The fundraiser was organized by a committee of Sierra Leone diaspora members with American …