The new World Bank Country Manager to Sierra Leone, Abdu Muwong on Tuesday 27 July 2021 paid an official courtesy visit to the Minister of finance, Dennis Vandi at his George Street office in Freetown. This is the first official meeting between the two gentlemen since Mr. Muwong replaced Dr. Gayle Martin as Country Manager in May 2021. In his …

By Sylvester Samba.                                                                                  WEFA International Aid and Humanitarian Organization International Relief and Development Foundation (IDRF CANADA), International Blue Crescent Relief and Development Foundation and the International Islamic Youth League (IIYL) Global Office in Sierra Leone, donated 1600 cows worth USD 640.000, as support to 134,400 poor and needy Muslims during the 2021 Eid-Ul-Ahda in eleven African countries, including Sierra Leone, …

By Mohamed Fofanah The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday announced that it had indicted two Western Area Urban DICOVERC Mobilization Officers: Gibrilla Kamara and Michael Dauda on corruption offences for the sale of Covid-19 vaccination cards to unvaccinated persons. Gabrilla Kamara of 55 Leicester Road and Michael Dauda of 7 Mends Street, Off Circular Road in Freetown, were indicted on three counts …

By Jane B. Mansaray.                                                                               The alleged corruption case between the state and six senior officials of the Sierra Leone Maritime Administration (SLMA) has been adjourned by the presiding Judge, Justice Mohamed Bawoh. The matter was adjourned to the 5th August 2021 for hearing of the second prosecution witness, after the first prosecution witness, Joseph Sallu Foray has completed his evidence …

By Mohamed Fofanah. Members of Parliament on Friday took a crucial decision as they unanimously abolished the death penalty from the statute books of Sierra Leone despite no execution has taken place in the country since 1998. Life imprisonment would now mean imprisonment for a minimum of 30 years with a “maximum penalty of imprisonment for life,” according to the …

The Minister of Energy, Alhaji Kanja Sesay last Thursday led a high-powered delegation of senior government ministers, including the Ministers of Local Government and Rural Development, Defense, Environment, Internal Affairs, Youth Affairs and Political Affairs to the town of Bumbuna where he raised serious concerns over the scary drop in water levels at the dam at the apex of the …

By Sylvester Rogers, Former BBC Correspondent. Several times, I have told people that President Dr. Julius Maada Bio, by the look of things appears to be genuine, God-fearing, peace-loving, magnanimous, and above all a very tolerant leader that we the peace-loving people of this country should be proud of. Had it not been that President Bio possesses all the above …

By Mohamed Fofanah. The Chairman of the National Covid-19 Emergency Response Centre (NaCOVERC) yesterday announced that Sierra Leone has bent the curve, and permanently flattened the third-wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, and puts the virus under control. This follows the United Kingdom Government’s risk assessment survey on 19th July that put Sierra Leone on a red list of countries with …

Clarifying on the use of the title “Honourable”, the Speaker of Parliament, Hon. Dr. Abass Chernor Bundu yesterday ruled, that it could only be used by persons who are serving or had served in elected offices or who are serving or had served in the superior court of judicature, or conferment of such title by Parliament. Such persons include the …

By Jane B. Mansaray. In a Bid to promote accuracy and objectivity in journalism practice in Sierra Leone, Dubawa, a fact checking platform introduced and promoted by the Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism (PTCIJ) based in Nigeria has ended a three-day professional training for media practitioners in Sierra Leone. The three-day residential workshop held at the Country Lodge Hotel, …