‘Government is committed to providing high quality Pharmaceutical services’ -...
…Says Deputy Health Minister October 18, 2016 Deputy Minister of Health and Sanitation ll, Madam Zuliatu Cooper, has stated that government was committed to providing high quality pharmaceutical...
View ArticleFCC cleans Guard Street market
October 18, 2016 By Joseph S. Margai The Freetown City Council (FCC) last Sunday cleaned the Guard Street market in response to complaint from residents that they were at risk of contracting malaria...
View ArticleGov’t urged to increase road sector budget
October 18, 2016 By Patrick Jaiah Kamara As the government has agrees to provide funds for the rehabilitation of the 6.15KM Hanga and Blama Roads in Kenema, eastern Sierra Leone, a local...
View ArticleSierra Leone celebrates Global Handwashing Day
October 18, 2016 By Hassan Gbassay Koroma A trio of ministries – Health and Sanitation, Education and Water Resources – in partnership with Social Organisational Society (SOS), UNICEF, World Health...
View ArticleLe100m bail for PCMH child kidnappers
October 18, 2016 By Hassan Gbassay Koroma The presiding magistrate at the Freetown Magistrates’ Court No.1, Dr. Abou Bhakarr Binneh-Kamara, yesterday granted bail in the sum of fifty million Leones...
View ArticleWorld Bank says Africa largely suffers from food borne diseases
October 18, 2016 By Ibrahim Tarawallie Manager of Agriculture Global Practice at the World Bank yesterday revealed that Africa has the highest food borne diseases, with 91 million Africans falling ill...
View ArticleBangura to undergo second surgery today - Umaru Zaingallay Bangura
Umaru Zaingallay Bangura October 18, 2016 By Sahr Morris Jr. Sierra Leone captain, Umaru Zaingallay Bangura has confirmed he will be undergoing a second surgery on his let finger today. The FC Zurich...
View ArticleSierra Leone Players Abroad - Bundu AGF debut delayed
Bundu AGF debut delayed October 18, 2016 By Sahr Morris Jr. Sierra Leone youngster, Mustapha Bundu had to wait for another weekend to make his senior debut for AGF in the Denmark Superliga league. The...
View ArticleWorld Bank’s support to poverty alleviation efforts
October 19, 2016 By Ibrahim Tarawallie Sierra Leone’s agriculture sector is regarded as the mainstay of the country’s economy, and it is expected to continue to play a key role in the country’s...
View ArticleSodomy victim says accused abuse him twice
October 19, 2016 By Hawa Amara A 16-year-old victim who was allegedly sexually abused by one Michael Jackson, a Police Officer attached to the Wilberforce Police Post, yesterday told the court that the...
View ArticleAhead of FBC Students Union elections… - Presidential aspirant Umaru Turay...
Presidential aspirant Umaru Turay reveals social development plan October 19, 2016 By: Sahr Morris Jr. Fourah Bay College (FBC), University of Sierra Leone, Students Union (SU) presidential aspirant...
View ArticleAusterity measures hit Local Councils hard
October 19, 2016 By Mohamed Massaquoi Head of Decentralisation Secretariat, Alhassan Kanu, has told Concord Times that they were contemplating on engaging all 19 Local Councils on how they should work...
View ArticleCivic education key to achieving democratic governance – NCD Chairman
October 19, 2016 By Hassan Gbassay Koroma Chairman of the National Commission for Democracy (NCD), Dr. Abubakar Kargbo, has stated that civic education was key to achieving democratic governance in...
View ArticleAlleged neglect of Bonthe Municipal Council by MDAs - …Mayor urges Cabinet to...
…Mayor urges Cabinet to act October 19, 2016 By Joseph S. Margai Mayor of the Bonthe Municipal Council, His Worship Layemin Sandi has urged the government, through President Ernest Bai Koroma, to take...
View ArticleGolu village gets ICT Programme
October 20, 2016 By Kadie Saffa A non-profit Organization, Village Link, has commenced an Information Communication Technology (ICT) Programme at Golu village few miles from Gerihun Town, Baoma...
View ArticleLegal Aid frowns at detention of juvenile offenders
October 20, 2016 Director of the Sierra Leone Legal Aid Board, Ms. Fatmata Claire Carlton-Hanciles has reacted furiously to the remand of three juvenile offenders at the Pademba Road Correctional...
View ArticleMan sentenced 3 years for larceny
October 20, 2016 By Hassan Gbassay Koroma One Abdul Kalia was yesterday sentenced to three years imprisonment at the Pademba Road Male Correctional Centre in Freetown after he was convicted on two...
View ArticleAs prosecution closes case… - Alie Kabbah to take witness box
Alie Kabbah to take witness box October 20, 2016 By Regina Pratt Alie Kabbah, who is standing trial at the High Court on three counts of bigamy and perjury, would reportedly take the witness stand and...
View ArticlePolice baricades APRM office
October 20, 2016 By Ibrahim Tarawallie Police officers yesterday baricaded the entrance of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) Secretariat on Siaka Stevens Street in Freetown, thus preventing...
View ArticleFuel scarcity hits Kambia as police crackdown on smugglers
October 20, 2016 By Patrick Jaiah Kamara from Kambia Following the closure of some fuel stations in the northern district of Kambia after a police crackdown on alleged petroleum product smugglers, an...
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