President of the Union of Timber Factory Owners, Nimer A.Dayekh, who also doubles as the Managing Director of Nazadco Trading Company (SL) Limited, has called on President Bio to have a rethink about his decision to appoint a single agent in charge of exporting timber out of the country.  He told Premier News recently that if the government refuses to remove some of the bottlenecks around the trade they would...Read More

Speaker of the regional Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament, His Excellency Sidie Mohamed Tunis has on Monday October 26, 2020 called on regional lawmakers to prioritize advocacy on the protection of the right to food. He comment came whilst serving as chair of a high level regional meeting with West and Central Africa parliamentarians on mobilizing parliamentarians and keeping nutrition as a Priority during COVID-19.  He said...Read More

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) southern regional office has concluded the ‘Deepening Integrity in Schools’ campaign and the popularization of the National Anti-Corruption Commission Creative Art Competition in various schools in Bo. The exercise which ran from the 19th to 23rd October, 2020 targeted seven schools: Government Secondary School, Bo, the Bo Commercial Secondary School, Queen of Rosary Secondary School, Milton Comprehensive Secondary School, Ahmadiyya Secondary School, St. Andrew’s Secondary School...Read More

Orange-SL and Thinking Pink Foundation have on Monday October 26, 2020, continued the breast cancer awareness which they had started in Freetown. During the campaign, staff of Orange had their breasts   checked for possible cancer causing infections. Speaking to pressmen  at Orange headquarter, Hill Station in Freetown, Desmond Spaine,  Corporate Social Responsibility/ Foundation Manager, Orange-SL,  said that that the campaign was not the first time  Orange and Thinking Pink Foundation...Read More

Godwin Jenner Newis, midwife in Kukuna town in Bramaia Chiefdom, Kambia District, has disclosed that the structure of the health centre is inadequate for the number of patients who usually visit the health facility  for treatment causing the operations of the staff to be ineffective. According to Newis, the health centre has one room with only two beds for delivery, and one room and a bed for postnatal treatment. She...Read More