The Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority (EDSA) has put out a press statement on Sunday September 6, 2020, notifying the public that the Karpowership two (KPS 2), anchored at Cline Town shall depart the shores of Freetown on September 11, 2020, in accordance with the terms of the contract between the Turkish Power Company, one of the world’s largest operators of floating power plants, and the Government of Sierra Leone....Read More
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has on Monday September 7th 20202, released it second report to address critical issues raised in the Audit Reports of Sierra Leone 2015 – 2018, relating to possible or alleged corruption, and conducts inconsistent with the Anti-Corruption Act of 2008. The ACC said that, after a thorough review and analysis of the reports, twenty-one (21) issues attracted its attention; with a view to investigating, prosecuting, or...Read More
Bala Amarasekaran, Director, Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary, Bathurst village in the Western area Rural District, has said in an interview that he is optimistic that the famous chimp Sanctuary will benefit from the recent electricity supply at Bathurst village. The Programme Manager was speaking from his sanctuary office on Thursday September 3,2020, when visited by this medium to ascertain the possibility of his sanctuary home benefitting from government’s electricity facility provided...Read More
The Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) has on Friday September 4, 2020 warned the business community and the general public to beware of Impersonators. “Certain unscrupulous people have been approaching unsuspecting business houses and well-placed individuals soliciting financial support on behalf of the Association and its President,” the National Secretary General of SLAJ, Mohamed Asmieu Bah said in a statement on Friday. SLAJ (and its President) completely dissociates...Read More
After two months of training on enhancing policy development through research and capacity building, the Ministry of Finance has on Friday 4th September 2020 certified thirty economists from the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, Statistics Sierra Leone, Bank of Sierra Leone, and Parliament Budgetary Office. According to the Director of Research and Delivery in the Ministry of Finance Dr. Yakama Jones, the project is being funded...Read More
