The AIG East, Thomas Mustapha Lahai, engaged the Student Union President and his executive at his regional office in Kenema about the present situation in the country which has warranted his prompt intervention. He however, took member of the Student Union Executive to the resident minister – East, Andrew Ansu Fatorma where the rest of the engagement took place on August 28, 2020. The meeting came as a result of...Read More
Magistrate Joseph Tobby has admitted Turay Bundu, 74, of Mende Koyagbema in Kenema City to bail on August 31, 2020. Bundu was admitted to bail in the sum of Le 50 million. The Accused was charged to court for sexual penetration of a child contrary to section 19 of the sexual offences Act No. 12 of 2012. According to the prosecution, the accused in February, 2020 at Mende Koyagbema in...Read More
On August 29, 2020, a newly established WHO-supported COVID-19 testing molecular laboratory was commissioned in Makeni City, northern Sierra Leone, to facilitate scaling up of testing capacity for the disease in the country. This puts the number of COVID-19 testing site in Sierra Leone at six , in addition to the Central Public Health Reference laboratory, Jui P3 laboratory, Connaught National Teaching and Referral Hospital laboratory, 34 Military laboratory and...Read More
In a bid to compliment the Government of Sierra Leone’s fight against coronavirus, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints recently concluded the distribution of 10,000 N95 facemasks to five major hospitals in the country. The 10,000 N95 face masks donated by the church is among the third set of COVID-19 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) received this year from the Church’s humanitarian department to support Government of Sierra...Read More
Dr kitty Fadlu Deen, one of the founding members of the Ballanta Academy of Music and Performing Arts, was on Wednesday September 2, 2020 robbed of her car and mobile phone at her residence at Babadorie in the west of Freetown. According to Dr. Deen, after she heard a knock on her door, she opened and saw a well-dressed stranger who rush into her house, grabbed her mouth and pushed...Read More