The Government of Sierra Leone rejected a recommendation in Whitepaper that would allow citizens to institute legal action against the government for violating rights guaranteed under sections 16 through 27 of the Constitution, according to CARL’s statemen on the Sierra Leone Government Whitepaper report. Centre of Accountability and Rule of Law (CARL) noted in the report that, there’s nothing wrong in elevating such critical human rights issues by including them...Read More
The Ballanta Academy of Music and Performing Arts has extended its campus to Northwest district of Port Loko. Honorable Ibrahim Bundu, a former Member of Parliament, brought the initiative of extending the academy to the district. Addressing the audience at the launching of the academy in Port Loko District Council on Saturday April 9, 2022, Hon. Bundu acknowledged how music and performing arts had been so important changing lives and...Read More
Since the Government launched the Free Quality School Education Programme in 2018, access to education has significantly improved, according to the 2021 United Nations Annual Results Report which was produced by UN Country Team. The report will be launched today in Freetown. The report shows that in 2021, the gross enrolment rate of preprimary education increased to 20.6 percent compared to 19.3 percent the previous year and compared to a...Read More
The astute Director General (DG) of National Telecommunications Commission (NATCOM), Daniel B. Kaitibi who was in attendance at the 19th Annual General Assembly of the West Africa Telecommunications Regulators Assembly in Conakry, Guinea recently, has been elected 2nd Vice President of the West Africa Telecommunications Regulators Assembly. . The West Africa Telecommunications Regulators Assembly (WATRA) is a platform through which Telecommunications Regulators work together to broaden access to Information and...Read More
The Country Manager Bertrand Kerguelen Management of the Bollore Transport and Logistics has assured employees of Freetown Terminal that if the sale of the Africa subsidiary is materialized by March next year it will have no native impact on their conditions of service and employment. This assurance was given by the Regional Director of Bollore Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, Captain Fabjanko Kokan and the Country Manager Bertrand Kerguelen at...Read More
