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
The visiting IMF Delegation led by Mission Chief Sukhwinder Singh and IMF Country Representative Monique Newiak on Thursday paid courtesy call on the Mayor of Freetown, Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE. Recognizing that Freetown accounts for 30 percent of Sierra Leone’s GDP, the delegation and Mayor had extensive talks around the multi-sectoral, data-driven and inclusive approach of the TransformFreetown agenda. The Mayor I explained how, because of a commitment to transparency...Read More
