The Technical and Vocational Education (TVET) Directorate of the Ministry of Technical and Higher Education (MTHE), headed by Dr. Victor Massaquoi has on Wednesday February 3, 2021 engaged the Director General of Sierra Leone Local Content Agency, Fodeba Daboh, at the Agency’s office in Freetown. The purpose of the engagement is to increase partnership between the two government institutions in promoting skills and workforce development which falls within the mandate...Read More
Rural-Urban migration with its resultant population growth in Freetown has led to encroachment on Aberdeen Creek and other areas which ought to be protected. This has led to the destruction of its natural vegetation of Mangroves and water pollution. It is a designated as one of the protected sites in Freetown the Capital City of Sierra Leone. It is protected by the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar Convention), and it serves...Read More
The Bank of Sierra Leone (BSL) has called for the harmonization of legislations relating to the cooperative sector as a way of ensuring proper coordination and regulation of the activities of cooperative organizations in the country. A representative of the Bank told stakeholders in the cooperative sector that failure by organizations to register with it constituted a major concern for the financial regulator. Esther Johnson said the failure to register...Read More
Freetown, Sierra Leone. Friday, 26 February 2021: The European Union (EU) Delegation in Sierra Leone has ended a five-day training programme on Environmental and Climate Change Reporting for 15 journalists from print and electronic media institutions across the country at the New Brookfields Hotel Conference Hall in Freetown. This training programme which was fully funded by the EU and dispensed by The Economic Forum was instrumental to beef up environmental...Read More
Justice Miatta Maria Samba was sworn in on Tuesday as Justice of the Supreme Court of Sierra Leone following her appointment by President Dr Julius Maada Bio and approval in Parliament on February 23, 2021. In her statement after the official signing, Justice Samba described the ceremony as a celebration of the girl child, adding that it should serve to encourage every girl to realise their potential and chase their...Read More
