Ministry of Agriculture Central Stores, Kissy, Thursday 21 January 2021 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has embarked on an inspection tour of the stores of the Ministry of Agriculture that is housing about 2,410 agricultural implements and 410 tractors for the 2021 planting season. In the 2018 New Direction Manifesto of the SLPP, the President emphasised that the overall goal of their agricultural policy was to sustain...Read More
Over four hundred thousand people are set to benefit from the Six Town Water Supply Project that will be implemented by the Sierra Leone Water Company (SALWACO). The Project is set to be implemented in Kailahun, Pujehun, Moyamba, Kambia, Magbruka and Kabala. On the 20th-21st January 2021, SALWACO, represented by two of its board members, with support from the Ministry of Water Resources signed the contract agreement and handed over...Read More
Magistrate Mark Ngegba of Court No. 1 on Pademba Road has on Friday 22nd January 2021 ordered a bench warrant on one Hassan Bendu, who had previously been admitted to bail, and his surety for not attending court proceedings in the matter for which the accused is charged. Bendu is charged to court for allegedly extracting sand without a valid Environmental Impact Assessment License in a Natural Protected Area contrary...Read More
David Solomon Koroma, aka Double King, a local musician has on Friday January 22, 2021 released a new song titled ‘Bless Me.’ “‘Bless Me’ is a song which inspires people to have faith in God and be prayerful. In different ways we all need God’s blessings in our lives: in our finances, our health, our family, in our work places and many other areas. The song is a form of...Read More
The National COVID Emergency Response Centre (NaCOVERC) has been directed by the Presidential Task Force to reintroduce a nationwide curfew. The curfew which would commence effective Monday 25th, January 2021, from 10:00 pm to 5:00 am is geared towards curbing a second wave of COVID-19 in Sierra Leone. It could be recalled that in December 2020, Sierra Leone experienced an exponential rise in confirmed COVID-19 cases, largely attributable to the...Read More
