The Legal Aid Board has in a statement released on Monday September 7 2020 said that its counsel had been very busy in the first week (1 August – 5 September) of the ongoing Special Criminal Sessions of the High Court in Port Loko, Pujehun and Kailahun District. According to the Board, its lawyers represented all the 126 cases brought before the three Special Sessions last week. Counsels Mohamed...Read More
Following continued hearings by Public Account Committee (PAC) of Parliament in light of outstanding issues in the Auditor General’s Report of 2018, the Chairman of PAC and Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Hon. Segepoh Solomon Thomas has again warned auditees to desist from lying under oath which amounts to perjury or contempt of Parliament. Officials of the Bonthe District Council have been asked to explain to the Parliamentary Account Committee in...Read More
In its effort to curb bribery at security checkpoints in the region, the North-West Office of the Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday 3rd September 2020 engaged Police, Military, forestry guards and Road Safety personnel deployed at the Mile 38 check point and personnel of the Masiaka Police Division to warn them accepting bribes and other corrupt practices. There have been numerous complaints from members of the public, whose resentment has swollen...Read More
Statistics Sierra Leone (Stats-SL) has on Thursday September 3, 2020, engaged its Advisory Committee, comprising high level representatives from different institutions and political parties, in a bid to elicit their general knowledge and advice on the conduct of the 2020 Mid Term Population and Housing Census (MTPHC). The Advisory Committee will advise the Technical Committee and guide it on technical issues of the midterm census. As part of their terms...Read More
The Deputy Minister of Finance Patricia Lavalie together with other government officials including the councilor of WARD 323 Mohamed Mansaray AKA D’Guy, on Saturday September 5, 2020 at Goderich launched a project to construct a road within Goderich Community in Freetown. The Goderich township road project would cover 1.35km and it is estimated at US$3.4 million. The launching of the project was attended by community stakeholders. Speaking to...Read More
