Sierra Leone’s President, Dr. Julius Maada Bio, has on Thursday June 11, 2020 said that the Country is still contending with low levels of digital literacy, especially in non-urban areas, in the midst of persistent threat to cyber security. He made this statement during a virtual global digitization conference. The President’s statement which was delivered via WEBEX, and on UN Web TV at the High-level Presentation of the United Nations Secretary...Read More
Leone Stars Team Manager, Christian Dauda, together with Junior Bio, a aports ambassador, has decided to support three Premier League Clubs and a Second Division club in Lungi with 25kg bags of rice and sums of money for each player amidst COVID-19. According to information reaching this medium, the move is part of the TM’s plan to assist clubs that are presently struggling to meet their financial obligations, especially to...Read More
The Legal Aid Board and a team, comprising Consultant Battu Jambawai and the National Coordinator Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) Ramatu Kargbo, from the Ministry of Gender and Children’s Affairs, (MoGCA), last Tuesday discussed ways of strengthening response mechanisms in the fight against SGBV. The discussion took place at the Board’s head office at 27 Wilberforce Street in Freetown, and it was centred on working together to provide...Read More
The Chairlady of Tambakula Wharf in Aberdeen, Fatmata Kamara, has told Premier New on Tuesday June 16, 2020, that the prices of fish have risen because of a fall in the supply of the commodity since the outbreak of the coronavirus in Sierra Leone. The Chairlady, also a fish monger, further said that government restrictions have reduced the number of fishing boat currently operating from the wharf. She also noted...Read More
As the World celebrates International Day of Persons with Albinism, Legal Link, a non-profit legal advocacy group, in collaboration with the Sierra Leone Association for Persons with Albinism have on Saturday June 13, 2020 called on the government to increase medical and educational support to persons with Albinism in the country. June 13, has been recognised by the United Nations as the International Albinism Awareness Day, a day set aside...Read More
