The Coordinator for the Indian Community, Rajesh Hemnani, has on Friday June 5, 2020, supported the C-19 Dignity Project with Food and non- food items in order for the project to achieve its objectives. He said that the Indian Community was moved by what they had seen on social media wherein the Founder of the Project was seeking assistance from the public to support its course. He added that based...Read More
The Management of Sierra Leone Water Company (SALWACO), headed by Joseph Munda Sandi together with the Minister of Finance, Jacob Jusu Saffa and the Director General of the Sierra Leone Roads Authority, Mr. Amara Kanneh on Saturday June 6, 2020, performed the symbolic signing of the contract for the construction of the Bonthe water supply project. In his statement, the Managing Director of SALWACO, Munda Sandi, stated that Bonthe Island...Read More
Alhajie Kamara, the Chairman of Guard Street and Sani Abacha Street Markets, has disclosed on Tuesday June 2, 2020, that traders and customers at the market are neglecting the use of face masks. He told Premier News that this trend could lead to the continued spread of the virus in the country. He added that more than 4000 people trade in the markets daily but a lot of them do...Read More
By Sallieu Kanu Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), said: “Today [April 13, 2020], I am pleased to say that our Executive Board approved immediate debt service relief to 25 of the IMF’s member countries under the IMF’s revamped Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust (CCRT) as part of the Fund’s response to help address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.” The countries that will receive...Read More
By Ibrahim S.Bangura Thomas Orthame Turay, the president of the Sierra Leone Artisanal Fishermen Union, has said on Monday that, the local fishing industry has been adversely affected by the measures the government had announced to fight against the COVID-19. Turay said that they were having poor catch because their hours of operation had been cut short by the curfew which the government has announced. He further added that some...Read More
