The dispensary at the health centre
By Jenneh Briama
A senior nurse at the Leicester community health centre, in Greater Freetown has described the status of the community hospital as “deplorable”.
Sex offence, Pujehun administrator to face high court
A Magistrate, sitting in the southern district town of Pujehun, has committed for trial in the High Court in Bo a case of sexual penetration of a minor involving the assistant procurement officer of the Pujehun District Council.
Magistrate Alford Fidawi said Allieu Vandi, who told the police he was 19 years old, had a case to answer in the High Court on two counts of sexual penetration against a child and meeting a child for sexual purposes, with the Sexual Offences Act 2012 being his instrument.
Kono Education Office to account for Le 52 m.
By Septimus Senessie in Kono.
The Parliamentary Committee on Transparency and Accountability has ordered the Kono District Education Office to account for the "misused and misappropriated sum of Le 52m " which is just over half the amount allocated to them under the Decentralisation Service Delivery Project (DSDP) for the procurement of school furniture.
61 journalists killed so far this year
61 journalists have been killed so far this year in 22 countries around the world, according to the Press Emblem Campaign (PEC). The figures are higher than that of the first 6 months of 2013 where the number of killed journalists stood at 59 journalists.
PEC Secretary-General, BlaiseLempen said there was no improvement in the protection of journalists. He added that the great number of conflicts had increased dramatically the risks facing media workers.
Sierra Leone opposition apologises for failure
Musa Tamba Sam, opposition spokesman
By Joseph Lamin Kamara
The main opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party has apologised to Sierra Leoneans for not "properly performing our duties to the country as the main opposition party".
Nurses in Sierra Leone strike over Ebola
By Mohaned Vandi in Kenema
More than 100 nurses of the Government Hospital in Kenema Monday downed their tools and deserted the hospital after a heated general meeting.
It came a day after three of their colleagues died of Ebola, the largest single recorded number of deaths of health workers since the outbreak in May.
Strike at National Power Authority
NPA protesters
By Joseph Lamin Kamara
Government’s recent effort at unbundling products and services of the National Power Authority (NPA) has suffered a setback after workers took to the streets in protest and converged on Electricity House at Percival Street.
