News

By Mohamed T Massaquoi.
Pujehun Youth for Development (KNSL/PYD) has awarded 33 scholarships to both primary and secondary school pupils in the district. Speaking to Politico the international liaison officer  of KNSL/PYD, Edward Mando said the provision of the scholarships was to prepare pupils of Pujehun district to "become useful citizens".

The news and current affairs production outfit, “Cotton Tree News” (CTN) is back. It has re-launched its programmes which go out from Radio Mount Aureol, a teaching radio stations at Fourah Bay College in Freetown, on 107.3 FM and on community radio stations throughout the country.

By Crispina Cummings

German Ambassador to Sierra Leone, Christian Rumplcker, yesterday paid a courtesy call on the new speaker, Sheku Bashiru Badamasi Dumbuya, and expressed his country's desire to work with the Sierra Leone parliament.

He said his government wanted to work closely with the office of the Speaker to create and sustain economic and other bilateral relationships with the government and people of Sierra Leone.

By Aminata Phidelia Allie

A defense lawyer in a piracy matter that was charged to court last week has urged the court “to throw the matter out because they have failed to handle the matter as per provisions of the copyright Act”.

Augustine Kailie Musa, lead defense counsel for three accused persons who were arrested and charged to court for allegedly violating the copyright act of 2011, made the plea whiles raising a preliminary objection to the matter being in court before Magistrate Komba Kamanda of Court No. 2 in Freetown.

John Sisay, Sierra Rutile

By Aminata Phidelia Allie

Chief Executive Officer of Sierra Rutile Mining Company has assured that his company will take extra steps in ensuring that the local content policy is actualised because “we believe in localisation”.

By Matthew Kanu

Hundreds of motorcycle taxi riders went on strike yesterday in the northern headquarter town of Makeni paralysing much of the city following the killing of two of their men.

Newly Constructed Farandugu Village primary school

By Steven Bockarie Mansaray Kabala

President Ernest Bai Koroma has described education in Kabala as "deplorable" and "the worst in the country".