By Crispina Lois Cummings
The Labour and Industrial Relations Committee of Parliament have paid a fact-finding visit to LEOCEM cement factory in Freetown following the death of two casual workers at the factory nearly two weeks ago. The committee say they are investigating whether the deaths could have been prevented.
By Jenneh Braima
The Freetown Waste Management Company has launched a new campaign to clean the city of Freetown. Under an operation codenamed "Bag it and Bin it" the Waste Management company is attempting to educate Freetown residents on the use of the newly introduced giant black plastic bag by households, cookery sellers, vehicle and shop owners and other groups to deposit domestic garbage.
Mayor Sam Franklyn Bode Gibson encouraged the public to use the bags always for the success of the campaign.
The Sierra Leone Government pathologist, Dr Simeon Owizz Koroma has certified that two people killed in Koidu during an industrial strike action in December last year died of gunshot wounds.
By Richard Ngevao
Students of Njala University, Bo campus, have expressed disgust and dismay over the “appallingly poor” toilet facility on their campus which they say has forced them to resort to unconventional methods of attending to the call of nature.
By Aminata Phidelia Allie
Thirteen accused persons in the alleged state fraud mainly involving the National Revenue Authority (NRA), Ecobank and the Sierra Leone Shipping Company, have appeared in court for the second time with the prosecution failing to start its case.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
