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By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

The first ever first Film Festival to be held in Sierra Leone has ended at Bamoi Hotel in Freetown. The event which commenced on Thursday 15^th ended Sunday. Bana Media hosted the festival that was aimed at showcasing Sierra Leonean movies by screening them and identifying areas they could improve on.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

The main opposition All Peoples Congress (APC) has demanded for the disclosure of disaggregated voter registration data and also urged for an independent audit of the registration process and the cancellation of the Proportional Representation (PR) electoral system.

This was disclosed in a press statement they issued last friday.

By: Aminata Sameena Sesay
Child Rights Coalition Sierra Leone (CRCSL) has launched a report on the status of implementation of recommendations on advancing children’s rights that will grant children the right to hold the government of the day accountable

By Saio Marrah

The Defence Minister, Retired Brigadier General Kellie Hassan Conteh, has on behalf of his ministry donated provisions and cash to admitted patients at the 34 Military Hospital in Freetown.

The gifts donated include milk, mayonnaise, cocoa powder, spaghetti among others.

 The presentation ceremony held on Thursday 15^th December, 2022 saw the minister handing over the packages of the gifts and cash to each of the patients of the wards visited.

By Nasratu Kargbo

Chief of Makorkie Chiefdom in Port Loko District Bai Forkie Fainka II has called on the Minister of Mines of Mineral Resources Timothy Kabba to ensure that the over ten thousand pits that he claimed were left open by Sierramin Bauxite the former mining company be covered.

He revealed that as a result of the mining activities by the company, the community presently has those many pits. The chief stated that he is aware that mining companies have an account set aside to make sure holes dug are refilled.

By Abass Jalloh

A modern video -streaming platform called Sierraflixx has launched its newly established technology and mass media company where Sierra Leonean and African movies, television shows, and documentaries will be accessed worldwide.

By Prince J Musa in Kenema

As part of supporting decentralized service delivery, the Kenema District Council with support from European Union has commissioned two modern markets. 

The facilities which were commissioned on the 13^th December 2022 in Tongo in the Lower Bambara Chiefdom and Blama in the Small Bo Chiefdom Kenema district included rice milling machines.