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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. 

By Saio Marrah

Military officers from the rank of lieutenant and above are meeting in Freetown to discuss how they can improve the capability of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) amidst the general societal challenges.

Minister of Defence, Retired Brigadier- General Kellie Hassan Conteh addressed the officers at the commencement of a two- day Military Command Group Conference, yesterday at the Myohaung Officers Mess, Wilberforce Barracks in Freetown, .

By Abass Jalloh

In a bid to empower 170 children and youngsters with disabilities, the Dorothy Springer Trust (DST) has joined One Family People (OFP) through support from Lillian Foundation in providing assistive technology devices, learning materials, and home care items, to the young people.

Presentation of the items which took place on Wednesday December 14 at the Freetown Cheshire Home, Cline Town in Freetown, is the last quarterly assistance for 2022.

By Ruth Yeabu Sesay

The Anti- Corruption Commission (ACC) has pver the last three years recovered 5 billion Leones through fines levied against persons found culpable by the commission’s Court.

The Judiciary in a press release this week said the ACC court the first in the region specializing in Anti –Corruption cases, processed forty-seven cases in 2021, completing twenty-four of them.

Twenty-seven persons were found guilty and were ordered to pay fines that went into the Consolidated Fund.

By Politico staff writer

President Julius Maada Bio has discussed with Dr. Rajiv J. Shah, President of the Rockefeller Foundation, an American private philanthropic medical research and arts funding organisation, on possibilities around sustainable energy in Sierra Leone. The meeting took place in Washington in the United States.