By Saio Marrah
The United Nations Resident Coordinator for Sierra Leone, Dr Babatunde A. Ahonsi, has urged citizens to have an effective collaboration in the fight against Climate Change.
Dr Ahonsi made this called last week during his engagement with fishing boat owners in the coastal fishing community of Tombo along the Freetown Peninsula.
By Prince J. Musa in Kenema
A disability organization in Kenema, Opportunity Training Centre (OTC) with support from Engineers Without Borders/Demark (EWB/DK) has conducted community outreach programmes in three chiefdoms in Kenema district, raising awareness about persons living with disability in those chiefdoms.
Geima, Dama chiefdom, Blama in the Small Bo chiefdom and Largo in the Nongowa chiefdom served as points of convergence for people from outlying villages for the sensitization initiative.
By Prince J Musa in Kenema
The Sierra Leone Police (SLP) has ended a two day refresher training of Detectives attached to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) from various divisions in the Eastern region.
The training commenced at the Reservation Quarter in Kenema on the 4th and ended on the 5th November, 2022.
By Abass Jalloh
A video of the Freetown Mayor, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, which is at the centre of a case of alleged disorderly behaviour, has been played in court following Magistrate Mark Ngegba's overruling of Defence lawyer Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara's objection about tendering of the said footage.
The Mayor faces Obstruction of Police Duty and Disorderly Behaviour charges.
By Nasratu Kargbo
The Leader of the National Grand Coalition (NGC) in Parliament Dr.Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella who was appointed as Chairman of the Special Select Committee for Certificate Audit has told Lournalists outside the parliament building that his committee will be engaging stakeholders in the education sector to find ways in preventing the proliferation fake degrees in the country.
By Nasratu Kargbo
Former Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Bernadette Lahai has asked that the threshold for the Proportional Representation (PR) be lowered in order to ensure inclusivity. She made this call on the 1st November 2022 at an engagement organized by the Chairman of Political Affairs in Parliament Kandeh K. Yumkella to discuss various issues which included the proposed PR system.
By Ruth Yeabu Sesay
The Political Parties Registration Commission (PPRC) Chairman, Abdulai Masiambay Bangura has called on parliament to pass a Bill which will bring inclusivity and enable them to function as a Regulatory commission rather than a registration entity.
He disclosed this at a press conference which was held yesterday in Freetown.
"We are seeking intermediate enforcement powers so that we will be able to regulate the parties effectively" Bangura said.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
