By Saio Marrah
The Sick Pikin International Project has been bestowed with an award for its outstanding contributions towards medical charity in Sierra Leone. The award was presented by the Afro Arts Production in the United Kingdom (UK).
The Afro Arts Production is a registered UK-based community initiative that seeks to recognize the efforts of outstanding Sierra Leoneans.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
The Ministry of Mines and Mineral Resources (MMMR) has expressed concern about the low cash received from the Ministry of Finance (MoF) for the year 2022.
This happened during the annual budget hearing at the MoF conference room in Freetown.
It is reported that out of the NLE 8.3 million budget that was estimated for 2022, only NLE 2 million was approved, and only four hundred and fifty-seven thousand (NLE457,000) New Leones have been disbursed so far which equates to 23% of the approved budget.
By Abass Jalloh
Magistrate Ngegba of Pademba Road Court No. 1 in Freetown has granted a two million Leone (NLe 2,000,000) bail to Marcella Sesay who was accused of defrauding Charles Theodor Bonney Taylor, a US Navy personnel, the sum of one hundred and eleven thousand seven hundred and fifty Dollars ($ 111,750) which is equivalent to one billion six hundred and forty-eight million three hundred and twelve thousand five hundred old Leones (OLe 1,648,312,500).
By Politico Staff Writer
The Director- General of the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC), Joseph Egbenda Kapuwa narrowly escaped a serious road accident along King Harman Road yesterday afternoon.
A light delivery van lost its balance and crashed on to the front of the Kapuwa’s SUV vehichle he was driving. He was said to have seen the van tilting on its side and rushed out of his vehicle just in time to avoid being trapped, as part of the van’s rear fell on his vehicle’s bonnet. He was unhurt.
By Prince J Musa in Kenema
A resident businesswoman at Dama Road in Kenema, Cynthia Yambasu has expressed frustration over alleged neglect by the Police following an accident in July which she claimed was caused by a Police Officer, Mohamed Sesay, attached to the Kenema Traffic Division.
By Saio Marrah
Two people were reported to have died, and several others injured, three of them seriously, after a heavy-duty truck lost control and crashed into a wall at Blessing Children's Centre and Primary School at Hill Station last Friday morning.
By Politico Staff Writer
The Acting Deputy Director at the Ministry of Social Welfare Bombali District Joseph K. Turay has blamed alcohol as the cause of most accidents and violence in the country.
He made the statement on the 21st of September at the Sierra Leone Alcohol Policy Alliance (SLAPA) Annual General Meeting (AGM) held at Bombali District Council Conference Hall, Makeni.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
