By Saio Marrah
Joanes Caulker an Archivist at the Sierra Leone Public Archive Office (SLPAO), has called on the public to help salvage the dying status of information at the facility.
He made this call during an interview with Politico at their Fourah Bay College Office in Freetown on Thursday 28th July 2022, after making a press release on the said issue.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
An official of the Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL) at the Ministry of Information and Communications weekly press briefing in Freetown commended the electoral reforms contained in the Public Elections Act 2012 that was submitted to Parliament that saw the light of the day.
By Abass Jalloh
The Defence team for seven men accused of public disorder during the recent Parliamentary Bye-election at Sambaia Bendugu in Tonkolili district has rejected the tendering of a search warrant that was presented by the third Prosecuting Witness (PW3), John Lamin Foray, relating to the arrest and detention of the accused persons.
By Nasatu Kargbo
Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Local Council in Parliament Abdul Karim Kamara from constituency 059 has stated that several sectors have not grown as a result of inadequate resources sent to local councils.
The MP whilst debating in Parliament on the Local Government Act, 2021 on Wednesday, highlighted education, health, and agriculture as sectors being unable to improve as a result of insufficient resources given to councils.
By Abass Jalloh
Two persons have been charged for unlawfully entering into a land that is under the watch of one Michael Jalloh, the complainant, at Tokeh village, Goderich, Freetown, and maliciously damaging a makeshift structure (pan body).
The accused, Bernard Tawarally (1st) and Alfred Thompson (2nd) made their first appearance at the Magistrate Court No. 2 on Wednesday 27th July 2022 to answer to charges of trespassing, malicious damage, and larceny contrary to the laws of Sierra Leone.
By Nasratu Kargbo
The clouds are clearing up and the dark days where women in the provinces could not enjoy equal or any inheritance from their father’s lands like their male siblings will soon be over. The bill entitled the Customary Land Rights Bill 2021 has proposed that women should enjoy equal land rights as their male family members.
Clause 7(3) of the proposed bill states that:“Where family land is to be bequeathed or sub-divided among the family, both male and female members of the family shall be treated equally and enjoy the same rights”.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
Police have confirmed the death of a British national whose body was found in a hotel room at Aberdeen, Freetown.
A statement from the Police said Alexander Wings was found dead on Sunday 24th July 2022 at Hotel Bamoi.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
