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By Nasratu Kargbo

President Julius Maada Bio last week commissioned two Basic Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care Health Facilities (BEONCHF) in Falaba district.

One of the hospitals was erected in Falaba town, whilst the other is at Masanda.  Five new fully equipped ambulances were also made available for the hospitals.

The President whilst addressing the people explained that for a while now women and children have been losing their lives due to lack of proper and quality health care facility.

By Saio Marrah

One of the mentors of “Walk a Girl up Mentorship Walk” programme, Jayne Flynn-Sankoh, has urged young girls to believe in themselves by taking up leadership roles, wherever they find themselves.

She made this call to many young girls at a Mentorship Walk programme organised by Mirror Africa and Sponsored by Defence for Children International.   “Inspiring Girls and Young Women for Leadership and Participation” was the theme for the event held at the De Code Lounge in Freetown on Saturday 18^th June, 2022. 

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

 A physician at the University of Sierra Leone Teaching Hospital Dr. Sonia Spencer says 75% of children suffering from diseases requiring brain surgery die because the country cannot boast of a single neuro-surgeon.

She made this disclosure during the unveiling of a 25-bed children’s ward   at Connaught hospital that was refurbished by Ecobank and named after the late Dr. Robin Coker.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

The United States Government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation, (MCC) has assured the Minister of Energy in Sierra Leone of the Corporation’s determination to help advance the development of the country’s first energy-based Compact Programme. This was made known when a high-powered delegation from the Corporation visited the country to discuss about the energy sector.

By Nasratu Kargbo

The Leader for the National Grand Coalition (NGC) party, Dr. Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella who was recently appointed by Parliament as  Chairman for the Special Select Committee for Certificate Audit has revealed that there is a college in Bo that awards honorary doctorate degrees even though the college is not accredited.

By Abass Jalloh

Sierra Leone Telecommunications Company Limited (Sierratel) has got five-man interim management committee to run its affairs.

The committee comprises a Chairman, Marketing Director, Sales Manager, Public Relations Officer, and the Secretary-General of the Sierra Leone Union of Postal and Telecommunication Employees (SLUPTE), which will now indefinitely manage the operations of the company.

By Abass Jalloh

Eleven thousand and two hundred (11,200) schools across the country are to get internet connectivity follow the launch of a project named Giga by the Directorate of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI) in collaboration with the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) and UNICEF.