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By Newman Anthony Levey in Bo

Sierra Leone police in Pujehun District Southern Sierra Leone has in a press conference held in Pujehun Town denied allegations that they have released a suspect in their custody who has been accused of sexually penetrating a 14- year-old schoolgirl in the District. 

By Abass Jalloh

The Sierra Leone Ports Authority (SLPA) has in a press statement urged all staff of the Freetown Terminal Limited (FTL) currently engaged in a sit-down strike to call it off immediately, while calling on the company to honour its obligation to pay End of Service benefits to those workers who are no longer interested in working with the company.

The statement, dated 14^th June 2020, also said they are prepared to accept those who will want to continue in service with the company.

By Saio Marrah

The Secretary-General of the Sierra Leone Labour Congress, Max K. Conteh, has called on the Ministry of Labour and Social Security to thoroughly execute the new labour laws to impact the lives of workers.    

He made the call during the final stakeholders’ consultative workshop on the review of the labour laws of Sierra Leone held at the Family Kingdom in Freetown on Tuesday 14^th June 2022.

By Abass Jalloh

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has confirmed that Ibrahim Sorie Kamara, the Senior Commissioner at the Domestic Tax Department at the National Revenue Authority (NRA), was awarded a Philosophy of Doctorate (Ph.D.) degree from two “unaccredited” institutions but that he did not use it to gain promotion.

It follows allegations that Ibrahim Sorie Kamara acquired a fake Ph.D. degree and that he used the said degree to gain promotion at the NRA.

By Alpha Abu

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has reasserted the country’s candidacy for a non- permanent seat on the UN Security Council (UNSC), and that the election will take place in June 2023, and not 2022.

An update from the editorial office of the ministry said the country’s election bid is for the period 2024-2025. It highlighted the level of support the country has got from key member bodies in the continent.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

The President of the West African College of Physicians (WACP), Sierra Leone chapter, Dr. Durodamil Radcliff Lisk says he has received excellent results from primary examination in various faculties for the first time and that in the last exams held in March this year, Sierra Leone got the highest pass rate of about 70 percent in internal medicine, more than Ghana with 60 percent and Nigeria 68 percent.

By Saio Marrah

Commuters in the Western Area have called on the Ministry of Transport and Aviation, and its partners, for proper monitoring of the transportation system to ensure drivers comply with the new stipulated fares, following the increase in the price of fuel last week.