By Politico staff writer
The Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs (MTCA) and the National Tourist Board (NTB) on Friday 10th May 2022 validated the draft national integrated tourism, hotel and hospitality management curriculum for the tourism sector.
The event held at the Family Kingdom Resort, Aberdeen in Freetown was supported by the Enhanced Integrated Framework Tier 2 under the Sustainable Tourism Development and Promotion Project.
By Osman Hardy Jalloh
Opportunity Training Centre, (OTC) Kenema, an organization catering to persons living with impairment, has on the 26th and 27 May 2022, adopted a zero-tolerance approach towards sexual exploitation and abuse of its beneficiaries, following a two-day training on Sexual Harassment Policy at the institution’s conference hall in Kenema.
By Nasratu Kargbo
The Minister of Mines and Mineral Resources Timothy Kabba has on the 7th June 2022, called on all permanent secretaries and heads of government agencies to aid reporting processes, by providing the needed data.
By Politico staff writer
A senior police officer at the Kenema Police Division, Margaret Feika, who is standing trial at the Kenema Magistrate Court for obtaining goods by fraud, failed to appear again before presiding Magistrate Gershon Macarthy of the Kenema Magistrate court.
According to the particulars of offence in December 2021, the accused Feika took the goods of Mamawa Koroma at IDA Section in Kenema valued at Le1, 350,000 and has since failed to pay for the goods she took on credit after so many unmet promises.
By Abass Jalloh
The Centre for Accountability and Rule of Law (CARL) has held a three-day retreat with the Legislative Committee of Parliament in a bid to amend the Criminal Procedure Act of 1965.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
The temporary ban imposed on movement and transportation of cattle, sheep, and goats among districts not affected by the anthrax outbreak has been lifted, that’s according to health officials.
A joint press release by the Ministries of Environment, Health and Sanitation, highlighted the new directives to be followed by the unaffected districts.
By: Newman Anthony Levey in Bo
Amara Bunduka the man suspected of involvement in the death of a 15 year-old school boy Mohamed Kamara, who was in his care, has been charged with murder by a court in Bo. Another man called Bashiru has also been charged in absentia with murder alongside Bunduka. Bashiru has been on the run since the incident.
The boy died after alleged beatings following accusation of stealing a mobile phone.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
