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By Nasratu Kargbo

The President of Women in the Media Sierra Leone (WIMSAL) Femi Jarrett Coker has called on the Ministry of Information and Communication and other stakeholders to help empower female journalists to build their professional abilities, especially in this post repeal era.

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By Nasratu Kargbo 

By Saio Marrah

In a bid to cut the cost of making distress calls while out at sea, the Sierra Leone Maritime Administration (SLMA) has launched a toll free line in collaboration with Orange Mobile Network.

At a news conference in Freetown last week, the Acting Executive Director of the SLMA, Sama Ansu Gamanga, noted that: “what we have done here today is that we have launched our own toll free line (855) that will enable people who are in distress at sea to call. When they call that number there will be appropriate response”.

By Mohamed Foday Conteh

The head of communication for the Sierra Leone Life Saving Society,  Cecilia Alice Sesay has said that her organization will join  the Royal Life Saving Society, UK and other groups from different regions  in a 48 hour Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) challenge.

By Mohamed Foday Conteh

The Supreme Court is set to decide today whether National Grand Coalition (NGC) party 2018 elections Presidential candidate and Member of Parliament, Dr. Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella (KKY), will continue to sit in the legislature or forfeits his seat after a citizen, David Fornah challenged his legitimacy, in court.

Sierra Leonean victims of an online scam arrived in Freetown on Wednesday 1 August, 2021 . They are expected to meet with officials at the Ministry of Social Welfare today, according to  Ishmael Bayoh, the Information  Attache’ at the Sierra Leone Embassy in  Senegal. 31 people were victims of the scam which made them to part with $1,000 each, with the promise of jobs in Senegal that could earn them a monthly pay cheque of $1,000.  They were found in the town of Thies  just outside Dakar and were then visited by Ambassador Alhaji Brima Elvis Koroma.