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By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah

The Minister of Health, Dr. Austin Demby has called on all hospital personnel to ensure zero preventable deaths in hospitals.

Demby made this call at the commissioning of Ward 7, Connaught Hospital, on 5^Th of April this year, following its renovation. He said the Government has been doing its best, and could do even more if other partners help.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara, Ibrahim Sorie Fofanah &Alpha Abu

In an address to the nation in the wake of the widespread Kush problem in the country, President  Julius Maada Bio has not only declared a national public health  emergency on the illegal and debilitating substance ,but has  warned people involved in its production, trafficking and illicit trading saying “Your Time is up”.

By Saio Marrah

The Joint Force Commander of the RSLAF, has told the ongoing court martial that about 18:00 hours on Saturday 25th November 2023, he was at his office at the Cockerill headquarters in Freetown doing his routine check on the alertness of his personnel when he received a phone call from a security agent saying that an unknown person has claimed that Freetown would come under attack that night.

By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah 

Updating the public about the spate of drug abuse in Sierra Leone, the Minister of Health, Dr. Austin Demby has, in a Town hall conversation on how to fight against Kush, disclosed that between 2020 to 2023 they recorded an increase of over 3,866% of Kush users across the country. 

Demby made this statement on 2nd April this year at the Bintumani Conference Hall –venue for a Town hall meeting on how to combat kush and other harmful drugs. 

By Prince J Musa in Kenema

The Minister of Lands, Housing and Country Planning Dr. Turad Senesie has in a meeting with community stakeholders disclosed plans of transforming the Kenema Airfield into a Mini-Economic zone.

Senesie on a trip to that part of the country on 3^rd April told Stakeholders that the government intends to use proceeds from the Airfield to develop another airfield stationed between Kenema and Bo.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

In response to recent outcries from students of Fourah Bay College University of Sierra Leone over the decision to disallow them from taking the ongoing first semester examination, the Deputy Registrar of the constituent college has said the decision is aimed at setting the records straight.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

As the planting gets underway in Sierra Leone, the agriculture and food security minister has moved to lower expectations about the ability of the Feed Salone initiative to make this country self-sufficient in food in the near future.