By Mabinty M. Kamara
The Native Consortium and Research Center (NCRC) has in a press statement protested a potential increase in the pump price of fuel by July 2021 as projected by the country’s Petroleum Regulatory Agency.
Sierra Leone Judiciary calls for accurate reporting
By Mohamed Foday Conteh
The Judiciary of Sierra Leone has made a clarion call on court reporters to be accurate in dispensing news. The demand was made by Justice Nicolas Browne-Marke at a two-day training session for court reporters at the Peace Museum of the Sierra Leone Residual Court in Freetown.
COVID-19 resurges in Sierra Leone as 406 new cases in first half of June
By Nasratu Kargbo
National COVID-19 Emergency Response Centre (NaCOVERC) has on the 17th June 2021 warned people to brace up as the country experiences the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic.
Enough free healthcare drugs in Sierra Leone - NMSA assures
By Nasratu Kargbo
The National Medical Supplies Agency has on the 16th June 2021 assured Sierra Leoneans of sufficient medical commodities to cater for hospitals and Peripheral Health Units across the country throughout the year.
Skin cancer poses threats to Albinos in Sierra Leone
By Mohamed Foday Conteh
The Programme Officer of the Sierra Leone Albinism Foundation (SLAFo), Mohamed K. Sesay says albinos are dying of cancer in Sierra Leone due to lack of specialists in dermatology and poverty.
Speaking to Politico, Sesay said skin cancer is of major concern to albinos in Sierra Leone as many cannot afford the recommendation and prescription made for them due to poverty and that they often suffer from sunburn that causes cancer.
Six face sentence in Bonthe
By Politico staff writer
Six accused persons who have pleaded guilty to various offences levied against them will today 18th June 2021 be sentenced by the resident High Court Judge in Moyamba District, Justice Abukakar Sannoh, currently presiding over the High Court Criminal Sessions in Mattru Jong, Bonthe district.
According to a report from the Judiciary Communications Unit, 45-year-old Musa Lahai pleaded guilty to one count indictment of sexually penetrating a 16-year-old school girl.
Sierra Leone's conservation society presents forest rangers
By Prince J Musa in Kenema
As part of the efforts in the promotion and protection of reserved areas in the country, the Conservation Society of Sierra Leone (CSSL) has on the 16th June 2021, presented ten new forest rangers to provide additional support to the National Protected Area Authority’s (NPAA) work.
Speaking at the event, the Manager of the Gola Rainforest National Park limited, Francis Musa Massaquoi spoke about the environmental risk factors that humans face due to poor environmental management practices.
