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Dockyard community wants "Bomeh" relocated

By Mohamed Foday Conteh

Kissy Dock Yard community has called on authorities responsible to relocate the garbage dumpsite (bomeh) as they believe it poses serious health and environmental issues to the community.

Located in the east end of Freetown, it is arguably the largest dumpsite in Freetown that admits huge tons of waste on a daily basis.

Sierra Leone’s president damns military takeover in Mali, elsewhere

By Politico staff writer

President Julius Maada Bio has in a meeting with other ECOWAS heads of states condemned any form of military coups in the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS.

“Military take-overs violate ECOWAS, AU, and UN Resolutions. Sierra Leone therefore stands in solidarity with ECOWAS and calls for the restoration of constitutional order through inclusive, credible, and transparent elections in accordance with the provisions of prior resolutions on this matter,” he said.

Sierra Leone: National Pentecostal Mission gets new Bishop

By Saio Marrah

As a way of galvanizing young people into the leadership of the National Pentecostal Mission (NPM) in Sierra Leone, they church last week elected Rev. Benjamin B. Bangura, as the New Bishop and General-Superintendent for the Mission in Sierra Leone during the 14th Biennial National Delegates Conference.

Former court official convicted

By Politico staff writer

The High Court of Sierra Leone in Freetown presided over by Justice Simeon Alieu has sentenced Salihu Sheku Nyallay,  of the Judiciary of Sierra Leone on one count of corruption offence.

SLICOM OPENS BRANCH TO MONITOR INSURANCES COMPANIES IN EASTERN REGION

By Prince J Musa in Kenema

The Sierra Leone Insurance Commission has on the 27th May, 2021 formally opened a regional branch office in Kenema.

The Commissioner,Sierra Leone Insurance Commission, Arthur Yaskey told the audience that the commission will monitor the operations of Insurance Companies in accordance with the mandatory insurance policies.

More than 150 Sierra Leone medics specialise

By Mohamed Foday Conteh

Over 150 pharmacists, nurses, midwives, physicians and surgeons have been inducted into the Inaugural school of Postgraduate Colleges of Health Specialties to become specialists in their respective disciplines.

The induction took place during the inauguration of the Postgraduate Colleges of Health Specialties at the Freetown International Conference Centre in Aberdeen, Freetown on the 29th May, 2021.

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