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By Saio Marrah

The University of Sierra Leone (USL) has on Thursday 15^th April 2021 concluded the conferment of Degrees, Diplomas and Certificates to students who have completed various courses in their three constituent colleges of Fourah Bay College (FBC), Institute of Public Administration and Management (IPAM) and the College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences (COMAHS).

By Saio Marrah

By Prince J. Musa in Kenema

The Kenema City Council has signed a memorandum of understanding with three radio stations in Kenema.

Addressing the managers of the three stations, the Chief Administrator of Kenema City Council Joseph Gando disclosed that since he assumed office seven months ago he has  discovered big gaps between the Council and the media in Kenema  and as administration  he wants to bridge that vacuum fully aware that the “council wouldn’t succeed without the cooperation of the media’’.

By Alpha Abu

Junior doctors at the Connaught Hospital have downed tools following the alleged assault on one of their colleagues at the main referral hospital yesterday.

Dr. Catherine Jackson-Cole told Politico that she was assaulted by people in the entourage of the Minister of Health and Sanitation leaving her injured in the arm.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

Officials of the Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Health and Sanitation and the World Health Organization (WHO) have assured of the efficacy and safety of the recently received Ebola Virus Disease vaccine.

The vaccine received by health officials last weekend at the Freetown International Airport from the Johnson and Johnson pharmaceutical is said to prevent EVD infections among people.

By Prince J Musa in Kenema

The National Fire Force has trained over one hundred fire prevention volunteers from over forty communities in two districts in the eastern region.

The regional commander east National Fire Force Sheku Baba Sesay disclosed that the initiative of training fire prevention volunteers came out of an idea of the rapid result approach system since fire force personnel are not available  in the many communities where fire disasters do occur.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

Stakeholders in the Mano River sub-regional countries have on Tuesday 13^th March 2021 engaged on tax harmonization of the fiscal regime in Artisanal and Small -scale mining in the Mano River Union (MRU) basin.