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By Mabinty M. Kamara

Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio on Thursday unveiled the first ever all girl secondary school in Port Loko Town in the North-West Region of the country.

The six-classroom building, equipped with a laboratory, which is described by officials as a lab school, was constructed with funding from Mercury International. The betting firm said it spent over Le500 billion to complete the project.

By Prince J. Musa in Kenema

Four people are currently seeking medical attention at the Kenema Government Hospital in eastern Sierra Leone after they were allegedly shot during violent clashes by rival political supporters in Madina Village in neighboring Kailahun District.

The fighting, according to sources, was between supporters of Town Chief of Madina in Kpeje West Chiefdom, Foday Moijueh and Paramount Chief Shamsu Mustapha. The two men contested for the seat of the Paramount Chieftaincy, which was won by Mustapha.

By Francis H. Murray

Michael Kamara, who is accused of sexually penetrating a 12 year-old girl, took the witness stand in his own defence at his trial on a one count indictment of sexual penetration before Justice Monfred Sesay at the High Court in Freetown.

In his testimony on Tuesday, 6^th October, the accused said he lived in a make-shift house which had two rooms - one occupied by four people and the other by two others.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

The Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE), Dr. Moinina David Sengeh, on Monday made a case for teachers in Sierra Leone to be reassessed so that they get the deserved remuneration.

Sengeh made this call at the signing ceremony of the Multi-Donor Trust Fund for the government’s flagship Free Quality Education programme. That event at State House happened to coincide with this year’s World Teachers Day.

By Politico Staff Writer

The Ministry of Planning and Economic Development (MoPED) has presented a proposed budget of Le 20.074.8 Billion in what will be its first independent budget since it was separated from the Ministry of Finance.

This disclosure was made on Tuesday, October 6, by officials of the ministry at the ongoing budget planning process for the Financial Year 2021, at the Ministry of Finance Main Conference Hall in Freetown.

By Prince J Musa in Kenema

A magistrate court in Kenema has sentenced two people for illegal mining, in a landmark decision environmental authorities hope will serve as a warning.

Lansana Kallon and Mustapha Sesay were sentenced to two years imprisonment each, plus a fine of Le20million by Magistrate Joseph Tobby of the Kenema Magistrate Court. They were sentenced on Tuesday, October 6^th, after they were found guilty of illegal mining at the Kambui Reserve Forest.

By Francis H. Murray

The murder trial of the former Mayor of Freetown, Herbert George Williams and the Public Relations Officer of the opposition All Peoples Congress (APC) Party in the Western Area, Abu Bakarr Daramy, over the death of Journalist Ibrahim Samura, has continued before Justice Augustine Musa at the High Court in Freetown.