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By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

Aviation stakeholders in the country have started a three-day workshop to prepare for a forthcoming security and safety audit by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). The workshop, which is being held at the Freetown International Airport in Lungi is aimed at improving the security and safety of the airport.

Magistrate Hannah Bonnie in Freetown has admitted Josephine Bantamoi alias Aminata Sillah and Komba Mbayoh to a Le300, 000,000 bail bond each and or two sureties in like sum, in the ongoing preliminary investigations into a three-count charge including conspiracy to defraud and obtaining money by false pretenses.

Pronouncing the bail conditions, Magistrate Bonnie said that one of the sureties must own a property valued at five hundred million Leones in the Western Area of Sierra Leone.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

The Media Reform Coordinating Group (MRCG) has conducted a day’s training for journalists on safety and security during reporting. The training which was co-organized by Media Foundation for West Africa, targeted more than 30 senior journalists from across the country.

By Francis H Murray

Defense lawyers representing the leader of the Alliance Democratic Party (ADP) Mohamed Kamarainba Mansaray have cross-examined the 15 -year old victim who is alleged to have been sexually penetrated multiple times by the 2018 Presidential candidate when hearing resumed again before Justice Samuel O. Taylor at the Sexual Offenses Division of the High Court in Freetown.   

By Prince J Musa in Kenema

Residents in Tiloma community in Kenema City have expressed fears of a possible outbreak of diseases as a result of fly infestation.

The community people say they have been battling with a swam of flies which are attracted to their community by a nearby dumpsite run by the Kenema City Council (KCC).

The dumpsite is located just two miles away from the community and the residents say the situation has become unbearable as they have for a long time been forced to do everything indoors.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has cleared the University of Sierra Leone (USL) of any possible corruption charges that could have stemmed from the 2018 Audit Report. The ACC announced their findings in a press statement on Monday, after more than six months of investigation into issues raised in the latest report from the country’s Auditor General.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

The Ministry of Information and Communication has explained the details of the government’s plan to unbundle the Sierra Leone Cable Network Limited (SALCAB).

In a press conference on Tuesday, the Minister of Information and Communication, Mohamed Rahman Swaray said that the move is part of the broader reforms that has been on-going in the communication sector in the country.