By Newman Anthony Levey in Bo
The District Coronavirus Response Committee (DICOVERC) of Pujehun has discharged two people who recovered from COVID-19 after undergoing treatment.
Both men were admitted at the district’s treatment center on the 19th of May this year after testing positive for the virus just a day before.
The men were the first two cases recorded in the district. They were registered as cases #510 and #511 on the country’s COVID-19 register.
By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay
A raid by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) of Sierra Leone has exposed a corruption ring at the District Health Management Team in Bo, with the arrest of three people.
Those arrested are suspected of running an illegal scheme through which they collected cash from unsuspecting nurses with the promise of facilitating their enrolment into the official government payroll.
ACC officials say the nurses paid Le250, 000 each for an application form.
By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay
The charity Action Against Hunger, also known by its French acronym, ACF, is currently rolling out a project that is aimed at supporting 320 quarantine homes in the Western Area and Moyamba districts. The project is part of the organization’s Emergency COVID-19 response which is funded by the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA).
On Monday ACF donated essential items to 10 homes in the Western Area Urban. The homes were located in areas like Low Cost, New England and Fire Force - Circular Road.
By Prince J Musa in Kenema
The management of the Gola Rain Forest has donated the sum of Le10 million and 100 bags of 25kg rice towards the national efforts against the Covid-19 pandemic. The donation which was presented to the District Covid-19 Emergency Operation Center (DICOVERC) on Monday is part of the institution’s contribution to tackling the pandemic in all three districts the Gola Forest exists.
Other condiments like onions, tomatoes, vegetable oil, Maggie, salt and soap, were also part of the donated consignment.
By Francis H. Murray
The state prosecutor in the preliminary investigations into the alleged murder of one Ibrahim Kamara before Magistrate Hannah Bonnie in Freetown says the case for the state will close on Monday 15th June, 2020, after the testimony of two factual witnesses.
By Francis H. Murray
Magistrate Hannah Bonnie has ordered that 37-year old Festus Bob be remanded in the custody of the correctional services after he made his first appearance in court as part of preliminary investigations into a robbery charge.
Police prosecutors alleged that Bob, on Tuesday 2nd June, 2020, at Bawbaw Village in the Western Rural Area, conspired with other persons unknown to commit robbery with aggravation.
By Francis H. Murray
Twenty-eight year old Mariama Quiwa, accused of assaulting a mother and her child, has been admitted to a Le10 million bail after the alleged victim testified before Magistrate Hannah Bonnie in Freetown.
In her testimony, the plaintiff, Umu Bah, told the court that she was home on the 20th of April 2020 when she had argument with her neighbor Fatmata Ballay over an illegal connection to her satellite dish and electricity meter.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
