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By Prince J Musa in Kenema

The Focal person for maternal health in Kenema, Mabel Musu Farma has told Politico that the ambulances donated to the hospital have prevented some more maternal and infant deaths in the district.

“With the advent of the ambulance service there is much improvement in maternal deaths in Kenema district because before the ambulance service we used to get maternal deaths up to sixty cases in a year” she said.

By Hajaratu Kalokoh

The University of Sierra Leone (USL) has conferred degree and academic awards on over 3,000 students for the 2018/2019 academic year.

The ceremony with the theme “Education towards Entrepreneurship” took place on Saturday 22 February at the National Stadium in Freetown.

The graduands were from all three constituent colleges – Fourah Bay College (FBC), Institute of Public Administration and Management (IPAM) and College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences (COMAHS).

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

Three local companies that manufacture vehicle license plates have halted production as protest against government’s decision to award the contract to a company known as Autospect.

The three companies, Bilhaq Trading, Sarah Trading Company (STC) and International Association Services (IAS) announced their decision at a joint press conference on Thursday.

According to the companies the Ministry of Transport awarded the contract to produce the number plates to Autospect without opening any bidding process.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

The United States Embassy in Sierra Leone has announced that US based musical band, Nelly’s Echo will train 20 young people in musical composition and performance.

The Baltimore based group is expected to arrive in Sierra Leone in the first week of March, as part of their tour in West Africa.

The group will work in collaboration with popular music school in Sierra Leone, Ballanta Academy of Music.

By Hajaratu Kalokoh

The Independent Media Commission (IMC) has commended Sierra Leone’s media houses for complying with their regulations.

Officials of the media regulatory body made this statement during the launch of the ninth IMC media awards competition last week, noting that complaints from the public against media institutions and practitioners had drastically reduced. 

IMC Chairman, George S Khoryama said there was more compliance than default.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

The Director General of the National Civil Registration Commission (NaCRA), Mohamed Massaquoi says they hope to wrap up the process of preparing the national register in four months.

This week the commission announced the opening of the verification process for personal information. The data was collected during the 2017 registration process for the 2018 elections.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

SL Mining, the iron ore miner which had its license cancelled by the Sierra Leone government last year has got a new favorable ruling from the International Chamber of Commerce, the company announced on Tuesday.

The new ruling known as Arbitral Tribunal’s Peremptory Order, orders among other things that the government of Sierra Leone rescind the cancellation of the license of the mining company, a subsidiary of the US-based Gerald Group.