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By Mohamed T. Massaquoi

The Drivers Union of Sierra Leone has rejected calls for drivers to use an alternative route in the course of a planned rehabilitation work on a major highway linking Freetown to the southern Bo District and eastern Kenema District. 

The Sierra Leone Roads Authority (SLRA) announced on Wednesday that it intended to commence work to fix the damaged culvert on the Bo-Tiama Highway at Gbaima Songa, which collapsed about five months ago.

By Hajaratu Kalokoh

The Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education and the Ministry of Technical and Higher Education will continue to commemorate the International Day of Education today across the country.

Today, January 24^th marks the actual day for the occasion but authorities at both ministries have collaborated with the United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to use the whole week to celebrate education in the country.

By Mohamed T. Massaquoi

Students of the Milton Margai College of Education and Technology (MMCET) have threatened to take to streets of Freetown and march to the Ministry of Technical and Higher Education in protest, if their college doesn’t get a university status by next week.

The students made the threat after a brief demonstration they staged at the college’s Congo Cross campus on 17^th January this year.

By Francis H. Murray

The Internal Affairs Ministry, in collaboration with Conscience International, has ended a two-day training for government staff on statelessness.

Statelessness is a situation wherein a person lacks the appropriate documentation that legitimizes their stay in a country.

By Francis H. Murray

The Sierra Leone Correctional Service (SLCS), in collaboration with its partners, are set to introduce a biometric registration for inmates in the provincial parts of the country.

In a meeting with the Director General of the Correctional Services in Freetown, Rita Wright, Director of Admin and Operations at Fix Solution, said that the project was ready to be implemented in Waterloo, Port Loko, Kenema, Makeni, Sefagu, and Bo Correctional centers.

By Mohamed T. Massaquoi 

The Ministry of Planning and Economic Development (MoPED) has ended a consultative meeting with Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and its development partners in order to discuss the Zero Draft National Public Investment Policy (NPIMP).

The consultative meeting took place on Tuesday at the Ministry’s headquarters in Freetown. 

By Mabinty M. Kamara

Forty-five youths have been trained in dress making and embroidery. The beneficiaries - 26 women and 19 men - were trained as part of a program supported by the Government of Sierra Leone and Hunan University in China.