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By Kemo Cham

The winner of Sierra Leone’s first ever beauty contest for female prison inmates has been granted a presidential pardon.

Ms Sia Kembe, 20, was among over five hundred prisoners released as part of a presidential clemency to mark the New Year. The list also included two other girls who participated in the contest that was organized in November by the Gender and Equal Opportunity Unit of the Sierra Leone Correctional Service (SLCS).

By Mabinty M. Kamara

Sierra Leone has joined seven other countries in West Africa to reduce network tariff on mobile phone roaming calls. This means that people who travel from Sierra Leone to other countries can make calls at local rate with their network.

For Sierra Leonean subscribers, the cost of roaming calls has been reduced in the following countries: Benin, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, Senegal and Togo.

By Politico Staff writer

President Julius Maada Bio on Wednesday officially commissioned the Government Technical Institute in Kambia Town, Northern Sierra Leone.

The institute which was part funded by the Islamic Development Bank, is one of about a dozen being rolled out across the country as part of the government’s effort to increase access to technical and vocational training opportunities.

Sierra Leone’s Parliament on Wednesday passed into law “The Appropriation Act 2020”, otherwise called 2020 budget.

The approval of the bill followed debates by Members of the House issues within the document leading to some amendments.  

The move by the House effectively authorizes expenditure from the consolidated revenue fund for the services of Sierra Leone for the 2020 financial year.

The budget totaling Le8.6 Trillion was presented to parliament in November.

By Politico Staff writer

Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio and his wife Fatima Bio over the weekend donated 100 chairs-with-desk to the Women in Action Development Project, a vocational center in Port Loko District, north of the country.

By Hajaratu Kalokoh

Tangais, the month-long festivity which was meant to showcase Sierra Leone’s art, culture and lifestyle, has been thrown into disrepute after a display of nudity last week. Video footage on social media showed a man and a woman at a booth seductively dancing with each other whiles naked.

By Hajaratu Kalokoh

The Student Union Government (SUG) at the Institute of Public Administration and Management (IPAM) has questioned the promotional list of classes that have been published by the college authorities. In a press release by the SUG, its President, Alpha Kabba, expressed concern over missing grades of possibly hundreds of students.