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Sierra Rutile Limited has said that in spite of the difficult challenges they faced during the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone they have recorded the highest annual production rate since the mines restarted in 2006.

The 2015 annual production was 126,021 tonnes of rutile which saw a 10% increase compared to 114,163 in the previous year. The company recently announced that the latest achievement represented “the highest annual production since operations were restarted in 2006”.

By Mustapha Kamara Jnr

The international charity, Irish Aid, has commissioned a tailoring centre for a group of amputees in a bid to boost their income generating capacity.

The all-amputee football team, the Flying Stars, based at the Amputee Camp at Aberdeen, west of  Freetown would run the centre, estimated over Le20 million.

The package included ten sewing machines, two irons, tables, and other accessories.

By Kemo Cham

The failure of medical authorities to test for the Ebola virus on the latest Magburaka case may be due to mutation of the virus, a health official has said.

The victim, Marima Jalloh, whose death last week occasioned a setback for the fight against the West African Ebola epidemic, did not present any sign or symptoms associated with the hemorrhagic fever disease when she reported for treatment, said Dr Brima Kargbo, Chief Medical Officer.

By Kemo Cham

Amidst growing fears over the recent Ebola death in Magburaka, north of the country, authorities have called for calm while urging for vigilance and ensuring that the latest flare-up doesn’t spread further.

As of Saturday 16 January, the Emergency Operations Center (EOC), identified 109 suspects as contacts of the 22-year-old secondary school pupil, Mariama Jalloh, who died of the deadly hemorrhagic fever disease.

By Hassan I Conteh

Police authorities have revealed that last year the Sierra Leone Police (SLP), through its Complaint Discipline and Internal Investigations Department (CDIID), documented a total of 1, 118 cases nationwide, among them sexual harassment and discrimination.

By Umaru Fofana

Months after running roughshod over each other government and private school owners held a crunch meeting yesterday on the invitation of the National Education Board.

Some school proprietors were asked to refund parents some of the fees paid them.

It followed disagreements emanating largely from how the schools should operate after losing grounds due to the Ebola outbreak that led to their closure for several months.

By Mohamed T. Massaquoi

For over four months now there have been no magistrate court sitting in Pujehun, occasioning in a backlog of cases in the southern district of the country.

While there are growing concerns and frustration among activists and especially victims of sexual violence, a situation that has become worrying in the district, the police have confirmed that the crime rate has generally increased as a result of the absence of the court as a redress mechanism.