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By Kemo Cham

The Sierra Leone Postal Services is bracing up for a huge loss in revenue to an apparent boycott by the United Kingdom’s Royal Mail Services. Management says it may lose up to Le1 billion, adding that efforts to rectify the situation are proving futile.

By Allieu Sahid Tunkara

The eleven soldiers dismissed by the Defence ministry have vowed to seek justice with the Human Rights Commission.

By Mohamed Vandi in Kenema

Commercial motor drivers in Kenema have damned the Ebola State of Emergency Regulations which ordered drivers all over the country to reduce the amount of passengers they carry in their vehicles by one as an Ebola prevention and control measure.

The drivers’ decision to violate the order followed a sit-down strike undertaken by the drivers on Tuesday morning as a result of a reduction in the transport fare of vehicles running between Kenema and Bo.

By Bampia James Bundu

Dozens of Ecobank customers have expressed frustration over what they described as poor customer care service rendered by the bank for weeks running.

Speaking to Politico, Alimamy Dumbuya, a customer, described a new procedure set by the bank as “slow and corrupt.” He said because of the new system customers now sit under “a hot canopy” whiles waiting for a cashier to call out their numbers.

By Mustapha Kamara Jnr

The Chief Executive Officer of the National Ebola Response Center (NERC), Rtd Major Paulo Conteh, has accused Paramount chiefs and other community leaders of complacency on the fight against the Ebola epidemic.

By Mustapha Sesay

Despite government proclamation of reduction in fares across the country, passengers in some segment of the capital Freetown and its environs are bemoaning rise in what should be old fares.

Last week, the Minister of Transport and Aviation announced about 16% reduction in fares following a 17% reduction in fuel prices. However, passengers in the Western Area complain that instead of realising a fall they are experiencing increase in fairs.

By Aminata Phidelia Allie

The director of gender at the ministry of social welfare gender and children’s affairs, Charles Vandi, has disclosed that all processes of adopting children orphaned by Ebola in Sierra Leone have been halted until the crisis was completely over.

In an interview with Politico, Vandi explained that his ministry was putting a hold on adoption processes because the number of people that had already applied for adoption was “scary”.