By Dr. Ishmail Pamsm-Conteh
Meet a hero police officer in Sierra Leone
By Kemo Cham
A lot of heroic actions take place out there in society but most of them go unnoticed, partly because the heroes and heroines are not lucky to get the public attention.
Last week one happened right in front of me. In fact I was involved, except that I wasn't the hero, far from it. Female OSD officer Constable Isatu Lamrana Jalloh was, and this write-up is about her and how she helped take two "bad" people off the streets of Freetown.
Unraveling the engagement to repeal Sierra Leone's criminal libel law
By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay
Repealing a law is not easy, no matter how obnoxious the law is. Our quest as journalists to repeal Part 5 of the 1965 Public Order Act which deals with Criminal Libel, has taught everyone how hard it can be. Fifty-five years is how long it has taken for journalists to be called to the table and negotiate the repeal.
When the watchdog refuses to be watched
By Kemo Cham
Commissioner Mustapha Sesay of the Independent Media Commission (IMC) last week, surprisingly, did the unusual when he caved in under pressure and abandoned his daily review of newspaper headlines.
Open Letter to Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio
Greetings Mr. President,
It is with reverence that I write this letter to you, and in consonance with the earlier one I wrote to you about a couple of months ago – or so – I would first of all like to commend your strides towards the fight against the deadly corona virus pandemic. Let me seize this golden opportunity to thank you, the doctors, the nurses, and all other frontline workers. Thank you very much indeed!
Complaints of politics and favoritism mar World Bank funded cash transfer scheme
By Mabinty M. Kamara
There are high hopes among Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) owners across Sierra Leone over the ongoing emergency cash transfer scheme being implemented by the National Commission for Social Action (NaCSA), but not all expectations are meant to be met.
The Emergency Cash Transfer is a project supported by the World Bank to help cushion the economic impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on vulnerable groups of people, including small businesses.
Sierra Leone's enhanced Covid-19 measures gazetted, ready for publication - says NACOVERC
By Kemo Cham
Security forces and officials enforcing Covid-19 measures in Sierra Leone will soon have legal basis to prosecute violators, when a set of comprehensive measures prepared by the National Covid-19 Emergency Response Center (NACOVERC) is published.
Officials say the set of rules and regulations, termed Enhanced Measures of Covid-19, have already been gazetted and it is expected to be published anytime from now, at which point it becomes law.
