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By Aminata Phidelia Allie

The constitutional review committee is yet to start public consultations and civil education proper because government has failed to make any financial disbursement as promised, says the commission’s chairman at a recent plenary in Freetown.

Miatta Kargbo, Minister of Health

Sierra Leone has made "astonishing progress" in tackling tropical diseases that leave 1.4 billion people globally in chronic and debilitating pain, says a new report by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), the UK’s leading development think-tank.

Business news agency, Bloomberg, has reported that the recent outbreak of Ebola has caused a sharp drop in shares of British registered iron ore mining companies London Mining Company (LMC) and African Minerals Limited (AML).

LMC declined by 14 percent by close in London yesterday Wednesday 4 June, the lowest since it first sold shares in 2009. AML dropped 7.6 percent, the lowest since April 29, 2009.

Sierra Leone reported its first case of the deadly hemorrhagic fever last week, months after it had wreaked havoc in Guinea and Liberia.

By Bampia James Bundu

A row has broken out among executive members of the Sierra Leone Bike Riders' Union with some members of the body accusing the ruling All People's Congress party (APC) of "undermining" the operations of the union executive.

Alusine Dumbuya, the national Public Relations Officer told Politico that when they took up office, they did so to represent their membership and serve them properly irrespective of political differences.

By Crispina Cummings

House Minority leader of the opposition Sierra Leone People's Party, on Tuesday told the Speaker that she’d observed that members of parliament, especially of her party, would always leave the well while session was on.

Dr. Bernadette Lahai, MP, who sounded livid and appeared worried about the attitude of her colleagues, said they would be blamed if bad bills were passed into laws without the required scrutiny.

Over 400 delegates of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists are expected today in the northern provincial headquarter town of Makeni for a two-day annual general meeting which opens tomorrow.

It is the first time the association is holding its annual gathering since the kelvin Lewis-led executive were elected in April last year.

In the last one year, journalists have faced a series of arrests and detention, a period press freedom activists have referred to as the worst attack against the media since the civil war in 2002.

By Bampia James Bundu

The government of Sierra Leone has signed a US$7.4 Million agreement with the Africa Development Bank (ADB), for public financial management and budget support for 2014. The agreement is also include a grant of US$150,000 for support for advisory service.