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By Nasratu Kargbo

Politics has served as a tool to weaken State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) and Parastatals to the extent of plunging most of them into failure according to the Institute for Governance Reform’s recently launched Video Documentary series titled ‘Tragedies of Politics’.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

Following release of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) results in the country by the Ministry of Basic and Senior School Education (MBSSE), the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has cautioned Principals of Senior Secondary Schools against extortion and levying of illegal charges on parents.

The commission held the discussions with the School Authorities at a meeting in Freetown on the 3^rd October 2023.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

Following receipt and dissemination of the correspondence from the Ministry of Technical and Higher Education (MTHE) regarding the Ministry's position on concerns raised by the Union of Academic Staff Associations (UASA), the Union has called on its membership to harvest their responses and resolutions with timelines.

UASA held a retreat in Bo on 28 – 29 September 2023 and dialogue sessions at the Family Kingdom Resort in Freetown on 30 October and 1 November, where they expressed several concerns about the ministry.

By Prince J Musa in Kenema

Three persons Abubakar Fofana, Nancy Murray, and Augustine Sahr Lebbie all of Burma II section, Kenema district have been arrested and detained by the Police for fraudulently collecting monies from people in various communities around Kenema.

Based on the victim’s statements, the three suspects allegedly embarked on registering people for a fee of 5 New Leones under the name of an organization named Grassroots Movement where they are staff, promising to offer loans in return.

By Saio Marrah

Sara Bailor Jalloh, the complainant in an ongoing case of embezzlement at the Pademba road magistrates’ court has testified that Abubakarr Bah, identified in court as a Sales Agent for the local NP station in Kailahun, stole his petrol while he was out of the station.

By Politico Staff Writer

The Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) has in a press release dated 1^st November 2023 expressed concern at a Public Notice purported to have originated from the Ministry and sent out to School Authorities and Parents regarding the collection of data on behalf of the ministry.

By Umaru Fofana 

The defeated presidential candidate of the All People’s Congress in the disputed June 2023 polls, Dr Samura Kamara, has decried the tax regime, saying Sierra Leone’s economy “is bad”, with the country at a “high risk of going into stagflation or recession”.

In an exclusive interview with Politico, the former finance minister and central bank Governor said that “nothing is moving, which is not good for the people of this country”.