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By Crispina Lois Cummings

Two ruling party members of parliament have accused the telecommunications regulator, NATCOM, of “failing to monitor service providers and their equipment" in line with their statutory mandate.

Addressing mobile phone company executives at a parliamentary committee hearing on Wednesday, the MPs, Sheku Sannoh and Karifala Conteh described NATCOM as “the sole cause of the poor quality network in the country", singling out AIRTEL for “extorting money from their customers for services they do not render”.

There were unusual scenes at the Freetown International Airport  at Lungi on Sunday morning when Sierra Leone's Deputy Minister of Finance, Mabinty Daramy was attacked in a love triangle involving Minister of Information, Alpha Kanu.

John Sisay, Rutile CEO

Chief executive officer of Sierra Rutile says although he feels humbled that his company now leads in the implementation of the Local Content Policy in the mining sector, challenges still remain.

By Mustapha Sesay

The proprietor of Cabenda hotel, Olufemi Boyle-Hebron has told journalists that the United Nation integrated Office in Sierra Leone has left his property in a state of disrepair, which he said “border on vandalism”.

His allegations come on the eve of the arrival of the United Nations Secretary General, ban Ki-Moon who jets in tonight on a one-day visit to close the UN Mission here.

Speaker Dumbuya and SLAJ President Lewis

The Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) yesterday urged the leadership of Parliament to support the repeal of sections of the Public Order Act of 1965 which criminalise libel.

By Septimus Senessie in Kono              

The elder brother of two accident victims in Kono has accused the police of "showing no interest" in the welfare of his siblings after they were reportedly hit two weeks ago by a police vehicle (SLP 269) belonging to Tankoro Police Division, leaving the two men aged 32 and 19 years with a broken leg and head injuries respectively.

Following an exclusive story carried by Politico on Thursday 28 February about the reduction in tariff for diamonds apparently timed to coincide with the valuation of a US$ 6 million gem bought by Lebanese businessman, Hisham Mackie, the ministry of mines and mineral resources has started probing the source of the leak of the letter.