News

By Kenneth Thompson

Sierra Leone National Tourist Board has blamed the Freetown City Council, FCC, for what it said was the filthiness of the Aberdeen to Lumley beach stretch.

Speaking during a meeting at the Tourist Board Secretariat, General Manager, Cecil Williams explained that it was not their responsibility to clean the beach, but they were doing so to ensure that they kept the beach clean and attractive.

Landry Kohon, a journalist with the state-owned daily FraternitéMatin, was on November 21, 2013 attacked by a mob of about 20 young people.

The MFWA’s correspondent reported that the youth, armed with clubs, stones, cutlasses and knives entered the journalist’s house at Yopougon in Abidjan, by breaking down the gate. They then attacked members of Kohon’s household with stones and clubs. Three women got injured in the process. His car was also damaged.

By Tilly Barrie

Director of energy, ministry of energy, Benjamin Kamara, has told a validation workshop for ECOWAS energy access investment programme at Leone Lodge in Freetown that the government was planning to increase access to electricity across the country.

SLPP resolutions

Friday 29^th November - Saturday 30^th November 2013 National Executive Council (NEC) meeting

President Koroma

President Ernest Bai Koroma has just announced a reshuffle of his administration and Parastatals.

As is typical of him he made the announcement on the last day of the week - Friday 29 November.

By Kenneth Thompson

Deputy Director of the National AIDS Secretariat has declared in Freetown that by 2015 there will be no more reported cases of new HIV infections in Sierra Leone, with a current infection rate of 1.5%.

By Bob Batilo Saffa

Officer Commanding police operations in the eastern town of Segbwema, Kailahun district has told Politico that ten cases of house-breaking and larceny have been reported to his office in just one month.

ASP Patrick Joseph Alpha said investigation was in progress but that no arrests had been made so far. He said “to make the township safe again I have organized patrols in the township”.