By Tilly Barrie
There was chaos and confusion at Orugu Bridge in the east end of town when the Freetown City Council (FCC) erected a check point to check on commuters for their local tax receipts causing long queues of vehicular traffic which forced some drivers to drop off their passengers.
MayorFranklyn Bode Gibson, councilors, staffof the council and metropolitan police were involved in the exercise.
By Matthew Kanu in Makeni
The Traders’ Union in Makeni has called on the City Council to live up to its responsibility of cleaning the environment for its people with or without support from the United Nations Development Programme, UNDP.
Alieu Conteh, Chairman of the Bombali District Traders’ Union was reacting to news of an initial US$ 80,000 the UN agency had given to the Makeni City Council for the initial phase of the construction of dump sites.
By Aminata Phidelia Allie
Samuel Thomas Bangura, a staff of the Magbass Sugar Company in Freetown is currently facing a two-count charge of larceny and embezzlement.
Allegations are that the accused, a salesperson in the company, sometime this year failed to deposit into the company’s Sierra Leone Commercial Bank account an amount totaling Le 187,700,000.
By Aminata Phidelia Allie
A 21-year-old man has made his first appearance in court for the alleged rape of a 49-year-old woman who had had a child by his uncle.
He is under preliminary investigations at the magistrates’ court No. 2 presided over by KombaKamanda on one count of sexual penetration contrary to section 6 of the Sexual Offences Act No. 12 of 2012.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
