By Mohamed Vandi in Kenema
A 45-year-old man who was assaulted and bitten on his right hand by his wife Jattu at IDA Section in Kenema has died. Mohamed Alieu was assaulted on the 24th June, 2013, and died six days later at the Kenema Government Hospital.
According to the late man's senior wife, Mamie Mohamed, her husband was very sick and speechless a day after the assault by her co-wife.
By Jenneh Braima
The Freetown Waste Management Company has launched a new campaign to clean the city of Freetown. Under an operation codenamed "Bag it and Bin it" the Waste Management company is attempting to educate Freetown residents on the use of the newly introduced giant black plastic bag by households, cookery sellers, vehicle and shop owners and other groups to deposit domestic garbage.
Mayor Sam Franklyn Bode Gibson encouraged the public to use the bags always for the success of the campaign.
By Bampia James Bundu
The Manor River Union (MRU) Secretariat has suspended its programme officer, Ayesha Gueye-Massa with a deduction of her salary by a third.
Speaking at a news conference at the MRU Secretariat last week, the union's Deputy Secretary General, Linda Koroma said the secretariat took the action because of a joint letter of complaint written by the three main border units in Koindu, Foya and Nongowa against Madam Gueye-Massa.
By Crispina Lois Cummings
The Labour and Industrial Relations Committee of Parliament have paid a fact-finding visit to LEOCEM cement factory in Freetown following the death of two casual workers at the factory nearly two weeks ago. The committee say they are investigating whether the deaths could have been prevented.
By Jenneh Braima
The Freetown Waste Management Company has launched a new campaign to clean the city of Freetown. Under an operation codenamed "Bag it and Bin it" the Waste Management company is attempting to educate Freetown residents on the use of the newly introduced giant black plastic bag by households, cookery sellers, vehicle and shop owners and other groups to deposit domestic garbage.
Mayor Sam Franklyn Bode Gibson encouraged the public to use the bags always for the success of the campaign.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
