By Septimus Senessie in Kono
OCTEA diamond group, operating in the eastern diamond rich district of Kono, has facilitated the delivery of the long awaited two 3-megawatt thermal plants meant for the electrification of Koidu town.
Annie Walsh matron admits to fraud
By Aminata Phidelia Allie
Isha Tejan-Sie, a matron at the Annie Walsh Memorial Secondary School boarding home has pleaded guilty to converting to her own use, monies paid to her by parents as boarding fees for their children.
Speaking from the witness box, she told Magistrate Steven Conteh that it was only out of "humanitarian feelings" that she took monies from most of the parents as their children were not qualified to be in the boarding facility.
Efforts to end child marriage
By Zainab Joaque
First Lady, Sia Nyama Koroma, has told a two-day conference for religious and traditional leaders in Freetown that the country must put an end to child marriage and stop the major health consequences that come with teenage pregnancy.
“We must work hard to change attitudes in families and societies at large.We must support our boys and girls to be valuable members of our society or they become economic burdens”, she told the gathering at the Bintumani Hotel on Tuesday.
High Court throws out AfriMedia case
By Aminata Phidelia Allie
A high court in Freetown yesterday ruled against the operations of Afri-Radio, owned by AfriMedia Sierra Leone Limited whose license was suspended by the media regulatory body, the Independent Media Commission.
The ruling came a week after defense lawyer, L.M. Farmah had argued strongly as to why the Afri-Media case should be thrown out of court.
Sierra Leone First Lady says energy key to MRU
By Bampia James Bundu
The First Lady of Sierra Leone, Sia Nyama Koroma, has described access to energy as an integral instrument in the development of women in the Mano River Union in particular and Africa in general.
She made this statement at the closing ceremony of a three-day conference on ‘Energy and Gender’ with the theme: “women economic empowerment through energy access in the MRU sub-region” at Tokeh in the Freetown Peninsular.
