News

By Aminata Phidelia Allie

The Country Representative of the German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association (GLRA), Dr. Yvonne Harding says leprosy is a curable disease. She made this statement at the Health and Sanitation Ministry in Freetown in commemoration of the 60^th World Leprosy Day on the theme, “Stop the Stigma and Discrimination against Leprosy: A World without Stigma”.

By Bampia James Bundu

The Chief Operations Officer/Chief Finance Officer of Standard Chartered Bank SL has assured Sierra Leoneans that by 2020 his bank will work assiduously with its partners to restore sight to about 20 million people across 20 countries in the world including Sierra Leone.

Idrissa Kamara made this commitment over the weekend during a sponsored walk dubbed “Walk 4 Sight” at the Kingtom Football Academy in Freetown.

By Abubakarr Bah

Cotton Tree News (CTN), a news and current affairs programme of the University of Sierra Leone, is to merge with Radio Mount, the teaching radio station at Fourah Bay College.

In a two-day merger workshop held at GEMM in Freetown, the Project Oversight of CTN, Bernadette Cole said the object of the merger was to consolidate the two media institutions into a sustainable media organisation to provide “independent and objective news and information programming”.

By Septimus Senessie in Kono

With the theme “Healthy family, healthy future”, the District Health Management Team (DHMT) in collaboration with UNICEF on 24 January launched a children vaccination week otherwise called “Mammy en pikin well body week” at the Koidu city hall, Kono District.

By Crispina Cummings

The Director General-designate of the National Mineral Agency says the agency will introduce international best practices for the environment in Sierra Leone.

Sahr Wonday was speaking to the Parliamentary Committee on Appointments where some MPs raised some concerns.

The Deputy Committee chairman who doubles as deputy majority leader of the House, Ibrahim Bundu, had expressed concerns over the environment.

By Crispina Cummings

Minister of energy and power Oluniyi Robin Coker Monday told the committee on appointment in Parliament that the country’s main power supply grid, Bumbuna hydroelectric dam, was down to 8 from 25 megawatts.

He said the dam was being powered by 2 turbine machines to supply electricity in mainly Freetown and Makeni before one of the engines broke down, bringing total output to 8 megawatts.

President Ernest Bai Koroma has appointed the long serving Secretary General of the ruling All Peoples Congress party, Victor Bockarie Foh as Sierra Leone’s ambassador to the People’s Republic of China.

A State House press release also announced the re-assignment of Ambassador Abubakarr Multi Kamara from China to the United Nations as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and permanent representative, taking over from Lawyer Sheku Toure.