By Kevin Landor
The Open Society Initiative West Africa (OSIWA) on Friday presented a grant to the Ministry of Justice of Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone Law School sets record
The results of the Sierra Leone Bar Exams for 2012 are out! They were published last week, barely a month after 105 candidates had sat to the exams, the largest number ever admitted since the school was established in 1990.
Sierra Leone marks International Youth Day
The National Youth Commission and the United Nations Development Programme in Sierra Leone on Sunday marked International Youth Day (IYD) at a ceremony held at the Lagoonda Complex in Freetown.
Under the theme “Building a Better World: Partnering with Youth” the celebrations made a global call to action to develop and engage in partnerships with and for youth.
Sierra Rutile achieves record production
Sierra Rutile Limited has announced that in July this year it produced 10,551 tonnes of rutile and 2,059 tonnes of ilmenite, a new monthly record for the company which is 13% higher than the previous monthly production record set in December 2006, according to a press release from the company.
The release says the record production was achieved with “an unblemished safety record”.
Kalangba supports ACC fight
The people of Kalangba, in Gbendembu Ngowahun Chiefdom, Bombali District have pledged their unflinching support to the Anti-Corruption Commission in the fight against corruption in Sierra Leone, says an ACC press release.
ACC engages Moyamba on free health care
The Southern Regional Office of the Anti Corruption Commission on Thursday engaged health workers, stakeholders and beneficiaries in Moyamba District on the free health care initiative.
Welcoming participants at a workshop in Taiama, Kori Chiefdom, the ACC District Coordinator for Moyamba, Umar Sesay said the meeting was a significant step in measuring the success and challenges of the free health care in his District. He assured that the ACC would ensure corruption became a thing of the past in the District.
High Court convicts Freetown Mayor, Chief Administrator, 5 others
The suspended Mayor of Freetown, Herbert Akieremi George-Williams, the city’s Chief Administrator, Bowenson Frederick Philips and five others have been found guilty for various corruption and procurement violation offences at the High Court in Freetown presided over by the Hon. Justice John Bosco Katutsi, according to a press release from the ACC.
