By Prince J Musa in Kenema
As a way to help reduce the high fatality rate of Lassa fever cases in Kenema, the District Health Management Team (DHMT) with support from AFENET has engaged Paramount Chiefs and other stakeholders to help combat the disease.
The engagement was held at the DHMT hall, Maxwell Khobe Street in Kenema on the 17th of August 2023.
By Sylvester Alhaji Massaquoi in Pujehun
The business community in Pujehun town is outraged over the growing rate of criminality in the township and the effect that is having on their businesses. According to the statistics provided by the crime officer at the Pujehun police station, the community has experienced a sharp increase in crime in recent months compared to the previous year with reports of burglary and violent robbery increasing.
By Nasratu Kargbo
Member of Parliament from Moyamba District, Edward George has strongly urged the leadership of the Sierra Leone Parliament to ensure that they appoint Chairpersons who will put the country’s interest first and deliver and criticised the chairpersons of committees in the last parliament for not being effective.
By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah
The newly appointed Chief Minister, Dr. David Moinina Sengeh, has said that each and every ministry now has a responsibility to raise at least one million dollars per year in order to increase budget mobilization.
The Chief Minister said this decision was deliberated in a cabinet meeting that lasted for about an hour, after prior discussions with the secretary to the president and the cabinet secretary, by extension consulting the President and Vice President respectively on the said issue.
By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah
Senior Regulatory Officer at the Drug Evaluation and Registration Department of the Sierra Leone Pharmacy Board, Dr. Sheku S. Mansaray has criticized the practice of drug peddling, saying it’s illegal.
By Nasratu Kargbo
The District Lodge of Sierra Leone and the Gambia has donated a sum of 70,000 (seventy thousand) new Leones to Cancer UK-Salone and King George the Sixth Memorial Home for the aged.
The gesture was done during a Press Conference held at the Georgearcland Masonic Temple, Freetown on the 16th of August 2023. 50,000 (fifty thousand) new Leones of that sum will go to Cancer UK-Salone to fight prostate cancer in the country, whilst the 20,000 (twenty thousand) new Leone will support the running of the King Georges Home.
By Saio Marrah
An accused, Yayah Fullah from Kolisokoh Village in Bombali District has appeared in a Freetown Magistrate court for alleged illegal possession of 192 bullets.
The prosecution witness one(PW1), Police Inspector Sulaiman Koroma in Charge of Sauoulia Village Police Checkpoint, Bombali District testified before Magistrate Mark Ngegba at Pademba Road Court No.1 on Thursday 17th August 2023 that he was on duty at the checkpoint when the accused arrived in a vehicle.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
