By Prince J Musa in Kenema
Five persons are in police custody for an alleged theft of Electricity Distribution Supply Authority’s (EDSA) Cables and other items, which according to the Police Media officer in Kenema, Inspector Prince Bernard Jaygboi Kamara, were meant for TRANSCO West African Power Pool Project.
By Politico Staff Writer
As the challenges to pay power producers heighten, the Sierra Leone Electricity and Water Regulatory Commission (SLEWRC) has engaged stakeholders in a day’s public hearing for the proposed increase in the Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority (EDSA) tariff from 11 to 12 US cents.
The public hearing was held at the Freetown City Council Hall on Lightfoot Boston Street in Freetown on the 21st September, 2023.
By Politico staff writer
Stakeholders from Member States of ECOWAS have met in Banjul in the Gambia where discussions centred on validating a Draft Action Plan on strategies to improve skills and employability to respond to current and future challenges in the Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) sector.
The meeting from 19th to 21st September 2023 brought together representatives of member states, development partners and experts in the field of TVET.
By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah
Judges have started addressing cases in parts of the country under the Prison Court System that ensures cases addressed at Magistrate Court Level are reviewed.
By Alpha Abu
As the Commonwealth leads mediation efforts to end the political impasse between the ruling Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) and the main opposition All Peoples Congress (APC), the UN Resident Co-ordinator, Babatunde A.Ahonsi has urged the two parties to approach the process with genuine and honest commitment.
He was speaking at an event at the Bintumani Conference Hall in Freetown to observe International Day of Peace, on Thursday 21st September.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
A civilian named Foday Alieu alias “Big Fish” was gunned down at the Central Business District of Freetown yesterday after he seized a gun from an Operational Support Division (OSD) female police officer deployed at United Bank of Africa and started firing at random.
By Politico Staff Writer
Sierra Leone’s First Lady Dr. Fatima Bio has been appointed United Nations AIDS Champion.
The appointment took place in New York on the 19th September 2023 during the joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.
“This is to certify that Her Excellency Mrs. Fatima Maada Bio, the First Lady of the Republic of Sierra Leone is appointed as a UNAIDS Champion for the empowerment and engagement of adolescent girls and young women”, the appointment document reads.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
