By Politico staff writer
The Independent Procurement Review Panel (IPRP) has on 17th July 2023, in a ruling stated that the evaluation committee of the procuring entity under the Free Education Project of the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary School (MBSSE) did not observe stringent procurement guidelines, and allowed bidding institutions to progress from technical to financial evaluation stage.
By Saio Marrah
The Local Unit Commander (LUC) of the Waterloo Police Division, Ibrahim Mohamed Sama has testified at Pademba Road Magistrate Court No.1 in which he claimed that several people threatened to hunt him and his family down on allegation that he blocked Dr.Samura Kamara’s motorcade at Mile 38 Checkpoint.
By Politico Staff Writer
The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) through its Directorate of Relief and Response has organized a one-day symposium on Aeronautical Search and Rescue (A-SAR) for various state actors in ensuring effective emergency preparedness and response.
By Mabinty M. Kamara
The latest report from the African Programming & Research Initiative to End Slavery (APRIES) at the University of Georgia's Center on Human Trafficking Research & Outreach (CenHTRO) has revealed an increase in child trafficking in the border district of Kambia in the North Western region of Sierra Leone.
The report says an estimated 34% of children aged 5 to 17 in Sierra Leone’s border District have experienced child trafficking and 46,794 children (40.06%) have experienced child labour.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
Government is to recruit 2,800 (Two Thousand, Eight Hundred) Teachers nationwide after it was revealed that the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) through the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) is to submit a list of 680 teachers due for retirement this year.
The Executive Secretary of the Teaching Service Commission (TSC), Sorie Ibrahim Turay on the 20th July 2023 made the disclosure in an interview with Politico.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
In order to fulfill the Legal framework of the Constitution of Sierra Leone, the Chief Electoral Commissioner (CEC) Mohamed Konneh has presented the 2022 Annual Report and Certificate of the Presidential Election to President Julius Maada Bio. The Presentation was done at State House on the 19th July 2023.
By Saio Marrah
Saidu Nallo, the First accused in the ongoing New York Chancery Building trial, has testified at the High Court in Freetown that only half of the first two million US dollars donated for the renovation of the Sierra Leone UN Mission Building in New York was remitted to the mission with the balance kept in Freetown.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
