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By Mabinty M. Kamara

Leone Rock Metal Group Limited has presented to the Government of Sierra Leone on behalf of the primary host communities,  Dansogoia, Sambaia, and Simiria Chiefdoms in  Tonkolili district the sum of twenty-three billion three hundred and sixty-nine million eight hundred and ninety-five thousand three hundred and twenty Leones (20,369,895,320.00) as  Community Development Agreement Fund .

By Nasratu Kargbo

More than half of Freetown residents say water is a priority for them in the municipality, according to a Citizens’ Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) Survey published by the Institute for Governance Reform (IGR).

Executive Director Andrew Lavali in his presentation of the survey report said the exercise was done in February this year and was of the view that if conducted now, the number would have risen, since water availability decreases in the heat of the dry season.

By Alpha Abu

68-year-old school teacher whose brutal killing some three weeks ago shocked the entire nation was yesterday laid to rest at the Ascension Town Cemetery in Freetown, a funeral that attracted teeming groups of mourners dressed mostly in black.

The funeral cortege of the late Gilis Edwin Ola Johnson from the Portuguese Town Church on Campbell Street where a service was held, passed through streets in the Central part of town and in front of his house, accompanied by pupils of various schools where he had taught.

By Politico Staff Writer

The Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr. Hinga Sandy has asserted Government’s commitment to protect investors’ rights and create an enabling environment for direct foreign investment.

He was speaking at the 45^th Session of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Working Group III on Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) Reform.

Dr. Sandy acknowledged the need for States to have the right to regulate and be protected to achieve the goals and principles of sustainable development.

By Nasratu Kargbo

The Communication and Advocacy Consultant for the Tobacco and Nicotine Control Act 2022 Sulaiman Storm Koroma said they are in a state of confusion about the whereabouts of the Act, explaining that neither Parliament nor State House has claimed to be in possession of the bill, which since enacted six months ago is yet to get the President’s assent.

By Politico Staff Writer

Sierra Leone’s Chief Justice, Desmond Babatunde Edwards has called on personnel of the global judiciary to dispense justice in an independent, transparent, and neutral manner.

The Chief Justice was addressing the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Working Group (WGIII) on the proposed establishment of a Multilateral Investment Court held at the UN headquarters in New York on Thursday 30^th March 2023.

By Saio Marrah

Mohamed Kamara, an alleged victim of visa fraud has told Magistrate Mark Ngegba that the 47-year-old accused Mohamed Sal of 66 Sir Samuel Lewis Road, Aberdeen in Freetown, first collected 25 million old Leones from him on the promise that he will provide him a visa to travel to Australia, but he failed to achieve that.