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By Kemo Cham

Budget transparency is still very low in Sierra Leone, the latest Open Budget Survey has shown.

The Open Budget Survey is part of the International Budget Partnership’s Open Budget Initiative, a global research and advocacy program to promote public access to budget information and the adoption of accountable budget systems.

By Prince Musa in Kenema

The district coordinator of the Emergency Operations Center in Kenema, Umaru Vandi Kondovoh, has warned against overcrowding in banks. His warning comes as teachers and other civil servants cram in to banks on Tuesday to withdraw their salary.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

Bonthe has joined the growing list of districts in Sierra Leone recording COVID-19 cases, after four people were confirmed positive of the viral disease.

According to updates of the pandemic released by the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in the early hours of Wednesday, Bonthe becomes seventh of the 16 districts in the country that have recorded cases of the virus.

Bonthe is also the first district in the southern region to record a case in the spiraling pandemic.

By Prince J Musa in Kenema

The eastern region commander for the Sierra Leone Correctional Center, John Nabie Pessima, has said they have put measures in place to tackle any outbreak in the Kenema Correctional center weeks before the first confirmed case of Covid-19 was recorded in the country.

Mr Pessima on Tuesday told Politico that they have been practicing isolation and social distancing for inmates as part of these measures.

His assurance comes a day after the central prison in Freetown confirmed its first case of COVID-19.

By Francis H. Murray

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) says it has filed charges against a school principal, Alhaji Mohamed Foday Kamara, for offences bordering on misappropriation of public funds and property.

Mr Kamara was slammed with four counts charges of corruption, according to a statement issued by the Commission on Tuesday.

Kamara is Supervisor of Schools and a former Caretaker Principal of Schlenker Secondary School in Port Loko.

By Hajaratu Kalokoh

The West Africa Competitiveness Programme (WACOMP) is a joint initiative between the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) and the European Union, meant to facilitate economic growth among ECOWAS member states.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

With water being an essential component in the fight against the Coronavirus pandemic, Sierra Leone's Finance Minister, Jacob Jusu Saffa, has paid an unannounced visit to the water treatment plants of the Sierra Leone Water Company (SALWACO) in the provinces. 

Minister Saffa was accompanied by SALWACO's Managing Director, Joseph Munda Sandy, on the tour that took him to four district headquarters towns: Bo,  Kailahun, Kenema and Moyamba.