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By Mabinty M. Kamara

The Government of Sierra Leone has announced that school and colleges should be shut down by the 31^st of March this year. The announcement means that schools will close a week before they were scheduled to.

The move by the Ministries of Basic and Senior Secondary Education and Technical and Tertiary Education, is part of a raft of measures that were announced on Friday to prevent the country from the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), an Independent Research Institution based in Kenya, in partnership with Statistics Sierra Leone, have announced that a proposed survey on safe abortion in Sierra Leone will start in May this year.

The revelation was made on Wednesday at a stakeholders’ conference held to discuss and understand common problems associated with abortion in the country.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

The National Telecommunications Commission (NATCOM) has launched the maiden edition of its newsletter.

The 27-page magazine, which officials say would be published twice a year, was launched on Wednesday at NATCOM’s headquarters in Freetown. The regulator said the publication is a vehicle to enhance the public’s understanding of its work.

BY Prince J MUSA IN Kenema

The Office of National Security (ONS) has held a one-day training on its new security strategy.

Beneficiaries of the training held in Kenema on Tuesday were drawn from the military, the correctional service, police and other security apparatus.         

By Francis H. Murray

Samuel Saio Kamara, who police accused of conspiring to obtain the sum of Le97 million by false pretense, was denied bail on Tuesday.

The accused was making his second appearance before Magistrate Hannah Boni of Magistrate Court No 1 at Pademba Road.

By Prince J Musa in Kenema

The District Emergency Operation Center in Kenema has reactivated byelaws it instituted during the fight against Ebola, in preparedness for the ongoing global Coronavirus pandemic.

The decision was taken on Tuesday at a stakeholders meeting bringing together District Council and health authorities, as well as security officials.

District Medical Officer, Dr Donald Grant, said during the meeting that the measures were important to protect the district and the country at large from the virus.

By Kemo Cham

Sierra Leone’s President, Julius Maada Bio, on Wednesday ordered for the deployment of the military at all its border entry points as the latest measure in efforts to prevent the novel coronavirus from entering the country.

The decision was made public in a nationwide televised address announcing new measures as part of the country’s preparedness against the viral pandemic.