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By Hajaratu Kalokoh

The College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences (COMAHS) finally inaugurated its new Student Representative Council last month, nine months after its members were elected.

The Council which serves as intermediary between the students and the administration, comprises 40 members, headed by a president, and it is elected every year.

By Newman Anthony Levey in Bo

The family of a 15-year old school boy, Desmond Kalokoh, who lives in Bo, is soliciting support from well-wishers and humanitarian organizations to facility an emergency surgery for what doctors say is a life threatening ailment.

Kalokoh, who attends the Bo Commercial Junior Secondary School, has been battling the sickness that resulted from a boil under his armpit for the last three years.

According to his brother-in-law, whom the young boy lives with, Ibrahim Farmah, it all started when the boil burst.

By Prince Musa in Kenema.

The Mayor of Kenema has threatened to close the Kenema city field if football authorities do not fix the artificial turf that is meant for the pitch.

Thomas Baio’s threat came out of a prolong frustration over whose responsibility it was to finally fix the artificial turf on the Kenema City playing field. Kenema’s artificial turf pitch is part of a FIFA project that has stalled.

By Mohamed T. Massaquoi 

President Julius Maada Bio has lamented the high rate of teenage pregnancy in the southern Pujehun District, where he said sexual violence, particularly rape, was also at an alarming level and called for urgent action.

By Newman Anthony Levey in Bo

The independent Member of Parliament for Constituency 104 in Pujehun District, Shiaka Musa Sama, has completed the construction of a building meant for his constituents.

Hon. Sama, whose constituency consists of the entirety of the Malen Chiefdom and two other sections in neighboring Sowa Chiefdom, said he built the Constituency Office to serve as a platform for interaction between himself and his constituents.

By Mohamed T. Massaquoi

The Independent Member of Parliament for Constituency 104 in the southern Pujehun District, Shiaka Musa Sama, has accused members of the “Presidential Visiting Coordinating Committee” in the district of unfair disbursement of State funds relating to the recent visit of President Julius Maada Bio.

Ahead of the visit by the president as part of his ‘Thank You Visit,’ since his election as president, the Ministry of Finance allocated about Le300 million, which was managed by the Presidential Visiting Coordinating Committee.

By Newman Anthony Levey in Bo

Member of Parliament and the 2018 Flagbearer for the National Grand Coalition (NGC), Dr. Kandeh Kolleh Yunkella, is concerned over the potential for instability in the country amidst division along political lines, and he hopes to see a major change of attitude in the New Year.