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By Mabinty M. Kamara

The Speaker of Parliament, Dr Abass Bundu has ordered an investigation into a possible verbal abuse of a female parliamentarian in the well of Parliament.

Rebecca Yei Kamara, Member of the opposition Coalition for Change (C4C) party representing Constituency 029 in Kono District, was shouted at by an unidentified fellow lawmaker while making contributions in the well last week.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed an indictment for three people who were recently caught for examination malpractice. Mannah Lahai, Mohamed Kamara and Edward Lamboi have all been charged with multiple counts, ranging from Conspiracy to Commit a corruption offence to Obstruction of Justice.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

The Sierra Leone Maritime Administration (SLMA) says it has suspended the license of a Captain of the MV Freetown ferry, pending investigation into the circumstances surrounding an incident that caused the Ferry to get stuck in water recently.

While passengers blamed the incident on overloading, the authorities blame it on low tide and sand banking.

By Hajaratu Kalokoh

The United Nations Children Fund (Unicef) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the telecoms operator, Africell as part of efforts to strengthen the U-Reports in Sierra Leone.

U-Report is a UNICEF youth engagement platform created to help maximize participation of young people in national issues. U-Report is an SMS based platform through which young people send SMS to a dedicated short code to make their input into any development issue.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

Parliament in Sierra Leone has amended the country's sexual offence law to include new provisions including one that targets sexual solicitation. The law against solicitation is part of the amended Sexual Offences Act passed in the House on Thursday.

By Kemo Cham & Mabinty M. Kamara

The competence of the administration of the Sierra Leone Law School has come under scrutiny after it registered arguably the worst ever results in the Bar examination since the School was established in nearly 30 years.

Of 179 students who sat to the 2019 exams, only 29 passed. 91 failed, some 54 had references in various modules, while results for five candidates were withheld for unspecified reasons.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

Sierra Leone has shown unity on the international stage by presenting Honourable (Hon.) Mohamed Sidi Tunis as its candidate to takeover as the next speaker of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament. The Sierra Leonean delegation to the regional parliament made the announcement on Tuesday in an extraordinary congress in Liberia.