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By Mohamed T Massaquoi 

The Deputy Director of the Ministry of Education in Pujehun District says the standard of education has improved in the district. Alie H.B Kargbo said that for the past three years he had engaged in effective monitoring with his team to ensure that the level of education was improved.

He also said evidence of this was demonstrated in the last public examination results of pupils in the district.

By Mustapha Kamara Jnr

In fulfillment of their corporate social responsibility, Mercury International, Sierra Leone’s leading sports betting company, has presented a cheque of Le150M to EducAid Sierra Leone.

The cheque was presented to EduAid by the chairman of Mercury International, Samir Hassanyeh at a ceremony held over the weekend at the Furlonge EducAid Senior Secondary School in Rolal, Porto Loko District.

By Mustapha Sesay

By every indication the ongoing water crisis in Freetown is far from over.

The government agency responsible to provide water to the Sierra Leonean capital and parts of its outskirts is unsure of when the problem will come to an end, an official told Politico on Monday.

By Politico Writer

The International Finance Corporation has ended a one-day workshop for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Sierra Leone as part of an effort to inculcate good corporate governance in small businesses in the country.

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is helping the SMEs adopt good corporate governance practices that will improve their performance and help make them more sustainable, thereby strengthening private sector growth in the country.

By Politico Writer

The International Finance Corporation has ended a one-day workshop for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Sierra Leone as part of an effort to inculcate good corporate governance in small businesses in the country.

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is helping the SMEs adopt good corporate governance practices that will improve their performance and help make them more sustainable, thereby strengthening private sector growth in the country.

By Mohamed T Massaquoi

A land lease agreement involving the agribusiness firm Natural Habitat has caused serious rift among leaders in the Pujehun District, south of the country.

The Member of Parliament representing Constituency 091, Sidie Tunis, was at loggerheads with the District Council Chairman, Sadiq Silla, over the agreement which the lawmaker said he was vehemently opposed to.