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Members of Social Work Sierra Leone (SWSL), a community-based organisation, have hosted Sierra Leone’s first Social Work month celebration.

The occasion, held every March, is geared towards recognising those who have offered timeless efforts to social work globally.

This year’s global team is: “Social Work: Forging Solutions Out of Challenges.”

But SWSL carved its own theme: “Time for reflection in social work education and practice.”

Sierra Leone will be declared Ebola-free today Thursday 17 March, 2016 after the end of 42 days count since the last flare-up on January 12 this year.

Following the declaration of the epidemic in November 7, 2015, the virus resurged after the death of a young lady whose swab test result came back positive.

That incident in January in the town of Magburaka in the northern Tonkolili District led to over 100 contacts been isolated and placed under surveillance.

By Tanu Jalloh

The auditor general’s office has asked the former Chief Executive Officer of National Ebola Response Centre (NERC), to explain payments of over Le2.1 billion made for food items without adequate receipt, distribution list and delivery notes.

The report on the audit of the management of theEbola funds released on February 25, 2016 gave a 30-day ultimatum to the former CEO, Major (Rtd.) Palo Conteh, to provide answers for expenses he superintended.

By Tanu Jalloh

Vice Chancellor of the University of Sierra Leone has described the Memorandum of Understanding he signed with the Africa Young Voices Media Empire on Tuesday, as a strategic move aimed at tackling graduate unemployment in the country.

Professor Ekundayo Thompson said the practical skills the students of the mass communication department of Fourah Bay College, FBC in particular would gain from internships at AYV would equip them to create their own jobs.

By Crispina Taylor

Parliament has enacted a new tax law known as the ‘Finance Act of 2016’ and it is geared towards improving on the revenue situation of the country.

The new law has increased the income tax, commonly known as the Pay As You Earn (PAYE), to compel high income earners to pay more tax.

By Fasalie Sulaiman Kamara

A rift has emerged within the ranks of retired soldiers classified as Wounded In Action (WIA) over payment of their monthly pension.

The ex-soldiers who got injured in action during the civil war and were forcefully retired, claimed that the pension they received, which was between Le50, 000 and Le150, 000 monthly, was not sufficient. And they had accused their elected leader of conniving with the Defence Ministry whom they suspected wasn’t inclined to address their plight.

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf recently dissolved the country’s National Red Cross Board and ordered the management of the organization’s activities suspended pending investigation over suspected financial misappropriation.

The President later invited both members of the dissolved board and the management team on meeting to discuss an issue that has threatened to destroy the image of the Liberia National Red Cross Society (LNRCS).