By Mabinty M. Kamara
The Secretary- General of the Sierra Leone Labour Congress has expressed the group’s satisfaction with the establishment of the Wages and Salary Commission as enshrined in the Wages and Compensation Commission Act of 2023.
The commission is mandated to determine wages and compensation for public sector employees, harmonise the public sector pay system that reflects equity and merit and improve other related matters.
By Saio Marrah
The lead State Prosecutor, Ahmed J. Bockarie in an ongoing tribunal set up to investigate the suspended Auditor -General and her deputy, Lara Taylor-Pearce and Tamba Momoh over their alleged misconduct, has applied that Audit Service submit the attendance register of top management.
Bockarie made the oral application on Tuesday 21st November 2023, that the institution should submit the register spanning from 2015 to 2021.
By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah
In a bid to address price control, the Deputy Secretary- General of the Sierra Leone Importers Association, Alhaji Sheriff Barrie has called on the Government to repeal the 1969 Exclusive Act that gives the right of sole importing of essential commodities to importers.
Barrie was speaking at the government weekly press briefing at the Foreign Affairs Ministry,Tower Hill in Freetown on 21st November 2023.
By Nasratu Kargbo
Members of Parliament have raised concern over the deplorable state of the road leading to President Julius Maada Bio’s home district of Bonthe, amongst the many other bad roads in the country that they say needed to be fixed.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
President Julius Maada Bio has recommitted his Government to fostering gender equality, and women empowerment and ensuring their active participation in shaping the future of Sierra Leone.
He made the commitment while officially launching the Network of Women Ministers and Parliamentarians in Sierra Leone (NeWMaP) on the 21st of November, 2023 at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Freetown.
By Prince J Musa in Kenema
The Academic Staff Association of Public Universities in Sierra Leone has on the 18th November 2023 converged at the Eastern Technical University in Kenema where they have resolved among other things to a 21-day ultimatum effective today 20th November for the government to address their concerns or they will down tools.
By Saio Marrah
An Appeal Court Judge has disclosed that testimonies of female commercial sex workers in the country indicate that male Police officers most often abuse them at night.
Justice Reginald Fynn, said this was revealed to the top hierarchy of the Judiciary of Sierra Leone during their “Moonlight” visit to two red light district areas at Texaco –east of Freetown, and a location in Makeni in the north between September and October this year.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
