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August 2017

The Minister of Finance and Economic Development (MOFED), Hon.Momodu Kargbo, has warned the Sierra Leone Agricultural Researched Institute (SLARI) to concentrate on Tangible result which he said will improve on domestic production. (Photo: Finance Minister,

The Acting Director, Meteorological Department, Ibrahim S. Kamara has told media practitioners that lack of equipment and human resource is serving as an impediment to carry out their functions as required.  (Photo: Acting Director, Meteorological

One of the 2017 Hajj Pilgrims that stranded at Youyi Building in Freetown throughout last week in an effort to visit the Holy Qabbah in Mecca, Sheikh Alhassan Kargbo who is the Imam for Masjid

In promoting Integrity, Accountability and Transparency, the Environment Protection Agency Sierra Leone has taken the lead in becoming one of the first institutions in the country to sign an Integrity Pledge for staff of the

The Minister of Social Welfare Gender and Children Affairs, Sylvia Olayinka Blyden has assured members of the Civil Society, the media and public to be patient and have trust in  her ministry as she is

A group of young and aged Sierra Leoneans calling themselves “Descendant of Johnny Paul Koroma Foundation” have expressed their heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family of the former peace maker and Chairman for the Peoples

The Director General, Sierra Leone Water Company (SALWACO), Samuel Bangura has assured the public that all Government Ministries Department and Agencies (MDA’s) will be going to use meters to obtain water in their taps by

Water Packaging Union has on Saturday, August 19th 2017 donated thirty seven (37) bags of rice and one thousand bundles of water to the disaster response volunteers at the Regent village in Freetown. Handing over the

Caritas Sierra Leone on the 14th August 2017, donated food supplements including cartoons of biscuits and bundles of water worth millions of Leones to Connaught Hospital Mortuary volunteers for the National service they are rendering

FREETOWN: THURSDAY AUGUST 17, 2017 - BACKGROUND ON THE 14 AUGUST 2017 TWIN FLASHFLOODS AND MUDSLIDE DISASTERS OCCURRED AT REGENT AND AT OTHER SETTLEMENTS IN THE OUTSKIRTS OF FREETOWN, RESULTING IN THE DEATHS OF HUNDREDS OF OUR

President Ernest Bai Koroma has been reported being seriously embarrassed upon discovering that three top Government officials working in the Hajj Committee have conspired to defraud the state and pilgrims of Hajj funds provided by

Mount Sugar-loaf, as the name depicts, was meant to generate happiness, probably a good taste of life and refuge. And so it was, until the early hours of the morning of the night before. Men

The dust or better still, the mud has not concretised yet but, but questions as to the cause/s of the recent flood and mudslides that claimed the lives of hundreds of Sierra Leoneans are well

Following the horrific mudslide and flooding event in the outskirts of Freetown Sierra Leone, on the 14th August 2017, Visionscape Sanitation Solutions, a subsidiary of Visionscape Group, an environmental utility group out of Dubai, UAE

Competent sources in Binkolo say former AFRC military junta leader, Maj. Johnny Paul Koroma who had been sick for some time died at night on 10 August 2017 and was buried in his home village