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Deputy Chief Medical Officer 1 launches National Polio Campaign

The Deputy Chief Medical Officer 1, Dr. Sarian Kamara has officially launched the National Polio Round Three Campaign on Saturday October 27, 2017 at the Ross Road Community Health Centre in Freetown.  (Photo: Deputy Chief

Beijing, 2017/10/30: Sierra Leone’s Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Hon. Elesabeth N. Mans, on Monday, 30th October, 2017 signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Vice Minister of Agriculture, People’s Republic of Chinese, Yu

The Executive Director of the Legal Aid Board, Ms. Fatmata Claire Carlton-Hanciles arrived in Johannesburg, South African today, October 30, for a five-day conference on legal empowerment in Africa. Ms. Carlton-Hanciles will take part in a

This piece is in response to two recent articles. One is titled ‘The APC Convention: A Political Façade, if not a Joke’ authored by one Dr Ibrahim Seaga Shaw and carried in page 8 of 

Today, I eulogize with an illustrious son of Sierra Leone who is currently Ambassador to the Republic of South Korea Sierra Leone, Ambassador Omrie Michael Golley, a Sierra Leonean lawyer, an advocate, philanthropist, a comrade

Says World Bank's Parminder Brar World Bank Country Manager for Sierra Leone, Parminder Brar, believes skills development and quality education were critical to help grow the country's economy.  (Photo: World Bank Sierra Leone Country Manager, Parminder

Before leaving the shores of Sierra Leone for a conference in South Africa on Wednesday, October 24, the Executive Director of the Legal Aid Board, Ms. Fatmata Claire Carlton-Hanciles said she believes there is enough

Ahead of the Presidential and Parliamentary elections slated for 2018, the governing All People's Congress has selected Dr. Samura Kamara as flag-bearer. I wrote, prior to the "Makeni Family Meeting" that events leading to such

An erudite Freetown based Lawyer, Karrow Kamara, Esq. has cautioned supporters of the All People's Congress (APC) party to respect President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma's decision to appoint the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International

A three-day training session for animators of the Campaign for Good Governance (CGG) on the Pay No Bribe (PNB) campaign has on Thursday 26th October, 2017, ended successfully. CGG is the Civil Society Organization (CSO)

The Parliament of Sierra Leone on Thursday 26th October 2017 showered praises and felicitations on her Deputy Speaker, Hon. Chernor Ramadan Maju Bah, following his preferment  as running mate to Dr. Samura M.W. Kamara for

On Monday 23rd October 2017, Africell SL launched its latest product, the first ever mobile Life Insurance Product in the country at its company’s headquarters at Wilberforce in Freetown, chaired by John Konte, the Communications

Sierra Leoneans on Tuesday 24th October 2017, saw disable citizens, especially from the grassroots level but also including several university graduates, come out in grand style to support Hon. Minister of Social Welfare, Dr. Sylvia

The Ministry of Health and Sanitation in collaboration with Caritas Bo through support from Quandt Family, BMZ and Action Medeor has officially opened the new School of Midwifery Bo (SOMBO) on Saturday October 21, 2017

An aspirant for the All People’s Congress symbol for constituency 034 (Safroko Limba and Pakimasabong chiefdoms) has said, should he be awarded the symbol, he would ensure an effective representation in the House of Parliament.