The Sierra Leone National Museum building in central Freetown will be demolished to make way for a new modern structure. This was disclosed at a meeting held at the Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs on Wednesday this week. The Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs, Peter Bayuku Konteh and the Chairman of the Monuments[...]

The Chairperson for the National Electoral Commission, Christiana Thorpe yesterday declared that the bye-elections for Ordinary Member of Parliament and Local Councils will be held on Saturday, 29th June, 2013. She explained that the bye-elections will comprise Constituency 29, Bombali District; Constituency 62, Tonkolili District in the Northern Province and Ward 329 in the Western[...]

Cape Lambert Resources has been granted an Environmental License for its flagship Marampa iron ore project in Sierra Leone. Importantly, the licence enables the company to apply for a Mining Licence over the project, a process which is expected to take about three months. This will significantly de-risk the Marampa project and clear the way[...]

Detective Police Constable Sombie Bundu attached to the Criminal Investigation Department, Kissy police station told a Freetown Magistrate that Ibrahim Turay had beaten his girlfriend to death. Giving evidence yesterday, the Police detective said; ‘I was on duty when I received a telephone call from an unknown citizen that Kadiatu Bangura (deceased) has been beaten[...]

The installation of the 250 solar street lights has not only beautified and improved Kailahun Town but changed the perception of most people in the township that embracing development is far better than blind politics. This was manifested when the Hon. Paramount Chief Sama Kailondo Banya iv persistently called on Kailahun people to change their[...]

The blood bank department at the government hospital in Kenema city along Combema road lacks the HB machine which according to medical personnel is of utmost importance in the department. Speaking to the press at the department, one of the technicians in-charge of the blood bank, Lahai Sama revealed that the lack of the HB[...]

Planned Parenthood Association of Sierra Leone (PPASL) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) have ended a two-day training for fifty (50) girls at risk & Teenage mothers as Peer-educators and Community Based Service Providers (CBSP). The training was held at the old district council office along Maxwell Khobe street in Kenema city. In his[...]

It was a moment of deep grief yesterday in the House of Parliament, when the mortal remains of the late Member of Parliament, Hon. Alice Mamie Tewoh Foyah was laid at State Hall for an official funeral ceremony, where dignitaries gathered to sign the Book of Condolence. Among state officials in attendance for the laying-out[...]

The Minister of Sports, Paul Kamara, on Thursday May 16th 2013 boycotted government’s usually held press briefing organized by the Ministry of Information and Communications. During the press briefing, they were expecting the minister of Sport Paul Kamara and the President of NOC, Dr. Patrick Coker. While Dr. Coker was present, the Minister did not[...]