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Economy & Business

Sierra Leone Commercial Bank  boosts government’s Covid-19 response with Le500 million

July 3, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 03 July 2020: The Sierra Leone Commercial Bank (SLCB), the most profitable and one hundred percent Sierra Leonean owned bank, yesterday boosted the work of the country’s National Covid-19 Emergency Response Centre (NACOVERC), with the sum of five hundred million Leones (Le500,000,000) as its contribution in the [Read More]

Politics & Law

Palo Conteh should never have been charged with treason 

July 2, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 11

Yankuba Kai Samba: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 July 2020: No jury should convict a man  when the prosecution blocked vital material evidence that could exonerate him. This was what I wrote two days before the jury reached their verdict. The Paopa government supporters who had already convicted Paola Conteh for treason [Read More]

Economy & Business

IMF supports Freetown City Council’s property tax reforms

July 2, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Amin Kef Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 July 2020: Implementation of Property Tax Reforms by the Freetown City Council, under the leadership of  Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyer has become a highly topical issue with some in favour of and others against – saying the timing is not right, as the nation [Read More]

Economy & Business

Keep energy central in pandemic recovery plans – says Kandeh Yumkella

July 2, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 July 2020: Dr. Kandeh Yumkella, MP for Constituency 062 – Samu Chiefdom, joined global energy leaders at a virtual high-level summit to take stock of the impact of the coronavirus disease on the Africa’s energy, oil, and gas sectors. The Africa Ministerial Roundtable – COVID-19 Impact [Read More]

Politics & Law

Palo Conteh is not guilty of treason – says Jury

July 1, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 30

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 July 2020: “Mr Foreman, members of the jury, I need not remind you that in a criminal trial the accused bears no burden: the Prosecution charged him and brought him here and therefore, the law requires that they should prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. [Read More]

Education and Health

BBC Africa Eye and Anas Aremeyaw Anas expose Covid-19 scam

July 1, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

BBC Africa Eye: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 July 2020: An underworld of quack doctors have been exploiting the coronavirus pandemic and making money selling fake coronavirus cures. Investigative reporter Anas Aremeyaw Anas goes undercover in Ghana, exposing a Covid-19 scam said to be worth tens of thousands of dollars. WHO [Read More]

Politics & Law

President of Sierra Leone’s doctors union condemns government spending on luxurious SUVs

July 1, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 17

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 July 2020: The president of the Sierra Leone Medical and Dental Association (SLMDA) has criticised the government’s decision to spend much needed cash on luxurious Toyota SUVs, estimated at almost $2 million, instead of buying medicines and PPEs for hospitals. Last month, the government of president [Read More]

Politics & Law

Portrait of former president Koroma brought to court at Dr Blyden’s libel trial

June 30, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

Gabriel Kai Moses: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 June 2020: A portrait of the Former President of Sierra Leone – Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma was today, Tuesday June 30th 2020, tendered in evidence at the Freetown Magistrate Court No. 1 by the State in support of its libel allegations against one [Read More]

Education and Health

World Bank approves $50 million grant to improve quality of  education in Sierra Leone 

June 30, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 15

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 June 2020: The World Bank Board of Executive Directors yesterday approved a $50 million grant to support the Government of Sierra Leone’s flagship program for Free Quality School Education launched in 2018. According to the World Bank, the Free Education Project will support some initial COVID-19 [Read More]

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