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By: Sumner Kongbap The Registrar of the Cooperative Department under the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Mr. Newton Marlin has informed farmers in Moyamba District that the global corona virus pandemic should not prevent them from cultivating their farms otherwise the country would be faced with another challenge of hunger stressing that the global pandemic should not stop farmers from planting, weeding and harvesting their various crops. With support from the government of Sierra Leone and the Ministry of Trade and Industry, the Department donated preventive materials also trained farmers in basic financial and management skills and visited some of the farms in the District.    How to add value to their produce at the market price, improve production standards, market prices and the exchange rate were some of the topics discussed as all the speakers commended the idea of establishing a farmers’ cooperative in the district and pledged to disseminate the knowledge al...

Press Release 24 th June 2020 Advocate for Women, Ebola Survivor, Street Children, and Rape Victims (AWESSCRV-SL)Condemns Rape of KhadiajahSaccoh Advocate for Women Ebola Survivor, Street Children, and Rape Victims worried about the persistent increase in Rape cases across Sierra Leone.We are also concern and   shocked by the recent Rape and murder of a 5 year old KhadiajahSaccoh in Freetown. We extend our heartfelt sympathy and condolence to the family of the deceased KhadiajahSaccoh for the loss of their daughter in such manner. Rape seems to becoming a culture in Sierra Leone despite the Government Proclamation of State of Emergency on RAPE. We are also aware that the Sierra Leone Policearrested the Rapist and is under investigations. Violence against Women and Girls is one of the greatest crime and Human Right Violations. Advocate for Women Ebola Survivor, Street Children, and Rape Victims (AWESSCRV-SL) will continue to support all efforts made by the   Sierra...

By: Sumner Kongbap The Tongo International Solutions (TIS)-Sierra Leone with motto, ‘One Global Family’ on Sunday 5 th July 2020 donated 150 bags of rice (Big Joe Brand), polos and facemasks to hundreds of less-privileged people, especially the old, blind and physically-challenged in Lower Bambara Chiefdom, Kenema District. Amidst jubilation, the people revealed that no other organization has done what TIS has done to the people and community and appealed to all to emulate their sterling example.  The donation ceremony of the food and none-food items at the Independence School in Tongo is part of the TIS support to the prevention of the COVID-19 global pandemic as the chiefdom has not recorded any case of the global pandemic for which the people appealed to all to contribute generously, both financially, materially and morally, to the advancement of Tongo as a way of giving back to society.  Mr. Abdulai Kabba, President of TIS Global revealed that they raised Le20 mil...

  Invitation for Bids BOMBALI DISTRICT COUNCIL SUPPLY OF STATIONERY Procurement Number: BDC/ADM/NCB/001/2020 Date of First Issue: 13 th July, 2020 The Bombali District Council has allocated funds for the Procurement of Stationery   and now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for the supply of the aforementioned. A List of items to be procured can be obtained from the schedule of requirements in section VI of the bidding Document. Bidding will be conducted through the National competitive bidding procedure in accordance with National Public Procurement Authority(NPPA) Acts, 2016 and b idding is open to all suppliers who can demonstrate technical and financial capabilities to supply stationery to Bombali District Council in a FRAME WORK CONTRACT. Interested bidders may obtain further information and inspect the bidding document at the address below between the hours of 9:am- 5pm daily Mondays to Fridays.    Bidding documents may be purchased...

By:Sumner Kongbap Last Monday, residents of Fonima, Funkia, Sherbro Town, Bush Water, Adonkia, Gbendembu among other areas in the Goderich community pledged their loyalty and unflinching support to the principal, administration and staff of the Milton Margai College of Education and Technology (MMCET) polytechnic to among others protect the college land, property and other facilities reiterating that they are at all times ready to support and collaborate with the college administration.   They made this assurance at a dialogue meeting of stakeholders representing the various communities at the Great Hall of the college campus, Goderich in Freetown during which Mr. Malagie Kamara explained the reasons for the dialogue meeting and introduced members of the community. The principal of the college, Dr. Philip John Kanu enlightened that government has secured huge funds from BADEA to advance the college that cannot be actualized without land, that his three main objectives to impr...

By Amin Kef – Ranger Pavi Fort-Sierra Leone, Chief Executive Officer, Alimou Barrie and his team were in Bo District on the 23 rd June 2020 to give humanitarian support geared towards providing assistance to curtail the chain of transmission of the coronavirus in that part of the country. It was a continuation of Pavi Fort’s nation-wide donations of cash, food items and protective equipments targeting all the 16 districts in the country.   The CEO and team donated 120 bags of rice, 40 gallons of hand sanitizer, a 10 million Leones cheque, 5 million Leones cash, and 3,000 N95 face masks all totalling 120 million Leones to the BO DICOVERC during a well-attended ceremony that took place at the Bo District Council.   Handing over the donation to the Bo DICORVERC Coordinator, David Fortune, the Chief Executive Officer of Pavi Fort S/Leone, Alimou Barrie, intimated the gathering that he decided to join in the fight against COVID- 19 out of the passion to complement Govern...

By: Abdulai Mansaray. Just when you think that Sierra Leone has had enough COVID on its plate, up pops another controversy. Our country has just played host to a sizeable number of its citizens returning, repatriated, or deported from, Kuwait. Take your pick. Interestingly, the timing has not been clever; leading to the usual rumours galore. Rumours about over fifty of the reported 75 returnees; as suffering with COVID symptoms have been doing the rounds. No surprises there. It is also alleged that this is the reason why they were sent back from Kuwait in the first place; which sits conveniently with the modus operandi. As expected, they have been placed in “quarantine” subject to tests and medical clearance. This has since been the talking point from all parties. The resulting anxieties from all parties are understandable.  With such a backdrop, the” locals” who seem to believe that our citizens were “deported” because they are COVID infected is bound to understandably gene...