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Thu, 07 Jan 2021 13:09:54 +0000
Sierra Leone pledges to tackle tax evasion in the Marine Sector
By Abu Bakarr Kargbo A foreign fishing vessel in the Sierra Leone waters Faced with an estimated 15 percent shortfall in domestic revenue due to Covid-19 lockdown restrictions, which battered the economy, Sierra Leone is stepping up efforts...

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 12:31:19 +0000
Why More African Youths Should Consider Studying and Working in Japan
African citizens are a rare breed in contemporary Japan, despite the rapid internationalization of the country’s population. While  foreign workers in Japan exceeded 1.5 million in 2018, tripling in one decade, government figures show that les...

Tue, 22 Dec 2020 15:44:29 +0000
Overcoming Covid19: Coconut Organization boosts Sierra Leone Correctional Service
BY ABDULAZIZ SAMURA Overcoming the spread of the Coronavirus, Coconut Organization, an International Relief Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) established in Gwangju South Korea, has on Friday 18th December, 2020 donated assorted items to the Sierra...

Thu, 26 Nov 2020 00:39:24 +0000
DOfA signs MOU with Legal Aid Board
…to provide legal aid for older people By Fadda Bakish The Dorwontony Organization for the Aged (DOfA) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Legal Aid Board (LAB) for the provision of legal aid For older people. The MoU was signed by th...

Thu, 26 Nov 2020 00:38:24 +0000
Chinese Gov.t hands over China-aid Medical Supplies to NaCOVERC
By Abu Bakarr Kargbo The Chinese Ambassador to Sierra Leone, H.E Hu Zhangliang has handed over the China-aid Medical Supplies to the Minister of Defense and Head of the National Covid Emergency Response Center (NaCOVERC), Brigadier Rtd Kelly Conteh. ...

Thu, 26 Nov 2020 00:37:26 +0000
Massive Petroleum investment at advance stage
… Nigerian company completes storage tanks By Abu Bakarr Kargbo  All Petroleum Products – Sierra Leone Company is poised to contribute to the development of the country’s economy with its multimillion dollars investment that is an ...

Thu, 26 Nov 2020 00:36:22 +0000
FINANCIAL IRREGULARITIES AT SLMA
…PUBLIC FUNDS IN RUIN BY ABU BAKARR KARGBO President Julius Maada Bio’s New Direction Agenda is receiving lots of setbacks in the maritime sector, which some desperadoes are reportedly using as a gold-mine opportunity to fill their pockets with p...

Thu, 26 Nov 2020 00:34:26 +0000
Forgery and falsification!
Chinese Association exposes fake MoU By Abu Bakarr Kargbo Some crooked individuals in the timber sector are desperately looking for ways and means to sabotage the government-approved timber trade and export to satisfy their selfish interests. A fake ...

Wed, 25 Nov 2020 16:11:12 +0000
DIAGNOSTICS IN COVID-19 ERA: CELEBRATELAB COLLABORATES WITH WEST AFRICA SCIENTISTS TO PROVIDE MUCH-NEEDED KNOWLEDGE FOR MEDICAL LABORATORY PROFESSIONALS
MONROVIA, LIBERIA, 23 November 2020.  – May 2020 set off an unprecedented CelebrateLAB West Africa webinar series to provide COVID-19 diagnostics discussion for Clinical and Research Laboratory Professionals and Policy makers across the West Afric...

Wed, 25 Nov 2020 11:47:15 +0000
China is to Open-up at a Higher Level and Further Expand Win-win Cooperation
H.E. Hu Zhangliang Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to the Republic of Sierra Leone   The 5th plenary session of the 19th CPC Central Committee proposes that China is to comprehensively increas...



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