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By Lawrence Williams A 13-year-old victim of persistent sexual abuse has aborted her pregnancy few days after her parents discovered she has been impregnated by a family friend of nearly 50 years old. Mary (not her real name) said she aborted the pregnancy after drinking some tabs she bought from a drug peddler. According to …
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An Open Letter To HE Julius Maada Bio 5th August 2019 His Excellency the President, Dr. Julius Maada Bio, State House, State Avenue, Freetown. Dear Mr. President, A call for Special Investigation into the Violence that Occurred during the Conduct of the Re-run Parliamentary Bye-Elections in Constituency 110. Your Excellency, it is with a pained …
By Lawrence Williams Suspended police chief, AIG Thomas Mustapha Lahai, has been “surreptitiously” reinstated and elevated to the position of Director of Human Resource, replacing the hardworking AIG Aiah Edward Samadia who has now been transferred to the Ross Road Police Station, a close source has revealed. AIG Thomas Lahai was formerly the Regional Commander …
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By Tenneh Kargbo & Ellen Samura Kids Radio Network (FM 102.9) has called on Government through the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) to thoroughly investigate the circumstances that led to mass failure of students who sat for public examinations this year. Child broadcasters and advocates at the Network say the number of …
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By Phillipa Emma-Kingston Sexual abuse of minors has become a menace to our society. Girls as young as 14 years and below, including children under 5, are frequently abused by men old enough to be their fathers. Between January to July 2019, the Rainbow Centre recorded over two thousand cases of sexual assault; 52 percent …
By Lawrence Williams Even though the Bio-led administration has put in place stringent measures to block financial outflows and prevent the abuse of public resources by public officials appointed to serve in his ‘New Direction’ Government, some individuals would certainly defy established protocols just to have a way to pocket monies meant for development programmes. …
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A Commentary by Lawrence Williams Even though there have been constant attempts to abridge the right to freedom of expression and the press, suppressing the free flow of information has never been entirely successful. This is largely due to the fact that a free press remains the primary deterrent to tyranny and the abuse of …
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By Lawrence Williams Much has been written and said about the carte blanche provision for a non-accountable imprest granted to the President, Vice President (inclusive of the Speaker of Parliament) as provided in section 42 of the Finance Bill 2020. Though the President returned the Bill to Parliament “unsigned”, he however proposed an amendment for …
By Lawrence Williams The first Public Account audit report of the Julius Maada Bio SLPP-led Government published by the Audit Service Sierra Leone shows that over 140 billion Leones went unaccounted for by various ministries, departments and agencies; public enterprises and local councils for the financial year ended 31st December 2018. The report states: “Losses …
Over Daily Subsistence Allowance and Fuel Imprest… Auditors Query Vice President’s Office
