AYV News February 6, 2023 The Directorate of Partnership of the National Disaster Management has concluded the establishment of the Southern Region, Bo district and Kakua chiefdom Disaster Management Committees with the theme: “Enhancing disaster preparedness for effective response and to ‘Build Back Better’ in recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction”. Pursuant to Section 20 (1) of Part 5 of the NDMA Act of 2020, the NDMA is mandated to establish regional, district, and chiefdom disaster management committees in each of the administrative regions of Sierra Leone to decentralise the managem ..read more

AYV News February 6, 2023 Saturday February 4th 2023 was World Cancer Day and the MEPS Well Woman Clinic commemorated the day by visiting the Cancer Ward at the Connaught Hospital with their partners and friends. These included Hematology and Cancer Untold (HACU), African Women Awareness Association (AWAA) and a cancer survivor from Jamaica named Hygena. The global theme is “close the care gap.” Apart from presenting health care kits and a small purse each to about 12 patients, in collaboration with HACU, the team was able to give motivational talks to patients. Hygena spoke about her experien ..read more

US Ambassador describes speedy conclusion of PR Case as “Fantastic” AYV News February 6, 2023 United States Ambassador to Sierra Leone, Ambassador David Reimer, while welcoming the Chief Justice and his team commended the Judiciary for being so expeditious in concluding the Proportional Representation Case filed by Hon. Abdul Kargbo and Councillor Hakiratu Maxwell-Caulker against the Attorney General and Minister of Justice as first Defendant and the Electoral Commission-second Defendant. He said, “the US paid attention, the US State Department followed the process, and we are impressed with t ..read more

…Amb. Alhaji Dr. Osman Foday Yansaneh assures AYV News February 6, 2023 All People’s Congress (APC) Party’s former National Secretary General, Amb. Alhaji Dr. Osman Foday Yansaneh has assured that the Party, after various challenges, have collectively addressed their issues. He said since the days of the Party in governance, its authorities have been playing the greatest role in creating cohesion within the APC party. He said they have been always busy with searching for avenues that would make the party peaceful, progressive and outstanding. “We built on the spirit of patriotism, nationalism ..read more

AYV News February 6, 2023 His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has visited school children affected by the February 2 stadium incident, which resulted in the injuries of some school girls at the launch of the 2023 Free Sanitary Pads distribution by First Lady Dr. Fatima Maada Bio. President Bio and his entourage were received by the Minister of Health and Sanitation, Dr. Austin Demby, who was in the company of the entire medical team at the Bo Government Hospital. “When the incident occurred at the mini stadium, our children were rushed to the hospital for your intervention and to help ..read more

AYV News His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Sierra Leone Rtd. Brig. Julius Maada Bio and the First Lady Dr. Fatima Maada Bio have distributed over 6,000 (six thousand) sanitary pads to school girls in the Southern city of Bo on Thursday 2nd February 2022. At the launch of the distribution exercise His Excellency, President Dr. Julius Maada Bio express his thanks and appreciation to Her Excellency the First Lady and her team for mobilizing over six thousand pupils to receive the free sanitary pads. He noted that since Independence, this is the golden era for girls and women in Sie ..read more

AYV News February 6, 2023 A delegation of some journalists from Sierra Leone have returned home last evening from Benin and Congo on a fact-finding mission on the operations and investment portfolios of ARISE Integrated Industrial Platforms. The battery of journalists from the print and broadcast media in Sierra Leone were taken to the two countries to do their investigations and understand better how ARISE IIP operates the Rail and Ports project in Gabon, their Industrial and Economic Zones in both countries. During their stay in the two countries, the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of A ..read more

AYV News January 18, 2023 The Parliamentary Committees on Labour and Social Security and Legislative have conducted a pre-legislative hearing on employment and labour related bills in Committee Room One Parliament Building in Freetown. The Employment Act, 2022, the Overseas Employment and Migrant workers Act, 2022 and the Work Permit Act, 2022 were the bills discussed by the joint committees and Ministry of Labour and Social Security as well as other stakeholders simultaneously. Chairman Legislative Committee, Hon. Abdul S. Marray Conteh described the hearing as the first pre-legislative heari ..read more

The Government of Sierra Leone has on Tuesday 17th January 2023, signed the Pepel Port and Pepel – Tonkolili Railway development, expansion and management lease agreement with ARISE Integrated Industrial Platforms Ltd. According to the Minister of Mines and Mineral Resources, Timothy Kabba, this agreement is part of the bigger reforms in the mining sector, where the government intends to open the space for more players to participate. He furthered that ARISE IIP is a credible company with a reputation for developing and managing infrastructure in Africa. “This agreement is taking a government ..read more

AYV News January 17, 2023 The Deputy Minister of Information and Communications, Solomon Jamiru has re-emphasised the need for the successful implementation of the Cybercrime and Security Act 2021 and called for a coordinated and determined effort towards curbing Cyber Crime in Sierra Leone. He made this call during the opening of a 4-day training of Judges and Prosecutors, organised by the National Cybercrime Coordination Centre (NC3) in collaboration with the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crimes alongside United States Embassy. Solomon Jamiru lauded the idea of training judges and pros ..read more