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The monuments and Relics Commission of Sierra Leone, founded in June 1947 was set aside by government to Provide for the Preservation of Ancient, Historical, and Natural Monuments, Relics and other Objects of Archaeological, Ethnographical, Historical or other Scientific Interest. These ancient monuments can be building, ruin, remaining portion of building or ruin, stone circle, […]

All roads lead to York Road; Waterloo’s US$4 million factory was commissioned to process and manufacture plywood, Ceilo text, mosquito coil and wooden coal.  The commissioning was held on Thursday 17th April 2014  by the Presidential Youth Aide, Bai Mahmoud Bangura. The project has so far employed about 500 youths, – See more at: https://www.sierraexpressmedia.com/archives/66925#sthash.y5l817WS.dpuf

Sierra Leone Government officials including Madam Haja Kallah Kamara the Commissioner General of Sierra Leone’s National Revenue Authority (NRA) charged with the duties of assessing and collection of National revenue have successfully defended the first review of the existing International Monetary Fund (IMF) Program for revenue related quantitative and structural benchmarks at this year’s just […]

Development partners on Tuesday demanded for a speedy enactment of the Revenue Management Bill after being shocked by the findings of the “Losing out-Sierra Leone’s Massive Revenue Losses from Tax Incentives” and the “Taxation and Inequality in Africa” Reports. This was disclosed in a position paper presented by the Co-ordinator of National Advocacy Coalition on […]

During the British Chamber of Commerce ‘Lunch and Learn’ at IMATT, Regent, the Director of Finance in the Bank of Sierra Leone Mr I.K. Lamin disclosed to all present that every person, resident or non-resident are allowed to maintain foreign currency accounts with a commercial bank in Sierra Leone. The accounts may be credited with […]

China Kingho Energy Group, one of China’s largest privately owned energy groups, said it has more than ten interested parties for its $6 billion-plus investment in infrastructure, energy and iron ore mining in Sierra Leone. Commenting for the first time on reports that the group could spend $6-10 billion to mine an estimated 30 million […]

At the fourth EU-Africa summit which ends today 3rd April under the theme “Investing in People, Prosperity and Peace”, the European Commission has announced that the EU will be providing support to access energy for two million people in Africa including Sierra Leone. This is the results of the first call for proposals of an […]

Politicians are no imams, pastors or priests but the positions into which they are elected or appointed elevate them into stations of unqualified trust; trust that they will faithfully lead in good times and in bad times, that they will sacrifice sleep and ordinary pleasures of life for the common good of those they represent, […]

CEMMATS Group Limited has on Tuesday ended a public disclosure for Sewa Energy Resources at the Santanno House on Howe Street in Freetown. Sewa Energy Resources is embarking on the development of a run-of-river hydropower project at Betmai Falls on the Pampana River close to Magbogba village in the Sanda Fulawusu Chiefdom, Tonkolili District. https://awoko.org/2014/04/03/sierra-leone-news-cemmats-holds-public-disclosure-for-sewa-energy-resources/

Founded in 1827 by the Church Missionary Society (CMS) with a curriculum geared toward educating and training missionaries for work in Sierra Leone and West Africa generally, Fourah Bay College (FBC) is one of the oldes https://www.thepatrioticvanguard.com/spip.php?article7704