Methodist Church, Brookfields, Thursday 5 December 2019 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has today joined family members, friends and sympathisers to mourn the death of Madam Evelyn Daphne Blackie, former Deputy Minister of Mines and Mineral Resources. A funeral and communion service was held at the Bishop …
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State House, Freetown, 4 December 2019 – The new executive of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists, SLAJ, has met His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio for the first time to commend government’s efforts at repealing Part V of the 1965 Public Order Act that criminalises libel. Presenting the …
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ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSIONCATHEDRAL HOUSE3 GLOUCESTER STREETFREETOWNSIERRA LEONE, WEST AFRICARef: ACC/PR/19/027 4th December, 2019MEDIA RELEASE PRESIDENT BIO SIGNS INTO LAW THEANTI-CORRUPTION (AMENDMENT ACT), 2019 The Commission (ACC) is pleased to inform the Public that His Excellency the President, BRIG. (RTD.) Dr. JULIUS MAADA BIO, on 3rd December, 2019, assented the Act that …
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Atlantic Hotel, Freetown, Tuesday 3 December 2019 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has told the Judicial Training Workshop and Dialogue for Anglophone West Africa that bad political governance and corruption restrict civic space and destroy democratic polity. The gathering of distinguished lawyers from Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Ghana …
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Mile 91, Tonkolili District, Friday 29 November 2019 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has told students at the Canadian College of Modern Technology in Mile 91 that improvement in science and technology is fundamental to the development of the country. In his welcome address, Chief Executive Officer …
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Njala University, Southern Sierra Leone, Friday 29 November 2019 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has said that his government is indeed proud to launch the first national drone corridor in West Africa and putting innovative technology to the service of Sierra Leone’s development aspirations. “As I have …
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Sierra Leone’s president, Julius Maada Bio was today joined in Njala by the Unicef country representative, Sulaiman Brimah to launch the drone corridor. It’s said to be the first in west Africa that’s led by a national government. The unmanned aerial vehicles will take medical suppliers to remote areas especially …
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State Lodge, Freetown, Thursday 28 November 2019 – Executive Director at the World Bank Group for Africa Group 1 Constituency, Anne Kabagambe, has said in a meeting with His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio that government’s vision to construct the Lungi bridge will be one of the greatest achievements …
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Miatta Conference Hall, Freetown, Wednesday 28 November 2019 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has launched the Sierra Leone Integrated Resilient Urban Mobility Project, highlighting the huge monetary, environmental and health costs on congestion in Freetown. “There is a heavy direct and indirect cost to congestion. Alongside our …
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State House, Freetown, Friday 22 November 2019 – Members of the Inter-Religious Council Sierra Leone, IRCSL, have today paid a courtesy call on His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio at State House. Its President, Sheik Abubakarr Conteh, said that the Council was formed for the purposes of promoting the …
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