By Crispina Cummings
The Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee yesterday summoned officials of the government Psychiatric Hospital at Kissy to answer to questions about the findings of the 2010/2011 Auditor General's report on the operations of the facility.
The report noted that the hospital for mentally ill patients spent Le130 million in one year to fuel seven vehicles but there were no fuel chits and no records to show how the resources were utilised.
Catholics around Sierra Leone last week converged to celebrate a national year of faith at the Immaculate Heart Cathedral in Bo, southern Sierra Leone.
The Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Freetown, Rev. Father Joseph Tamba Kamanda told Politico that “the celebration bears witness to our common identity as Catholics” adding that it “is an expression of our hunger for spiritual well-being”.
By Bampia James Bundu
The New York branch of the Sierra Leone People’s Party has completed the three-year scholarship scheme that was initiated for 15 pupils whose families perished during the Shenge boat accident in 2009.
By Septimus Senessie in Kono
The chairman of the Kono District Council of Principals, Mohamed Tamba Foday, who doubles as the Principal of the Islamic Secondary School has praised the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) for making available early examination materials for thousands of pupil who entered for this year’s National Primary School Examination (NPSE).
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
