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  BREAKING NEWS: ARREST WARRANTS ISSUED FOR TWO MEN AFTER ALLEGED HOMOSEXUAL ACT; POLICE LAUNCH MANHUNT By: Almamy Kamara Freetown, 7th August 2024 – A high-stakes police operation is underway following the issuance of immediate arrest warrants by the Magistrates’ Court for 19-year-olds Tommy Fillie and Saidu Koroma. The warrants relate to allegations that the two men were engaged in a consensual sexual act, an offense under the nation's criminal code. After unsuccessful raids on the suspects' known residences yesterday, police authorities held a press conference to announce a significant escalation in their efforts. A police spokesman delivered a stern message, stating, "We are fighting to crack down on any act of homosexuality and lesbianism in this country. This is a clear and unwavering commitment to upholding our laws." In a decisive move to accelerate the capture of Fillie and Koroma, the police have announced a substantial cash reward for any member of the publ...

  An IT officer at Family Kingdom has taken the company’s general manager to court, accusing him of failing to pay mandatory social security contributions.  Firas Youssef, the president and general manager of United Family Kingdom Investment, faced legal action on Friday, August 23, 2024, brought against him by Mahmoud Mansaray, an IT officer at Family Kingdom. Mansaray accused Youssef of failing to pay his National Social Security and Insurance Trust (NASSIT) contributions, as required by law. The case was heard by Magistrate Sahr Kekura at Pademba Road Court No. 1, where Youssef was charged with non-registration of an employee, in violation of Section 30 (1)(a) of the National Social Security and Insurance Trust Act of 2001. The charges also included making a false representation with the intent to evade payment of NASSIT contributions. According to the prosecution, Youssef allegedly failed to register Mansaray with NASSIT between April 12 and July 30, 2024, despite employin...

  The Freetown City Council (FCC) has launched a three-day tree giveaway event on Friday, August 23. In a bid to revitalize Freetown’s environment, the initiative aims to distribute and co-plant 25,000 trees across the city Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, joined by partners such as the Ministry of Tourism, the National Tourist Board, IOM, GIZ, and Welthungerhilfe, symbolically planted the first tree at Lumley Beach. The event also honored the late Sia Kamara, a key figure in the FCC’s tree planting initiative, which the World Bank and Bloomberg Philanthropies supported. To ensure the trees’ growth is monitored effectively, each tree will be digitally tracked. The tree giveaway is a significant step towards increasing Freetown’s green spaces. The trees will be distributed at various locations throughout the city, including Bottom Mango, Aberdeen Road Roundabout, Dwarzack Junction, Lumley Mack Pharmacy, Calaba Town, St. John, Wallace Johnson Street Bus Halt, Upgun Roundabout, Shell, and Co...

 The US Embassy in Freetown has informed the Public that starting August 16, there will be a new platform for scheduling Visa Appointments. The Embassy revealed that Applicants will no longer use UStraveldocs for this purpose. For ease of transferring applicants’ appointment and payment information to the new system, applicants are advised by the Embassy to take the following steps at your earliest convenience: • Ensure that all the data entered in your profile is complete and correct. If you need to correct any information, please do so immediately. • If you have paid your visa fee but have not associated it with your profile, please ensure you log in to your profile and associate your payment by entering the payment receipt number at step 8 of the scheduling process. • If you are a group coordinator, or family, and you added dependent visa applicants to primary applicant profiles, please ensure each dependent/applicant has a unique email address. This may mean changing the email ...