Business & Finance
Audit 2021: NRA contravened Income Tax Act for failing to deduct withholding tax
By Zainab.joaque@awokonewspaper.sl Freetown, SIERRA LEONE - Auditors' review of the schedule of assets acquired during 2021, by the National...
Read moreCentral Bank leery over persistent yields increase on govt. securities
By Zainab.joaque@awokonewspaper.sl Freetown, SIERRA LEONE - In the money market, yields on government securities continued to increase in both the...
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Inflationary pressures to remain elevated in 2023 due to supply-side factors
By Zainab.joaque@awokonewspaper.sl Freetown, SIERRA LEONE - The Central Bank has said that inflationary pressures will remain elevated in the...
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Import bills continue to worsen external sector performance
By Zainab.joaque@awokonewspaper.sl Freetown, SIERRA LEONE - In its January 2023, Monetary policy Statement, the Central Bank revealed that external-sector performance...
Read moreCentral Bank raises interest rate to highest level
By Zainab.joaque@awokonewspaper.sl Freetown, SIERRA LEONE - Persistently high inflation has pushed the Central Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to again...
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MBSSE, Partners distribute uniforms, shoes, assistive devices… Learning materials support to Special Needs Children still a challenge
By Zainab.joaque@awokonewspaper.sl Freetown, SIERRA LEONE - The Free Education Project Secretariat (FEPS) carried out a needs assessment and identified 15,000...
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Social Progress Index shows improvement in Salone
By ophaniel.gooding@awokonewspaper.sl Freetown, SIERRA LEONE - The 2022 Social Progress Index shows that the rate of social progress has slowed...
Read moreAudit 2021: Provincial Secretary’s Office, North-West faces serious staffing challenge
By Zainab.joaque@awokonewspaper.sl Freetown, SIERRA LEONE - A review of the staff establishment revealed that of the 23 staff to be...
Read moreLand madness about to be sanitised
By ophaniel.gooding@awokonewspaper.sl Freetown, SIERRA LEONE - The Commissioner General of the National Land Commission is prepared to begin operations...
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Makeni residents alarmed over refusal of some Gas-stations to Sell Fuel
By: alusinerehme.wilson@awokonewspaper.sl Following the Petroleum Regulatory Authority's (PRA) Wednesday announcement of an NLe1.50 drop in the price of fuel for...
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