Pres. Bio warns Govt. officials At the closing of the Commission of Enquiry, on 25 March 2020 President Julius Maada Bio has warned serving official of his government not to betray public trust.  “As I have maintained before, this must be the last Commission of Inquiry in our history. As a nation, we should have learned and applied the singular lesson from these commission that persons who hold the public trust must serve honestly, justly, fairly, and diligently; and that as a country, we must put an end to a culture of rampant thieving, abuse, waste, and impunity. Therefore, these commissions should serve as a warning and a deterrent to serving officials.  “As the Attorney General and Minister of Justice has stated, the Commissions of Inquiry looked at three key issues: governance processes, assets, and forensic audits. The forensic audits tracked fraudulent activities within entire chains of governance. The commission on assets examined disparities between income or means and assets. The Commission on governance processes looked at inefficiencies and deficits in governance especially where people deliberately misused or took advantage of state institutions,” he said. While making his remarks at the Special Court Complex, Jomo Kenyatta Road, Freetown, the president noted that in the spite of partisan wrangling of legal instrument and the legitimacy of the COI, the president Bio there has been no reports of public humiliations, lynching, and tribal wars as the political prophets of doom had boldly predicted. He added that at the end of the day, nobody was questioned because of his or her ethnic group or their place of origin.  “I have argued that corruption is a key deterrent to the development of Sierra Leone. The fraudulent conversion of public funds and resources to private use, the waste of public funds with impunity, and the abuse of offices and authority to the detriment of millions of Sierra Leoneans, are all threats to our development as a nation. The machinery of state and its governance institutions have been weakened by corruption and it would seem we have failed to heed the bitter lessons of The Truth and Reconciliation Commission report and the collective shame of our underachievement as a nation,” he said.  Sole Commissioner for Commission No. 1 Justice Biobele Georgewill, who spoke on behalf of the other Commissioners, said that with the highest sense of responsibility they felt fulfilled to present their final report. He said that during the proceedings of the COI, they adopted a robust approach to ensure that they carried out their work in accordance with due process and the rule of law in Sierra Leone. He noted that during the process, the State and Persons of Interests were given equal treatment to ensure fairness and impartiality and commended President Bio for giving them the independence to do their work, saying that that was unprecedented. He expressed hope that an assiduous implementation of the recommendations of the report would go a long way to changing the narrative in public governance in the country.   Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Dr Priscilla Schwartz, said that the COI was not a witch-hunt but a quest for accountability, adding that the process was demonstrative of the strength of the country’s democracy and the beginning of the restoration of the rule of law and equal access to justice. She also commended the Commissioners for showing tremendous courage and professionalism and described them as being outstanding, for which the people of Sierra Leone were grateful. Orange SL Boosts Free Quality Education Orange SL Company is recognized as one of the government’s key partners in development undertakings; in such, this leading telecommunication among others has always being in the position to adhere  to it cooperate social responsibility services not only to government, but to  the communities in which people have benefited in many way. Since the inception of the Free Quality Education Programme, initiated by the New Direction Government through president Julius Maada Bio with it motives of easing the burden of parents in developing the human person in the country, Orange mobile company was the first among others to give viable supports to the free schooling education programme across the country. The company has also taken prompt steps in support of the sanitary pads, super-coding materials to female pupils in different schools across the country.  Besides, Orange mobile telecommunication has brought the world closer to pupils in the educational system through the launching of a specialized internet package for school pupils across the country, specifically at St Joseph Secondary School, Freetown. This product is also known as “student spak” which is designed to expose school pupils and students in universities to data usage by facilitating learning process at a low cost. With such vibrant, who has passion for education, Chief Executive officer, Aminata Kane also launched the “super coders scratch “at the Annie Walsh Memorial School which gears in exposing pupils to computer programming by connecting colored blocks using the mouse. The company intends to empower more schools pupils in enhancing science and improvement in technology and innovations Orange Sierra Leone also intends to roll out the remaining aspects encapsulated in the $1.5 million package towards the Free Quality Education Project. Despite the educational aspect, this mobile telecommunication company has also been rendering supports to communities that have enhanced the lives of people. Orange telecommunication in addition has been fostering development through service delivery and makes communication more affordable and easier for the people of Sierra Leone in transparent and accountability manner. S/Leone Shipping Company Attracts Govt Clients The Sierra Leone National Shipping Agency (SLNSA), the country’s leading shipping line, which provides effective and efficient service delivering for its clients in the marine transportation industry has extremely posited in generating revenue and enhancing development feasible in the country. Alhajie Juma Musa Kallone, the Public Relation Officer (PRO) of SLSA in an interview, said the agency has been able to deliver tangible and steadfast services for its customers through the acting Managing Director, Ahmed Saybom Kanu who