The News Review:

- Sierra Leone Cracks Down On Illegal Fishing
- ‘Fambul Tok’ Launches Reconciliation Tournament in Sierra Leone
- Awareness Times News Briefs from Sierra Leone
- Sierra Leone Roads Authority Procurement of Bitumen Invitation for …
- Advance Procurement Training Commences in Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone Cracks Down On Illegal Fishing
EasyBourse.com, France 
The "Pak Won" was ordered to pay a fine of 105 million leones ($35,000) fine for illegally fishing in the Inshore Exclusive Zone of Sierra Leone, the Fisheries Ministry said. More than a dozen fines for fishing violations have been leveled against foreign vessels, mainly South Korean and Chinese, amounting to millions of dollars, according to a navy official. "We have stepped up our surveillance particularly since poaching is on the increase around the Christmas and New Year periods for the lucrative shrimp, tuna and salmon markets in Europe," he said. Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Koroma said at a maritime event in Freetown last week that the country is losing $29 million to illegal fishing each year.
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‘Fambul Tok’ Launches Reconciliation Tournament in Sierra Leone
Awareness Times, Sierra Leone 
Speaking at the launching ceremony, Fambul Tok’s Technical Advisor, Mr. Robert Roche pointed out that reconciliation is a continuous process as it achievement requires time. “In that regard, Fambul Tok has decided to engage various chiefdoms within the Kailahun District in ‘home’ and ‘away’ tournaments in order to foster peace, unity and friendship among the chiefdoms,” he disclosed. He noted that Fambul Tok have been engaging the minds of the people for the past one year, adding that the project is now using football to unite the people once again.

Awareness Times News Briefs from Sierra Leone
Awareness Times, Sierra Leone 
Prior to the verdict, Presiding Magistrate Mohamed Stevens reminded the accused that the allegation brought against him was very serious. He stated that his court does not condone acts of criminality, while pointing out that the sentence will serve as a deterrent to other potential criminals. Scholarship Boost For Vulnerable GirlsIn collaboration with the Forum for African Women Educationalist (FAWE), the Sierra Leone War Trust is said to have doled out six million leones worth of scholarship to vulnerable girls attending secondary schools in the western area. According to reports, the project is part of FAWE’s demonstrative intervention to enable vulnerable pupils stay in school particularly those who are living in abject poverty as most of their parents cannot afford to pay school fees. NaCSA Boosts Food SecurityReports have it that the National Commission for Social for Social Action (NaCSA) has handed over a newly constructed dry floor and grain store to the people of Baoma Oil Mill in the Kandu Leppiama Chiefdom in the Kenema District. Councilor Sengbeh Vibbi is said to have described the gesture as timely for the people of Baoma Oil Mill. He lauded the effort of NaCSA for the development initiatives implemented in the chiefdom.

Sierra Leone Roads Authority Procurement of Bitumen Invitation for …
Awareness Times, Sierra Leone 
The goods must comply with the prescribed specification in the Standard Bidding Document, in the following quantities:. 4pt; BORDER-TOP:windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-LEFT:5.

Advance Procurement Training Commences in Sierra Leone
Awareness Times, Sierra Leone 
In her opening address, IPAM’s Acting Dean of Campus, Mrs. Oludokpo Gbonda explained that the training is aimed at engaging procurement staff and selected project implementing agencies in a comprehensive and intensive training exercise on procurement. “The training will cover all aspects of public procurement, including works, goods and equipment procurement management and consulting services,” she noted, while encouraging participants to take the training with all seriousness it deserves.