Freetown Amusement Park Official Test Run of its Facilities

                                            

 For the first time after many years since the famous Victoria Park now the Freetown Amusement Park* was closed to the general public due to upgrading.

On Monday 26th June 2017, the Management of the Freetown Amusement Park did its first official test run on its facilities to the general public.

The ultra-modern state of the earth Amusement park will serve as sport and recreational center for the general public.

After its grand opening which is scheduled for November 2017, the Freetown Amusement Park will be open daily to the general public and it will operate 24 Hours Round the clock.

The Freetown Amusement Park is expected to employ over 300 Sierra Leoneans, and will cater for all your recreational needs.

In an exclusive interview with the Chief Executive Officer of the Freetown Amusement Park, Mr. Sanusi K. Bruski*, he informed this medium that the Amusement park will provide parking lots that will accommodate over 80 vehicles, a Pharmacy, a bar, a restaurant, a multi-purpose hall that will be used for wedding reception, workshop, seminar, Birthdays.

The symbolic event was witnessed by the Minister of Trade and Industry, Hon. Capt (Rtd). Allieu Momodu Pat-Sowe, Dr. Francis Horace Tipes Dove-Edwin, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr from the President’s Delivery Team for Transition and Recovery* and a host of other distinguished personalities.

Vice-President Victor Foh is in Kenya

Hon. Vice President, Ambassador Dr. Victor Bockarie Foh has left Freetown to attend a high-level meeting in Nairobi, Kenya on Data For Development In Africa.

In recognition of Sierra Leone’s Leadership in advocating for quality data for evidence-based decision making to ensure inclusive development, both Regionally and Globally, the Government of Sierra Leone is invited to co-host, with the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data (GPSDD) and the Governments of Kenya and Ghana, the first High-Level Meeting on Data for Africa’s Transformation to be held in Nairobi, Kenya on 29 – 30 June, 2017.

This critical meeting will showcase the innovations in data throughout the Continent and provide a platform for asserting Africa’s key role in achieving the SDG’s and promoting data as part of the essential infrastructure for economic growth and social progress.

Vice President Foh and his entourage are expected back in Freetown on Friday 30th June, 2017.

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David Cameron has promised to crack down on Isis sympathisers, stressing in a new year message that all Britons should have “loyalty” to their country. 

He said the UK should “revel” in its way of life rather than “appease” extremists, and all who live in the country must sign up to its values. 

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Ebola outbreak ends in Guinea, Says WHO.

he World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the end of the Ebola outbreak in Guinea, two years after the epidemic began there.

Guineans are expected to celebrate the landmark with concerts and fireworks.

The disease killed more than 2,500 people in the West African state, and a further 9,000 in neighbouring Liberia and Sierra Leone.

However, Liberia has had new cases since the declaration.

 country is considered free of human-to-human transmission once two 21-day incubation periods have passed since the last known case tested negative for a second time.

"It's the best year-end present that God could give to Guinea, and the best news that Guineans could hope for," Ebola survivor Alama Kambou Dore told AFP news agency.

Local health workers echoed a warning from the WHO that vigilance was still vital despite the mood of celebration.

"We have to be very careful, because even if open transmission has been stopped, the disease has not been totally defeated," said Alpha Seny Souhmah, a Guinean health worker and Ebola survivor.
n a statement, the WHO congratulated the Guinean government and people for showing "extraordinary leadership in fighting the epidemic".

But it also noted that there had been 10 new small outbreaks of the virus between March and November.

"The coming months will be absolutely critical," said Dr Bruce Aylward from the WHO's Ebola response team.

"This is the period when the countries need to be sure that they are fully prepared to prevent, detect and respond to any new cases."

The WHO will maintain surveillance and outbreak response teams in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia throughout 2016, Dr Aylward added.

This is another major milestone in the bumpy road to the end of the worst Ebola outbreak in history. It all started in Guinea when the virus emerged, probably from fruit bats, in a rural community deep in the forest.

Guinea saw far fewer cases than neighbouring Liberia and Sierra Leone, yet the virus has been circulating there for longer than anywhere else.

I remember travelling through Guinea at the height of the outbreak, and there was still a lot of denial about Ebola; people told me it was a made-up disease. Suspicion is still rife in some communities, and many simply do not trust their government.

Ebola has made a comeback in Liberia after the country twice declared the end of the epidemic, and there is every possibility it could return to Guinea. It will be up to communities to keep the killer virus at bay, by reporting suspicious deaths and encouraging loved ones to seek treatment if they show symptoms of Ebola.

But medical facilities also need to respond quickly, which will happen for the extra 90-day "heightened surveillance" period. A key question is what will happen after that, particularly for the thousands of Ebola survivors who are still facing health problems.

-BBC