POLITICAL CONVOLUTION AND RHETORIC
October 1, 2015 By Titus Boy-Thompson, Communications Consultant “There will come a time when all political writings become mundane within the electioneering process and the people’s attention would...
View ArticleNRA acting Commissioner-General hails humanitarian efforts to help flood victims
October 1, 2015 NRA’s acting Commissioner-General, Mr. Abdulai Conteh, has hailed the extraordinary efforts of many Sierra Leoneans to provide support for flood victims temporarily sheltered at the...
View ArticleNew Criminal Procedure Bill discussed
October 1, 2015 By Jariatu S. Bangura The Justice Sector Coordination Office yesterday organised a discourse on the new Criminal Procedure Bill, with members on the legislative committee in Parliament...
View ArticleFirst Lady joins world leaders to call for smarter investments to end HIV/AIDS
Sierra Leone’s First Lady, Mrs. Sia Nyama Koroma Sierra Leone’s First Lady, Sia Nyama Koroma, last Wednesday joined world leaders to pledge support and commitment to the UNAIDS fast track approach to...
View ArticleYoung people are engines for progress - …says UNFPA head
…says UNFPA head October 1, 2015 By Regina Pratt UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, and human rights activist and actress, Ashley Judd, said in a joint statement at the Social Good...
View ArticleIMC Commissioner caught on camera in pro-government rally in New York
October 1, 2015 By Mohamed Massaquoi Information reaching this medium from the United States of America revealed that one of the Independent Media Commission (IMC) commissioners was caught on camera...
View ArticlePPA-SL Western Region Volunteers hold annual meet
October 1, 2015 By Regina Pratt (PPA-SL Volunteer) Western Region Volunteers for the Planned Parenthood Association of Sierra Leone held their annual general on Tuesday, 29 September at the...
View ArticleMACOSA Gala: Honours 2 crowned champions
October 1, 2015 By Sahr Morrs Jr. The Final Year B.A. Honours 2 team of the Mass Communication Department at Fourah Bay College (FBC) was yesterday crowned champions of this year’s Mass Communication...
View ArticleDeputy Sports Minister intervenes to resolve rivalry
October 1, 2015 By Sahr Morrs Jr. The Deputy Minister of Sports, Ishmael Al-Sankoh Conteh, yesterday (Wednesday September 30) intervened to resolve the long-standing dispute between Central community...
View ArticleWhere are the vaccines???
October 2, 2015 By: Winstanley R. Bankole-Johnson It’s over eighteen (18) months now since the dreaded Ebola virus disease hit the sub-region, starting off in the neighbouring sister Republic of...
View ArticleGovernment should take the slum from the people and not the people from the slum
October 2, 2015 By Alusine Sesay Seated among several youths in the Kroo Bay community, Charles Carew remarked, “We were born and bred here and we have nowhere to go.” Charles is the Youth Chairman of...
View ArticleNew Peacekeeping Academy for police
October 2, 2015 By Mohamed Massaquoi The Management Board of the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) has called on a team from the Swedish Police to provide pre-deployment training facilities and other support...
View ArticleHandicap International founder meets VP Foh
October 2, 2015 By Ibrahim Tarawallie Co-founder of Handicap International, who doubles as Executive Director of the Foundation of Handicap International, yesterday paid a courtesy call on Vice...
View ArticleADP will go ahead with peaceful protest - - vows Mohamed Kamarainba
- vows Mohamed Kamarainba October 2, 2015 By Patrick Jaiah Kamara Chairman and Leader of the Alliance Democratic Party (ADP), Mohamed Kamarainba Mansaray, has vowed to go ahead with a peaceful protest...
View ArticleCSOs ‘argue’ over election postponement
October 2, 2015 By Alusine Sesay While making their inputs to a discussion paper on challenges encountered by the National Electoral Commission (NEC) in respect of the electoral calendar, civil society...
View ArticleClinton Global Initiative provides support to trade sector
Octber 2, 2015 By Victoria Saffa The Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), an initiative of the Clinton Foundation established in 2005 by former United States President William Jefferson Clinton (Bill...
View ArticleONS cautions NGOs and CBOs
October 2, 2015 By Memunatu Bangura The Office of National Security (ONS) has sternly warned non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and community based organisations (CBOs) who provide support to flood...
View ArticleSLTU commences biometric registration of teachers
October 2, 2015 By Samuel Ben Turay The Sierra Leone Teachers’ Union (SLTU) is embarking on a nationwide biometric registration of teachers to provide a database for all approved teachers and to issue...
View ArticleBy-election in Bombali set for 12 December
October 2, 2015 By Alusine Sesay The National Electoral Commission (NEC) has declared 12 December as date for the conduct of the parliamentary by-election in Constituency 030 in Bombali District,...
View ArticleSumaila Town murder: Pathologist says stab wound measured 7cm
October 14, 2015 By Hawa Amara Government pathologist, Dr. Simeon Owizz Koroma, yesterday told a Freetown Magistrate Court that Joseph Forbie, who was allegedly murdered by three accused persons at...
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