Deputy Minister leads Salone dele to faith-based leaders’ consultative confab
January 28, 2016 By Annans Sesay Deputy Minister of Health and Sanitation II, Madam Madina Rahman, departed the shores of Sierra Leone Tuesday 26th January to participate in a consultative meeting in...
View ArticleDwarzark and New England residents revert to using generators - …as power...
…as power cuts become frequent January 28, 2016 By Alusine Sesay If residents of Dwarzark and New England Ville were hoping for better electricity supply this dry season, the current power situation...
View Article‘Abortion Bill undermines religious and cultural values’ - - avers...
- avers Inter-Religious Council January 28, 2016 By Jariatu S. Bangura The Inter-Religious Council of Sierra Leone yesterday averred that the Safe Abortion Bill, which was hastily passed in...
View ArticleGrave diggers complain non-payment of salaries
January 28, 2016 By Joseph S. Margai Grave diggers at four cemeteries in Freetown – Ascension Town, Circular Road, Kissy Road and Race Course – have complained that the Freetown City Council (FCC) has...
View ArticleMan pleads guilty to manslaughter charge
January 28, 2016 By Hassan Gbassay Koroma One Abdul Raka Tholley, who is standing trial for the offence of manslaughter before Justice Miatta Samba at the Freetown High Court, yesterday pleaded...
View ArticleSLPP MP warns ‘more timers’
January 28, 2016 By Ibrahim Jaffa Condeh Hon. Member of Parliament representing Constituency 85 in the Moyamba District under the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) has cautioned those calling for...
View ArticleYeane’s Enterprise accused of cheating workers Le91.5m
January 28, 2016 By Patrick Jaiah Kamara Some aggrieved employees of Yeane’s Enterprise have accused their employer of cheating them the sum of Le91.5 million as salary arrears in 2015. Yeane’s...
View ArticleTwo MPs for ECOWAS & Pan African Parliaments
January 28, 2016 Parliament on Tuesday (26th January) nominated and approved Hon. Ajibola Manley-Spaine and Hon. Umu Dankay Bangura to serve in the ECOWAS Parliament in Abuja, Nigeria and the...
View ArticleAs Wilkinson Hill Mining Company gets license… - Director vows to reduce...
Director vows to reduce illegal purchase of Coltan January 29, 2016 By Ibrahim Tarawallie The Wilkinson Hill Mining Company (WHMC), a subsidiary of AMR Gold, has been granted license by the Ministry...
View ArticleTobacco Control in Sierra Leone: My Take
Janaury 29, 2016 By Augusta Koroma Tobacco advertising and promotion is rampant in Sierra Leone. It is seen displayed on the streets, at points of tobacco sales, in newspapers and through brand bearing...
View ArticleBUILD A JUST AND FAIR SOCIETY TO DEFEAT TRIBALISM
January 29, 2016 By Titus Boye-Thompson, Communications Consultant Those who have gone close to the Germans always refer to their love of country and the sense of togetherness they display as a major...
View ArticleFreetown linked with Hull City
January 29, 2016 By Yeabu M. Bangura Leader of a 16-man delegation from the Hull City Council in the United Kingdom, Councilor Daren Hale, has disclosed that Freetown has been linked with Hull....
View ArticleI.G. Munu assures robust child protection strategy
January 29, 2016 By Mohamed Massaquoi Inspector General of the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) has assured the people of Sierra Leone of a robust police strategy for the protection of children across the...
View ArticleSierra Leone loses billions revenue to petroleum pricing - - NRA Commissioner...
- NRA Commissioner laments huge loss January 29, 2016 By Jariatu S. Bangura Assistant Commissioner of Operation, Customs Department at the National Revenue Authority (NRA) yesterday lamented that...
View ArticleDetective testifies in Aberdeen murder trial
January 29, 2016 By Hawa Amara Detective Police Constable (DPC) 960 Sahid Koroma yesterday testified against one Cornelius Decker, who is charged with allegedly conspiring to murder Bankole Turay....
View ArticleWomen and children scavenge in dumpsites to eke a living
January 29, 2016 By Joseph S. Margai Despite efforts to empower women and children in Sierra Leone by the government and non-governmental organisations, many are still struggling to eke out a living in...
View ArticleBangura joins St. Albans City
January 29, 2016 By Sahr Morris Jr. Former Watford and Sierra Leone international midfielder, Alhassan Bangura, has joined English National League South (the sixth tier league) side St. Albans City....
View ArticleKamboi Eagles pull-out of ‘National League’
January 29, 2016 By Sahr Morris Jr. Kamboi Eagles FC of Kenema on Wednesday confirmed they will not participate in the forthcoming football stakeholders’ Premier League dubbed the ‘Sierra Leone...
View ArticleManslaughter accused pleads with relatives for forgiveness
February 1, 2016 By Hassan Gbassay Koroma An accused person standing trial for manslaughter last Friday pleaded for forgiveness and apologised to relatives of the deceased. Abdul Raka Tholley is...
View ArticleUS$90m Kenema-Pendembu road handed over - …but for 12 months defect liability...
…but for 12 months defect liability period February 1, 2016 By Joseph S. Margai The ISU Engineering and Construction Company, a South Korean company, Wednesday, 27 January handed over the newly...
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