WIMSAL opens Book of Condolence for late Manjia Parkinson
August 5, 2016 By Victoria Saffa Women in the Media Sierra Leone (WIMSAL) yesterday opened a Book of Condolence for their late colleague, Manjia Parkinson, who until her death was Deputy Station...
View ArticleMan, 40, pleads guilty to fraudulent conversion
August 8, 2016 By Hassan Gbassay Koroma Kallay Kamara, 40, last week pleaded guilty to one count charge of fraudulent conversion at the Freetown Magistrates’ Court No.1, presided over by Magistrate Dr....
View ArticleIFAD boss pledges more support to agriculture - ...$20M to be expended in...
...$20M to be expended in next three years August 8, 2016 By Ibrahim Tarawallie President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has pledged that the agency would increase...
View Article9,000 street traders will occupy Sewa Grounds market, says Presidential...
August 8, 2016 By Joseph S. Margai The Presidential Coordinator of the Sewa Grounds project, Winston Ojukutu-Macauley Jr., has disclosed that only 9,000 registered street traders would be catered for...
View ArticleCJ calls for Legal Aid Guide to be statutory
August 8, 2016 Chief Justice Abdulai Charm has admonished that the draft Legal Aid Guide be transformed into a statutory instrument. He was speaking on Thursday, 4 August at the endorsement meeting on...
View Article‘No amount of intimidation will prevent our accountability campaign’, CHRDI...
August 8, 2016 By Ibrahim Tarawallie The Chief Executive of Campaign for Human Rights and Development International (CHRDI) has stated that no amount of intimidation by Members of Parliament would...
View ArticleFreetown Taxi Cabs: The ‘Two-Way’ Nightmare
August 8, 2016 By Osman Lahai Hail a taxi cab on the main streets of Freetown and you will not hear your own voice in a cacophony of ‘two-way’ and ‘three-way’ shouts from fellow commuters. It’s fashion...
View ArticleTraffic Warden sentenced for ‘accepting bribe and soliciting advantage’
August 8, 2016 By Hassan Gbassay Koroma Justice Alusine Sesay, presiding at the Freetown High Court, last Friday, 5 August, sentenced one Victorino Fayiah Joseph, a Traffic Warden of the Sierra Leone...
View ArticleRio Olympics Opening ceremony: - Salone ranked second best West African nation
Salone ranked second best West African nation August 8, 2016 By: Sahr Morris Jr. in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Team Sierra Leone was rated as the second best dressed West Africa Nation behind Benin in last...
View ArticleSalone swimmers ‘super-excited’ to be at Olympics
August 8, 2016 By: Sahr Morris Jr. in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Sierra Leone swimmers Binturabie Jalloh and Osman Kamara say they are “super excited” at the prospect of competing in their first Olympics...
View ArticleSports Minister eases pressure on athletes
August 8, 2016 By: Sahr Morris Jr. in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Minister of Sports, Ahmed Khanou, has issued encouraging words and eased the pressure on Sierra Leonean athletes ahead of their respective...
View ArticleWIMSAL frowns at early child marriage
August 9, 2016 By Victoria Saffa As Women in the Media-Sierra Leone (WIMSAL) continues to frown at early child marriages, the female journalists have called on the government of Sierra Leone to do more...
View ArticleMurder: Pathologist tenders cause of death
August 9, 2016 By Hassan Gbassay Koroma Consultant Pathologist, Dr. Simeon Owizz Koroma, yesterday tendered the cause of death of one Musu Turay, who was allegedly murdered by Sorie Sesay, at the...
View ArticleFBC female students excel at international debate championship
August 9, 2016 By Joseph S. Margai Two Fourah Bay College (FBC) female students are back home after excelling at the Impact Africa International Debate Championship, held in Ghana last month Julia Mary...
View ArticleEU hosts stakeholders on UPR review
August 9, 2016 By Ibrahim Tarawallie The European Union on Friday (5 August) hosted a review of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) with stakeholders and diplomatic missions at their Leicester Peak...
View ArticleParliament to invite CHRDI boss - -says organisation not registered
-says organisation not registered August 9, 2016 By Ibrahim Tarawallie Majority Leader in the House of Parliament yesterday said the Chief Executive of Campaign for Human Rights and Development...
View Article2018 Presidential Election: SLPP Standard Bearer Aspirants - …evaluating...
…evaluating their chances August 9, 2016 By Alusine Sesay President Ernest Bai Koroma’s second and final term of office would come to an end in 2017, ushering in the 2018 presidential election...
View ArticleRio Olympic Games: Sierra Leone quartet in action this week
August 9, 2016 By: Sahr Morris Jr in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Sierra Leonean quartet Osman Kamara, Bunturabie Jalloh, Ishmail Dudu Kamara and Hafsatu Kamara will all be in action this week in the ongoing...
View ArticleKamara praises pool ahead of race
August 9, 2016 By: Sahr Morris Jr in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Sierra Leonean swimmer Osman Kamara has showered praise on the Olympic Aquatics Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, just two days before he...
View ArticleThe conjunctivitis of our leaders cannot make them see the national meningitis
August 10, 2016 By: Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon (awogordon@yahoo.co.uk) When national discourse deliberately uses soft words to hide hard crimes or impunity, then you know that as a society, you are up...
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