Parliament okays 6 presidential nominees
July 13, 2015 Parliament on Thursday 9th July approved six presidential nominees as contained in the Eighteenth Report of the Committee on Appointments and Public Service. These include three Judges,...
View ArticleCommittee set up to fight deadly cervical cancer
July 13, 2015 The Ministry of Health and Sanitation’s Reproductive Health and Family Planning Programme last week held its inaugural meeting for the establishment of a National Coordination Committee...
View ArticleBombali District tops teenage pregnancy
July 13, 2015 By Jariatu S. Bangura As members of the Parliamentary Committee on Social Services last week concluded a four-day tour of Bo, Kenema and Makeni districts, it was disclosed that Bombali...
View ArticleLife for Relief donates textbooks to academic institutions
July 13, 2015 By Alhaji Mohamed Wusha-Conteh In a bid to inculcate the habit of reading in pupils, the Life for Relief and Development, an international non-governmental organisation, in collaboration...
View ArticleYMCA certifies 35 disaster volunteers
July 13, 2015 By Hassan Gbassay Koroma The Young Men Christian Association (YMCA), one of the oldest youth serving organizations in the country established in 1912 with a vision to empowering young...
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Tailor, petty trader become Africell millionaires
July 13, 2015 By Ibrahim Tarawallie One of Sierra Leone’s leading GSM operators, Africell, continues to transform the lives of its esteemed subscribers, transforming some into millionaires. Friday, 10...
View ArticleMan jailed 20 years… - For sexual abuse and death of 9-year-old
For sexual abuse and death of 9-year-old July 13, 2015 By Patrick Jaiah Kamara Justice Allan B. Halloway last Friday slammed a rigid 20 years jail term on one Foday Kamara who was convicted for the...
View ArticleAs Operation Northern Push pushes on… - 1,184 quarantined in Port Loko & Kambia
1,184 quarantined in Port Loko & Kambia July 13, 2015 By Victoria Saffa Director of Situation Room at the National Ebola Response Centre (NERC), Omarr B. Sesay, has said that more houses in the...
View ArticleSalone among worst movers in FIFA rankings
July 13, 2015 By Sahr Morris Jr. Sierra Leone joined Malawi and Ethiopia as the world’s worst movers in the July rankings of the football world governing body, FIFA. Sierra Leone and the two others...
View ArticleBangura helps AIK progress in Europa League
July 13, 2015 By Sahr Morris Jr. Sierra Leone striker Mohamed ‘Poborsky’ Bangura helped his Swedish club, AIK reach the next round of the EUFA Europa League after their 4-0 win over VPS Vaasa with 6-2...
View ArticleBuilding corrupt-free minds
July 14, 2015 By Abubakarr Turay (ABT) The spokesperson of Tanzania’s Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau once told the Thomson Reuters Foundation that, “When children learn the reality of...
View ArticleFinance Minister leads Salone dele to Addis Ababa confab
July 14, 2015 Sierra Leone’s Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Dr. Kaifala Marah, is currently in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, leading the country’s delegation to the Third...
View ArticleSongs of praise in court as… - Judge finally orders SLPA to pay redundant...
Judge finally orders SLPA to pay redundant workers July 14, 2015 By Hassan Gbassay Koroma As the matter of 184 aggrieved former workers of the Sierra Leone Ports Authority (SLPA) finally came to an end...
View ArticleHRC undertakes capacity assessment
July 14, 2015 By Ibrahim Tarawallie With financial support from the MacArthur Foundation, the Network of African National Human Rights Institutions (NANHRI), in collaboration with the United Nations...
View ArticleWhat a life!
July 14, 2015 By Ahmed Sahid Nasralla (De Monk) Some are dead, some are dying. We have mourned, and we are mourning. We are sorry. Many are living; some healthily, some unhealthily. We are praising and...
View ArticleNRA donates 24-seater bus to Njala
July 14, 2015 Having donated a brand new 24-seaterToyota bus to Fourah Bay College in November last year, the National Revenue Authority (NRA) has made a similar donation to Njala University College...
View Article‘Probe unexplained wealth of public officers’ - - IGR urges Parliament
- IGR urges Parliament July 14, 2015 By Mohamed Massaquoi A civil society consortium has called on the House of Parliament to institute an investigation into what it referred to as “unexplained...
View ArticleSalone rated high in small arms control - - but should commit more resources...
- but should commit more resources for Small Arms Commission July 14, 2015 By Alusine Sesay A report published by the Ghana-based Foundation for Security and Development in Africa (FOSDA) on compliance...
View ArticleAirtel partners with Ericsson and Huawei Communications
July 14, 2015 By Hassan Gbassay Koroma In order to strengthen and provide quality telecommunications service to users in Sierra Leone, one of the leading telecommunication companies in the country and...
View ArticleSalone Olympic opponent defeated in friendly
July 15, 2015 By Sahr Morris Jr. Sierra Leone’s opponent in the final qualifying round of the U-23 Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Algeria, suffered a 2-1 defeat to Senegal in a friendly match on Saturday...
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