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June 2010

The free medical health care services launched President Ernest Koroma one month ago is a laudable step taken in achieving the Agenda for Change. Prior to this time, Sierra Leoneans have been yearning for free

I read the Thursday edition of the New Citizen of June 10, 2010 with incredible amazement. It was the paper’s lead story, titled: STRASSER DISOWNS COUP. The New Citizen, one of the local tabloids I have

The 2010 World Cup in South Africa got under way with a spectacular and vibrant opening ceremony at the 94,000-capacity Soccer City in Johannesburg. The ceremony was followed by the first game of the tournament between

Sierra Express has reliably learnt that over 3,000 youths lined up for jobs in Iraq through contracts from Sabre International have vowed to get back at ex-military men whose contracts they say have been terminated

The Secretary General, Brimo Roberts,  and Team Manager, Tunde Scott both of FC Kallon, have explained that even if they win the Sierra Leone Premiership Championship, they will not compete in the Confederation of African

A Liberian woman has concluded her testimonies in The Hague clarifying confusion surrounding her Liberian mobile phone number and the Liberian mobile phone number of Indicted Former Liberian President, Charles Taylor. Madam Aletha Hoff said

A discussion on the challenges faced by the newly introduced Free Healthcare Scheme for pregnant women, lactating mothers and infants under five years of age has ended in Port Loko with an appeal for the

19 year- old pupil of St Edwards Secondary School, Ibrahim Sesay was yesterday arraigned before Magistrate Steven Conteh of Freetown Court No l for murdering a 17 year-old student, Sheka Suma of the Albert Academy. According

The Chairman of the National HIV/AIDS Council, President Ernest Bai Koroma on 4th June, 2010 acknowledged the support of development partners in scaling up the national response to HIV and AIDS and in particular the

Plantation F.C will this afternoon engage the champions of the peninsula, F.C Lamin of Ogoo Farm at the Lumley Grassfield Playing Field in the Group D encounter which many see as a match for supremacy.

When I first heard of the much talked about “2012 Sharp 12” something came immediately to my mind. I recall in 2007 before the internationally acclaimed Presidential elections that swept into power Dr Ernest Bai

The Zain Africa Challenge, the University battle of brains on Wednesday 9th June 2010 came to a dramatic end with Egerton University of Kenya clinching the prestigious prize of $50,000 for their University and $5,000

200 citizens drawn from different walks of life, irrespective of political affiliation, have been selected to take part in an open-dialogue session at State House to discuss Government’s plans for improved and sustainable policies on

A mammoth representation of supporters of the Peoples Movement for Democratic Change (PMDC) from Pujehun and Bo over the weekend met in the southern capital to discuss the three year suspension of the party chairman,

On my way to Freetown in the early hours of 28th of May (around 6:15am), I saw a group of people (about 30) at a stream in a neighborhood called Fulawan in Bo city. When