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November 2009

VP’s condolence Rejected A recent report in one of the local tabloids has stated that the 1 million Leones allegedly sent by vice president Sam Sumana to the Kellie family on behalf of the death of

When in 2007 media men and civil society in the country took up the cause to smoothen the way of journalistic practice that is devoid of criminality by law and to brighten the way to

Why would anyone be surprised if you go to the New People Online Newspaper and see a story titled “ERNEST KOROMA'S VICE PRESIDENT - A THIEVING FRAUDSTER, SCAMS $350,000 FROM AN ELDERLY ARKANSAS COUPLE”? The

After almost a decade at the helm of Affairs at the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) as its President, Dr. Mohammed Ibn Chambas was on Tuesday, 17th November unanimously appointed as the new

With reference to the last article I wrote on “Why Relationships Fail” I got several views coming in from people keen to get a word in, one of them being, that people don’t think carefully

Irrespective of who is at the helm of affairs at the National Revenue Authority, it is a reality that efforts have been continuously made to meet the challenges of modern day revenue collection. Not least

The tourism sector in Sierra Leone is one of the most important in Sierra Leone, and apart from the mining and extractive industries, it might well be the greatest bread winner in the country for

A cross section of residents of Kono District have revealed they will support the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) in the next Presidential and Parliamentary elections, saying they have been marginalized and their interests not

Yenga is at Bay All efforts to reclaim Yenga, a disputed boarder town in the Kissy Teng Chiefdom in Kailahun district-Sierra Leone have failed. Authentic reports on our local tabloids have said Guinean troops are

I have heard about vendettas in family circles and not politics. Even at family circles it would reach a point where compromise could be struck. Like in the family vendetta that exists between the two

In the last Grand Commissioning of the Bumbuna Hydro Project by the President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Dr Ernest Bai Koroma, Chairperson of the National Power Authority Mrs. Maude Regina Peacock took the

The University of Sierra Leone (USL) and its constituent colleges last week marketed graduates from the various tertiary institutions, phone companies, business firms and other stakeholders for suitable job opportunities at the National Stadium. According

The Amputee’s Welfare Association in Kenema has registered dismay over the actions of the authorities over what they refer to as neglect on their welfare and activities. This was made in a statement by the

The Sierra Leone Health Ministry Administration in collaboration with Reproductive Health Care Unit and Sanitation in support of UNFPA recently organized a free medical treatment distribution to fight against HIV/AIDS. Those targeted for the free

Comium, one of Sierra Leone’s leading mobile service providers manifested its greatness in the telephone industry on the 13th November 2009 at Hotel Barmoi when the unique new international tariff to key destinations and Bongo