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February 2010

Minister of Employment, Labour and Social Security Hon. Minkailu Mansaray has made moves to set matters straight with what he last Friday referred to as incorrect and mystifying of the many good works his ministry

Pharmacy Board of Sierra has held a grand Continuous Professional Educational session for all pharmacists in the country, an occasion which is a summation of all 16 sessions held last year to bring pharmacists in

The Ministry of Health through the Pharmacy Board of Sierra Leone has issued strong warning to pharmacies throughout the country that are engaged in the sales of sedative and psychopathic drugs that have now been

Sixty three pupils at the St Joseph Secondary School in Freetown benefited from scholarship grant from the nation’s No. 1 cell phone company Africell running into a mouth watering sum of Le 12, 600,000; the

The media can serve as a catalyst for socio-economic and political change. You only would need to read extensively about Al Jezeera news network, based in Qatar in the Middle East, especially on how it

It seems President Koroma is closely studying the play book of former President Momoh as far as corruption is concerned. When President J. S. Momoh ascended the seat at state house, he immediately declared a

Tony Blair yesterday returned to Sierra Leone to review the progress of the Africa Governance Initiative project with President Koroma, with a specific focus on healthcare and the work the Government of Sierra Leone is

The Commissioner of the National Electoral Commission (NEC), Dr Christiana Thorpe, this morning presented the Commission’s 2009 Annual Report to President Ernest Bai Koroma at State House, for onward transmission to Parliament and the people

Sierra Leone’s virtual goodwill ambassador, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, arrived in Sierra Leone today and visited President Koroma at State House. Blair is in the country to further keep himself abreast with developments

Great leaders are known by their ability to make decisions when the necessity arises. Firmness, purposefulness and determination are what distinguish such leaders from ordinary leaders. I say ordinary because when certain ugly happenings occur,

Yesterday, 22 February 2010, His Excellency, the President, Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma met with Mr. John Benjamin, Chairman of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) and Mr. Charles Margai (PMDC) at State House.  During the

Sierra Leonean-born Mariatu Kargbo who represented Miss Sierra Leone in the Miss World South Africa 2009, has paid courtesy call on Sierra Leone’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, His Excellency Edward Mohamed Turay. (Photo:

About six months ago, I wrote an article on “THE ADDICTION TO POWER,” and specifically referenced two African leaders, Mamoud Tandja of Niger and Guinea’s Captain Moussa “Dadis” Camara. Both I said, were examples of

The air was tense as the Party Conference from 9 chapters clogged the airwaves, through a teleconference to vote their candidates of choice for the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) convention in Bo in Sierra

Former Sierra Leone international Christian Cole has been named caretaker coach of the Leone Stars' African Nations Championship (CHAN) team by the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA). (Photo: Christian Cole - back at the helm