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July 2010

News broke this morning in the cities of Dallas Fort-Worth in Texas about the tragic death  of former comedian, Godfrey Manly-Spain, aka, “Bongo Jonson” and his partner, Claudia at their residence in Mesquite, Texas, USA. 

Sierra Leone's former Anti-Corruption Commissioner, Mr Abdul Tejan-Cole, has in a panel discussion at the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary said that President Ernest Bai Koroma at no time during his tenure interfered with

Zain’s recent “Football Promotion” winners expressed delight and pledged their loyalty to Zain, ‘a company with a difference.’ They expressed undying gratitude to Zain, saying that the opportunity given to them was “heaven sent” as

The National AIDS Secretariat (NAS) in collaboration with the HIV/AIDS Reporters Association (HARA) have held a one seminar on HIV reporting. The seminar was held on Friday 16t July at the Ramsey House on Liverpool,

Any Sierra Leonean who is not well abreast with the functions of government will start wondering who is actually responsible for the cleaning of the city, because those they think are responsible are turning blind

Nigeria's Falconets have beaten Japan 2-1 at the on-going Fifa Women's Under-20 World Cup in Germany. (Photo:The Falconets are on the verge of qualifying for the second round) First half goals from Amarachi Okoronkwo and Desire

Authorities of the non tax revenue department has called on the support of the media in there aim to collect all non tax revenue from all MDA and Ministries ranging from internally generated funds, fines,

The Pharmacy Board of Sierra Leone in collaboration with the Pharmaceutical Society of Sierra Leone last Saturday held its professional education geared towards bringing its members to speed with contemporary development in Pharmacy practice. Two hundred

A presidential visit is usually greeted by red carpets, cheering crowds, muscle-bound security men in suits and a great deal of planning.  (Photo: Sierra Leone president Ernest Bai Koroma meets UEA chancellor Sir Brandon Gough

The National HIV/AIDS Secretariat in collaboration with ILO/AIDS, the Ministry of Employment,  Social Security and Industrial Relations, the Sierra Leone Labour Congress, the Sierra Leone Employers Federation and UNAIDS held a one day consultation on

“I have absolutely nothing to leave you. It’s not that I did not work hard, but because I worked selflessly for the interest of my country and people.”

President Ernest Bai Koroma over the weekend graced the ground breaking ceremony of the Leone Lodge building project in Bo and Kenema. Speaking at the ceremony, President Koroma stressed their need for the private sector

As APC’s two and half year rule progresses, youths of the Kono District in the eastern part Sierra Leone are still languishing in abject poverty and unemployment. Speaking to some disgruntled Central youths who were

African Minerals Limited (AML), the country’s biggest exploration and mining company, has attracted positive coverage in the global press following its latest surge on the London market. AML, with significant iron ore and base metal

Report reaching the office of the National Secretary of the Journalists for Attitudinal and Behavioral Change (JABC) has revealed that the concluded SLRU election organized by the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) has added