Have you seen the 1990-film "Class of 1999?" In it, a Seattle school system is so ridden with gang violence and drug abuse that not even the police will dare to intervene. The Department of
With much hoopla, India has announced that it has a $65 Android tablet it is willing to subsidize to $35 for students and teachers. This has reignited the debate around hardware price points for educational
New York, 7 October 2011 – African diplomats and representatives of the civil society at United Nations October 6th paid tribute to the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) for its achievements over the past
The Sierra Leone Norwegian-based midfielder, Khalifa Jabbie (in photo), has described the South Africa goalkeeper Khune Itumeleng as ‘the biggest cheat’ he has ever played against in professional football. The 18-year old young star Khalifa Jabbie who
He may not have been so lucky to qualify his team for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon however, the Leone Stars head coach Lars Olof Mattsson says he wants
With only a few weeks to the commencement of the annual Muslim pilgrimage, (Hajj) to the Holy Land of Mecca, health authorities say they have completed preparations for this year’s Hajj season. (Photo: Alhaji Jalloh,
South Africa’s Bafana Bafana coach Pitso Mosimane (photo) insists Leone Stars is the ‘black horse’ of Group G, in the just concluded Nations Cup qualifiers. Responding to questions during a post-match press conference after last Saturday’s
Airtel, market leaders in mobile telephony have scored yet another first by gifting the Aberdeen Women's Center a toll-free telephone line for fistula patients across the country. Fistula is an abnormal opening between the bladder and
The alleged ‘money for grades’ cabalists of the West African Examination Council (WAEC) are reportedly receiving money from hundreds of persons that recently took the private West African School Certificate Examination (WASCE). It has reached this
Public buildings in the capital of Freetown have turned into dwelling houses of beggars. The Freetown Central Mosque, Bank of Sierra Leone and prominent shops around the PZ area have all become dwelling residences of number
The Sierra Leone House of Parliament Friday 7th was painted red owing to boycott action of opposition political parties - Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP), People’s Movement for Democratic Change Party (PMDC) and National Democratic
The Resident Minister South, Hon. Moijueh Kaikai over the weekend, endorsed the action of management of the Sierra Leone Police in the tentative banning of all political rallies countrywide. In an exclusive Interview with our ace
Reports monitored in the Port-Loko District have it that Parliamentary representatives of constituencies 55 & 56, Hon. Binneh Bangura and Hon. Kombor Kamara have had restless moments due to unending criticism from the electorates. It has
Standard Chartered announced at the 2011 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting - that it will raise US$100 million by 2020 to build sustainable eye-care services across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, almost trebling its
Airtel Wednesday 5th doled 22 million Leones to the national football team, the Leone stars. The Deputy Administrative Secretary of SLFA, Aiah Dixon Brima received the cheque on behalf of the team’s management. On receiving
