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July 2011

The Northern Regional Chairman of the All Peoples Congress Party (APC), Honourable Philipson Kamara, has over the weekend revealed that as the Chairman of APC and a Member of Parliament for constituency 47 in the

Representatives of the Department for International Development (DFID) Monday 11th frowned on the acting NRA Boss, Madam Haja Kallah Kamara (in photo), who for no reason, caused the cancellation of the handing ceremony of donor

The fishing industry has often proved to be one of the most important areas of primary source of income in most countries. In Senegal, for instance, the fishing industry is one of the most important

Hearing: 9:00 a.m.  Hassan Papa Bangura (“Bomblast”) and Samuel Kargbo (“Sammy Ragga”) will appear before Justice Teresa Doherty on Friday morning, 15 July 2011, to plead to two counts of interfering with prosecution witnesses who

We note with dismay statements made by some members of parliament, specifically those of the parliamentary oversight committee on Information and Communication while addressing the issue of the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill which passage

The Executive Director of the Sierra Leone Maritime Administration (SLMA) Philip Lukulay was on 11th July 2011 convicted of twelve (12) counts of misappropriation of public funds and one (1) count of failing to comply

Liverpool are now said to be interested in the Sierra Leone duo Tetteh Bangura and Mohamed Bangura.  The pair – who are not related – play in Sweden’s top flight for AIK Solna. Liverpool scouts

Dear Sir/Madam: Kindly permit me space in your widely read Journal to dispute an untrue story carried in one of the local tabloids about FIGHTING AT THE NRA OFFICE at Wellington Street. Unfortunately, that paper

Reports have it that MV Sewanje landing craft that was commissioned last year by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security at Fisheries for the purpose of agriculture in Tomabum is an apparent misuse

The Anti-Corruption Commission has on Tuesday 5th July 2011 concluded a two days National Workshop on the topic: “Good Governance in Local Administration: Issues and Challenges in Corruption Control for Paramount Chiefs”. The workshop which

A sum totaling Le 1 billion is reportedly unaccounted for by the Finance Department at the National Revenue Authority (NRA).  (Photo: Acting Commissioner General, Haja Kallah Kamara) The amount is said to have been withdrawn from

One of Sierra Leone’s leading mobile telecommunication company Airtel has launched its site in Sahn Malen Pujehun District Friday 8th at the town’s community centre. In her path, the Corporate Affairs Manager June Rose Johnson expressed

West African leaders have been urged by Sierra Leone’s Deputy Attorney General and Justice Minister Hon. John Arrow Bockarie through their representatives at the first Ministerial Conference on “Humanitarian Assistance and Internal Displacement in West

Having listened to the interview of the Welsh International, Craig Douglas Bellamy stressing the importance of his wages to develop the academy of Sierra Leone makes me shed tears. Craig Bellamy is not a native

The farrago over the interest rate changes may risk making the Bank of Sierra Leone look impetuous and incompetent rather than bold.  So, why would small changes in the interest rate could have a greater