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June 2013

In its drive to spread anti-corruption messages to rural communities, the Northern Regional office of the Anti-Corruption Commission has on Wednesday 5th and Thursday 6th June 2013 held awareness raising meetings in Manepeh Section, Kholifa

After much cogitation about his quest to build a modern house in Bumbuna in the early 1980’s, the late Mamud M. Sesay sought endorsement from his Magburaka Old Boys Association Family, on a suitable house

Ambassador, Dr. Christian Sheka Kargbo (in photo) has finally left Brussels for Freetown, bringing to an end his five year tour of duties as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Belgium and Head

Since I was born in Sierra Leone, my late parents started telling me stories about land issues.  For instance, how land problems are difficult to deal with. Particularly about land kapu, kapuer (grabbers) men and

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has on Tuesday 4th June 2013, educated health workers at Peripheral Health Units (PHUs), Community Health Centers (CHCs), and Community Health Posts (CHPs) in the Bombali District.  (Photo: District Health Sister

A five member high-level panel together with a broad cross-section of civil society, UN agencies and member states gathered this week at the Trusteeship Council Chamber at the UN Headquarters in New York, to explore

Paramount Chief Shebora Lion II of Mambolo Chiefdom, Kambia District, has demanded an apology from the Resident Minister North Hon. Alie D. Kamara for his appalling attitude towards his people in Mambolo Chiefdom Kambia District. Paramount

The Chairman of the Bike Riders Union (BRU), East Ward District, Mr. Anthony Navo, is reported to have run away with the sum of Le8 million meant for the Union. The money is said to

Desperate youths recently went on the rampage at Lumley in protest against the attempt by the demolition team to demolish sixty houses, including a school at Lumley Road in the West end of Freetown. According to

Indigenes of Kamakwie in the Northern Province are reported to have planned a masterpiece demonstration against the AMR Gold Exploration Company operating in the Kahinbor section.  This was revealed during an emergency press conference at

Parrot has gathered that the thieves who connived to steal Pa Koroma’s hyper-expensive Obama-donated chronometer are now conspiring to steal the president himself to tell him that his security is vulnerable. The thieves have no

The rugged and repellent road linking Zimmi and Jendema, along the Sierra Leone-Liberia border, is dying slowly, apart from being a national disgrace. I will never forget my nightmare of traveling along that gutter-laden road

The thousands of paid teachers in Sierra Leone are making compulsory monthly financial contributions to the Sierra Leone Teachers Union (SLTU), making it one of the richest unions in this country. But is the union

Sweissy in Freetown yesterday became a scene of pandemonium when the Sierra Leone Police, (SLP) stormed the area to assist in the eviction of a recalcitrant former Vice-Chairman, Mustapha Smart, who refused to abandon the

Residents of Bauya in Kongbora Ciefdom, Moyamba District, have called on government to provide the town with a police post to minimize the heighted crime rate now plaguing the chiefdom. Making the call during an interview,