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April 2013

Contrary to utterances and opinions being expressed lately regarding the handling of Anti-Corruption cases in the Judiciary, the Judiciary wishes to state that its primary focus and vision is access to QUALITY justice.  In this

Commonwealth support to assist Sierra Leone to rebuild its democracy continued yesterday when a team of experts begin preparing the recently elected Members of Parliament to perform their democratic duties. The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), yesterday

The Sierra Leone Motor Drivers and General Transport Workers Union is one of the most disunited, disorganized and problematic unions in this country.  For the past years, the union has been in power struggle which

A three man delegation from the Nigerian Road Safety Commission will arrive in Freetown next week to assess road safety in the country amidst conservable constraints faced by the Sierra Leone Road Transport Authority (SLRTA)

Former Chairman of the Sierra Leone Premier League Board, Victor Lewis (in photo), has told journalists that rumormongers are hell bent on assassinating his hard won reputation by circulating false, unfounded, and malicious allegations against

The rate at which parastatals and private institutions are now evading taxes has become a cause for the concern of this press, considering the crippling state of our economy. Twenty-five parastatals and many private institutions

Hip-hop artist, motivational mentor, spiritual storyteller and poet Alim Kamara has brought home another award! The rising star won the award for “Sierra Leone's Most Impressive MC/Entertainer” at The Calabash Magazine Unsung Heroes Ceremony on Saturday April

The Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ), of which I am a ‘proud’ member, is going to the polls on Saturday 13th April 2013, to elect a brand new executive. So much has been said about

Where were You, De Pa?   Where were you when Mama Salone was bleeding because she was politically, economically and socially raped by your predecessors who knew nothing but making fool of the children of Mama Salone and stealing every penny

It was a memorable day in Kambia; a day full of excitement and everyone enjoying themselves. With the euphoria of happiness, music and dancing, the leadership of the district firmed up on the outcome of

I watched SLBC TV on Tuesday, 9th April and heard the Lands Minister, Hon. Musa Tarawallie talk about plans by government to transform Lungi into Sierra Leone’s commercial city. This is encouraging news, given its

Sierra Leone is endowed with mineral resources that if managed well, will lift the country to higher heights.  However, such divine benediction does not actually show in the welfare of its people.  Outsiders may wonder

The Gambian dictator, Yahya Jammeh (in photo), continues to insist that he has a cure for HIV/AIDS. While people outside Gambia might think he is a lunatic and that his claims are bizarre and should

Few months ago (November 2012) general elections were held and the President was re-elected, though the opposition still claims that the process was not devoid of fraud and therefore controversy.  But suffice it to say

The charity Save the Children says the majority of victims of rape and other sexual violence in many of the world's conflict zones are children.  Children in DR Congo are among those suffering, Save the