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January 2013

It is no secret that the HIV/AIDS pandemic has been adversely affecting citizens, especially children, many of whom have been orphaned and rendered vulnerable. These Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) are in large numbers in Sierra

Tax evasion has been one of the major problems undermining the National Revenue Authority, (NRA’s) efforts in generating much-needed revenue for Sierra Leone. Many unpatriotic and criminally minded commercial institutions have been in the indecent habit

The head of a gang of thieves that has been terrorizing the Allen Town Community is now in the police net. The Officer commanding the Allen Town police ASP Beatrice Conteh, in a recent interview told

Launching an operation is good but sustaining it is better. We have witnessed several operations in this country, some successful but some an excellent failure. The Operation Barass which eradicated the notorious West Side Boys was,

As a way of complementing President Ernest Bai Koroma’s Agenda for Prosperity, patriotic youths of Constituency 105 in the Mountain Cut Area, Freetown, have embarked on a self-help project. Youths in this area are busy rehabilitating

delivered by the new Bo District Council Chairman, Joseph Munda Bindi 1st January, 2013 (reproduced verbatim) My dear people of Bo District, it is but proper that at the dawn of this brand New Year, we

His Excellency the President of Sierra Leone, Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma has declared war on lawlessness.  Fine idea!  But the question that remains is whether we are prepared and qualified to fight lawlessness. Are we lawful

Parrot has observed that Pa Koroma is a great respecter of clemency; a man who believes in pardoning failed ministers and giving them a second chance. The Pa’s retention of Pa Minkailu tends to lend credence

My dear councilors, distinguished ladies and gentlemen, after 8 years (from 2004 to 2012) in the decentralization process in Sierra Leone (Re-establishment of Local Council in Sierra Leone), one would proudly say that we, as

As we enter into a political era that signals great “prosperity” for our nation, President Koroma is making his sound and uninterrupted judgment of selecting his team of men and women who would be helping

The initiative of President Ernest Bai Koroma to establish the Attitudinal and Behavioural Change (ABC) Secretariat is the gateway to the development of Sierra Leone; says the newly elected Mayor of the Kenema Municipality, His

SIM Box Fraudsters in Police Net The National Telecommunications Commission (NATCOM) in joint operation with the Sierra Leone Police Cyber Crime Prevention Unit arrested SIM Box fraudsters that are using SIM box fraud equipment to illegally

Sierra Leone’s envoy to the State of Kuwait, H.E Ibrahim Bakarr Kamara a few weeks ago presented his Letters of Credence to His Majesty, King Abdullah II Bin Al-Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Wusum Hotel in the northern city of Makeni is currently making progress in terms of customer satisfaction, all in a bid to ensuring professionalism at it best. It was on Thursday 3rd January 2013 Management

On this date (January 6th) in 1999, Sierra Leone civil war reached pogroms when youths high on drugs and youthful former soldiers angry over the ill-thought executions of 24 soldiers, attacked Freetown. It was a