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August 2013

Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Sheka Tarawalie and Director of Prisons Sanpha Bilo Kamara purposely came from Sierra Leone to launch the Art Resourceful Tourism Sierra Leone (ARTSL - UK branch) on Saturday 24th August

massacre of civilians and Al-Sisi to be arrested and tried for “Crimes against humanity” Freetown, 26th August 2013: The Pan-Afrikan Community Movement (PACM) is a grassroots Pan-Africanist, community based movement of youths, students, women, employed and

In pursuant on section 37(1) of the Goods and Services (GST) Act 2009, it has come to the notice of the Commissioner General of the National Revenue Authority (NRA) that the under-mentioned GST registered taxpayers

A new partnership brings in troops and dollars As the United Nations intervention brigade takes up positions to confront armed rebels in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, expectations are high among

State of the World's Mothers Index 2013 The latest Index by Save the Children, "Surviving the First Day- State of the world's mothers 2013" has shamefully ranked Sierra Leone third in the bottom 10 amongst the

The Honorable Justice J.B. Katutsi of the High Court of Sierra Leone acquitted and discharged Mr. Bernard T.M. Dugba on corruption charges brought against him by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). Mr. Dugba, who is the Planning

With flooded roads and communities and poverty stricken faces even though they toil in wealth, the sad history of mining in the country is looming once more at Marampha and Maforki Chiefdoms in the Portloko

Deputy Info & Communications Min. Hon. Theo Nicol Sierra Leone’s Deputy Information and communications Minister Hon. Theo Nicol has said “it will take governments a period of thirty five years (35years) to fully and effectually

Sierra Leone remains at a transformational vintage, thanks to our readiness for this as a people. From once a country in an era of war, political instability, a corruption-ridden nation  to one  that did not

If the answer here is NO, I strongly recommend that we curb corruption, minimize fraudulence and bribery. As we all know, money trouble, greed and power are the epidemic syndrome of corruption in our society.

Minister of Trade and Industry, Alhaji Usman Boie Kamara, Tuesday, August 28, paid an on-the-spot official visit to the shattered King Jimmy Bridge to obtain firsthand knowledge of the immediate needs of over 300 displaced

The House of Jesus for the Disabled on Sunday, August 25 elected Mr. Amara S. Koroma as Chairman, scoring 40 votes against Mr. Patrick Sinneh Koroma who scored 19, and Mr. Saidu Conteh with only

The Civil Peace Service (CPS) network in Sierra Leone with funding from Bread for the World is planning to undertake outreach programmes in Kenema on September 5, Bo on September 6, Makeni on September 13,

The Sierra Leone Associating of Journalists (SLAJ), Eastern Region, has concluded a one day public lecture for Journalists on the theme, “Media ethics and the law" at the Luawa Resort Hotel in Kenema. In his opening

The Commissioner of the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has, in his presentation titled, “Making corruption a high risk and low profit venture,” disclosed the new approach they are about adopting in their relentless fight against