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August 2013

The Chief Administrator of the Port Loko District Council, Alfred Nabieu Samura has called for a concerted effort in the collection of local tax in the district. He made this statement at the July session of

Hon. Ibrahim Nox Sankoh of Constituency 97 in the Western Urban has pledged to single handedly construct a police post at the mountainous area of Wellington, east end of Freetown. Speaking to this press earlier in

The Member of Parliament of constituency 92, Hon. Ibrahim Pateh Bah over the weekend received warm reception from hundreds of traders at Waterloo for commencing the  rehabilitation  of the main market  at the Tombo Lorry 

The Public Relations Officer of the Sierra Leone Road Transport Authority (SLRTA), Abdul Karim Dumbuya has disclosed to this medium that the ban on right-hand drive vehicles would affect those vehicles to be imported after

I hereby present my response to the keynote address delivered by Hon. Justice A. O. Conteh, former, 1st Vice President, Attorney-General and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sierra Leone and Chief Justice of Belize and

Secretary-General for Sierra Leone’s governing All People’s Congress Osman Foday Yansaneh has spoken of how highly they are impressed, thus far since they arrived on an official political visit to the People’s Republic of China.

A Direct Message To His Excellency President Ernest Koroma On Prioritisation Of Development Projects One thing for which this president will be remembered when he eventually leaves office is his thirst for development. At the moment

As part of its continuous efforts to promote road safety campaign, the Sierra Leone Road Transport Authority (SLRTA) on Tuesday 13th August, 2013 signed agreements with fourteen (14) community radio stations nationwide to promote road

MIAMI - US prosecutors charged a man from Sierra Leone with trying to sell undercover agents 1,000 tons of yellowcake uranium he thought would be shipped to Iran, after he was arrested in New York

Hamidu Jalloh, Susan Conteh, and Mohamed Harding – who have pioneered innovations in weaving, robotics, and helicopter engineering, respectively, in Sierra Leone – joined Global Minimum in New York and California for a week of

Freetown August 13, 2013: As we prepare for the first National Convention of the Party after the 2012 elections, let us be united, respectful of our party’s values, and mindful of the fact that in

The recent frequent opposition Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP’s) so-called intra -party political violence is a case for concern. It should therefore, be condemned by all peace-loving and development-oriented Sierra Leoneans. I know some unpatriotic and

The General Manager of International Department for China Gezhouba Group Corporation, the company credited for constructing on the Three Gorges Dam, has disclosed  interest in developing projects on  energy and municipal projects, such as water

With youth unemployment rate among the highest in West Africa, nation places young people at the centre of its development agenda Freetown: 12 August, 2013 –  Sierra Leone today launched its first ever “Status of the

Sierra Leone is a country with a lot of historical monuments many of which have fallen into a state of disrepair due to our poor maintenance culture. Like most other African countries or indeed developing nations,