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Express News Brief 11-19-09

SLPP MPs Boycott Mines Bill Debate The opposition Sierra Leone Peoples Party Members of Parliament on Tuesday 17th November 2009 refused to participate on the mines and minerals bill debate. According to reports, the SLPP MPs

Following recent lashings at the ruling APC by the Chairman of the Peoples Movement for Democratic Change (PMDC) Mohamed Bangura, I am deliberately bringing back an article I wrote some months back, regarding the marriage

The Minister of Presidential and Public Affairs, Honourable Joseph Koroma, on 17th November 2009 delivered a Statement at the Plenary Session of the World Summit on Food Security in Rome on behalf of His Excellency

The second batch of 18 Sierra Leonean pilgrims arrived at the King Abdul Aziz International Airport, Jeddah for this year’s Muslim pilgrimage, Monday, November 18, 2009. (Photo: Pilgrims on arrival at Jeddah Int. Airport, passports

Sierra Leone’s President, Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, today called on investors to commit themselves and do business in Sierra Leone. At the Queen Elizabeth Conference Centre, Westminster West Central London, where the government is organising the

Former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair has described President Dr. Ernest Koroma as a visionary leader with a clear purpose. Blair made this remarks while endorsing the President’s call for investors to go into Sierra Leone

United Kingdom Minister of International Development has said his government will continue to support Sierra Leone – a country he referred to as land of opportunities. (Photo: Gareth Thomas) Gareth Thomas was speaking on behalf of

Secretary of State United Arab Emirates has told President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma that her government was ready to assist the people of Sierra Leone in several developmental areas. Her Royal Highness Reem Hashim was speaking

Confirmed reports reaching Sierra Express Media exonerate Vice President Samuel Sam-Sumana of acclaimed charges in the Courts of America, State of Arkansas, Yell County for alleged criminal offences. (Photo: VP Sam-Sumana) Tangible information made available to

She (name withheld) was young, innocent looking with an unusually protruded stomach; she came rushing towards our vehicle when the government bus we traveled with broke down in one of the villages (close to Madina

It has always been upheld that men are the breadwinners, especially in Africa. The thought probably never crossed a woman’s mind of being independent, less sufficient in those days. That sinful thought would have given

G 4 Security under pay Its staff Reports on our local tabloids have revealed that the Group 4 Security Company has been treating its security personnel’s unfairly and paid them with pittance. Authentic sources have told

After much publicized proclamations and much expectations, the loudly acclaimed bill entitled “Mines and Minerals Act, 2009” presented by Minister Alpha Kanu which was described as having a human face, has started manifesting strange characteristics. Alhaji

Dr. Leslie E.T. Shyllon Dies University Don and well known religious leader Dr. Lslie E.T. Shyllon has died. The well known academic passed away last week end following a short illness. Before his death, he had authored

The recent statement by billionaire Mo Mohamed that African nations are too small to face the challenges of  living as sovereign states because of their size, has been proved with the decision by the Ernest