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March 2010

Newly elected outspoken Women’s leader of the ruling All People’s Congress (APC) United Kingdom/Northern Ireland Branch, has said she will rally her fellow women to support and boost President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma’s Agenda For

The Hill Station community situated at the peak of the Freetown peninsula is a complete mix of the rich /poor divides localize in the Sierra Leonean setting and a showcase of gross manifestation of subtle

Constituency 33, Bombali District is one of the largest constituencies, comprising Gbanti Kamaranka, Sanda Tendaren and parts of Sanda Loko chiefdoms with a total of 30 sections. The constituency also has 60 polling stations. All parties

SURPRISE, SURPRISE!!!  CORRUPTION MAY BE GOOD FOR YOU. Who said? Not me. Before you rush to denounce me for inconsistency on the subject, I call your attention to a recent article by Dr. John Hooker

President Ernest Bai Koroma has taken a disciplined decision to inspect all health facilities across the country.  In his drive to get control of the country’s deplorable health conditions, the President will start this undertaking

Barrister Tejan Cole, Head of the country’s graft commission, has told two British businessmen Messrs James Turner and Dennis Frazer of the Frazer Turner Investment searching Company that there are laws in Sierra Leone that

London Mining, a subsidiary of London Mining plc UK has budgeted a total sum of $80,000 this year to kick start its operations at the mines in Lunsar.  The full scale of the Marampa Mines,

Sheiku Tejan Koroma, former Minister of Health and Sanitation was today convicted by the High Court presided over by Justice Mary M Sey of offences of: Abuse of Office contrary to section Section 42(1) of the

Sierra Leoneans say they are losing interest in the Charles Taylor trial because it is taking too long and they are not getting enough information about the high profile case that is taking place half

Sierra Leone People Party’s (SLPP), the leading opposition GOP in Sierra Leone has received a thunderous welcome from residents of Rokula, Sanda Tendaren, Sanda Magbolonto and Gbanti Kamaranka Chiefdom in the Bombali District, ahead of

A Sierra Leonean doctoral student in the Islamic University of Medinah has joined over 500 qualified students out 5,000 across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in a four-day scientific conference for higher education students held

President Ernest Bai Koroma has arrived in the Federal Republic of Nigeria Tuesday March 9th to join his Colleague Presidents in a bid to endorse the initiative for the development of Agribusiness and Agro-businesses in

Residents of Bumbuna Town in the northern part of Sierra Leone, Tonkolili District have expressed dismay over the long-awaited Bumbuna hydro-electric dam. It could be recalled that this project has taken three consecutive decades for

Vice President Alhaji Samuel Sam-Sumana on Monday March 8 ended a week-long visit to Italy to further strengthen bilateral relations in the areas of energy, water, health, trade and investment. This is in line with

A local businessman and father of three, Ibrahim Jalloh of 46 Regent Road Wilberforce, was found dead in his home Tuesday afternoon hanging from a rope. The Fullah man in his mid 40s and who