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June 2014

The Network of HIV Positives in Sierra Leone (NETHIPS) is a local NGO working as a coordinating body for all care and support organizations in Sierra Leone working alongside the National AIDS Secretariat. NETHIPS is

At least 13 people are highly suspected to have been in direct contact with Ebola victims in the sister districts of Kambia and Port Loko.  This was disclosed about 48 hours ago at the Kamaranka

Since the advent of All People’s Congress (APC) to power in 2007, the Vice President Chief Samuel Sam Sumana has all the time been enjoying the full air condition in his official cars while riding

The Sierra Leone Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture has presented a cheque of Le50 Million to the Ministry of Health and Sanitation as support in the fight against the deadly Ebola disease. Making the presentation

AIG Memunatu Conteh to champion demolition exercise at Rokupa As panic grips citizens of the Rokupa Wan-word Garage, over a high court ruling in favour of Alhaji Wurrie Palava, over 150 houses are going to be

Dez Investment Cleaning Company (DICC) has been officially launched Sunday 8th June 2014 at the Trivoli Plaza, John Street, Freetown. Delivering statement during the launching ceremony, the Managing Director DICC Mr. Dezmond Scott described the process

The large purchase of buses towards the country’s 50th Independence Anniversary celebrations in 2012 by the Government of Sierra Leone has left the Sierra Leone Road Transport Corporation (SLRTC) in the cold as a result

Impeccable source has it that the raffle draw organised by the Sierra Leone Bottle Company to win a motor cycle (Okada) every day has been described as fake. According to consumers of the notorious SLBC’s Coke,

For over a month now the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, Mr. Sheka Tarawalie (in photo) has abandoned his political office for alleged threat and accusation by his boss, Ambassador J B Dauda, that he

I have sometimes wondered whether some hidden hand was fiddling with my birth calendar because each twelve month period simply speeds away.  Only yesterday I was joking with friends and family members that we were

Following the mandate of the special select committee on the International Non-Governmental Organization INGO’s, CBO’s, CSO’s, and Non State Actors (NSA’s) to account to the House of Parliament in Sierra Leone, the Members of Parliament

The National Publicity Secretary United Democratic Movement (UDM) party, Editayo George Temple on 4th June 2014 tendered his letter of resignation to the National Executive Council of the party at their 112 Pademba Road Office

Information gathered from the New Site Development Committee (NSDC) Allen town, Kola Tree, indicated that the Member of Parliament representing Constituency 96 Hon. Alhassan Kamara has vowed to settle the long standing land dispute between

Reports monitored 4th June 2014 from the southern city of Bo indicate a serious clash between police and commercial motorbike riders (okada riders).  No fatality has been reported but the situation remains tense. The clash broke

The recent issue pondering the hearts and minds of the Fourah Bay College (FBC) community is the rampant robbery of Lecturers quarters at night.  (Photo: Francis Munu – Inspector General of the Sierra Leone Police