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January 2013

Theme: Put Salone Fos ACADEMIC INSTITUTION OF THE YEAR- TERTIARY/Tech Voch/Polytechnic The nominees are: i) UNIMAK  ii)  IAMTECH  iii) Njala University And the Winner is: IAMTECH Citation: Established more than two decades ago to train Sierra Leoneans in Management and Technology,

London Mining last month awarded 1000 scholarships worth US$ 28,000 to 83 schools in the Marampa and Marforki chiefdoms in the Port Loko District. The company also donated exercise books, school bags and mathematical sets

The Port Loko District Council (PLDC) on 28th December, 2012 elected Councilor Ibrahim Santigie Bangura of Ward 168, Constituency 49 Deputy Chairman. He polled 30 votes defeating Councilor Lamin Kalokoh of Ward 196, Constituency 57. Councilor I.

“We should never forget that after this year’s elections and irrespective of whoever wins, we will still be underdeveloped, broke, under the yoke of modern-day economic colonialists and mean-spirited investors and busybodies; who force-feed us

The Port Loko District Council Chief Administrator, Alfred Nabieu Samura, has revealed to that council would soon complete all ongoing development projects as well as commence new ones. He stated that the timely release of funds

Dear Mr President, as Sierra Leoneans we respect the choice the people made in choosing you as president for another 5 years and also appreciate the work you have done so far in the development

The Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Network (WASH-NET), a Non-Governmental Organization promoting water, sanitation and hygiene-related issues in the country, has described water as a tool demanding effective change. According to the organization, the change must be

President Ernest Bai Koroma spent his Christmas and New Year holidays in Makeni and Kabala where he issued a stern warning to lawbreakers whilst addressing a group of illustrious Sierra Leoneans at a dinner held

The Attitudinal and Behavioural Change (ABC) Secretariat will organise a one month nationwide post-election educational campaign from the 5th January to 5th February 2013, in Kenema the regional headquarter town of the East, Bo the

The Chairman of the Board of the Sierra Leone Road Transport Authority (SLRTA), Professor Harry Turay on Friday 4TH January, 2013 commissioned the modern Vehicle Examination Center, Multi-Purpose Tow Trucks and Wheel Clamps at a

The 2013-2015 Beijing Action Plan, which came out of the Fifth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (2012) held in Beijing, China  highlights the great progress that has been made in China-Africa tourism

Elections have come and gone. They have helped entrench democracy in Sierra Leone.  Thanks to active civil society groups in issues ranging from voter education to the promotion of election dialogue and initiatives to defuse

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY INFORMED THAT IT HAS PLEASED HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT DR ERNEST BAI KOROMA TO ANNOUNCE THE FOLLOWING MINISTERIAL AND OTHER APPOINTMENTS: MINISTERS Ms DIANA KONOMANI - MINISTER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND RURAL

A barbecue (BBQ) get-together was organized to bid farewell to a Sierra Leonean journalist, Dan Parkinson Jnr., who was here in Sydney on a two-year postgraduate study. The Association of Sierra Leone Journalists in Exile (ASALJIE), in

For the first time in history - on New Year’s Day 2013 at Pademba Road Prison in Freetown Sierra Leone, Papay Zua, Daddy Rhymes, Fantacee and Dynce perform to prisoners When we heard about this we immediately