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March 2014

“The status of Science education is horrendous especially the Integrated Sciences and Mathematics which are core subjects for school pupils in the Junior Secondary School [JSS] level. There is definitely nothing to write home about

Even though the National Electoral Commission (NEC) has stated that they will conduct the Tambakha Paramount Chief election in May this year, what seems to be the burning issue presently is the stance taken by

It all started on that fateful morning of October 28, 2012 when I checked my yahoo mail and saw the message “I am pleased to inform you that your application to the LLM Programme has

MONDAY MARCH 3, 2014 – The Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) yesterday implored the leadership of the Sierra Leone House of Parliament to support the Association in its quest to have the criminal portions

The Northern Regional Office of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has raised the hopes of people living in Malone Village, Makump Section in the Kholifa Rowalla Chiefdom, Tonkolili District for better lives; by expressing its commitment

Freetown could be one of the most beautiful cities in the world if the present situation it found itself was not ignored by negligence and bad habits of not taking ownership of our environment. First

Leading mobile company, Airtel on Friday, February 28 commissioned a water project it embarked on worth seventy five million Leones (Le75,000,000.00)at the Juba Barracks. Director of Defence, Estate, Colonel Jumu in welcoming everybody at the commissioning

Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Bai Koroma has been awarded for his pioneering leadership, public spiritedness, integrity, love, and support for the common man and woman of Sierra Leone, by authorities of a United States based

Speculations and ruminations about the health of our political climate have been rife recently. This has been fuelled by the current shenanigans that have engulfed the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP). The political infighting, back

At the end of a three-day tour to three cities in Holland dubbed, ‘Ambassador’s tour to promote Sierra Leone’s Trade and Investment Opportunities’, Ambassador Ibrahim Sorie has assured Dutch Investors that his country should be

Agriculture is not glamourous. It suffers from entrenched negative perceptions. In the minds of many African youths, a farmer is someone like their parents, doing backbreaking labour in the fields and getting little to show

Freetown, Feb, 27 (SLENA) - The  sixteen members of parliament of  the opposition Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) in parliament have expressed their total support for Dr. Bernadette Lahai her as their leader in parliament,

Freetown, Feb. 27 (SLENA) -  The Member of Parliament of Constituency 96, Alhassan Kamara, working in collaboration with his community and councilors, recently turned the sod for the construction of a fence around the Allen

Climate change comes with never-before-experienced impacts. For example, crop yields and growing seasons will decrease even as changing rain patterns will worsen people’s access to water. Yet Africa’s population is projected to reach 2 billion

As recent as last week, we read in various newspapers and social media that the APC-led government of Dr Ernest Bai Koroma is still poised on letting their leader overstay his welcome as president by