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January 2013

National Coordinator cum Second-in-Command of the Attitudinal and Behavioural Change (ABC) Secretariat has argued that the ‘ordinary’ people of Sierra Leone are to be blamed for most of the woes of the country rather than

The most famous of the All Peoples Congress (APC) stalwarts that passed away in 2012 was President Ernest Bai Koroma’s mother, Madam Alice Rosaline Koroma whose death was deeply mourned by the entire nation as

The Director General of the Human Resources Management Office (HRMO) Ernest A Surrur (in photo) recently led a team of Directors and senior staff of the HRMO on a visit to the 8 pilot Ministries

SLPP opponents and critics of the ruling All Peoples Congress (APC) Government have turned it into a cheerful but malicious hobby of damning everything good that President Koroma has in mind for this country’s overall

In 2011, President Ernest Bai Koroma organized a Conference on Transformation and Development and floated the vision that in 25 years time Sierra Leone would be transformed into  a ‘Middle Income Country’; and in 50

Dr. Sylvia Olayinka BlydenLicensed PublisherAwareness Times Newspaper, 17 Garrison Street, Freetown.Tel: 076-812345    Tel: 076-812345    Tel: 076-812345 TO:The Executive SecretaryIndependent Media Commission (IMC)Kissy House, Freetown January 15th 2013 Dear Sir, REQUEST FOR REACTION & CLARIFICATION FROM AWARENESS TIMES At 8 pm

The Commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Commission, Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara  and the Chairman of the Board of MODCON Construction Company Limited, Bassan Ghodssoub   on Tuesday 15th January 2013 signed a  contract agreement  for the construction of

Mayor of the Bo City Council, His Worship, Mr. Harold Tucker, has made a very strong commitment to lead in polity and behavior. The Mayor promised to embrace and domesticate positive change in the Bo

ACC INVESTIGATES ALLEGED MISUSE OF DONOR FUNDS ESTIMATED AT OVER $1 MILLION USD FROM THE GAVI ALLIANCE TO THE HEALTH SECTOR The attention of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has been drawn to an allegation relating to

Home, they say, is sweet, and as such we hear expressions like, ‘home sweet home’; ‘there is no place like home’. It is indeed true. This is especially so when the place you call home

'Vox populi in pace!  Our General Elections held on 17th November 2012 were, once again, to the credit of our people in Sierra Leone.  President Koroma was re-elected to serve as President until 2017, and

Every year we have the opportunity to read Forbes “the World’s Most Powerful People” list which is showing us who, by Forbes opinion, is the most powerful in the world. However, as years goes by

President Ernest Koroma;  As you start a new five year term in our country Sierra Leone, I am calling upon you to prioritize the Agenda to Prosperity to three components:  (Photo: Mohamed Kamarainba- President , Patriotic

The Open Society Initiative of West Africa (OSIWA) say its strategy to develop and implement strong governance institutions, processes and structures that are transparent, accountable, intolerant of impunity and provide robust protection of fundamental rights

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 15 January 2013 – In an event that highlights continued progress towards African agricultural sustainability, African Union Commission (AUC) Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, H.E. Rhoda Peace Tumusiime and Chief Executive