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SIERRA LEONE ARMY DISMISSALS CALLED ILL-TIMED AND DISTURBING

December 23, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  GEN. SAM MBOMA Friday December 23, 2005 Sierra Leone’s Army Chief of Defence Staff, General Sam Mboma , Wednesday announced that 77 military officers who included a Brigadier General […]

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PAUL KAMARA HEALTH FUND : $ 500 IN THE KITTY . $ 1, 500 PLEDGES YET TO BE FULFILLED

December 23, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Friday December 23, 2005 The amount of  U.S. $ 500  has been received so far in the Health Fund  set up by COCORIOKO  to help journalist Paul Kamara offset […]

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CHRISTMAS DISASTER AVERTED ….Crippled Bellview Jetliner packed with holidaymakers makes emergency landing in Accra

December 21, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Wednesday December 21 , 2005 What could have been a Christmas holiday disaster of monumental proportions was averted on Monday when a Bellview jetliner packed with holidaymakers , heading […]

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SLPP -UK grieves with V-P Berewa

December 20, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

THE LATE DEBORAH BEREWA SIERRA LEONE PEOPLES’ PARTY One Country one People One People one Country     SLPP THE ONLY WAY OUT  THE ONLY WAY FORWARD  THE ONLY WAY THROUGH […]

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APC-NA sympathizes with Berewa Family

December 20, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

MRS. DEBORAH BEREWA APC All People’s Congress North America Branch  APC PARTY, NORTH AMERICA BRANCH, WASHINGTON, DC, USA     MESSAGE OF COMMISERATION                 The North America Branch of the […]

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The Charles Margai/Berewa bust-up in Bo : The hand of the diligent will rule

December 18, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Karamoh Kabba – an observer : CHARLES MARGAI He stated that he was so disgusted by the behavior of the unruly crowd that he turned back and returned to […]

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THE DEATH OF FRANKLIN BUNTING DAVIES : BY CHERNOR OJUKU SESAY

December 17, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Saturday December 17, 2005 Franklyn Bunting-Davies, former editor of the indepndent newspaper, New Shaft is dead. He died yesterday after a long illness. The one time president of the […]

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IN PICTURES : THE WEEK IN REVIEW

December 17, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

    Saturday December 17, 2005 Dr. Abass Bundu addressing members of the Sierra Leone media this week. He addressed in full the so-called passport scandal involving him and his […]

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PAUL KAMARA’S RELEASE: A VICTORY FOR THE FOURTH ESTATE OR MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE.

December 16, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

    By Joseph S. Sherman, Cocorioko Features Editor, Washington, DC   Indeed, whatever transpired for the release of jailed journalist, Mr. Paul Kamara, proprietor of the FOR DI PEOPLE […]

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Was it an ill Advised Statement’ by the Western Ambassadors or double standards?

December 16, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

16 December 2005 Was it an ill Advised Statement’ by the Western Ambassadors or double standards?   Dear Sir/ Madam,   The recent press release made by the missions of […]

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  By State House Communications Unit When the Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone worsened and overwhelmed the country’s fragile health care system, some Sierra Leoneans at the Virginia hospital center […]

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