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SAVED BY AMERICAN INFLUENCE Part 1

June 24, 2006 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Abrahim Alimu Jalloh. MD, USA.   Sierra Leone at 45 is still toddling. His Excellency the President, Dr. Alhaji Ahmad Tejan Kabba’s 45th independence anniversary message to the Nation […]

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NEW UNPP LEADER TALKS TO COCORIOKO  : SLPP AND APC NOT THE SOLUTION FOR SIERRA LEONE  

June 24, 2006 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

NEW UNPP LEADER TALKS TO COCORIOKO   SLPP AND APC NOT THE SOLUTION FOR SIERRA LEONE   Saturday June 24, 2006   -Prof. Karim It is exactly ten years now when […]

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PMDC’s day in Bo

June 23, 2006 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Theophilus S Gbenda Sierra Leone’s newest and fastest growing registered political party, the People’s Movement for Democratic Change (PMDC) on Saturday, 17th June, 2006, turned Bo Town into complete […]

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The international Aid lie

June 23, 2006 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By C. JAMES HUGHES 23/6/2006 Its official from the United Nations that Sierra Leone is the poorest nation in the world. While academics, NGOs and international institutions mathematicize this is […]

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MR. MOHAMED SESAY IS FULL OF PMDC MALICIOUS LIBEL

June 20, 2006 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

MR. MOHAMED SESAY IS FULL OF PMDC MALICIOUS LIBEL By John Ernest Leigh A local rag sheet of a newspaper and published by Mrs. RUF Sylvia Foday Sankoh continues to […]

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  OUR COMPORTMENT ABROAD AFFECTS THE IMAGE OF OUR NATION

June 20, 2006 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

                           OUR COMPORTMENT ABROAD AFFECTS THE IMAGE OF OUR NATION   By Wilfred Leroy Kabs-Kanu   When I […]

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SIERRA LEONE HEALTH PRIDE ACCOMPLISHES COMMENDABLE GOALS IN SIERRA LEONE

June 20, 2006 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

SIERRA LEONE HEALTH PRIDE ACCOMPLISHES COMMENDABLE GOALS IN SIERRA LEONE   Tuesday June 6, 2006   By: Betty B. Long, Clinical Nurse Specialist and Adjunt Professor at Pace and Long […]

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CORRUPTION AND FLEECING OF THE SYSTEM SHOULD NOT BE PART OF THE JOURNALIST’S MANTRA

June 20, 2006 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

n political parties POST MORTEM ON AFRICA’S BLACK TUESDAY : WHY  GHANA LITERALLY TAUGHT BRAZIL HOW TO PLAY THEIR OWN GAME BUT ENDED UP SORRY 0-3 LOSERS Ronaldo is offside as […]

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WATER PROBLEM ADDS TO FREETOWN’S MISERY

June 20, 2006 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

WATER PROBLEM ADDS TO FREETOWN’S MISERY   Residents of the Sierra Leone capital, Freetown, have another problem on their hands : Water. For the past week or so, the city […]

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The Hinga Norman/ Charles Margai imbroglio

June 18, 2006 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Subject: WHY MR. MOININA’S PLEA FOR MARGAI/PMDC SHOULD BE REFUSED From: John E. Leigh To: All Date Posted: 13:18:44 07/18/06 () Email Address: Entered From: cache-mtc-ae04.proxy.aol.com at 64.12.117.8 Message: Dear Forumites: I submit this posting […]

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