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PPRC damns PMDC petition: Clears Berewa for 2007 election

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

Abdul Karim Koroma The Political Parties Registration Commission (PPRC) Friday damned the Peoples Movement for Democratic Change (PMDC) petition ruling that Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) leader and Vice President […]

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SLPP, PMDC GO HEAD TO HEAD FOR CONTROL OF CRUCIAL STRONGHOLD OF BO

July 22, 2006 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

CHARLES MARGAI Story : Soribah Kalokoh in the Provinces Bo , the capital of Sierra Leone’s Southern Province , had for long been regarded as one of the traditional strongholds […]

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Christiana Thorpe foils the SLPP’s grand plans to rig 2007 elections

July 21, 2006 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Culled from Standard Times What many observers have seen as a grand plan to rig the 2007 national elections has failed, as the chairperson of the National Electoral Commission Ms. […]

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Sierra Leone and the Number 7 factor

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

Subject: SIERRA LEONE AND THE YEAR ENDING 7 WHAT WILL HAPPEN 2007? From: POSITIVE SALONEMAN To: All Date Posted: 02:58:01 07/20/06 () Email Address: Entered From: s0106000d88e139b1.wp.shawcable.net at 24.77.251.138 Message: Dear All, The first part […]

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Who betrayed the CDF ?

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

Subject: WHO BETRAYED THE CDF – A response to the Honorable John Leigh From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq To: All Date Posted: 23:32:51 07/20/06 () Email Address: Entered From: cache-ntc-ad04.proxy.aol.com at 207.200.116.198 Message: Lets face […]

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AN OPEN LETTER TO THE NEW VICE CHANCELLOR AND PRINCIPAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SIERRA LEONE

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

20/7/2006 Mr. Editor, Please permit me space in your widely circulated and respected paper to air my views to the new Vice Chancellor and Principal of the University of Sierra […]

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SIERRA LEONE NEEDS A MESSSIANIC KING TO RULE : The cry for survival

July 19, 2006 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Victor Fakondo , Somerset, New Jersey Wednesday July 19, 2006 Tyranny is nothing new in Sierra Leone. But it is now part and parcel of an increasing lawlessness that […]

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 THERE IS NO WAR OF WORDS

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

 THERE IS NO WAR OF WORDS S I Kamara Indeed there is no war of words between S I Kamara and John leigh, the most learned, most educated Sierra Leonea […]

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NCP liquidates Daily Mail

July 17, 2006 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Ayo Luk-Johnson Reliable sources close to the National Commission for Privatization (NCP) have revealed the conclusion of arrangements for the final liquidation of the defunct Daily Mail to a […]

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Berewa dissatisfied with donor support

July 17, 2006 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Monday July 17, 2006 Story: Joseph Kamanda from Freetown Vice President Solomon Berewa has expressed concern over the impedimenst in the implementation of donor -driven assisted development projects in the […]

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PMDC USA PRESS RELEASE   On behalf of the general membership of the Peoples Movement for Democratic Change in the United States of America, I hereby inform Sierra Leoneans and […]

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