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Sierra Leone and Gambia bosses meet in Banjul

August 26, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  “Social Security Trust brings us much closer” says:- Gambia MD Graham The Managing Director of the National Social Security and Insurance Trust (Sierra Leone) Mr. Joseph Mans and that […]

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SLPMC : A key factor in ‘Ernest’ Prosperity Agenda

August 26, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

THE OSWALD HANCILES COLUMN  SLPMC: A Key Factor in ‘Ernest’ Prosperity Agenda(First published onFeb 21, 2013, in Standard Times, Concord Times, Nationalist, Torchlight, The Owl, We Yone, etc. http://news.sl/drwebsite/exec/view.cgi?archive=9&num=22133)   Last […]

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Sierra Leone’s last known Ebola patient is discharged singing and dancing

August 25, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Sierra Leone’s last known Ebola patient, Adama Sankoh, in white, is discarched from a treatment facility on the outskirts of Makeni on Aug. 24. (Alie Turay / Associated Press) […]

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Police Interrupts SLRSA Mile 38 Operation

August 25, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Abdul R. Bedor Kamara Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), Al-Sheik Kamara, Director of Operations has been accused of putting on hold the Mobile License operation of the Sierra […]

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Dr. Yumkella denies allegations of importing mercenaries to Sierra Leone

August 25, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

COCORIOKO AUTHORITATIVE REPORT The Sierra Leone People’s Party ( SLPP) prospective Presidential flagbearer, Dr. Kandeh Yumkella , has been accused of importing mercenaries into Sierra Leone. The accusations came from […]

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APC plunged into mourning, as Washington DC Women’s Leader passes away

August 25, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  The All People’s Congress ( APC ) has been plunged into mourning with the death yesterday of the Washington DC Chapter Women’s Leader, Mrs. Florence Bobson Bangura . Condolence […]

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Discharge of last Ebola Patient: the countdown begins in earnest

August 24, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Jarrah Kawusu-Konte As implementation of Post Ebola recovery programmes gathers momentum, government is set to begin the countdown towards a resilient zero on Tuesday 25th August. Mateneh Ebola […]

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Reason for caution in Sierra Leone , as nation inching closer to being free of deadly disease

August 24, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

MASSESSEHBEH, Sierra Leone — It had been five months since the last Ebola case in Musa Kamara’s village when he returned home for festivities to mark the end of Ramadan. […]

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Day Post Ebola Strategy Summit for Sierra Leone has ended in Texas

August 24, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Sanpha Sesay Dallas, Texas, USA: August 16, 2015. Restore Hope is a non-profit organization that is heavily operating in Sierra Leone has in collaboration with many other Church Ministries […]

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The Education Ministry and Leone Preparatory School issue

August 24, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  GOVERNMENT OF SIERRA LEONE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PRESS RELEASE The National Board of Education (NBE) would like to draw the attention of the public to the […]

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