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Month: January 2016

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Belgian Trade Pre-Mission visit Connaught Hospital

January 21, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Freetown, Jan. 20, 016 (MOHS) – A high powered Belgian Trade Pre-Mission to Sierra Leone, led by the Secretary of State for Foreign Trade, Mr. Pieter De Crem has […]

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Ambassador Golley honored at EximBank , as KOICA approves U.S. $1 million grant for Sierra Leone

January 21, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, His Excellency Ambassador Omrie Michael Golley on Wednesday 20th January 2016, paid a courtesy call on the newly appointed Director-General of […]

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Sierra Leone holidaymakers laud President Koroma for outstanding progress seen in country

January 19, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU : Holidaymakers returning to the diaspora from Freetown are commending President Ernest Bai Koroma and the ruling All People’s Congress ( APC ) for the outstanding progress […]

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President Ernest Koroma Hosts Chinese Communist Party

January 19, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By State House Communication Unit A high powered delegation from the Communist Party of the People’s Republic of China led by the Vice Chairman of the National Committee of […]

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As 15-Man Delegation From Communist Party of China Arrives… “We are Proud of the Ties” – APC Secretary General

January 19, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

A Fifteen-man delegation from the Communist Party of the People’s Republic of China(CPC) has on Monday afternoon arrived in the Freetown International Airport. The visit, according to the Chinese Embassy […]

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MORE TIME is not President Koroma’s idea, says Vice-President Foh

January 19, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Makeni, Jan. 18 (SLENA) – The Hon. Vice President, Dr. Victor Bockarie Foh last Friday declared that the More Time campaign that is spreading around was not the idea of […]

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Students entrepreneurship Program launched

January 19, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

STUDENTS ENTREPRENEURESHIP PROGRAMME LAUNCHED By ODA Communications Unit With Support from the Dutch Ministry of Trade and International Corporation, the Migration and Development Consultancy headed by a Sierra Leonean Diaspora […]

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ACC hands over cash prize to Integrity Awardees

January 19, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By: Abubakarr Turay The Acting Commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), Shollay Davies, on Monday 18th January 2015 handed over the cash prize of Five Million Leones each to […]

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Framing and balancing the toxic MORE or NO TIME discussion

January 19, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Moses Massa Democracy is a governance system of citizens electing their leaders through periodic, transparent and fair elections. It is based on the RULE OF LAW, where the few are […]

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A good government dragged down by lies and misinformation

January 19, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Titus Boye-Thompson, Communications Consultant :   The truism, no news is good news cannot be further from the truth when the no news is displaced by false news, lies […]

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