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Month: February 2016

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The lessons from Diana Konomanyi

February 27, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

This photo of Sierra Leone’s  Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Madam Diana Konomanyi , carrying her granddaughter on her back and working in her office ( posted by […]

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UK-Sierra Leone Trade & Investment Forum starts in London

February 26, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

ABOUT THE FORUM The Forum is Sierra Leone’s most significant investment event since the ending of the recent Ebola outbreak and an important part of the country’s agenda to restore […]

SERMONS AND TEACHINGS FROM THE WORD

Shooting Stars thank Minister Plenipotentiary and Covenant Child for financial support to community

February 26, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  The SHOOTING Stars Football Club , the pride of New Jersey,  on Sunday  became a model of emulation when members traveled all the way  to the Covenant Child World Ministries church […]

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President Ernest Bai Koroma launches fisheries project for youth empowerment

February 25, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By State House Communication Unit FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, February 25, 2016 — Various projects have been designed by the government to provide job opportunities for young people as well […]

COMMENTARY

It is time Sierra Leone lawmakers prepare anti-terrorist bill

February 25, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Tony Bee, Sydney, Australia As I used to say, not because I am currently living in a relatively safe and peaceful country, therefore, I should forget about the well […]

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PRESS RELEASE : 1.4 million Under five children in Sierra Leone to be vaccinated against polio

February 25, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  FREETOWN, 26 February 2016 – The push to ensure Africa has no further cases of polio will continue over the next four days in Sierra Leone as the Ministry […]

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New reports highlight long-term risks from Ebola infection, limits of ZMapp

February 25, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Jon Cohen Feb. 24, 2016 , 10:45 AM Bernadette Jebessaoy and her mother, Ioye Massaquoy, survived Ebola. A study has found that 83% of patients had at least […]

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“Boutros Boutros-Ghali Was A Great Man”-Envoy Kumba Momoh

February 25, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Sierra Leone’s envoy to the People’s Republic of China has paid gleaming heartfelt tribute to the late Boutros Boutros-Ghali, an Egyptian statesman and first African Secretary-General of the global […]

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Consortium of helpers for Ebola Orphans visit Mabrown Newton Community

February 24, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

BY ODA Communications Unit A Consortium of helpers for Ebola orphans and less privileged children has on Wednesday 17th February, 2016 visited Mabrown Newton Community, in Koya Chiefdom, Port Loko […]

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President receives invite from NOC, hosts Bonthe family

February 24, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By State House Communication Unit The National Olympic Committee (NOC) led by Dr Patrick Coker Tuesday 23 February, 2016, presented an invite to President Ernest Bai Koroma for Sierra […]

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  • For corruption : Sierra Leone suspended from all IMF programs
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  • Taking the Mining discourse to another level:  Patriotism Must Be Grounded in Reality:
  • Big losses for Sierra Leone media: Accident claims lives of SLBC camera journalist and female intern
  • The Battle for Hearts and Minds Descends into The Abyss of Moral Politic, Witch-hunt and Gas lighting
  • The Voice Returns: Christiana Kamara Stuns Sierra Leone in Her Triumphant Return with Bormeh.
  • The FBC students union and NUSS used to be very potent institutions fighting for the welfare of Sierra Leoneans, but today……
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  • Phebean Samura: Watch and see what will happen soon. Sierra Leone will be a Democratic country very soon. FORGET ABOUT 2028. WE…
  • Catherine Higgins: Remarkable how journalists can write about APC and what not... but you never seem to have the spine to demand…
  • Amadu M. Kamara: Comment no. 2 above continues thusly: if the firebrand do seriously intend indeed to show their numerical strength versus the…

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