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Deputy Health Minister returns from 66th Session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa in Ethiopia

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

  By Jonathan Abass Kamara The Deputy Minister of Health and Sanitation 1, Madam Madina Rahman has returned home as head of the Sierra Leone delegation to the 66th Session […]

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POLICE ENGAGE NATIONAL YOUTH COUNCIL ON STRATEGIC MATTERS

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

  Titus Boye-Thompson, Communications Expert   Inspector General of Police Francis Alieu Munu held a high level meeting with the National Youth Council to discuss pertinent issues on youth engagement, […]

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FLASHBACK : Four things nobody can deny about President Ernest Koroma

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

First written DECEMBER 1, 2015 By KABS KANU : 1. He is a very hard working President who even takes his work home. In his waking moments, he is always working […]

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Tragic death of a Sierra Leonean in the Netherlands

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

By Ernest Mason : Our Correspondent There is still unclear information after an incident in which a Sierra Leonean, Umaru Sesay, died Saturday afternoon in Goes, The Netherlands. Both locals […]

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Speedboat Capsized -2 Dead, 8 Survived

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

By Sheik Sesay ================== A speedboat, called Paper Tracer that ply between Kissy and Lungi Terminals is reported to have involved in an accident in the early hours of Wednesday, […]

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SIERRA LEONEANS BEWARE OF THE WORK OF THE DEVIL AND HIS AGENTS

August 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 peaceful country with my family, therefore, I should forget […]

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4, 000 hectares of pineapples to be cultivated and processed in Sierra Leone

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

Titus Bye-Thompson, Communications Expert, MAFFS The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security Prof. Patrick Monty Jones has todays secured a commitment from Dole Group to commence operations within the […]

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REMEMBERING PA SHAKI

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

TODAY is THE BIRTHDAY of Late President Siaka Probyn Stevens, the founder of our party and the third post-Independence leader of our country and our first Republican President.   From […]

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We have come out with a renewed determination on C 10 – President Koroma

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

We have come out with a renewed determination on C 10 – President Koroma By State House Communication Unit President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma has said that the African Union […]

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OGP Award CSOs and Partners

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

The Open Government Partnership (OGP) Secretariat in the Office of the President on Friday 19th  August, 2016 presented certificates to Civil Society Organizations, the media and other partners at State […]

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  • Fatima Bio , The Tigress they thought Was a House Cat
  • God’s judgement will fall on Maada Bio more than those he is swearing for insulting his mother
  • The reality facing our nation : The lies, propaganda and deceit from the President’s wife and the SLPP Government
  • SLPP, Sierra Leone Bar Association : The monster they created in Kenema can no longer be silenced
  • In Maada Bio’s Sierra Leone, Public Trust in Institutions Hits Breaking Point
  • Former Attorney General expresses grave concerns over SLPP ‘s control over SLAJ and Bar Association
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