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Month: October 2016

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The Playhouse Foundation presents ‘Excellence Awards’ to 75 Top Scorers in the 2016 NPSE

October 31, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Generally speaking, primary school pupils in Kono District have performed very well in the 2016 National Primary School Examinations (NPSE). The District produced the top scorer in the Eastern Region […]

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ECOWAS Court does not have mandate to interpret Sierra Leone’s constitution, Deputy Information Minister declares

October 31, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Deputy Minister of Information and Communication, Cornelius Deveaux, has told newsmen at a press conference  in the ministry’s conference room at Youyi building that the case filed by sacked Vice […]

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FAO Report does not represent present state of food security in Sierra Leone

October 31, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Titus Boye-Thompson, Communications Expert, MAFFS The recently published and launched FAO Vulnerability report on food security has easily been misconstrued as a comprehensive food insecurity dataset and a determinable […]

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Sierra Leone actively participates in mammoth Korea-Africa Ministerial Summit

October 31, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Sierra Leone was among 47 African countries represented at the recently concluded Ministerial economic summit in Seoul, the capital of the Republic of Korea. Established jointly by the Ministry […]

SPECIAL FEATURE

Sierra Leone’s tourism sector in perspective-minister speaks!

October 31, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

John Baimba Sesay- China Sierra Leone offers huge untapped touristic potentials, with high-end ecotourism experiences, added to the hundreds of kilometers of prime beaches. It thus has unique landscape, scenery […]

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MANCHESTER UNITED : VICTIMS OF REFEREEING AND F.A. CONSPIRACY ?

October 31, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

COCORIOKO VIEWPOINT Manchester United are disillusioned presently by the injustice against them by so -called Referee Mark Clattenburg who cheated them of three points against Man City and another two […]

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Sierra Leone – South Korea & ADB Dev. Cooperation on Track

October 31, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Dr.Patrick S. Conteh Sierra Leone’s Minister of State Finance has confirmed and established that Sierra Leone’s Economic cooperation with South Korea and African Development Bank aimed at improving infrastructure, advance […]

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PRESIDENT KOROMA LEAVES FOR THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

October 29, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Freetown: Friday, October 28, 2016. MEDIA ADVISORY MA/PS / 08 PRESIDENT KOROMA LEAVES FOR THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA His Excellency the President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma has left Freetown […]

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NEW BOOK BY A SIERRA LEONEAN FEMALE STAR

October 29, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  The book “Tears, Trials and Triumphs” is a compelling, true life story of the effects of the Sierra Leone civil war relates the personal experiences suffered by Wendy Bangura […]

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Sierra Leone Dele Returns from UK-Sierra Leone Health Partners Annual Conference with laurels

October 29, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Jonathan Abass Kamara The high profile Sierra Leone team led by the Deputy Minister of Health and Sanitation 1, Madam Madina Rahman, comprising the Chief Medical Officer, Dr. […]

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  • Crisis in Parliament : Neutrality undermined or opposition rebrand ?
  • Sierra Leoneans thumb down creation of new districts and dividing of Freetown
  • WHY FORGIVENESS MUST BE PART OF SIERRA LEONE’S POLITICAL FUTURE
  • Freetown Doesn’t Need a New “City” – It Needs Accountability and Inclusion
  • Karpowership says it is willing to work with government to stave off looming big electricity blackout crisis
  • Sierra Leone about to be plunged into total darkness as Karpowership decides to cut off electricity because of SLPP Government’s failure to pay debt
  • Fugitive Bank Governor Kelfala Kallon to be arrested if he insists on being paid in dollars : Trapped by his own regulation
  • Opposition APC MPs Suspend Participation from all activities and Committees in Sierra Leone Parliament_*
  • The silence of Bio-led SLPP Government on U.S visa ban is very dangerous—MP says
  • In A War Of Egos, The Loser Always Wins.
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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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Why are African heads of state in London to meet with Boris Johnson, the British prime minister?

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Why are African heads of state in London to meet with Boris Johnson, the British prime minister? Is Africa so poor that they have to wait for Boris Johnson, the […]

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President of United States, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC, USA 20500 December 14th 2021. Dear Honorable President Joseph R. Biden, PLEASE SAVE SIERRA LEONE’S BACKSLIDING DEMOCRACY I was born […]

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  By Abdul R. Bedor Kamara The All Peoples Congress (APC) party National Youth League on 22nd to 24th October, 2015 will organize a National Youth Conference at the University […]

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President Ernest Koroma Is Still The Man Of The People As Sierra Leone Heads For Crucial Elections

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