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Young medical doctor described as good worker with a lovable personality, and his driver killed in Foredugu accident last night

June 8, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The accident rate in Sierra Leone with attendant loss of lives of many of our citiens, especially young personalities, is becoming untenable. LAST NIGHT,  the young medical superintendent of the […]

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PREVENTING ROAD ACCIDENTS IN SIERRA LEONE – THE NEED FOR A PARADIGM SHIFT PREAMBLE

June 8, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The Government of Sierra Leone, and indeed the President of the Republic has espoused the benefits of road infrastructure development as one of the main achievements in the country’s development […]

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Sierra Leone’s Foreign Affairs Minister of State Mohamed Gibril Sesay addresses UN General Assembly on the implementation of SDG 14

June 7, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

STATEMENT by H.E. DR. MOHAMED GIBRIL SESAY Minister of State I Ministry of Foreign Affairs & International Cooperation at the United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development […]

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Foreign Affairs Minister of State Mohamed Gibril Sesay in New York attending UN Ocean Conference

June 7, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The Minister of State (1) in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Dr. Mohamed Gibril Sesay is in New York this week  attending the United Nations Ocean Conference. […]

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Police corruption is overstated and unjustified

June 7, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Titus Boye-Thompson, Communications Consultant The Police have earned for themselves a very bad name over the period. Most of the time, this is unsupported, unsubstantiated or even provable but when […]

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50 Community Health Centres to get 24-hour power under MoE solar energy project

June 7, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The launch and commissioning of a 24-hour solar powered electrical system at Mambolo Community Health Centre (CHC) on 3rd April, by the Minister of Energy, Ambassador Henry Macauley, is the […]

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IN SIERRA LEONE: IS SLPP THREATENING TO BRING BACK ANOTHER WAR IN THE COUNTRY?

June 7, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Tony Bee, Sydney, Australia As I normally say and continue to say it loud and clear that not because I am currently living with my family in a […]

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President Koroma’s economic policies bring dividends : IMF Executive Board Approves US$224.2 Million Under the ECF Arrangement for Sierra Leone

June 6, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The Executive Board’s decision will enable a first immediate disbursement of SDR39.166 million (about US$54.3 million). Growth is expected to reach 7 percent in the medium-term. Under the program, inflation […]

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Maternal and Child Health Week Launched in Port Loko with an Appeal for the Proper Use of Bed Nets

June 6, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Hassan Bruz Northern Bureau ChiefThe only workable solution in a situation where levied apprehensions are genuinely factual, is to avoid the shifting of blames, accept the faults, refrain from […]

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Body of former minister arrives home, as VP leads delegation to receive J.B Dauda’s corpse at Lungi Airport

June 6, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

VP. FOH RECEIVES THE REMAINS OF THE LATE JB. DAUDA Hon. Vice President, Ambassador Dr. Victor Bockarie Foh has on Tuesday 6th June, 2017 on behalf of the governing All […]

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